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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 2, 2015
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonDominic Dromgoole tackles Shakespeare's problem play and leaves us pondering the conflict between implacable justice and enlightened mercyShakespeare's play positi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Vaudeville theatre, LondonDavid Suchet gives a magnificent, stage-filling performance as Lady Bracknell, played with as much impishness as ambition and hauteurThere is little doubt as to the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Finborough, LondonLaura Jacqmin's risque and rueful comedy has a voyeuristic intimacy and is genuinely funny - not least during a game of Strip Harry Potter Trivia"In married life," says Osc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2015
Actor, writer and co-founder of 7:84, the touring company that left an indelible mark on British theatreElizabeth MacLennan, who has died of leukaemia aged 77, was an actor, writer and one o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 28, 2015
Young Vic, LondonIn a prestige production, Rory Kinnear is mesmerising as Josef K " but initial delight diminishes as his tribulations unfoldSomeone must have had it in for Michael B. He was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AM[SHARE]Friday, June 26, 2015
Finborough theatre, LondonTed Whitehead's play is a painfully honest account of a deadlocked marriage, in which frustration explodes into violence Ted Whitehead's play caused a stir at the R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2015
Gielgud, LondonPeter Morgan struck box-office gold with his movie The Queen. He's likely to do so again with this play based on the private weekly audience given by the monarch to the prime …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50PM[SHARE]Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThe mood down on Peter Sorin's country estate is one of borderline hysteria in Torben Betts' violent version of the playwright's first great masterpiece…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:14AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Phoenix theatre, LondonA strong female cast, clever design and eclectic score make for a successful screen-to-stage transfer " but Gurinder Chadha still sidesteps the big issuesYou have to a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03PM[SHARE]Minerva, ChichesterDespite stumbling over a line, Henry ended the evening looking totally assured in a Willy Russell revival that proves Lashana Lynch's star potentialThis was one of the str…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:08AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Hampstead, LondonThere is a complex, moral debate at the heart of Rebecca Gilman's play which tackles child protection head onRebecca Gilman does not shy away from big issues. Having written…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2015
Lyttelton, LondonRicardo Chavira, of Desperate Housewives fame, stars in Stephen Adly Guirgis's exuberant and astonishing New York dramaDon't be deterred by the title. This 2011 play by Step…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Royal Court, Londondebbie tucker green's play sits at the sharp end of the capital punishment question, but the drama would be heightened by a greater sense of moral doubt Related: Marianne …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2015
NT Temporary theatre, LondonRashDash's show about the effects of pornography has strong points of view, but doesn't offer much room for debateWriter Alice Birch and theatre-makers Abbi Green…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 14, 2015
Pit, Barbican, LondonPan Pan's recorded production of Samuel Beckett's 1957 play about a woman's trip to meet her husband off a train is a remarkable aural tapestry"It is a text written to c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2015
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe stereotype of the 'noble Moor' is dismantled in Iqbal Khan's shrewd, modern-dress production starring Hugh Quarshie and Lucian MsamatiIqbal …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2015
Dorfman theatre, LondonMarber's dressing-room drama is a remarkable three-hander about a sport that he clearly knows intimately Football as a metaphor for life is not uncommon. It has inspir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Olivier, LondonI missed this acclaimed piece of verbatim music-theatre when it opened at the Cottesloe last year. I was well aware that it was based on interviews with residents of a single …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PM[SHARE]Royal Court theatre, LondonA domestic minefield is beautifully set up, and acted, in Gary Owen's forceful play about abuse passed down through the generationsGary Owen has written a seriousl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM[SHARE]As much at home in Beckett as in Shakespeare, Ashcroft had imagination, industry and intelligence. She rose to the challenge of playing Queen Margaret in this mesmerising 1963 trilogyWhat do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:14AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 7, 2015
Almeida, London Robert Icke's bold and witty new version of Oresteia whets the appetite for the Almeida's season that reimagines the Greek canonPraise is due to Robert Icke for his boldness …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2015
Orange Tree theatre, LondonThe playground setting is a distraction, but Adam Barnard's series of vignettes offers some innovative observationsAdam Barnard's first full-length play is clearly…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Barbican, LondonThree of the great Irish playwright's later works are superbly performed in these precise productionsBeckett's later works seem to me as much art installations as drama: one …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, LondonA reminder of the power of Racine's 1667 exploration of obsessive love in ancient Greece, Edward Kemp's excellent new translation has an impressive young…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM[SHARE]Monday, June 1, 2015
Vaudeville, LondonThe unfairly talented actor recalls a career that has taken him from Olivier's National to British film comedies and Broadway in this exuberant solo showCan it be true? The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AM[SHARE]It wasn't just his remarkable intellect that enabled Wood to portray both the youthful and aged Henry Carr; it was also his ability to capture Carr's essenceIntelligence in acting takes many…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 31, 2015
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonCooper puts across the romantic sensibility of John Merrick in a well-presented production featuring Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro NivolaBradley Cooper is v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20PM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2015
Barbican, LondonGiant plastic cubes glide around the stage, bringing to life a dream world of Hegel-quoting sex-workers and a cat-seeking holy foolThe great Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2015
Donmar Warehouse, LondonSimon Russell Beale plays the dean of St Paul's with exquisite finesse, in a play that asks big questions about the role of the church in the modern world Continue re…
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