Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Charing Cross theatre, London This soulful celebration of adventurer Annie Londonderry takes time to get into gear, but newcomer Liv Andrusier gives a superb performance
Annie Cohen Kopchovs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 1, 2022
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes an intelligent political drama, a reimagined As You like It and a play about Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter's passion for cricket
The Made in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 28, 2022
Soho theatre, LondonChris Fonseca signs and dances his early life story with a guileless charm, drawing on rap, immersive sound and comedy to lighten the darker moments
The music is blasting…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AM[SHARE]Friday, August 26, 2022
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford upon AvonRosie Sheehy dazzles as a woman calling the shots in this feverish production that underlines the play's curious ambiguities
This problem play c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 25, 2022
Theatre Royal BathThe ex-Python's production is visually enticing, playful and dreamlike but doesn't quite reach the mournful depths of parental anxiety that run through the story
What makes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Samira Wiley makes her UK stage debut, there's an urgent counter to antisemitism, plus a fourth King James, refugee dancers and comedic returns Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonThis absorbing take on Guy Fawkes's plan to blow up parliament has striking resonances to today's world, as well as a starry cast knocking out sensational son…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 21, 2022
Turbine theatre, LondonLuke Bayer single-handedly plays a classroom of feuding high school drama students in this unmissable take on All About Eve
A musical with a classroom full of feuding …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PM[SHARE]Friday, August 19, 2022
King's Head theatre, LondonChristopher Wollaton impresses in a one-man show about body dysmorphia but his script suffers from a lack of proper plot
"What we are showing here is important," s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Donmar Warehouse, LondonIn a near-future world on fire, a jury of 12 young people listen to testimony from the 'dinosaur' generation
If the current, abnormal weather patterns around the wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM[SHARE]Monday, August 1, 2022
Available onlineCentred around a proposed Holocaust memorial, this debut from playwright Teunkie Van Der Sluijs probes the intersections of Black and Jewish identity with an eloquent flair
T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2022
Gillian Lynne theatre, LondonThis exhilarating production of CS Lewis's timeless tale delivers spellbinding spectacle, wartime drama and perfect puppetry
This captivating production takes th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 28, 2022
The self-described 'wobbly' comedian is returning to her first love, acting, with a hard-hitting play about the collision of disability and austerity
Francesca Martinez was three years old w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMusical set on the prehistoric ocean floor and starring singing yeast particles is a swampy mess
This 2007 comedy musical features all-singing, all-dancing particl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Young Vic, London Sonali Bhattacharyya intriguingly exposes the exploitative dynamics of the global gig economy through the lens of a Bengali jatra theatre group
This drama about the gig eco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 24, 2022
Open Air theatre, Regent's Park, LondonThis family musical and adorable puppets will keep the kids happy, but parents might wish they could go walkies
Some stories are better known, and love…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM[SHARE]Friday, July 22, 2022
Kiln theatre, LondonZodwa Nyoni's hard-hitting play takes us into the mind of Dwight, growing up with his Black British family in 1980s Leeds and in the present day
This drama about family, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 21, 2022
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThis intimate story of four-way romantic damage gains an extra edge in Clare Lizzimore's slick revival
Patrick Marber's hit play brimmed with daring when it premiere…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Chichester Festival theatreInstantly infectious melodies, superb choreography and irresistible comedy are met with astonishing performances in this lovable show
A faithful revival of this 19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Lyttelton theatre, LondonSimon Godwin masterfully directs a slick production starring Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan
Lovers and fighters convene at an opulent Sicilian hotel, though …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Monday, July 18, 2022
Available onlineFiona Watson plays a GP who is drawn, at retirement, into an immersive game that threatens to swallow her up
Odds On is an exemplar of the way online theatre has developed in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 14, 2022
Olivier theatre, LondonThe razor sharp social critique of the original is replaced by nostalgia and strained gags in this toothless transposition of The Rivals
Jack Absolute is the comically…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07PM[SHARE]Camden Garrison, LondonFans of the TV series may enjoy the period detail and atmosphere, but this immersive show is frustratingly light on story and drama
It is 1921 and the Shelby clan have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Almeida theatre, LondonTom Hollander stars as Boris Berezovsky in The Crown creator's new drama, which has a show-stealing performance by Will Keen as Vladimir Putin
While the urgent real-li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Friday, July 8, 2022
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIt can feel exasperating at times but this well-performed 1951 drama offers a smart balance of discomfort and laughs
Eugène Ionesco's single-act play, about a les…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]From Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence
If the theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Turbine theatre, LondonJJ Green's play, in which he also stars, contrasts the struggles his autistic hero faces with the rich world of his imagination
This debut play about a boy growing up …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE]Harold Pinter theatre, LondonEmilia Clarke and Indira Varma star in Jamie Lloyd's stripped-back West End production which asks probing questions about performance
Chekhov's drama about love…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 7, 2022
Available onlineA chilling portrayal of the tense encounter between the SS chief and Norbert Masur, a representative of the World Jewish Congress, works well on screen
In the dying days of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Charing Cross theatre, LondonA meeting in a toilet between a republican teacher and the Queen is disappointingly amicable with few laughs
Here's a comedy for those of us who hid from the acr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 3, 2022
Fenton Town Hall, Stoke-on-TrentWily upstart Denry Machin is played with picaresque charm in a witty adaptation of Arnold Bennett's novel, empowered by the big, vivid sound of a brass band
D…
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