Wednesday, August 26, 2015
How do you even begin to pick the world's 101 greatest plays? The Guardian's theatre critic explains how he approached this controversial task for his new book " and admits he is already hav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Barbican, LondonCumberbatch has a gift for suggesting Hamlet's essential decency, but visual conceits take the place of textual investigation in this frustrating stagingAfter all the hype an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55PM[SHARE]Friday, August 7, 2015
Minerva theatre, ChichesterDirector Howard Davies's production is meticulous in its emotional detail and the cast match him in charting the aftermath of warThis is Chichester at its best: re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2015
Southwark Playhouse, LondonPerfectly drilled dance, stunning vocals and stylish direction fuel this cross-section of luxury hotel life in 20s Berlin This musical, based on Vicki Baum's portm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Donmar Warehouse, London In her tense and riveting early work, Morgan highlights the fragility of power as a group of women gather in a presidential palace with revolution brewing outsideAbi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]At London's Barbican, Benedict Cumberbatch will be taking over a role that defies age, transcends gender and allows actors to play to their strengthsOn Wednesday night, Benedict Cumberbatch …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:21AM[SHARE]Prince of Wales, LondonStrip away all the hype surrounding this hit Broadway import and what do you find? A mildly amusing musical, with some knowingly parodic songs, that takes a few pot sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Apollo, LondonMichael Simkins' adaptation of Roger Mortimer's correspondence with his son is performed with style by a real-life father and sonA collection of letters by racing correspondent…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2015
Finborough, LondonFirst-time playwright Kieran Knowles captures the terror of the Sheffield blitz in the experiences of four trapped steelworkersOn 12 December 1940, more than 600 people die…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2015
Almeida, LondonJames Macdonald's production at the Almeida offers clarity and imaginative acting, yet falls short of the rage and frenzy that Euripides' masterpiece demandsHaving started wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10PM[SHARE]Noël Coward theatre, LondonA major gender imbalance undermines the slick and intriguing acts in this Vegas-style fiesta of illusion Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Lyttelton, LondonJohn Simm and Mark Gatiss star in Patrick Marber's version of Turgenev's play that turns its subtle chemistry into a satire on a group of social parasitesTurgenev's A Month …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Michael Billington reports from a quarry near Avignon on Peter Brook's dawn-to-dusk staging of the great Sanskrit epic, the MahabharataWe assembled around seven o'clock on Saturday evening i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2015
Elegant stage and screen actor who gave memorable performances in many of the productions of her husband, the director Peter BrookNatasha Parry, who has died aged 84, was an actor of excepti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM[SHARE]Friday, July 24, 2015
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis production of the 1954 musical about farmboys who kidnap their brides steers clear of chauvinism and lets the choreography take centre stageFrankly…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2015
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonCharles Edwards impresses with his whimsically indifferent ruler, in an interpretation that confirms Simon Godwin as one of our best classical directorsSimon Godwi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Chichester Festival theatreThe first half dazzles, and Michael Ball is magisterial, but the vibrancy and inventive parts cannot make Jerry Herman's musical a dramatic whole Ever since its Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Friday, July 17, 2015
Park theatre, LondonAndrew Keatley's upper-class family drama, starring Jane Asher and her daughter Katie Scarfe, is a compelling record of emotional tensions at the dawn of New LabourA star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 16, 2015
Douglas Gordon's axe-attack on the Home arts centre seems extreme. But from death threats to abusive postcards, critics have paid a heavy price for dismissing thespiansHow do people react to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:41AM[SHARE]Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonFar from being another jukebox musical, this show gives a slew of Bacharach-David hits an exuberant makeover that invites fresh appreciationIt was touching to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 15, 2015
King's Head, LondonClad in loincloths and festooned with chains, two penitents duke it out over a patch of desert in this sharply satirical, weirdly fascinating Peter Barnes revivalI sometim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Jermyn Street, LondonA couple's rustic idyll is shattered when a stranger arrives to drag their secrets into the light " with a bluntness that stretches psychological credulityLured by the p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AM[SHARE]Monday, July 13, 2015
Wyndham's theatre, LondonRichard Bean's 2002 play about two oddball friends in a hotel room has been inflated to make a pricey West End star vehicleThe presence of Stephen Merchant, standup …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PM[SHARE]Friday, July 10, 2015
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonYou can't take your eyes off the deplorably greedy villain in Trevor Nunn's mesmerising new production of the 400-year-old Ben Jonson satireBen Jonson's satire o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 9, 2015
Bush, LondonRebecca Lenkiewicz's entertaining play about the cruel impact of cuts to the legal-aid budget would be stronger if it interrogated its material rather more Related: Rebecca Lenki…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 8, 2015
From Peter O'Toole as Jeffrey Bernard to Mark Rylance as 'Rooster' Byron, Tristram Kenton has captured the essence of countless performancesTheatre photography is a changing art. Look at the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM[SHARE]Young Vic, LondonA father is confronted by three sons " two of whom are clones of the first " in this revival of Churchill's unsettling study of family, identity and guiltCaryl Churchill end…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Southwark Playhouse, LondonTwo gigantic egos clash during an ill-fated production of Rhinoceros in a drama built from showbiz gossip and uninspired guessworkDramatists are entitled to distor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AM[SHARE]Monday, July 6, 2015
This astonishing institution is an exhilarating combination of art and sport, beauty and speed, balletic skill and kitschBetween engagements at the Manchester international festival, I nippe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 5, 2015
Royal Exchange, ManchesterAspects of Caryl Churchill's 1994 collaborative fantasy remain obscure, but magnetic Peake and a 12-strong ensemble offer an intensely theatrical experiencePlays ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AM[SHARE]Friday, July 3, 2015
Palace Theatre, Manchester This bold and ambitious reimagining of Alice in Wonderland for the online age boasts a score from the Blur frontman " but ends up a little oversaturatedAlice in Wo…
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