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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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMThe 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMLyric 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMDorfman, 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 …
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMCharing 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMRoyal 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMPark 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMKiln, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMSouthwark 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMNew 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMHampstead 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMFinborough, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMHarold 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMBlanchett 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMEventim 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMDonmar 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMAlmeida, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMA gender-switch Company got Sondheim’s blessing, Sam Mendes probed the doomed Lehman dynasty and Austen had a sparkling rewrite. But the year belonged to Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMThe Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonA searing central performance flips the gender dynamics as Shakespeare’s study of greed gets a ravishing revivalShakespeare’s embittered satire, notoriously,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMRoyal Court, LondonA deputy head’s historical deeds trouble his retirement in this tense drama starring Alun Armstrong, Nicola Walker and Maggie SteedFor the second time in a week on stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMOrange Tree, RichmondSelina Cadell stages an enterprising production of Congreve’s convoluted restoration comedySelina Cadell is on a one-woman mission to preserve Restoration comedy. Havi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMOld Fire Station, OxfordA masterfully written generational clash lies at the heart of this timely story rich in insight, poignancy and optimism It is a quite a coup for this bustling arts ce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMTheatre Royal Stratford East, LondonCharles Perrault meets Doctor Who in this lively production about a cockney martial-arts princess who travels through timePantomime survives by being infi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMHampstead theatre, London There are vibrant performances in this new version of the Russian masterpiece, directed and written by Johnson Terry Johnson has directed his own new version of Che…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMRoyal Exchange, Manchester Raz Shaw’s riotous revival of Mel Brooks’s musical meisterwerk offers as much fun as you’ll find on a stage this ChristmasMel Brooks’s 2001 musical, like t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMRoyal Court, London Ellie Kendrick livens up her inventive debut with astrophysics and ancient Greek myth – but it could use more concrete argumentEllie Kendrick’s hour-long debut play c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMVaudeville, LondonKit Harington and Johnny Flynn are good, if slightly mismatched, as the brothers in Sam Shepard’s haunting playYou can see why Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn were drawn t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMJermyn Street theatre, LondonWith a cast of three playing multiple characters, this is an energetic telling of the cadaver-supplying criminalsYou learn something new all the time. I had alwa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMFinborough, LondonMairi Hawthorn really gets her teeth into the titular heroine in Aimée Stuart’s 1940 play that creaks with age at timesCinderella stories are all the rage at Christmas. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMPrint Room at the Coronet, London The novelist’s 2005 drama opens up arguments about assisted death and the point at which life ceases to have meaningMany of the great American novelists �…
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