Sunday, April 5, 2026

‘Curated chaos’: Danny Boyle on the ‘pop culture spectacular’ he is bringing to London’s Southbank Centre by Caroline Davies

Director and producer is co-creator of You Are Here, a one-day immersive theatrical event traversing 75 years of youth culture Out of chaos come great cultural movements, according to the di…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM

Desmond Barrit obituary by Michael Coveney

Character actor of energetic comic brilliance, notably as Falstaff at the RSC and in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys The character actor Desmond Barrit, who has died aged 81, was renowne…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM

‘It was a warning from history – now it’s the bloody muse!’ Mark Gatiss and Placebo on reviving Brecht’s brutal Hitler satire by Kate Wyver

In these turbulent times, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui has never been more vital, and returns to the stage starring the Sherlock star and with music by the alt-rockers. But, they say, th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM

The Authenticator review – echoes of Sherlock Holmes as thriller takes on toxic legacies with lightness of touch by Arifa Akbar

Dorfman theatre, LondonComedy infuses Winsome Pinnock’s disarming but ebullient drama about two Black academics who are given the job of authenticating the diaries of an enslaver You don�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM

The High Life: The Musical, Still Living It! review – Alan Cumming’s creation flies into deliriously silly panto territory by Mark Fisher

Dundee RepCumming and Forbes Masson revive their cult 1994 TV sitcom with brilliant songs and a Beano-esque plot as budget Air Scotia is threatened with takeover If someone tells you this mu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM

Victoria: A Queen Unbound review – darkness lurks beneath the myth of a model royal marriage by David Jays

Watermill theatre, NewburyScreenwriter Daisy Goodwin imagines the old queen revisiting her diaries and reveals a tale of control and coercion behind Albert’s dutiful devotion When screenwr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM
Thursday, April 2, 2026

From Hamlet at the Globe to Keir Starmer on SNL UK: the anarchic rise of George Fouracres by Brian Logan

After years of skits and Shakespeare, the Black Country performer has found his biggest audience yet on Saturday Night Live UK. Phil Wang and others hail his ‘pure comedic instinct’ A ca…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM

The best theatre to stream this month: Patrick Stewart reads Shakespeare’s sonnets – all 154 of them by Chris Wiegand

The great Shakespearean shares his passion project, there’s a sneak peek of Sam Ryder’s Jesus Christ Superstar and Back to the Future: The Musical hits reverse When stages went dark duri…

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Private Lives review – Noël Coward’s queasy merry-go-round of desire and spite by Catherine Love

Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterSparring lovers play a capricious game in Blanche McIntyre’s revival – but the cut and thrust is kept witty, rather than curdling into danger In directo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM

Les Liaisons Dangereuses review – love is a fight for power in this bold staging by Arifa Akbar

National theatre, LondonA queenly Lesley Manville steals the show in this dark, rageful tale of seduction as contact sport Pierre Choderlos de Laclos was serving as an artillery officer whil…

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What I’m Here For review – high-pressure horror of a nurse’s shift from hell by Mark Fisher

Tron, GlasgowThe life-and-death choices that a stressed-out nurse faces on a short-staffed weekend are taken to gothic heights in this intense, atmospheric play The standard colour scheme fo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – a playful, punchy Shakespeare romcom made easy by Miriam Gillinson

Unicorn theatre, London The Unicorn and RSC’s accessible adaptation is at its best in comic set pieces – even if the pared-down plot still feels cluttered How to make Shakespeare accessi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Megan Thee Stallion diagnosed with extreme exhaustion after hospitalization by Anna Betts

The rapper was hospitalized in New York City after feeling unwell during her Moulin Rouge performance on Broadway Megan Thee Stallion was taken to the hospital on Tuesday in New York City af…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PM
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Resistance movement: how a play about penicillin brought the arts, science and politics together by Deborah Linton

Championed by a former chief medical officer, Lifeline is both a musical following Alexander Fleming’s discovery of the first antibiotic and a warning about the threat of superbugs in the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

Brendan Gleeson wins best actor as Critics’ Circle theatre awards toasts The Weir by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Other winners include Inter Alia’s Rosamund Pike, Ivo van Hove for All My Sons and Hayley Atwell who beat her Much Ado co-star Tom Hiddleston to best Shakespearean performance Brendan Glee…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

The Last Five Years review – Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt make time stand still by Chris Wiegand

London PalladiumThe musical-theatre megastars fall in and out of love, in opposing timelines, in a stirring production of Jason Robert Brown’s musical After her electrifying Evita, Rachel …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

My Mix(ed-Up) Tape review – fury on the dancefloor at fiery Welsh wedding by Anya Ryan

Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotA reluctant return to the valleys brings a reckoning with a violent past and problematic present in Katie Payne’s vivid and raw monologue Playwright Ka…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

John Proctor Is the Villain review – Arthur Miller’s classic sparks a #MeToo moment by Arifa Akbar

Royal Court theatre, LondonA class on The Crucible unearths troubling parallels for a group of teen girls in Kimberly Belflower’s play set in the wake of the Weinstein scandal Kimberly Bel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

Robert Fox obituary by Michael Coveney

Film and theatre producer who made The Audience the starting point for The Crown, and was behind Another Country, The Lady in the Van, Iris and Notes on a Scandal Scion of one of the great t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

The Guide #236: Is celebrity casting a cynical marketing stunt or does it help to democratise theatre? by Lucinda Everett

In this week’s newsletter: From singers to YouTube stars and TV hosts, more famous faces are treading the boards. Some insiders think it’s killing the industry, but for others it opens u…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) review – this brevity is the soul of wit by Mark Lawson

Bristol Old VicThe Reduced Shakespeare Company returns with a frantic mix of pratfalls, audience participation and lightning-flash characterisations A classical actor who appeared in a recen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

Harry Enfield and No Chums! review – the head of our comedy state takes a trip down memory lane by Brian Logan

Barbican Centre, LondonFrom Stavros to Wayne Slob, Loadsamoney to DJ Dave Nice, the 64-year-old distilled whole characters and social types To younger audiences, Harry Enfield may be best kn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding review – crowd-pleasing energy, charisma and expert comic timing by Arifa Akbar

Lyric Hammersmith, LondonJocelyn Bioh’s comedy – following a day in the life of a Harlem braiding salon – is filled with humour and hijinks ‘Don’t touch my hair” is a racially-ch…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

The Old Ladies review – spite, greed and nerves in a rickety boarding house by David Jays

Finborough theatre, LondonIrritable passions ferment beneath the frowsty knits and beads in atmospheric 1935 psychological thriller Lonely lives, falling between the gaps, are at the heart o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

‘If I didn’t have dwarfism, I’d probably be quite normcore’: Midgitte Bardot on sex, drag and street harassment by Alex Needham

Their shows caused mayhem. Now Tamm Reynolds – AKA Midgitte Bardot – is really going for the jugular, hitting back at prejudice with a wild new act Most performers want attention when…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

In the Print review – Rupert Murdoch hits trade unions with fake news in tense thriller by Mark Lawson

King’s Head theatre, LondonThe media tycoon comes up against union boss Brenda Dean in Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s docudrama about the 80s Wapping dispute A teacher in Alan Bennett’…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

Kinky Boots: The Musical review – Strictly’s Johannes Radebe is a perfect fit by Lyndsey Winship

London ColiseumSuperbly cast, the dancer brings stratospheric levels of charisma to a rather pedestrian show driven by Cyndi Lauper’s songs Johannes Radebe (AKA Jojo from Strictly) is a bo…

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Romeo and Juliet review – overbearing directorial stamp is saved by dazzling cast by Arifa Akbar

Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe’s pure chemistry perfectly encapsulates the urgent and uncompromising nature of first love Has the conveyor belt from screen-to-stage celebrity turned full circle …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM

Dog Day Afternoon review – Broadway take on heist can’t match Pacino’s punch by Jesse Hassenger

August Wilson Theatre, New YorkA splashy new production inspired by the real-life 1970s bank robbery stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach The story of Dog Day Afternoon is so familiar t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM
Monday, March 30, 2026

Mary Beth Hurt – a life in pictures by Owen Myers

The star of stage and screen has died aged 79. We look back at her memorable film and theater roles, public appearances and marriage to Paul Schrader Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AM
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers It’s a Sin, the award-winning…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM

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