Monday, February 18, 2019
Phoenix theatre, LondonThis musical about plane passengers diverted to Newfoundland on 11 September has plenty of heart but not enough biteThis musical by the Canadian married team of Irene …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:54PMSunday, February 17, 2019
Savoy theatre, LondonThis beloved revenge fantasy is as subtle as a sledgehammer but its advocacy of workplace equality makes it hard to dislikeYou can’t escape the presence of Dolly Parto…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:42PMFriday, February 15, 2019
Donmar Warehouse, London This fascinating adaptation of a film about a Foley artist creating sound effects for a horror movie attacks its targets – artistic responsibility and male power s…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:42AMThursday, February 14, 2019
Old Vic, LondonThis vaudeville about the Great Depression showcases Miller’s capacity to capture the state of a troubled nationThe impromptu Arthur Miller festival – initiated by the tra…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:36AMTuesday, February 12, 2019
Gillian Anderson and Lily James give fine performances but this version of the 1950 film might be a little too clever for its own goodThis is a show that reeks of chic. It stars Gillian Ande…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:24PMCrucible, SheffieldOwen Teale and Laura Elphinstone are superb, as a patriarch and his daughter, in Caroline Steinbeis’s potent production The astonishing thing about Githa Sowerby’s pla…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:12PMFriday, February 8, 2019
The actor shone as brightly in theatre as he did on film, helping to create modern classics from Billy Liar to Joe Egg, and playing the first Hamlet at the National’s Southbank homeBecause…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:36PMThe London LibraryA cast of two do their best to breathe cohesion into a play full of sex, shrieks and floating eyes … but without a vampire in sightGiven that Bram Stoker researched his 1…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:04AMThursday, February 7, 2019
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonDyer and Freeman excel as gunmen in The Dumb Waiter and Jamie Lloyd’s staging of A Slight Ache, with John Heffernan and Gemma Whelan, is a revelationThe season…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:24AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
Orange Tree, RichmondThis unsettling portrait of a world and a relationship in crisis breezes through 80 scenes in 75 minutesRose Lewenstein’s play triggers all kinds of associations. Sinc…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:54AMSunday, February 3, 2019
Finborough, LondonRichard Kalinoski’s deeply touching play is about the fraught relationship between two escapees of the Armenian genocide living in 1920s MilwaukeeDrama can tackle big sub…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:42PMFriday, February 1, 2019
Hampstead theatre, LondonAn impeccable cast play out dual narratives about life on the US breadline in a tough drama that earns its poignancyFor the 100th premiere in his decade-long tenure …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:54AMThursday, January 31, 2019
Omnibus theatre, LondonA team of musicians create discord as the neglected playwright’s short, sharp drama is given a stylish revival In 1962 there were six plays by Jean Anouilh running i…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:48PMTuesday, January 29, 2019
Theatre 503, LondonVíctor Sánchez Rodríguez’s play stylishly shows how confrontation with the colonial past can lead to self-discoveryLiving European writers are so rarely seen on the i…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:18AMSunday, January 27, 2019
The Bunker, LondonThe Borderline theatre group’s timely satire is well-intentioned, but its funfair setting reduces it to baggy vaudevilleThis is a prime example of what you might call the…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:18PMFriday, January 25, 2019
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonIn Okereke and Matt Jones’s play, directed by Robby Graham, the story, song and movement are seamlessly integratedThe title suggests we’re in for an evening advo…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:36AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Dorfman, LondonCate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane add some heft to an uninspired exploration of modern sexual mores Advance reports of people fainting in the stalls suggested we might be in …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:12PMGate theatre, London Jade Anouka and Jonjo O’Neill give first-rate performances reading the letters between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert LowellSarah Ruhl’s dramatisation of the letters ex…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:54AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Charing Cross theatre, LondonKaisa Hammarlund impresses but Jeanine Tesori’s musical has a trite message and gets an over-amplified productionJeanine Tesori, who wrote the scores for Carol…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:32AMThursday, January 17, 2019
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonKatori Hall’s astonishing drama, based on the alleged visions of three schoolgirls, explores the power of faith and miracles as Rwanda’s genocide loomsKato…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:04AMWednesday, January 16, 2019
Park theatre, LondonTwo men compare fiercely different reckonings of the exodus of 7,500 Jews from Denmark in this gripping playAt the heart of Alexander Bodin Saphir’s fascinating first p…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:06AMTuesday, January 15, 2019
Kiln, LondonIshy Din’s new play, set in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher’s death, explores the impact of her legacy on two immigrantsIshy Din is a former Middlesbrough taxi-driver on a…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:12AMMonday, January 14, 2019
Southwark Playhouse, LondonLove has one too many aspects in Jonathan O’Boyle’s spirited revival, which needs a librettist to trim the untidy narrative ‘It is possible to have more than…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:12AMFriday, January 11, 2019
New Diorama, LondonOrson Welles’s radio adaptation of the sci-fi classic is given a new spin on stage with references to Trump and BrexitThe story of the panic induced by Orson Welles’s …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, January 8, 2019
Hampstead Downstairs, LondonDusty Hughes’s play about two mischief-making seniors living in a retirement home is stoic about ageingGiven that nearly a fifth of the UK population is aged 65…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:36AMMonday, January 7, 2019
Finborough, LondonChé Walker’s enigmatic drama, set in Los Angeles, is the theatrical equivalent of film noirWritten and directed by Ché Walker, this play brings a touch of unexpected gl…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:24AMSunday, January 6, 2019
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonJane Horrocks, Rupert Graves and others shine in Patrick Marber and Jamie Lloyd’s bold revivals of the playwright’s shorter playsOne of the great pleasures o…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:04AMWednesday, January 2, 2019
Blanchett and Hiddleston get sexual, there are chills in a Glasgow tower block, Matthew Bourne takes on the star-crossed lovers, plus Catherine Tate, Tim Minchin and Ben Elton return to the …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:42AMFriday, December 21, 2018
Eventim Apollo, LondonThe father-and-daughter duo add self-deprecating cheer, alongside Jo Brand, to this feelgood fairytaleThe Dyers – Danny and Dani – and Jo Brand are the marquee name…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:48AMThursday, December 20, 2018
Donmar Warehouse, LondonBased on interviews with residents of small-town Pennsylvania, Lynn Nottage’s play vividly describes the betrayal and resentments of striking female factory workers…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:32AMWednesday, December 19, 2018
Almeida, London Joe Hill-Gibbins’ stripped-back production delivers a forceful royal downfall, but leaves little space to explore the power plays behind itSimon Russell Beale was born to p…
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