Monday, September 16, 2019
Arcola, LondonGothic sound design and a trio of sharp central performances lend this version of Lisa D’Amour’s rather mystifying play some definition
Lisa D’Amour’s play is as weird …
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Hampstead theatre, LondonCeleste Den portrays a real-life hero who exposed how local officials were spreading HIV
‘You are an enemy of the people,” a character remarks in Frances Ya-Chu …
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Lyric Hammersmith, LondonWith a career-defining performance from Anjana Vasan, Tanika Gupta’s production is moving, multilayered and intelligent
Tanika Gupta has transposed Ibsen’s semin…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:48AMWednesday, September 11, 2019
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughNaomi Petersen’s turn is the icing on the cake of this time-bending drama from a writer who has lost none of his ingenuity
Dramatists, from George S Kauf…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:48AMMonday, September 9, 2019
The playwright behind A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, who has died aged 92, wrote deeply autobiographical plays that offered an image of modern Britain
Peter Nichols, who has died aged 92, on…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:36AMBush theatre, LondonLynette Linton’s debut as artistic director is a musical revival of an undramatic piece about the dilemmas of four women
The Bush, which has recently revived Winsome P…
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Turbine, LondonMatthew Needham stars with tremulous assurance as the witty, sharp-tongued drag queen of Harvey Fierstein’s 70s drama
Theatre seems one of our crazy nation’s few growth in…
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Old Vic, London The twisted tale of the Russian dissident’s death by radioactive poisoning employs songs, puppets and even Putin as an unreliable narrator
Watching Lucy Prebble’s fascina…
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Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe richness of Wilson’s characters make them a joy to watch and a great cast lifts this tale set in Pittsburgh in 1969
By today’s standards, the plays of …
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As Hansard opens at the National Theatre and drama heats up in Westminster, our critic picks his favourite political theatre
Whose side is Shakespeare on? As always, it is difficult to tell.…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:54PMLyttelton theatre, LondonAlex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan treat us to 90 minutes of sustained verbal warfare between an entitled Tory minister and his disaffected liberal wife
When a charact…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:36AMHe’s written 18 plays, rescued DH Lawrence from theatrical oblivion and played a crucial role at the National Theatre – all the while putting love, loss and the working class centre stag…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:24AMFriday, August 30, 2019
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonBlanche McIntyre’s hectic production attempts to convey the riotous vice of Ben Jonson’s Jacobean London fair, but falters in translation to modernity
Ben …
Linked From The Guardian at 12:06PMWednesday, August 28, 2019
Wyndham’s Theatre, London The first night, playing to a celebrity-packed audience, felt like a coronation but Waller-Bridge still has the ability to spring surprises
Six years after its de…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:42PMFriday, August 23, 2019
Donmar Warehouse, LondonDark secrets emerge as three siblings gather at their late father’s old plantation home in this daring drama
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a subversive writer. In An Oc…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:48AMThursday, August 22, 2019
Park theatre, LondonAn array of disturbed characters are cogs in the grimmest of machines in Eugene O’Hare’s frustrating but well-written debut
Sex trafficking is a big and serious subje…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:54AMWednesday, August 21, 2019
Almeida, LondonJuliet Stevenson delivers one of the peak performances of the theatrical year in Robert Icke’s striking reimagining of Schnitzler
As a director and writer, Robert Icke speci…
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Theatre Royal, BathA whole set of relationships unravel in a shrewdly observant play showing the ripple effect of marital hostilities
This is only the second play by the admired novelist Wil…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:24PMTuesday, August 13, 2019
Trafalgar Studios, LondonPhotograph 51 playwright Anna Ziegler returns with a problematic two-hander that asks us to decide where the truth lies
In Photograph 51, Anna Ziegler attacked the …
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Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
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Finborough theatre, LondonA grieving father and son lock horns over an alluring visitor in a magnetically acted revival of Philip King’s Freudian drama
Philip King is best known for See Ho…
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Minerva, Chichester Based on a true story, a new play tracks a backstage affair with big repercussions for Robeson, played perfectly by Tory Kittles
Nicholas Wright’s compelling new play i…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:33AMMonday, August 5, 2019
Traverse, EdinburghDritan Kastrati’s journey as an 11-year-old to the UK with people smugglers is a survival story that speaks to what it is like to be caught between two cultures
Dritan K…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:42AMKing’s theatre, EdinburghAndrew Bovell’s adaptation of Kate Grenville’s novel about the collision between settlers and Indigenous Australians combines masterly storytelling with metaph…
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Traverse, EdinburghStef Smith’s latest production depicts the two female leads rejecting male classification and raising themselves up
Stef Smith wrote a fascinating dystopian drama in Hum…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:32PMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghDirector Milo Rau asks disturbing political questions while attempting to honour the real-life victim of a senseless homophobic crime
This is exactly the kind of show …
Linked From The Guardian at 10:06AMWednesday, July 24, 2019
Menier Chocolate Factory, London With two excellent lead performances at its heart, Trevor Nunn’s production of the musical version of the bestselling love story is focused and honest
Firs…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:48AMSunday, July 21, 2019
Park theatre, London Christopher Durang’s breezy sextet of plays takes the cast from pique to panic as he explores the insecurities of performing life
To complement its main-house product…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:24AMThursday, July 18, 2019
Ustinov Studio, BathThe star mines her family history in this passionate but haphazard ride through socialist resistance to the Nazis
This is a show unlike any other. Subtitled “A Family A…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:48PMWednesday, July 17, 2019
Park theatre, LondonA quick-witted Gyles Brandreth, one of 22 stars in action during the run, sleuthed stylishly in this fundraising spoof
This is all very jolly. Jez Bond and Mark Cameron h…
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