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 07:06AMCourtyard, 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 08:36AMMenier 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 06:24AMMinerva, 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 09:18AMRoyal 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 08:06PMThe 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 10:18AMOld 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 06:54PMAdelphi, 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 09:18AMNational, 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 08:12AMOpen 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 08:06AMCharing Cross theatre, LondonThere are jaunty tunes and fine performances but this musical about mummification starts to decompose halfway throughThey seem to have a penchant for musicals ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMPlayhouse theatre, LondonThis vivid recreation of life in the sprawling refugee camp is a priceless piece of theatre that enlarges our understanding while appealing to our emotionsThis is th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMFinborough, LondonIn a wan year for new writing, Dawn King's play shines out like a beacon. Winner of the Papatango playwriting competition, it may display the influence of Arthur Miller's T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMNoël Coward theatre, LondonThe Poldark star gives an excellent performance in a first-rate revival of Martin McDonagh’s brutally funny playPoldark fans turning up to see Aidan Turner in M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PMRoyal Court, LondonLaura Wade's new play is highly topical: it is about the sense of entitlement to power of a privileged, wealthy, public school and Oxbridge elite. But while I'm glad to se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMThe Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonClare Burt passes on the trademark cap to six other actors who all share the role of the pioneering director in Sam Kenyon’s engaging musical tributeAs a nomad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMLondon PalladiumThe Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical comes to the West End with fine acting, handsome staging and inescapable overtones of western imperialismThis 1951…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMThe choreographer brought her classical training, dramatic eye and vitality to bear on hits such as Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Chitty Chitty Bang BangGillian Lynne, who has died aged 92,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMJermyn Street theatre, London Boo Killebrew cleverly evokes the havoc of Hurricane Katrina through her doctor father’s memories of the disaster and the imperilled characters they recallHow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMHampstead theatre, LondonA sparkling cast including Harry Enfield star in Jemma Kennedy’s unwieldy play about the commercialisation of conceptionJemma Kennedy’s play about the IVF indust…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMYoung Vic, LondonThis adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel is a beautifully performed mix of memory-play and strip-cartoonOklahoma! this ain’t. During his tenure at the Young Vic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMRoyal Court, LondonCordelia Lynn probes middle-class morals in a drama about a family who house a stranger following an attack on LondonThe mysterious visitor whose presence provokes a moral…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMRoyal Court, LondonJez Butterworth's last play, Parlour Song, transported us to a housing estate on the edge of a dark forest. Now he takes us into the woods for a bucolic frolic depicting t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMIt is the hit that transformed British theatre. As Jez Butterworth’s epochal drama returns, our critic chooses the 25 best plays since Jerusalem – from exploited boxers to warring kingsF…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMAs Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron, Rylance transformed himself into a strutting, muscular figure in Jez Butterworth’s haunting study of a changing EnglandBig claims are often made for Mark Ryl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMRegent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis superb production creeps into every corner of the outdoor space, as the battle for children’s souls intensifies Britten in the park? A ghost st…
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