Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The Holy Rosenbergs review – suburban Jewish family chew over morals and macaroons by David Jays

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonTracy-Ann Oberman stars in this absorbing and timely revival of Ryan Craig’s 2011 comic tragedy, set over one fraught evening A death in the family is alway…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Fatiha El-Ghorri: ‘I was mortified by my heckler – but it turned out he wanted to see my trainers’ by Interview By Liam Pape

The comic on cleaning up her language for family audiences, writing her debut novel and praying before taking the stage How did you get into comedy?After my second divorce, I was online look…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Shuggy Boats review – 60th birthday party brings a sexual revelation by Mark Fisher

Live theatre, Newcastle When Maeve becomes a sexagenarian she rethinks her identity – and her 40-year marriage – in this surprisingly breezy drama You can imagine a Victorian melodrama i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling’ play The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End premiere by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

The director’s first play – an 1830s ‘rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise’ – is planned for early 2027 opening in London Since Quentin Tarantino announced last year that …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Gentleman Jack review – Northern Ballet’s stylish lesbian love story is super-sexy by Lyndsey Winship

Leeds Grand theatre Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s choreography keeps a tight hold on the narrative and the erotically charged pas de deux between the lovers packs real heat Northern Ballet’s n…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

‘It feels like flying!’ Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe on child stardom, passion and the heady rush of Romeo and Juliet by Emma John

Fresh from Stranger Things and Hamnet, the pair are surprised to find themselves playing Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in the West End. They talk chemistry, dating apps – and what th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

America the Beautiful: Chapter 1 review – Neil LaBute’s sour state of the union address by Kate Wyver

King’s Head theatre, LondonMasculinity is not in a good way in this trio of short plays – the first of 10 presented in two venues – which deal in violence, misanthropy and murder Neil …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Landscapes review – Russell Maliphant’s mesmeric, meditative works of dance and light by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells East, LondonRussell Maliphant Dance Company’s arresting evening of three solos includes a spiritual offering performed by the choreographer himself Watching Daniel Proiett…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Empreintes review – Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging by Chris Wiegand

Palais Garnier, ParisJessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple’s Arena spills off the stage while Morau’s equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers What a joy to find Jessica …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Theatre critics in Scotland decry ‘London-centric’ reviewing policy for One Day musical by Chris Wiegand

A letter from 15 critics to the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh condemns ‘divisive move’ that saw non-Scottish publications excluded from reviewing the musical’s press night Theatre critics …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

‘Happy as can be!’ My Neighbour Totoro toasts first birthday in London’s West End by All Photographs By Tristram Kenton

The spectacular stage version of Studio Ghibli’s much-loved film has spent a year at the Gillian Lynne theatre in London. To celebrate, photographer Tristram Kenton was granted backstage a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Body and sole: ballet must hold on to flat-footed dancers, not stigmatise them by Claudia Efemini

In an industry obsessed with ‘perfect’ feet, fallen arches can be seen as a barrier to success. But that’s a damaging myth that has excluded many from the joy of ballet Picking up my b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

‘It’s brutal right now’: one-woman powerhouse Maimuna Memon on the surprise aftermath of winning an Olivier by Arifa Akbar

The writer, actor and singer won an award for her role in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Then everything went silent. As the rising star returns in her very own musical, she hi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

ROI (Return on Investment) review – hectic venture capitalism drama is a heady brew by Arifa Akbar

Hampstead theatre, LondonUS businessman-turned-playwright Aaron Loeb combines medical tech concepts with knotty dilemmas and Mamet-esque dialogue An earnest research scientist turns up at a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Arts Council England must change or face ‘disaster’, culture department is told by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Margaret Hodge, who led report into arts funder, tells DCMS committee that grant recipients have lost confidence in the body Arts Council England requires a “radical” overhaul so it can …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London by Chris Wiegand

The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee’s classic, directed by Marianne Elliott Gillian Anderson is to return to the West E…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

All theatre should be less than two hours or more than five. It’s in between where things get tough | Jane Howard by Jane Howard

A short play is the perfect snack to incorporate into your life. A long play is a feast – and a feat of endurance Last week, I spent an hour in a makeshift theatre in the middle of a park,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Summerfolk review – lazy days of passion and privilege at Gorky’s doomed dacha by Arifa Akbar

Olivier theatre, LondonWriters Nina and Moses Raine add comedy and raunch to Maxim Gorky’s satire of the holidaying elite In 1898, Maxim Gorky wrote a fan letter to Anton Chekhov. Gorky wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer by Jesse Hassenger

Hudson Theatre, New York The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star Every Bri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PM
Monday, March 9, 2026

The Plough and the Stars review – Seán O’Casey’s Dublin drama hits 100 with haunting staging by Helen Meany

Abbey theatre, DublinDirector Tom Creed brings this 1926 political classic into the present, with a tremendous cast navigating the tonal switch from comedy into tragedy Marking the centenary…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42PM

Nick Mohammed looks back: ‘Magic became the superpower I needed, growing up a short, brown kid in 1980s Leeds’ by Harriet Gibsone

The comedian and magician on his teenage survival tricks, the teacher who inspired Mr Swallow, and how Ted Lasso and Traitors changed his life Born in Leeds in 1980, Nick Mohammed is a comed…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM

Et tutu, Timothée? Backlash mounts over Chalamet snipes at opera and ballet by Catherine Shoard

Jamie Lee Curtis is among a number of prominent figures to take exception to the Oscar nominee for disparaging artforms ‘no one cares about any more’ The Oscar-winning actor Jamie Lee Cu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM

UK’s performing arts industry ‘inhospitable to parents’, research warns by Rachel Hall

Long hours, lack of flexibility and last-minute scheduling driving parents, particularly mothers, from industry The performing arts industry in the UK is “inhospitable to parents” and fa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM

‘Utterly winning’: Paddington becomes first new West End musical to land nine WhatsOnStage awards by Rachel Hall

Using state-of-the-art animatronics to bring Paddington to life, the new musical has wowed critics and delighted audiences since it opened in December Paddington has become the first new Wes…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM

‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution – and fell ill by Kate Wyver

zack mennell made a costume out of nappies and waded into filthy waterways saying: ‘I’m going to be the parasite.’ The performance artist’s project became more literal than originall…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM

‘Four teens in their 30s!’ Lovable New York comedy gang Simple Town land in London by Brian Logan

They wowed the Edinburgh fringe with whip-smart sketches about Nasa engineers and what their audience were thinking. Now the slacker troupe are back on stage – but a long way from TV scree…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM
Sunday, March 8, 2026

The Mesmerist review – Rufus Hound magically unravels a family mystery by Arifa Akbar

Watford Palace theatrePaying tribute to his grandfather whose 1983 show at the same venue lasted only one night the actor and comedian skilfully unveils a big reveal worthy of Inside No 9 Th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54PM

The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin review – slapdash absurdism by Kate Wyver

New Diorama theatre, LondonA man bearing the same name as the actor wants to apologise to a woman for something he has ‘accidentally’ done in this patience-testing undisciplined drama �…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM

‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year by Alan Bennett

He got stuck in the bath and met the queen. But despite a few wobbles and procedures, the author still can’t believe his age Windsor. The royal dolls’ house at Windsor Castle is being re…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM

Crime and Punishment review – gripping portrait of Dostoevsky’s murderous antihero by Mark Fisher

Cast, DoncasterLaurie Sansom’s bold decision to stage the literary classic with a cast of three pays off in parts thanks to compelling performances and an atmosphere of shadowy dread You m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Saturday, March 7, 2026

The Ladies Football Club review – squad of 11 salute Sheffield’s pioneering players by Catherine Love

Crucible theatre, SheffieldA dynamic team of actors capture the spirit of female footballers during the first world war – though the storytelling is sometimes fumbled The rise of interest …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AM

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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