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Friday, June 13, 2025

The grand tour: one playwright’s quest to set foot in every African country before turning 60 by Femi Elufowoju Jr

Worried that he didn’t understand the continent of his heritage, Femi Elufowoju Jr challenged himself to visit all 54 of its nations. His trip took him from bustling Ghana to the tranquili…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story review – dazzling glamour and true grit by Peter Bradshaw

This indulgent but madly watchable documentary showcases Minnelli’s tremendous star wattage alongside the tragedy of a life lived in the full glare of show business To watch this indulgent…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM

‘Completely captivated’: the rousing return of musicals’ dream ballets by Lyndsey Winship

From Oklahoma! and Singin’ in the Rain to The Big Lebowski and Maestro, these showstoppers give a blissful hit of dance. A Rodgers and Hammerstein triple bill at Regent’s Park Open Air t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Call Me Izzy review – Jean Smart is better than her one-woman show by Adrian Horton

Studio 54, New York The Hacks star is magnetic but the show, where she plays a woman finding herself late in life, can’t match her We seem to be in the midst of a solo show boomlet on Broa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PM

Storehouse review – an exasperating wander through the internet’s ‘arkive’ by Arifa Akbar

Deptford Storehouse, LondonWhile Liana Patarkatsishvili’s gargantuan immersive show looks spectacular, too many ideas are thrown about without being tethered to a story The disused warehou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM

Boos, cheers and a heavy dose of irony as Trump takes in Les Mis against backdrop of LA protests by David Smith In Washington

The tuxedo-clad US president promised a ‘golden era’ for the US at his first Kennedy Center production in Washington “Do you hear the people sing? / Singing the song of angry men? / It…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Angry Alan review – John Krasinski gets red-pilled in a tense, timely play by Adrian Horton

Studio Seaview, New York The Office’s Jim Halpert plays a divorced everyman who falls into an internet wormhole in a fiery one-man show There’s something endearing, even a little disarmi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59PM

Harris Yulin, character actor and Broadway star, dies at 88 by Benjamin Lee

Actor had over 100 credits including Scarface, Training Day, Rush Hour 2, Frasier, Ozark and Clear and Present Danger Harris Yulin, a character actor with more than 100 film and TV credits, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:01PM

Greg Davies: Full Fat Legend review – Taskmaster manchild lists his humiliations by Brian Logan

Royal Albert Hall, LondonDavies uses his ostentatiously puerile sense of humour to fine comic effect, with a series of stories capturing his long struggle to get over himself Hold forth for …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM

Magdalena, Woman of Joy review – sex, sin and saintliness with a tour de force host by Rachael Healy

Playhouse East, LondonLily Sinko rages, writhes, provokes and teases her way through the horrifying life story of her storyteller with cartoonish abandon Magdalena appears from the dark, per…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM

Relief after 10 dance centres for children across England saved from cuts by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Campaigners including Arlene Phillips and Matthew Bourne welcome funding for National Dance CATs they say keeps art form from being preserve of elite Campaigners from the world of dance incl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

‘Stupider than everyone else’: one comic’s semi-naked bid to perform dozens of Penguin novels by Brian Logan

In a riotous show, Garry Starr dons a tailcoat, flippers and little else to re-enact a bookshelf full of classics. Would you help him bring The Jungle Book to life? Comedy smash-hits come in…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PM

Stars: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey review – mission to Planet Orgasm by Arifa Akbar

Brixton House, LondonMojisola Adebayo’s play deftly navigates light and heavy subject matter as its hero embarks on a quest to feel the earth move Do not underestimate the gravity of the m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM

From Hadestown to Hercules: ancient myths are the gods’ gift to musicals by Arifa Akbar

Newly arrived in the West End, Disney’s demigod is the latest mythological A-lister to knock out showtunes. Why are deities such as Hermes and the ‘half-blood’ Percy Jackson having a m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM

Juliet & Romeo review – Rebel Wilson and Jason Isaacs cameo in syrupy Shakespeare musical by Peter Bradshaw

With bare-faced cheek, this bardless take replaces all the original language with olden-days-effect prose – adding singing, dancing and a pointlessly starry cast Director and former stage …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM
Monday, June 9, 2025

‘A gift of a role for a mother’: Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer on playing Tolstoy’s tortured Anna Karenina by Emine Saner

From Anne Boleyn to Lady W to Game of Thrones, she has played tough women who kick against society’s constraints. What will the actor bring to the great Russian character who leaves her hu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM

Katherine Ryan: Battleaxe review – comedy’s ice queen melts into audience agony aunt by Brian Logan

Cliffs Pavilion, SouthendIn a show of two halves, the caustic standup is at her best when rolling her eyes at the weaker sex, but her post-interval crowd-counselling doesn’t quite cut it H…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM

‘It’s not happy-clappy’: the extraordinary story of Speedo Mick by Alexandra Topping

As a musical about him opens at Liverpool’s Royal Court, Michael Cullen tells of hope, heart – and hitting rock bottom When the lights went down on the final scene of Speedo Mick – the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM

Tony awards 2025: red carpet looks and best of the show – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Jonathan Groff, Cynthia Erivo, Sarah Snook and George Clooney were among the crowd for the 78th annual Tony awards, held in New York City on Sunday Full list of winners Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM

‘It will lift the spirits’: Kyiv to stage ‘most English of ballets’ after Russian repertoire boycott by Daniel Boffey In Kyiv

Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée to be performed for first time, replacing classics by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky after fundraising in London One of the “most English of ballets�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Tony awards 2025: Maybe Happy Ending and Nicole Scherzinger win big while George Clooney misses out by Benjamin Lee

The romantic robot musical picked up six awards while Clooney’s box office smash Good Night, and Good Luck left empty-handed The full list of winners Red carpet looks and best of the show…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28PM

Tony awards 2025: full list of winners by Benjamin Lee

Tonight’s winners included Maybe Happy Ending and Purpose and actors Sarah Snook and Nicole Scherzinger Best musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes HerMaybe Happy End…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59PM

Miss Myrtle’s Garden review – immersion into a mindscape of sharp quips and memory slips by Anya Ryan

Bush theatre, LondonArtistic director Taio Lawson’s Bush debut shows the heartbreaking fallout of a 82-year-old mother whose acid tongue belies her faltering memory In Danny James King’s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AM

Changes review – secrets, blackmail and lightning fast role-juggling by Arifa Akbar

Teatro Carlo Goldoni, VeniceIn an extraordinary theatrical feat, two agile actors play 23 characters populating the seemingly ordinary working day of a central couple A day in the life of a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

No Title (An Experiment) review – Willem Dafoe’s return to avant garde theatre is oddly banal by Arifa Akbar

Tese dei Soppalchi, VeniceBetween smashing glasses and reading conceptual index cards, Dafoe and Simonetta Solder neglect to locate this two-hander’s drama – or its heart Long before Wil…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

The Potato Eaters review – a descent from visceral dread into full-blown terror by Arifa Akbar

Lazzaretto Vecchio, VeniceOn the site of a hospital for leprosy patients, audience members are invited to wander in near darkness among twitching body bags into a choreographed scene of ritu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Giffords Circus: Laguna Bay review – cheeky, magical and bucketfuls of fun by Miriam Gillinson

Chiswick House and Gardens, LondonA feeling of joy courses through this production featuring clowns, high-wire acts, dancing horses – and giant tubs of fake ice-cream The celebrations kick…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM

Tick, tick … Boom! review – a triumphant shout for theatrical ambition by David Jays

Theatr Clwyd, Mold Performed and designed with gusto, Jonathan Larson’s zippy musical about creative passion is a fitting show to relaunch this cherished Welsh stage How do you relaunch a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM
Friday, June 6, 2025

Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed review – the poetry, prose and passion of a Scottish modernist by Mark Fisher

Pitlochry Festival theatreRichard Baron and Ellie Zeegen’s play follows the writer from wide-eyed child discovering nature in rural Scotland to feisty care-home resident The title comes f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PM

‘Whipped till the blood comes’: Jersey’s shocking witch-hunting past is brought spectacularly back to life by Lyndsey Winship

The Channel Islands were dubbed ‘the witch-hunting capital of Atlantic Europe’. Even just talking to a cat could get you hanged, strangled or burned. We go behind the scenes of an outdoo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM

Gary Clarke Company: Detention review – horror and humour in stand against Section 28 by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, London The Yorkshire-born dance artist concludes his social historical trilogy on the Thatcher era by celebrating resistance to homophobia Gary Clarke grew up in a Yorkshire minin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM
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