Monday, February 9, 2026

From nightmarish noir to Bolero on trampolines: the audacious Holland Dance festival hits dizzy heights by Chris Wiegand

Shadowy urban terror gives way to airborne exuberance as the festival celebrates its 20th edition with a programme that disturbs and delights Suited dancers swing around a streetlight in Spa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM

The Last Picture review – talking dog leads a journey from horror to hope by Catherine Love

York Theatre RoyalIn Catherine Dyson’s absorbing play, the audience become a class of year 9 pupils visiting a Holocaust exhibition with an emotional support animal Can we ever truly learn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM

‘It’s like two divorcing parents’: how actors’ union Equity fell out with casting directory Spotlight by Mark Sweney

Union to appeal after losing case against historic talent index in battle that could reshape UK acting landscape For almost a century it has been the casting directors’ bible, a shopfront …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM

‘I’m not blaming Bond for screwing up my career’: Maryam d’Abo on playing a thieving writer on stage – and a sniper cellist in 007 by Arifa Akbar

The former Bond girl talks about her new role as a top writer accused of stealing a story as her actor husband is cancelled – and why she has no regrets about her time aboard the 007 rolle…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM
Sunday, February 8, 2026

‘I don’t have to create his legacy, I just have to protect it’: Chadwick Boseman’s widow Simone on grieving a global star – and guarding his by JN Benjamin

Black Panther made him a megastar, but in private the actor and his wife Simone Ledward Boseman were dealing with his terminal cancer diagnosis. In a rare interview, she talks about the shoc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31PM

Dance of Death review – spark and mischief as humorously horrible couple wish each other dead by Arifa Akbar

Orange Tree theatre, LondonRichard Eyre’s adaptation brings comedy and tenderness alongside Strindberg’s original savagery August Strindberg’s portrait of marriage is unremittingly ble…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PM

The Gambler review – kooky dancing and onstage rock in dizzying Dostoevsky adaptation by Lucinda Everett

The Coronet theatre, LondonJapanese company Chiten abandon naturalism for rhythmic dialogue and highly stylised movements – but there is much invention to admire Dostoevsky wrote his 1866 …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM

Guidelines review – teens try to escape the aftermath of a murder filmed on a phone by Kate Wyver

New Diorama theatre, LondonJames Nash’s doomscrolling play unpacks social media and the violence it hosts We piece together fragments. Distorted voice notes, the depths of the comments sec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Carol Lawrence obituary by Jon Griffin

My mother, Carol Lawrence, who has died aged 81, was a stage and costume designer at an exciting time in British theatre who pivoted to a successful second career at the BBC, finding her nic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM

The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins review – a Bake Off star basks in self-abasement by Brian Logan

Darlington HippodromePerkins’ return to live comedy features some lurid stories of her personal and professional ineptitude, and jaunty tales about vacuum cleaners and a drug-addled trip t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM
Friday, February 6, 2026

Trigger warnings risk ‘mollycoddling’ theatre audiences, says Tony-winning director by Dalya Alberge

Exclusive: John Doyle says theatre should be able to disturb and challenge audiences, and not sanitise difficult themes The Tony award-winning theatre director John Doyle has warned that tri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PM

It Walks Around the House at Night review – jump scares and spine tingles as a pretend ghost gets really spooked by Arifa Akbar

Minerva theatre, Chichester Award-winning writer Tim Foley’s frightfest brings an out of work actor to a country manor to burnish the myth of its resident wraith. Beware of the silhouetted…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PM

The Virgins review – a tornado of gossip, pretence and pain as teens make Friday night sex night by Anya Ryan

Soho theatre, LondonDesire collides with stomach-churning awkwardness in this play – which won the Women’s prize – about friends heading out for some physical contact I’m watching Mi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AM
Thursday, February 5, 2026

Arcadia review – love, gardening and Euclidian geometry collide in Tom Stoppard’s cosmic masterpiece by Arifa Akbar

Old Vic, LondonStuffed with knowledge and often regarded as the playwright’s finest work, this drama’s sheer cleverness gleams in an exuberant production When Tom Stoppard was asked what…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM

All Is But Fantasy review – Lady Macbeth, Juliet and the girls belt out their grumbles as the witches let rip by Catherine Love

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonWhitney White’s thrilling, song-filled show flips Shakespeare’s great characters and asks why we still lap up these tales of sexy men killing sexy wom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

The Memory of Water review – blackly funny look at sisters fighting for a dead mother’s love by Mark Fisher

Octagon, BoltonThree grownup daughters display childhood neediness in this well-acted production that explores unrequited desires as a mother comes back from the grave The three grownup sist…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM

The Ophiolite review – a family at war over patriarch’s dying wishes by Arifa Akbar

Theatro Technis, London In Philip de Voni’s ambitious debut play, a clash over funeral rites exposes deep divisions in a British-Cypriot extended family Ancient Greek literature teems with…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Crown of Blood review – Macbeth’s deadly hurly-burly rooted in mythic Yoruba landscape by Mark Fisher

Crucible, SheffieldThe supernatural is all-encompassing in Oladipo Agboluaje’s reframing of Shakespeare’s power play in 19th-century west Africa Every time the court historian turns up, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM

‘We didn’t make it for a white audience’: how black theatre took centre stage in Australia by Dee Jefferson

In the last five years, African diaspora theatre has swept from the fringes on to the country’s main stages – fuelled by artists like Zindzi Okenyo Get our weekend culture and lifestyle …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Men Behaving Badly: The Play review – boorish flatmates prattle like it’s 1999 by Mark Lawson

Barn theatre, CirencesterSimon Nye brings back the characters from his hit TV series for a misconceived comedy set on millennium eve In a nervy theatre economy, with familiar material most l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31PM

Maggots review – tragic tale of a death undiscovered for more than a year by Arifa Akbar

Bush theatre, London Farah Najib’s play tells the story of an isolated woman who dies at home and considers the community’s responsibility The opening quote to Farah Najib’s drama tell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM

Paul Elliott obituary by Michael Coveney

Prolific and successful producer of star-laden pantomimes, musicals and West End shows The ebullient and engaging West End producer Paul Elliott, who has died aged 84, was one of a group of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM

The Rat Trap review – teenage Noël Coward’s jaundiced marital portrait by David Jays

Park theatre, LondonBill Rosenfield reimagines the playwright’s early work about the souring relationship between newlywed artists Hell is other people – especially if you’re married t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AM

‘It’s a fun cocktail!’: the Wooster Group’s head-spinning blend of high and low art by Mark Fisher

In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York’s venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM

Bridget Christie: Jacket Potato Pizza review – how menopause set the standup free by Brian Logan

Bristol BeaconIf the comic’s political fervour is dialled down, there is much to enjoy in a show delivered with flair and 10-ton sarcasm Inner peace and contentment are not always gifts to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM
Monday, February 2, 2026

‘I was on stage and she started kicking!’: Lucie Jones on Les Mis, performing pregnant and defying gravity at Glastonbury by Interview By Chris Wiegand

After playing Elphaba in Wicked, packing out a tent at Worthy Farm and returning to Les Misérables, the star is headlining the Palladium with songs that sum up her life Congratulations on y…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AM
Sunday, February 1, 2026

American Psycho review – yuppies making a killing offers a chilling origin story for our corrupt times by Arifa Akbar

Almeida theatre, LondonIn a bloody, brilliant, full circle Rupert Goold bows out as artistic director of the Almeida with a timely revival of the musical he first staged here in 2013 The ter…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PM

My Brother’s a Genius review – neurodivergent twins’ dreams take flight in poetry, grime and dance by Arifa Akbar

Playhouse, SheffieldTwo siblings growing up in a high-rise search for escape and liberation in this idiosyncratic and infectious drama with a beautiful script by Debris Stevenson Debris Stev…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM

Stephen K Amos: Now We’re Talking! review – convivial good fun keeps the laughter flowing by Brian Logan

Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe veteran standup deconstructs the science of laughter before scrolling back to his youth and a 1970s brought pungently back to life ‘We’re here, folks,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM

Private Lives review – fizzing chemistry boils over into something more ugly in Noël Coward revival by Catherine Love

Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterAmy Gavin’s production amps up the dangerous dance of desire and violence between these troubled ex-spouses but loses the delicate balance between comedy and m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM

The best theatre to stream this month: big and bold Bacchae ushers in new era at the National by Chris Wiegand

Nima Taleghani’s debut play brings a raucous Greek chorus to the Olivier theatre, while Judi Dench has an enchanting Twelfth Night reunion The National Theatre’s new artistic director, I…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM

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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