Thursday, November 6, 2025

Nick Helm: No One Gets Out Alive review – metalhead is devilish on stage and a riot at the bar by Brian Logan

Stand Comedy Club, GlasgowAn emergency in the audience halts the gravel-voiced comic’s set but he brings it to an uproarious close in the foyer ‘Why weren’t you like this through ther…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM

The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable by Peter Bradshaw

Genteel manners of first world war story about repressed passion delivered with surprising sexual candour Alan Bennett’s new film, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is a quiet and consistent pl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM

The Meat Kings! (Inc) of Brooklyn Heights review – the American dream on the chopping block by Arifa Akbar

Park theatre, LondonAlliances and enmities form among a crew of butchers who are trying to shape new lives after prison despite ICE, addiction and the financial lure of criminality Busy kitc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AM
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

‘Nothing compares to it today’: the sequins, scandal and nude showgirls of Australia’s Tivoli circuit by Rosamund Brennan

Before television stole the spotlight, the Tivoli circuit was the heart of Australian showbiz. Now a new musical by Eddie Perfect brings that lost world back to life Get our weekend culture …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM

Bibi Rukiya’s Restless Daughter review – Lorca’s matriarch sparks tragic dance of desire by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonInspired by The House of Bernarda Alba, Amina Khayyam explores tensions between tradition, freedom, fear and love I admire the work of Amina Khayyam. The Slough-based dancer…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM
Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Othello review – David Harewood makes a commanding return to landmark role by Arifa Akbar

Theatre Royal Haymarket, London Harewood is captivating alongside Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald but Tom Morris’s stylish staging could probe greater depths David Harewood was the first…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12PM

Not to be: Hamlet rages in Stockholm against the political closure of a cultural institution by Miranda Bryant Nordic Correspondent

The experimental annexe of Sweden’s national stage, Elverket, has fallen victim to severe government cuts. Its final play is a powerful protest against being forced to leave its home Somet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM

Prunella Scales' best on-screen moments – video by Guardian Staff

Prunella Scales, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in comedy show Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93. Scales' career spanned seven decades and she had several roles from the 1950s, before she…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM

Nabil Shaban obituary by Toby Hadoke

Actor and founder of Graeae, a theatre company and platform for disabled and neurodivergent performers The pioneering actor and writer Nabil Shaban, who has died aged 72, co-founded the thea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM

Paddington the Musical bear revealed – video by Guardian Staff

Paddington stands within touching distance. His fur flutters as he turns, his neat button nose sniffs the air and his eyes soften with a smile. For years, design details of the bear for the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM

‘I knew I needed help. I knew it was over’: Anthony Hopkins on alcoholism, anger, Academy Awards – and 50 years of sobriety by Steve Rose

As the actor approaches his 90th year and publishes an autobiography, he reflects on his early years on stage, being inspired by Laurence Olivier, becoming a Hollywood star and conquering hi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM

Adrian Sutton obituary by Adam Sweeting

Acclaimed British composer best known for War Horse, Coram Boy and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The composer Adrian Sutton, who has died of cancer aged 58, became best k…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM
Monday, November 3, 2025

‘Can’t wait’: Daniel Radcliffe to make Broadway return in Every Brilliant Thing by Tim Jonze

Fresh from his Tony award for Merrily We Roll Along, the Harry Potter star will bring Duncan Macmillan’s one-person hit show to New York audiences Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in the Br…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM

Choreographer Sharon Eyal: ‘I don’t like it when a dancer is comfortable – I want to see the struggle’ by Lyndsey Winship

Her latest work is built on dark, minimal beats and groups of dancers moving in unison. It’s sensual, visceral and, she says, totally intuitive A couple of summers ago I was in a club in M…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM

Yvonne Brewster obituary by Michael Coveney

Theatre director and founder of Talawa, the company that champions writers and actors of African and Caribbean heritage By the time she founded her influential and still thriving Talawa thea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM

An inspector’s calling: JB Priestley’s plea for justice echoes beyond his best-known play by Michael Billington

His parable of collective social responsibility is a hardy classic but the Yorkshire playwright’s wider legacy should not be neglected How on earth does one sum up JB Priestley? He wrote 3…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Sunday, November 2, 2025

The best theatre to stream this month: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry goes an extra mile by Chris Wiegand

Passenger reworks songs from his hit musical while Tanika Gupta gives Ibsen a Hollywood makeover and TikTok becomes a stage for young playwrights When Rachel Joyce’s bestseller about a ret…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PM

Big belly, wavy fur and a nose for trouble: we exclusively reveal the new-look Paddington by Kate Wyver

It’s been the biggest secret in theatre: what will the marmalade-loving, hyper-polite Peruvian look like in Paddington the Musical? As the curtain rises, we speak to the new bear’s creat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PM
Friday, October 31, 2025

Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift review – TV detective adaptation is occasionally lethal by Mark Lawson

Richmond theatre, LondonGuy Unsworth ups the jokes in a play that is loving towards its prime-time TV source and hugely entertaining for fans British touring theatre at the moment is often a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AM

Joburg Ballet: Communion of Light review – pointe-shoe prettiness and mad, itching murder by Lyndsey Winship

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonMixed bill features twee neo-classicism, jazzy frocks and racial antagonism as it rachets up to an urgent and commanding Salomé that feels genuinel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM

‘We stick two fingers up at Henry VIII’: can the riotous all-Japanese Six out-Tudor-queen the original? by Arifa Akbar

The Japanese version of the pop-rock phenomenon about the six ill-fated wives caused a sensation in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. As that production now hits the UK, we go behind the scenes (and …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Wayne McGregor review: shimmering dance spectacular without a live dancer in sight by Lyndsey Winship

Somerset House and Stone Nest, London Installations, some triggered by the viewer’s own body, show off the wide range of a choreographer always fizzing with fresh ideas Wayne McGregor want…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM

Prayers for a Hungry Ghost review – a monster take on family trauma by Sanjoy Roy

The Pit, Barbican, LondonElisabeth Gunawan’s mythological horror blends puppetry, dance, theatre and film to explore the effects of a family’s relocation from Hong Kong to the US Like so…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM

Wendy & Peter Pan review – sugar-rush spectacle with an awfully big hormonal hot-crush by Arifa Akbar

Barbican theatre, LondonThe RSC production of Ella Hickson’s feminist take on JM Barrie’s tale has grown into quite the theatrical monster, big on lights, waves and clashing cutlasses Th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Line of Beauty review – Hollinghurst’s Gatsby-esque social satire is a class act by Arifa Akbar

Almeida theatre, LondonJack Holden has elegantly adapted Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker winner about class envy, gay culture and political scandal in 80s Britain How to adapt a novel as big an…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PM

Elmet review – the brutal tragedy of a feral family living on the edge of society by Mark Fisher

Loading Bay, BradfordAdaptation of Fiona Mozley’s novel wisely leaves the looming figure of Daddy unseen in this quasi-mythical tale of an off-grid family’s doomed fight against class an…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM

Akram Khan Company: Thikra – Night of Remembering review – forget the meaning, feel the colour and emotion by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe mythological piece for 12 female dancers was developed in Saudi Arabia and pulsates with physical intensity and ancestral rage Akram Khan is a choreographer at hi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM

Ross Noble review – master of nonsense unleashes his fizzing comic brain by Brian Logan

Pavilion theatre, GlasgowThe surrealist standup’s two hours of fantastic off-the-cuff material covers topics as divergent as dugongs, Gregg Wallace and hypothetical horror musicals Should …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM
Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Liberation review – fiery and funny show brings 70s feminism to Broadway by Adrian Horton

James Earl Jones Theatre Playwright Bess Wohl looks back on her mother’s activism in a moving and cleverly constructed look at how to balance the personal and the political Though not list…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM

Period Parrrty review – angst, fumbling and turmoil for a non-binary Tamil British teen by Anya Ryan

Soho theatre, LondonGayathiri Kamalakanthan’s warm, funny debut examines history, heritage and gender expectations as Krish and bestie Brenavee navigate a big life moment In many ways, Per…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PM

Kindling review – all-female ‘anti-friendship’ play gets boozy and primal in the woods by Arifa Akbar

Park theatre, LondonThe bonhomie curdles as an otherwise unconnected group of women set out to scatter someone’s ashes in a promising setup that flounders despite a beautiful set Sarah Ric…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM

All that Chat