Friday, May 1, 2026

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – hilarious and heartfelt, from top to Bottom by Miriam Gillinson

Globe theatre, LondonA spunky Helena and an inspired Puck elicit cheers and laughter in Emily Lim’s generous, creative and clever showI can’t remember the last time I got the giggles in …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PM

Océan Brun review – Caribbean islanders’ lament ripples through Leicester Cathedral by Lyndsey Winship

Leicester CathedralPart of the Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival, Compagnie Kaméléonite’s piece about the climate crisis features two transfixing performersIn the once clear…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PM

The best theatre to stream this month: David Harewood has unfinished business with Othello by Chris Wiegand

The actor commands the stage in Tom Morris’s striking production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, while Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt unite for The Last Five YearsWhen David Harewood was offered …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM

As a schoolboy, I was dazzled by the Festival of Britain in 1951 – but it revealed a divided nation | Michael Billington by Michael Billington

From the Dome of Discovery to the massive cigar-shaped Skylon, the spectacular cultural showcase was an exhilarating sight in 1951. The Tories demolished those prime exhibits yet, 75 years o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen review – MOR tribute to a fashion maverick by Lyndsey Winship

Royal Festival Hall, LondonFeaturing music that inspired the designer, this show brings together Le Gateau Chocolat, dancers in body stockings and a formal orchestra to mild effectThe small …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM

Mass review – forgiveness doesn’t come easily in masterly school-shooter drama by Arifa Akbar

Donmar Warehouse, LondonTwo couples, both of whom have lost sons, meet in Fran Kranz’s unflinching look at restorative justiceFran Kranz’s 2021 film Mass, featuring two sets of parents w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM

The Festival of Britain opens – archive, May 1951 by Compiled By Richard Nelsson

The king declares the festival ‘a symbol of Britain’s abiding courage and vitality’ and crowds brave the rain for a glimpse of the futureFrom our London staff 4 May 1951 Continue read…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM

‘Do I put Sleeping Beauty on my CV?!’ Ballet dancers on their next steps, from midwifery to the House of Lords by Priya Bharadia

Six dancers who made bold career pivots reflect on ballet’s transferable skills, what they miss about the stage – and what they were glad to leave behindLana Jones, midwife, former princ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM

It once hosted Eric and Ernie and a boxing kangaroo – now it’s all pigeons and decay. How did Hulme Hippodrome fall so low? by Words By Sam Wollaston, Photography By Christopher Thomond

It showcased the biggest stars of the day, including Stan Laurel, Harry Houdini, Morecambe and Wise and Shirley Bassey, before becoming a bingo hall, a church and a squat. It was almost turn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45AM

‘My God, it’s a panic attack to watch’: Giffords Circus on its most dangerous show yet by Miriam Gillinson

The Gloucestershire-based troupe, created 26 years ago by the late Nell Gifford and her husband Toti, is back with a new performance blending traditional skills with cutting-edge theatrics �…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45AM

‘Infinite pleasure’: the strip club drama that leaves you horny, vulnerable – and dialling your parents by Kate Wyver

Tender by Dave Harris follows the male strippers at the failing Dancing Bears Club. Its playwright and stars discuss sex, power and their research trip to Magic Mike LiveWhen the LA wildfire…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45AM

Driftwood review – emotions dialled up to 11 in Trinidadian tale of longing by David Jays

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonA 1950s Port of Spain setting simmers with political change and family tension in Martina Laird’s debut playThe air hangs heavy in Alma, a drinking club…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:35AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Rachel Zegler’s award-winning Evita to hit Broadway in 2027 by Benjamin Lee

After an acclaimed, Olivier-winning run on the West End, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical revival will transfer to New YorkAfter months of speculation, the award-winning Evita re…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AM

‘We asked Billy Connolly to do 15 minutes. He said “I’ll do as long as I want”’: the sweary, shambolic all-nighter that became Comic Relief by Phil Harrison

Today it is a fundraising juggernaut, but when it was born 40 years ago this month, things were very different. Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis and more explain how they got the gang together fo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM

Keira Knightley returns to West End in adaptation of Oscar winner The Lives of Others by Chris Wiegand

Stephen Dillane and Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson set to co-star in Robert Icke’s production based on the German film this autumnKeira Knightley will return to the West End stage for the fi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM

A peace process thriller, the DUP opera and countless cuppas: Belfast’s Lyric theatre at 75 by Helen Meany

What began as a tiny space above the founder’s stables became the beating heart of the city’s performing arts. Its leader Jimmy Fay reflects on recent hits and reveals what audiences can…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM

Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In review – galvanising story of landmark factory occupation by Mark Fisher

Tron theatre, Glasgow Frances Poet’s music-driven drama reconstructs the Greenock dispute that saw 240 workers square up to bosses It was the early days of the Thatcher project. At the sta…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM

Cynthia Erivo interrupts Dracula performance after spotting audience member’s camera by Chris Wiegand

Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatresA performance of Dracula in the West End on Monday night was halted after its st…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM

‘Are you ready to go down the rabbit hole?’: inside a Moby Dick production like nothing you’ve seen before by Jesse Dorris

Avant-garde theater legend Robert Wilson’s final work was a bold reimagining of Melville’s classic. His collaborators explain bringing it to the Brooklyn stageNot far into Herman Melvill…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Hey-nonny-bo! The woman reclaiming maypole dancing with dancehall and drum’n’bass by Jak Hutchcraft

UK artist Linett Kamala was astonished to see a maypole in a Jamaican hamlet – a colonial relic, but one bringing joy. So she reinvented the tradition by ditching English folk tunes and ad…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00PM

‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale by Melissa Denes

They’ve been imprisoned, tortured and spied upon. Now dissidents from Europe’s last dictatorship are bringing the sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of brutal repression to the world…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM

Firewing review – tale of two twitchers in a bird hide is funny and fascinating by Arifa Akbar

Hampstead theatre, LondonA bond slowly builds between wildlife photographer Tim and his apprentice Marcus in David Pearson’s tender yet underdeveloped dramaA young aspiring wildlife photog…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM
Monday, April 27, 2026

The Lost Boys review – 80s vampire musical lacks Broadway bite by Jesse Hassenger

Palace Theatre, New YorkJoel Schumacher’s much-loved movie gets a splashy stage transfer which might be technically impressive but the songs never come to lifeBrand-dependent mega-musicals…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AM

Harvey Fierstein on Kinky Boots, addiction and survival: ‘When you get sober, it takes five years to get your marbles back’ by Chris Godfrey

He found roaring success on Broadway with Torch Song Trilogy, then appeared in blockbusters Mrs Doubtfire and Independence Day. But notoriety had a cost. The 73-year-old stage legend talks r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM

‘Omar, what the hell are you doing in Chichester?’: when Doctor Zhivago star Sharif came to Sussex by Arifa Akbar

Hannah Khalil’s new play sprang from her surprise at seeing the great Egyptian actor had performed at the Festival theatre in the 1980s. She explains how it entwined with a story of her mi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM

Adjoa Andoh on Shakespeare, Bridgerton and DEI: ‘I don’t have to be the only one in the room’ by David Smith In Washington

Acclaimed stage and screen actor has taken part in Washington DC’s Folger Shakespeare Library residency program during a troubling time for the CapitolAddressing an audience at the Folger …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM

Louise Lecavalier: Danses Vagabondes – part witchy raver, part manic pixie dream grandmother by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells East, LondonAt 67, the mercurial Lecavalier is in the I’ll-do-whatever-I-want phase of her career, choreographing solos that are worlds away from cosy retirementLouise Lec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM

Heartsink review – terminally ill doctor struggles to be a patient by Arifa Akbar

Riverside Studios, LondonJeffrey Longford is pedantic and superior in Farine Clarke’s medical drama – griping at everything from hospital data systems to gender-neutral loosHeartsinks, i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM
Sunday, April 26, 2026

I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven review – gross, gruesome and sometimes sweet road trip with the devil by Kate Wyver

Soho theatre, LondonChristopher Brett Bailey reads his surreal novella and freewheels his way through extreme vice, erotic tension and dulled indifferenceNo one tells a story like Christophe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AM
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone review – August Wilson play makes uneven return to Broadway by Juan A Ramírez

Ethel Barrymore theatre, New YorkDebbie Allen’s revival of the 1984 drama boasts a compelling cast, led by Taraji P Henson and Cedric the Entertainer, but too many notes are offEarlier thi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM

Please Please Me review – fascinating tale of Brian Epstein, the Beatles and that trip to Torremolinos by Emma John

Kiln theatre, LondonTom Wright’s play explores how the Fab Four, and a rumoured affair with John Lennon, helped shape the manager’s tragically short lifeAt the age of 30, the Beatles’s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off