Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Regent’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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMSaturday, June 23, 2018
Old Vic, LondonFor the second time in a week we are confronted by a play set in the summer of 1936 dealing with domestic and social upheaval. Like Peter Flannery's Burnt By The Sun, Brian Fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PMFriday, June 15, 2018
Ambassadors theatre, LondonThe actor-playwright finds rich drama in the interaction of war and weather in a show with a powerful contemporary resonance“How can the weather ever be boring?�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMThursday, June 14, 2018
Minerva, ChichesterWilliam Wycherley’s 1675 comedy of manners and morals gets a modern-day update starring Susannah FieldingIs it always necessary to update Restoration comedy? Two months …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
Donmar Warehouse, LondonLia Williams is superb in David Harrower’s adaptation of the novel, directed by Polly FindlayI can think of more urgent requirements for the British theatre than ye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
Almeida, LondonNatalie Abrahami directs Sophie Treadwell’s unforgettable portrait of a young woman suffocating at home and workNow is obviously a good time to revive Sophie Treadwell’s 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, June 11, 2018
Park theatre, LondonTorben Betts’s social satire about a beleaguered kitchen goddess builds to a bewildering climax of panic and violenceTorben Betts clearly sees cooking as a source of dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMSunday, June 10, 2018
Whether too avant garde, too shocking or simply unlucky, sometimes a great play doesn't find favour with the public. I'd like to see these given another run – how about you?CE Montague, a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonWatching Huppert’s expert differentiation of the Marquis de Sade’s Justine and Juliette in solo recital makes you wish she would bring a conventional play to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMFriday, June 8, 2018
Lyttelton, LondonThe Crown’s Vanessa Kirby impresses but this updated version of the class-conscious tragedy is overblownPolly Stenham is not the first dramatist to update Strindberg’s M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMThursday, June 7, 2018
Josie Rourke describes her successor at London theatre as ‘one of the most gifted, original and impressive directors in the country’Michael Longhurst has been appointed as the new artist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMBridge theatre, LondonElizabeth Strout’s novel works outstandingly on stage, thanks to sole performer Linney’s nuanced command of the narrativeNovels, depending on the stream of time, ra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMWednesday, June 6, 2018
Orange Tree, RichmondEmily Schwend’s play about a mum with two jobs, three kids and a feckless husband pays homage to female enduranceWatching Emily Schwend’s prize-winning play about th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
Finborough, LondonDavid Heneker and Warner Brown’s musical captures the heady excitement of the burgeoning movie businessPre-talkies Hollywood constantly seduces musical-makers. This forgo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMLyttelton theatre, LondonExposing the myth of the happy nuclear family has long been a staple of American drama. If Tracy Letts's play, in a magnificent Chicago Steppenwolf production by Ann…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04AMMonday, June 4, 2018
Trafalgar Studios, London This revival of Tracy Letts’s violent play about a grotesquely dysfunctional family keeps the audience uncomfortable Even with a big movie star, Orlando Bloom, in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04PMJermyn Street theatre, LondonThe novelist’s debut play depicts the true story of Lady Anne Tree’s determination to bring needlecraft to prisoners The novelist Esther Freud (Hideous Kinky…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMFriday, June 1, 2018
Bush theatre, LondonThree decades since its debut Winsome Pinnock’s pioneering portrayal of the lives of black Britons feels shockingly contemporaryIt is more than 30 years since Winsome P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMThursday, May 31, 2018
Olivier, LondonBrian Friel’s play about the infinite mysteries of language is richly realised in a meticulous Ian Rickson production, with excellent performances from a strong castBrian Fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMDuke of York's, LondonForget all the hype about Polly Stenham, at 21, being the youngest West End debutant since Christopher Hampton.What matters is that her 90-minute play, first seen at th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMNational Theatre, LondonThe ideas get lost in this violent thriller that explores the political legacy of colonialismBe careful what you wish for. Reviewing Polly Stenham's last play, No Qua…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMWednesday, May 30, 2018
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonChristopher Hampton’s erratic California-set adaptation features strong performances by Audrey Fleurot and Paul Anderson, but its lack of coherence is not ju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMTuesday, May 29, 2018
Arcola, LondonJack Gamble directs a first-rate revival of DH Lawrence’s even-handed account of a conflicted marriageThree years ago, the National Theatre pointlessly conflated DH Lawrence�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSunday, May 27, 2018
Playground theatre, LondonGregory Evans’ staging of the 1986 ‘homes for votes’ saga is enlightening and enjoyably foul-mouthed – but ducks key political questionsTwo of my favourite …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMFriday, May 25, 2018
Grand theatre, LeedsOpera North present a deft revival of the 1949 Cole Porter show mixing The Taming of the Shrew with showbiz shenanigansWhat is the best musical based on a Shakespeare pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMWednesday, May 23, 2018
Menier Chocolate Factory, London Four applicants undergo a gruelling selection process while tricks are played on the audience in Jordi Galceran’s dramaSince its Barcelona premiere in 2003…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMMonday, May 21, 2018
Trafalgar Studios 2, LondonThe comedian’s debut play gives a double portrait of mother-daughter relationships on the eve of a weddingIt comes as a shock to walk into the theatre and be con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMFriday, May 18, 2018
Noel Coward, LondonHoward Davies has a gift for revitalising Coward's comedies. Having put the sexuality back into Private Lives, he now visually redefines Hay Fever and pulls off the daring…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12PMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonThe new artistic director’s ensemble give fine performances but this pairing raises questions about staging ShakespeareIn this pairing of two plays performed b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, May 17, 2018
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsJoe Murphy directs an adaptation of the 2015 thriller with Jill Halfpenny playing an amateur sleuth drawn to the case of a missing womanSurveying an elliptical…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMWednesday, May 16, 2018
Birmingham RepCalixto Bieito’s intense theatrical collage brings together four first-rate actors and the miraculous Heath QuartetCalixto Bieito, as anyone who has seen his productions of C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM 
