Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Lyttelton, London Athol Fugard explores South Africa in 1950 through a white teenager and two black men who practise ballroom routines
The plays Athol Fugard co-created with John Kani and Wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Unfinished Jane Austen novels have been adapted for television and the stage. Theatre’s room for experiment delivers the most satisfying imaginative leap
By a strange chance it is currentl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMSunday, September 29, 2019
Chichester Festival theatreThe murderous thane faces witches, relentless video and a musical assault in this lengthy production but emerges as a figure of rare complexity
Read interview with…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMFriday, September 27, 2019
Curve, LeicesterAdapted from Hanif Kureishi’s 1985 film, this production retains its 80s ethos while speaking to today’s world with the racial and gender politics heightened
Making plays…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMWednesday, September 25, 2019
Bridge theatre, LondonZoë Wanamaker and Zrinka Cvitešić attempt to seize power at a summit meeting in Nancy Harris’s provocative play
The finest song in Hamilton hymns the urge to be in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMRoyal Court, LondonCaryl Churchill’s four pieces entertainingly combine mythical, mundane and gory
Every Caryl Churchill play is an experiment with form. Her latest work comprises four pie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
Coronet theatre, LondonChristopher Hampton’s disturbing adaptation of Ödön von Horváth’s 1937 novel is a promising text, albeit let down by an imperfect production
Christopher Hampton…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33PMFriday, September 20, 2019
The Vaults, LondonDavid Hare’s searing play about the chaos and tragedy that followed rail privatisation rings as true today as ever
‘We have ended up with a very dysfunctional and flawe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMThursday, September 19, 2019
Crucible, SheffieldThis dramatisation of the mental health bestseller takes a step towards removing the stigma from depression – though it’s no substitute for the book
Depression is “i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMWednesday, September 18, 2019
Dorfman, LondonAlexander Zeldin’s latest production shines a light on the resilience and humour of those struggling to survive
Alexander Zeldin’s plays are like no one else’s: they hum…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMTuesday, September 17, 2019
In Jerusalem, the playwright laid bare a country’s phoney myths and confronted who we are as individuals and nations
The best plays of the 21st century
Jez Butterworth is one of only two w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMA hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000
Jez Butterworth: the sage behind our No1 Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMMonday, 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMFrom Downton Abbey to Khalid, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMFriday, September 13, 2019
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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMThursday, September 12, 2019
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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMSunday, September 8, 2019
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMFriday, September 6, 2019
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMThursday, September 5, 2019
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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMWednesday, September 4, 2019
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.…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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 …
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, August 14, 2019
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PM 
