Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Brighton festivaldreamthinkspeak's timely new production on inequality and abuse of political power offers its audience a choice: complicity or compliance?
We are instructed to meet at a se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonSmart, funny adaptation of Woolf's exploration of multiple selves is pint-sized but faithful, and Taylor McClaine is excellent as the titular lead
A list of pron…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PM[SHARE]Monday, May 9, 2022
Soho theatre, LondonFeaturing scintillating performances, Stephanie Martin's play sidesteps schmaltz with bold and sharply original verve
This is a girl-meets-girl story of two women flirtin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 8, 2022
Bush theatre, London A family gathers following a son's death to tackle unfinished business provoked by cultural tensions and an absent father, in Beru Tessema's absorbing play
House of Ife …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2022
Barbican, LondonWhile the emotional complexities remain, Ivo van Hove's high-octane makeover featuring unrelenting pyrotechnics and riveting performances is a visual epic
The fires are being…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 5, 2022
Dorfman theatre, LondonGentle comedy leavens David Eldridge's sequel about a couple mired in the swamps of regrets and resentments
'What's wrong?" says a husband to his wife when he finds he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 3, 2022
A two-star show has the potential to be turned into a five-star hit " as I learned on a recent trip to the Royal Court
I went to see a play for the second time recently and changed my mind a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM[SHARE]Southwark Playhouse, LondonViSiBLE Theatre Ensemble's play underexplores the effects of insomnia on its characters, who deliver a series of fragmented monologues
A play about insomnia is we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 1, 2022
Globe Theatre, LondonLucy Bailey's ambling production of Shakespeare's comedy, set in northern Italy on the eve of Mussolini's defeat, exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start of su…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM[SHARE]Friday, April 29, 2022
Apollo theatre, LondonProblematic gags limit the power of Jez Butterworth's layered drama about myths and Englishness but the lead performance still astonishes
Full disclosure: I did not lov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 28, 2022
The actor's response to criticism of The First Lady is astonishingly thin-skinned and misses our role in building dialogue and serving readers
It's hard to see your idols torn down unfairly …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonThe Killing Eve star makes a masterful West End debut in Suzie Miller's play about sexual assault and the legal system
Jodie Comer's West End stage debut is a ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PM[SHARE]Available onlineWorking-class history and a young woman's story combine in this audio drama from the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Keli is a three-part audio drama about brass band contests and th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 26, 2022
The playwright reflects on the importance of difficult conversations, putting female characters centre-stage and reading a Greek tragedy a day to write The House of Shades
In 2016, Beth Stee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Monday, April 25, 2022
Finborough theatre, LondonThis slow-moving drama inspired by the life of Lady Grange explores the historical control of women and changing attitudes to mental health
The little-known story o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Her Majesty's theatre, LondonThe Italian actor delivers an elegant but eccentric show that can't quite decide who it's for: opera aficionados or initiates
It is a thrilling pairing on paper:…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 24, 2022
National Theatre, LondonEmlyn Williams' 1938 play is a kind of Billy Elliot of the Valleys: the old-fashioned but hugely entertaining and affecting story of a Welsh miner's son who escapes h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AM[SHARE]Friday, April 22, 2022
Donmar Warehouse, LondonDespite strong performances, Jackie Sibblies Drury's play zigzags so much that it overshadows the remarkable life at its centre
The provocations and final controversi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2022
One Cartridge Place, LondonThis immersive retelling of Greek tragedies is stylish and atmospheric but lacks narrative momentum and its scattered scenes can be frustratingly arcane
It is imme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33PM[SHARE]Birmingham RepCasey Bailey's moving, emotionally honest grime musical grows in power and has its own poetic, street-smart presence
Grimeboy starts off with a deceptive lightness as a coming-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM[SHARE]Monday, April 18, 2022
Available onlineThe canine curse is given a comic makeover, sapping the story of its terror but bringing laughs and charming energy from the cast of three
Arthur Conan Doyle's sinister tale …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 17, 2022
Bush theatre, LondonThe performer of this one-woman play steers through multiple characters with charm, but is held back by a story that is less than the sum of its parts
Princess Dinubolu o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Friday, April 15, 2022
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonMike Bartlett's rambunctious capers with types including Lady Susan Climber and Matt Eton MP are great fun if not exactly stinging satire
In Mike Bartlett's rambunct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 14, 2022
Hampstead theatre, LondonClaire Latham is utterly arresting as a traumatised woman, surrounded by violence, who transforms into a wolf
This monologue, by a woman from the deep south of the U…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Theatre503, LondonA mother-daughter confrontation at a motivational speaker's coaching session raises urgent questions about mental health
A play about a self-help circle can usually guarant…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AM[SHARE]Monday, April 11, 2022
Cabaret and Life of Pi were deservedly recognised on a night that could have spread the love more widely and often favoured comforting shows
Full list of winners
It began with the host Jason…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 10, 2022
Old Vic theatre, LondonMike Bartlett's script turns US politics into Shakepearean comedy but falls oddly flat despite magnetising performances
Donald Trump's inner circle has, in Mike Bartle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 7, 2022
Almeida, LondonA white billionaire art collector's relationship with a young Black artist forms the heart of this bold, brawny play about race, patronage and exploitation
Ever since Sunset…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Hampstead theatre, LondonThere is some fine acting as the wife and children of Robert Lindsay's patriarchal professor bicker and bond over inheritances and legacies, but it is all a little t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Birmingham RepWe see the shock of Windrush-era racism from a child's perspective, but miss the details of how she rose nontheless to become the face of children's TV
It is fitting that an ad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 31, 2022
Gielgud theatre, LondonRafe Spall is a dignified Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin's smooth and confident adaptation, which finds modern-day resonances in the 1960 classic about racial injustice…
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