Thursday, June 4, 2026
Barbican theatre, LondonImpeccable vocals and slick staging make for dazzling set pieces in a tame production that’s missing the emotional centre of the 1956 filmFive years ago, the Barbic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2026
He stood down as boss of the NT – and threw himself into kayaking, writing and DIY. The veteran director talks about his new start aged 60, mourning his mother – and directing Death of a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Theatre503, LondonHope still resides against horror in this collection of short plays from Palestinian playwrights, poets and artistsWhat are the basic requirements of theatre-making? Actors…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Charing Cross theatre, LondonThe power and personality of its singers and music lift this Twilight-esque story into the realms of enjoyably ridiculousThe origins of this supernatural musical…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AM[SHARE]Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonProspero is reimagined as a conductor in this superbly orchestrated version of Shakespeare’s tragicomedyKenneth Branagh is said to have played…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2026
Young Vic, LondonAlexander Zeldin’s devastating play depicts the gruelling loneliness and confusion of life in a care homeAlexander Zeldin’s characters often inhabit the margins, from ze…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 17, 2026
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonForgoing Brecht’s usual distanciation, Anna Jordan’s new translation and Michelle Terry’s lovable performance bring out the humanity of a woman doing what…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2026
Lyric Hammersmith, London The dissolute aristocrats from 1895 remain sharply funny, and bitingly relevant, in this flamboyant new spinOscar Wilde’s comedy was billed as a “play of modern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Sherman theatre, Cardiff Connor Allen’s autobiographical show is a twister that winds in everything from gothic mystery to therapy sessions in an ambitious, r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:35PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 10, 2026
Southwark Playhouse, London Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s revenge drama has plenty of rug-pulling twists, but stilted presentation leaves little sense of jeopardyAs a revenge fantasy between a f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AM[SHARE]Friday, May 8, 2026
The Victoria Wood theatre, Bowness-on-WindermereMarking 10 years since the late comic’s death, this affectionate show blends her songs with a time-slip tale of friendship, regret and middl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 3, 2026
Brighton Dome Corn ExchangeThe timeless parable of a 16th-century horse dealer turned violent protester questions the personal cost of resistance in this awe-inspiring production from Omar E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2026
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[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2026
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[SHARE]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[SHARE]Saturday, April 25, 2026
Marylebone theatre, London A tremendous cast lifts what might have been a formulaic drama into a compelling examination of contested memoryArthur Miller is evidently speaking to the moment. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 24, 2026
The former Casualty actor wrote Driftwood – a family drama set against the backdrop of Trinidadian independence – as a private act after reconnecting with her roots. It was like solving …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Swan theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonGatiss is part Hitler, part Scrooge, part Trump in Seán Linnen’s circus-like production for the RSCBertolt Brecht’s comic grotesque parable for Hitler…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Royal Court theatre, London Yousef Sweid shows wit and charm as he tackles his divorce and custody battle, while the larger struggle closes in around himThis is not a political show, Yousef …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2026
Shaftesbury theatre, LondonTwenty years since its West End debut, the sweetly subversive musical returns with a few tweaks and a lot of heart
The trigger warning "puppet nudity" does not beg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Bush theatre, LondonSecrets are exposed during a pub singalong as Franky returns home to find her parents divided in Kit Withington's drama
You can hear this play before you enter the audito…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2026
Arcola theatre, London Writer Ken Ludwig's heartfelt and funny romcom draws the audience into every step of Jack and Louise's developing affection, their longing deepened by physical separat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 11, 2026
Hampstead theatre, LondonMichael Frayn's cerebral drama of science and conscience returns with urgency " although this production struggles to ignite its emotional core
Paapa Essiedu recentl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Almeida theatre, LondonAnya Reiss packs the marriage scandal plot with inspired ideas, from convincing talk of Instagram to a look at sexual dynamics in the crosshairs of contemporary capita…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonThe songs soar and blast in this inventive tale of a toxic romance " though it needs a few tweaks to be truly brilliant
The scope and ambition of this dark…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 5, 2026
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't i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2026
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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 Belfl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM[SHARE]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-charged statem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM[SHARE]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 wh…
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