Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Bristol Old VicDavid Greig finds humour amid the horror in this triumphant stage adaptation of the mountaineering memoirClimbing high mountains is often used as a metaphor for other ominousl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMTuesday, August 14, 2018
From The Yalta Game to Living Quarters, the Irish playwright’s works have added resonance in this year’s FrielFestAlthough Ireland is famously cultured, it’s a shock to walk into a vil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMThursday, August 2, 2018
Almeida, LondonThis ingenious high-stakes show uncovers the psychology of those whose financial flutters shook the worldIn place of the Almeida theatre’s rows of tip-back seats are 10 semi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMMonday, July 9, 2018
The Fawlty Towers star rails against the government, the BBC and British newspapers in stage appearance for Hacked OffIt was hard to know what to expect of a solo show by John Cleese, organi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMMonday, June 4, 2018
A number of comedy classics are being reinterpreted for the stage as ‘joke-box’ musicals. Can they avoid the pitfalls of previous sitcom adaptations?Over the weekend, it has been reveale…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMFriday, June 1, 2018
Star Audrey Fleurot and playwright Christopher Hampton talk about his reboot of the hard-hitting moral comedy set in post-Weinstein America“One of the marks of great plays,” says Christo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMSaturday, May 19, 2018
Harry Hill and Steve Brown's show was staged too late – and felt conflicted. We were asked to laugh at the vacuousness of it all yet also care about the charactersWhereas the diaries of mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMSunday, May 13, 2018
This clever PG Wodehouse tribute reproduces the manners of the Edwardian English upper classes, while cunningly sending them up• Bertie Wooster or Jez from Peep Show? Take our quiz• Mark…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMMonday, March 19, 2018
The Greek former finance minister talks about the lessons politicians could learn from Shakespeare, ahead of a lecture in LondonIs Theresa May Macbeth? Might King Lear agree with Jeremy Corb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMWednesday, March 14, 2018
In Francis Turnly’s trilogy one schoolgirl becomes a cat and another goes missing. The sheep farmer turned dramatist discusses The Great Wave, about North Koreans forced into prostitution�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThursday, January 11, 2018
Rourke, who will leave the London theatre in 2019, staged perky experiments, rapid-fire responses and invigorating revivals. Who will take her place?When Josie Rourke leaves London’s Donma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMWednesday, January 10, 2018
He rides a racehorse, plays Arctic cricket and has already seen Hamilton. How will the new boss do at the DCMS – and will Ed Sheeran be invited to its Xmas party?In the BBC’s self-satire…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMMonday, November 27, 2017
If Mr Burns, a provocative vision of post-apocalyptic America, has been slammed, it's because theatre critics know more about Homer than Homer Simpson. More fool them.One of the most tantali…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMWednesday, November 1, 2017
Gate theatre, London Caoilfhionn Dunne portrays the physical and psychological decline of a reluctant mother of three in Magali Mougel’s chilling, visceral playIt looks as if a bomb has go…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMTuesday, September 12, 2017
The great director, who has died aged 86, was a founding father of both the National Theatre and the RSC and masterminded landmark stagings of Shakespeare, Beckett and Pinter The roles of di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMTuesday, August 15, 2017
Performance artists Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit are known for their political shows but their latest was designed to be ‘pure fun’The theatrical double-act Sh!t Theatre got the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMSunday, August 13, 2017
From Trumpageddon to Brexit: The Musical, many would-be topical crowdpleasers at this year’s fringe can’t match the manic pace of real-life news eventsThis would be a bad time to try to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMSunday, August 6, 2017
Old Red Lion theatre, LondonThis powerfully acted story of George Orwell’s death-bed marriage to Sonia Brownell makes for an entertaining night of literary intrigue and anecdoteGeorge Orwe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMMonday, July 31, 2017
The Pulitzer-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor leaves behind a vast career that took him from stage to screen and back againSam Shepard, who has died aged 73, was perhaps the only…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMMonday, July 10, 2017
From directing Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag to her new play Touch, Vicky Jones isn’t afraid to tell the truth about young women’s messy sexual exploitsThe theatrical career of Vicky J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMFriday, June 23, 2017
The actor’s former creations include a psychopathic teacher and an adulterous husband. Now the son of a former Guardian journalist is to play Rupert Murdoch in a new play, InkAs the son, g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMTuesday, June 20, 2017
Coliseum, LondonJim Steinman’s perky lyrics are often overpowered in this musical juggernaut, but his roaring choruses and fairytale plot are built for the ENO’s stageSeveral of the song…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMThursday, June 15, 2017
From the terraces to the post-match showers, two new theatre shows let Cobblers, Blues and Villains supporters tackle their teams’ histories and rivalriesFootball and theatre can both rang…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMThursday, June 8, 2017
How do you turn a grinding peace deal into a sellout show that’s up for seven Tony awards? Easy, says JT Rogers. Just violate your heroes – and stir in some Noël Coward“If you had tol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMWednesday, May 24, 2017
The idea of white actors making themselves up as black is shocking to most of us – and yet a theatre in Germany has seen fit to continue the tradition. Why?Most news stories – government…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMMonday, May 1, 2017
Mike Bartlett's mock-Shakespearean take on constitutional crisis over Prince Charles proves an attraction• 'Royally entertaining' ... Michael Billington's review of the Almeida productionA…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMFriday, April 14, 2017
Leicester Square theatre, LondonThis tipsy performance of giggly, off-script improvisation is pointless if it’s put-on, cruel if it’s real, and staggeringly bad if you’re soberThe most…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMFriday, April 7, 2017
The actor’s imposing vocal and physical presence equipped him to play Lear and a future Charles III as well as a series of police and army officersCombining height with a voice of unusual …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMSunday, March 19, 2017
Feisty, quick-witted actor and singer acclaimed as the 'first lady of Broadway'• From Sondheim to 30 Rock: Stritch's career in clips• Stritch interview: 'I'm a do-it-myself kind of broad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48AMMonday, March 13, 2017
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea Picking on the audience is engaging more than cruel as Brydon riffs and ad-libs with seasoned charm in his new tourLined with retirement bungalows and hol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMThursday, March 9, 2017
A rush of new plays offer fictionalised versions of Labour’s 1981 split, the revamp of the Sun, a TV quizshow scandal and other real events. Playwrights James Graham and Steve Waters discu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM 
