Thursday, March 26, 2026
Production based on 1993 novel opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in July, with original songs co-written by the author
It has been a book, a play and a film. It has also spawned thr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Live theatre, Newcastle When Maeve becomes a sexagenarian she rethinks her identity " and her 40-year marriage " in this surprisingly breezy drama
You can imagine a Victorian melodrama in wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 8, 2026
Cast, DoncasterLaurie Sansom's bold decision to stage the literary classic with a cast of three pays off in parts thanks to compelling performances and an atmosphere of shadowy dread
You mig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 5, 2026
Òran Mór, GlasgowCovering friendship, addiction and death, this dark comedy from the team behind Dancing Shoes celebrates one man's life and his passion for film
The title is ironic. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
Citizens theatre, GlasgowEven the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill's post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett's classic
Productions of Samuel Beckett's modernist classic often evok…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Òran Mór, GlasgowAn anecdote about a trip to find Paul McCartney's Scottish retreat turns into a sweet-natured two-hander
Milly Sweeney is a young writer gaining traction. Staged in P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme The cast in this four-person capsule telling of the Conan Doyle thriller bring vigour and charm but it's hard to discern any point to the exercise
To get the m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PM[SHARE]Citizens, GlasgowNewcomer Mandipa Kabanda plays the Maid of Orleans from obscure teenager to army-commanding conqueror, tearing through dialogue with rare pace
When George Bernard Shaw's pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2026
Royal Exchange, ManchesterDirector Selina Cartmell delivers a giddily theatrical take on Jim Cartwright's slice-of-life portrait
Selina Cartmell's vision for Jim Cartwright's play is big. To…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Birmingham RepThe bands that came to symbolise a divided nation compete to top the charts in John Niven's jokey play but it is woefully short on drama
Apparently, they did a lot of sitting a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Comedians, theatre-makers and actors including Rachel Weisz, Sally Phillips and Simon Munnery recall the late teacher's alarming lessons
Philippe Gaulier, clown guru, dies aged 82
Louise Bre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2026
The Canadian performer visited hospices, mystics and cemeteries to research Age Is a Feeling. The show, which has now been performed in 10 languages, has reduced men in their 70s to tears
It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
Hull TruckIn a stark modern staging, Mark Babych frames the tragedy as a story of ordinary lives spiralling into catastrophe
For a play that ends so bloodily, Macbeth starts like an improvis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Cast, DoncasterThrough the eyes of two working-class teenagers, a legendary 90s Doncaster nightclub is brought back to life in Danielle Phillips's sparky but quietly perceptive play
If you w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2026
Cast, DoncasterA visually arresting adaptation trades Martian menace for Enoch Powell-era paranoia " technically dazzling, politically pointed, yet also confusing
'National emergency to repe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2026
Octagon, BoltonThree grownup daughters display childhood neediness in this well-acted production that explores unrequited desires as a mother comes back from the grave
The three grownup sist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Crucible, SheffieldThe supernatural is all-encompassing in Oladipo Agboluaje's reframing of Shakespeare's power play in 19th-century west Africa
Every time the court historian turns up, he h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York's venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Monday, January 19, 2026
New LGBTQ+ festival included McKellen in a fiery monologue and Norton in conversation, as well as a queer ceilidh and 'kilted yoga'
Sir Ian McKellen is on stage blowing up a red balloon. For…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Monday, December 22, 2025
Chadderton Town Hall, OldhamSet over the course of local village hall fundraiser, Jim Cartwright's play is charmingly performed and has a built-in sense of community
Yesterday it was the sal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
Citizens theatre, GlasgowLewis Hetherington's reworking of the 18th-century fable is creepy and creative, serious and scary
It is a rare for a family show to be both funny and spine-tingling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM[SHARE]Friday, December 5, 2025
Dundee RepThis hazily dramatised show is full of pizzazz and features the voice of Brian Cox but in making Jack as cynical as his mum it loses the story's heart
Do not be misled by the title…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 30, 2025
Gaiety theatre, AyrA rosy-cheeks-and-spotty-socks kind of show full of generous laughs, Fraser Boyle's take on Aladdin also has several original innovations and a subversive streak
Who need…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2025
Tron theatre, Glasgow There are jokes aplenty in Johnny McKnight's panto update of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland story, played with delirious daftness by an ebullient cast
More than the odd pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 20, 2025
Royal Court theatre, LiverpoolPaul Duckworth's sweary Scrooge has romantic history with Marley's widow in a pun-heavy festive show
Whether it's Paul Hilton at London's Old Vic this winter or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickAll the major characters are present in Sonia Jalaly's update, but this is also a journey of self-realisation with brisk songs and cartoonish humour
Most people …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 13, 2025
Live theatre, Newcastle Jamie Eastlake's play addresses the forces pushing a young man towards the far right " and the school meals supervisor set on saving him
When did society become so po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Loading Bay, BradfordAdaptation of Fiona Mozley's novel wisely leaves the looming figure of Daddy unseen in this quasi-mythical tale of an off-grid family's doomed fight against class and ca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 26, 2025
Perth theatre This show aims to represent composer Irving Berlin's much-loved song in human form. But while that idea lacks coherence, the sketches and medleys are buoyantly performed
The pi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 16, 2025
From musical versions of Pinocchio, Treasure Island and Sherlock Holmes to a comedy about banana-loving beach-dwellers … dive into our selection box of festive theatre
Sadler's Wells East,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM[SHARE]Royal Lyceum, EdinburghJames Brining's first production as Lyceum artistic director finds humour and humanity in a finely etched ensemble
It is quite something when Caroline Quentin dominate…
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