Thursday, September 6, 2018
Nottingham PlayhouseA strong score, fresh choreography and a spirited cast save Fellini-inspired musical from feeling irredeemably datedI sometimes worry that our regional theatres are over-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMWednesday, September 5, 2018
Almeida, LondonClare Barron lifts the curtain on American unease in a show packed with energy, sly satire and first-rate performancesClare Barron’s prize-winning American play is the theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMMonday, September 3, 2018
Indhu Rubasingham has overseen a rebrand for the north London theatre but her exciting programme doesn’t suggest a radical break from its rich history. So why the new moniker?What’s in a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMSunday, September 2, 2018
She has made every theatre trip an adventure into the unknown, with a relentless urge to experiment that hasn’t abated over almost 40 playsCaryl Churchill, who will be 80 on 3 September, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMMonday, August 27, 2018
Gender-swapped classics, Hans Christian Andersen’s closet secrets, two giants of US comedy sharing a stage, plus Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as rulers in love More autumn picks: Film …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMFriday, August 24, 2018
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonA dazzling Jude Owusu is haunted by the dead as the RSC revives Marlowe’s story of violence, vengeance and vanityMichael Boyd, in his return to the RSC, brings…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMMinerva, Chichester History, morality and quantum mechanics collide in Michael Blakemore’s storming revival of a modern classicMore information has come to light, since Michael Frayn’s p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMWednesday, August 22, 2018
Park theatre, LondonA real-life mother and daughter play the lead roles in Tom Latter’s capable revival of Jim Cartwright’s playThe hook for this revival of Jim Cartwright’s famed 1992…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMMonday, August 20, 2018
Finborough theatre, LondonJordan Seavey’s provocatively titled new play charts the ups and downs of a relationship while making sharp points about the persistence of homophobia‘Is he str…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04AMFriday, August 17, 2018
Theatre Royal, BathMiller’s 50-year-old play emerges as one of his best, as two estranged brothers learn the cost of dividing the family spoilsOn its Broadway debut in 1968, Arthur Miller�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMThursday, August 16, 2018
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonThe supposed dark lady of the sonnets is transformed into a convincing symbol of exploited women through the agesWhat do we know of Emilia Bassano? That she live…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMWednesday, August 15, 2018
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonFiona Laird’s production provides wheelie-bins, estuary accents, physical comedy and a first-rate Falstaff, but loses the sense of small-town …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMFriday, August 10, 2018
Donmar Warehouse, LondonOverly abstract production lifted by first-rate performances in an engrossing tale of decaying culture and rocky relationships As Translations closes at the National,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThursday, August 9, 2018
Ustinov Studio, BathThe writer gets a mystery visitor in Joanna Murray-Smith’s smartly self-referential salute to her riveting crime tales‘The most important crime novelist in practice,�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMWednesday, August 8, 2018
Southwark Playhouse, LondonWith numbers co-written by the award-winning Hamilton creator, the real gem is the show’s scoreBetween creating In the Heights and Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMFriday, August 3, 2018
Vaudeville theatre, LondonMichael Fentiman’s coarse production robs Wilde of his decorum, swapping subtleties and satire for screaming and sexThis is one of those occasions when, in the wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMThursday, August 2, 2018
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonRylance is a fascinating and nihilistic Iago and André Holland exudes majestic dignity as Othello in Clare van Kampen’s lively and unsettling productionAny pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, July 26, 2018
Courtyard, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is no exaggeration to say that this King Lear is long-awaited. Critics, in fact, have been waiting impatiently for nine weeks to get a glimpse of a productio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMOlivier, LondonIfans’ performance shows he’s ready for the big Shakespeare roles, though Ionesco’s absurdist drama is considerably less compellingFor its first foray into the world of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMWednesday, July 25, 2018
Menier Chocolate Factory, London This fast-moving spoof of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical seems torn between admiration and scepticismFor the past 36 years, Gerard Alessandrini has been …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMFriday, July 20, 2018
Minerva, ChichesterCharlotte Jones’s drama pitches a non-violent religious community on to the Napoleonic wars’ spiritual frontlineCharlotte Jones is an unpredictable dramatist. In her m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMThursday, July 19, 2018
Royal Court, LondonRory Mullarkey’s unfocused drama of a Britain collapsing in apocalyptic chaos is not helped by the production’s aural and visual overkillI guess this new play by Rory …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMWednesday, July 18, 2018
The Bridge theatre, LondonPatients’ singalongs and Bennett’s stinging wit light up a state-of-the-nation play set on a geriatric ward Hospitals make good theatre. Shortly after Alan Benn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04PMMother Clap's Molly HouseNational Theatre, London Rating: ****Mark Ravenhill clearly likes to have it both ways. In this wonderfully exuberant new musical play at the Lyttelton, he celebrat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMNational Theatre, London· Picture gallery: images from the productionNothing is more tempting than the apparently impossible. But, although director Nicholas Hytner and his creative team di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMAlan Bennett’s new play is not just about history - it makes history. Michael Billington hails a masterpieceSchool shapes our ends - almost literally so in the case of the more sexually pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTuesday, July 17, 2018
Old Vic, LondonSally Cookson delivers an exhilarating production of Patrick Ness’s story about a lonely boy coping with grief, bullying and a monster in a yew treeSometimes it is good to g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMSaturday, July 14, 2018
Adelphi, LondonDirected by Rupert Goold, this stage version of the film suffers from its caricatures, relentless jokiness and functional score • Ford fiesta: Made in Dagenham musical opens…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMFriday, July 13, 2018
National, London"Only an artist can understand religion." So says the emperor Nero at the end of Howard Brenton's new play about Saint Paul.But, even if Nero's point is debatable, Brenton's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMLyttelton, LondonThis engrossing play about the banking family provides a history of western capitalism and an acting masterclass from Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam GodleyWhat an a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMThursday, July 12, 2018
Open Air theatre, Regent’s Park, LondonOlivia Vinall and Edward Hogg light up a production whose pleasures outweigh its preachinessMax Webster’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy sets…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM 
