Thursday, December 19, 2019
Guardian's outgoing chief theatre critic 'thrilled' that best play award will carry his name in recognition of 48 years' service to drama journalism
A prestigious theatre award for the best …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Curve, LeicesterAn adaptation of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees's bestseller loses some of the grace of the picturebook despite a moonlit acrobatic ending
Author Giles Andreae and illustr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2019
The Egg, BathSome scenes sparkle in Annie Siddons' version of the fairytale but this unruly show is as long and knotty as the heroine's locks
A wild boar squats centre stage and, much to thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PM[SHARE]Friday, December 13, 2019
Actor who specialised in playing New York mobsters and other tough-guy rolesA former bouncer, baggage handler and trade unionist, the American actor Danny Aiello had years of playing pugnaci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2019
The Egg, BathTim Bell and Kate Cross's remarkable production mixes Bauhaus-style designs and jazz in an irresistible treat for under-fives
Glitter, sequins and fake snow are the stock ingred…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Salisbury PlayhouseBrightly designed, this jaunty version of Beatrix Potter's seasonal tale boasts a scene-stealing Simpkin the cat
Beatrix Potter's book about an ailing tailor tasked with m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PM[SHARE]Monday, December 9, 2019
TV channel Gold announces the winners in a national competition for topical festive gags " can you do any better?
What do Donald Trump, Santa and Olivia Colman have in common? No, it's not a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42PM[SHARE]Lyric theatre, LondonJumpy new student Frog overcomes his starting-school nerves in this exuberant musical adaptation of Kes Gray and Jim Field's picture books
Cats sit on mats, mules sit o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM[SHARE]Monday, November 18, 2019
The Egg, BathMurray Lachlan Young and Joe Allen deliver a sinister epic about a seven-year-old who inherits his ancestral home
Murray Lachlan Young is a born storyteller " even his name has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Drew McOnie's Merlin and Kenneth Tindall's Geisha will mark the company's remarkable half century, alongside digital archive
'Years ago, when I danced, you did what you were told," says Nort…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 10, 2019
Stratford Circus Arts Centre, LondonFilskit's theatre show for young audiences features clowning, aerial tricks and an engaging tale of friendship
Here's a set that little hands would love t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2019
Judges praise her experimental, starkly violent play based on a Cornelia Parker installation as 'astonishingly emotional'
Phoebe Eclair-Powell has won the 2019 Bruntwood prize for playwritin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 31, 2019
Stanley and Audrey Burton theatre, Leeds Northern Ballet's retelling for young children gives the baddy a craving for sugar rather than flesh
Never mind the red shoes " it's a red cape that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM[SHARE]The West Wing writer's play will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's novel
The hit Broadway play of To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by The West Wing writer A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 23, 2019
An exciting new adventure for Tiny Tim, a penguin chick with two daddies and a furry green grouch's plot to steal Christmas are among the jolliest shows to unwrap this festive season
Scrunch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Caroline Cornélis draws on everyday life to make elegant shows for young audiences. In 10:10, three dancers and a drummer recreate break time
Shows for young audiences are frequently set in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 10, 2019
Choreographer Jennifer Lacey explains why there is more modern art than movement in her new life-coaching piece
In the basement of Nottingham Contemporary art gallery, Jennifer Lacey fans ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PM[SHARE]Friday, October 4, 2019
Unicorn theatre, LondonA mischievous arachnid from folklore is given fresh life in a silky show that leaves its audience charmed
In one of many stories spun about Anansi, the trickster spide…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 3, 2019
State-of-the-art West End theatre opens its doors with a season including plays by Cormac McCarthy and Lucy Prebble
A "novel in dramatic form" by Cormac McCarthy, a revival of Lucy Prebble's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Comedian will make his West End stage debut as Shakespeare in comedy adaptation promising troubles, twins and a dancing bear
Ben Elton's sitcom Upstart Crow, which imagines the beleaguered p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2019
A hip-hop history lesson, a dizzy Dahl musical and a continent-hopping barbershop … we pick the finest new works of theatre since 2000
Jez Butterworth: the sage behind our No1 Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PM[SHARE]The essence of dance is a ritual, says the choreographer whose seductively mysterious works embrace everything from the annunciation to the apocalypse
Angelin Preljocaj is celebrated for hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 15, 2019
Jubilee Hall, AldeburghEve Austin is vividly volatile as a schoolgirl adrift over summer holidays in Sophie Ellerby's slow-burning drama for HighTide
Year 9 is said to be the toughest for sc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The festival is over for another year but plenty of its theatre, comedy and dance hits have announced dates around the UK
CollapsibleBreffni Holahan gives a searing performance as Essie in M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2019
James McNicholas is used to performing comedy sketches. Now he's letting his guard down for the story of middleweight champ turned movie star Terry Downes
They called him the Paddington Expr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2019
Renowned as the squire and surprise Casanova in Thrones, the star is now wrestling with audiences in Edinburgh. He talks about his meteoric rise to fame and why he won't be going back to sch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 18, 2019
Swedish comedian feasts on the acclaim after his food-themed quip tops list of 10 best gags from this year's fringe
The surrealist Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel has won the Dave funniest jok…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghKatie Arnstein uses Dorothy's yellow-brick road to map her own struggles and issue a raw reminder of the urgency of #MeToo
'We saw your boobs! We saw your boobs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Performing at the fringe can cost a fortune " little wonder so many comics bunk in together. We drop in on Jon Richardson, Rose Matafeo and Josie Long, among others, to see how they live
It …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Monday, August 12, 2019
Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2019
Summerhall, EdinburghA trio of siblings make their childhood sparring literal in a mesmerising dance show with heavyweight potential
Edinburgh's Summerhall has a rowdy late-night festival hi…
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