Thursday, November 20, 2014
Classical actor with a prolific repertoire, authoritative stage presence and unforgettable voice Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Olivier, LondonMeticulously detailing the endless grind of Mumbai slum life helps this spirited adaptation of Katherine Boo's award-winning reportage avoid any danger of quaintness' A spotli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2014
St James, LondonA novelist gains a knighthood, then is outed as a frequenter of pub orgies: Emlyn Williams's play has plenty of contemporary resonance Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2014
Orange Tree, RichmondPowerfully articulated and skilfully wrought, Alistair McDowalls bleakly pessimistic horror story has young audiences in raptures Alistair McDowall: There are no rules i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AM[SHARE]Friday, November 14, 2014
Cockpit, London Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first play in the Iron Curtain trilogy gets an excellent revival David Edgar: Ukip is my territory. I suspect I am g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 13, 2014
In plays by David Storey and Anthony Shaffer, Clarke was something special on stage. If only theatre had made more use of him Warren Clarke: a life in clips Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AM[SHARE]Hampstead theatre, LondonRoy Williams explore the problems of an eager young policewoman in south London and finds little division between law enforcers and law breakers Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Spiegeltent, Southbank, London Ping-pong, knife-juggling and witty stripping save the show from sniggering adolescence Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AM[SHARE]Friday, November 7, 2014
Royal Court, LondonThe facts are sombre in Chris Rapleys compelling 75-minute talk on climate change, but his belief in human ingenuity knows no bounds Climate change play 2071 aims to make …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AM[SHARE]Too much film and television is cursed by blandness. Societys mirror now is the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Adelphi, LondonDirected by Rupert Goold, this stage version of the film suffers from its caricatures, relentless jokiness and functional score Ford fiesta: Made in Dagenham musical opens in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2014
The Colepit, V&A Museum, LondonAntic Faces frantic, inventive staging of the Euripides play is worlds away from the corseted passion of Racine Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:43AM[SHARE]Monday, November 3, 2014
Aldwych, London Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace impress with a sexy tango in this film noir pastiche Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 2, 2014
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonTerence Rattigans Oxford-set first play captures the hedonistic irresponsibility of privileged pre-war student life Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AM[SHARE]Friday, October 31, 2014
Finborough theatre, London With its echoes of Brian Friel and Conor McPhersons The Weir, this prizewinning play paints a plausible picture of the modern Celtic twilight Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 30, 2014
Swan, Stratford-on-AvonIf the quality of Rowley, Dekker and Fords 1621 attack on society is open to debate, Eileen Atkins multifaceted turn as the witch is a resounding success Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonJohn Fords unsettling Renaissance incest drama is lent a subtle urgency by fine acting and direction Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonNeatly allows the songs to grow out of the story, and perfectly captures Ray Daviess mix of bloody-mindedness and innocence Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00PM[SHARE]The French playwrights comedy has been packing audiences in worldwide for 20 years. What is the secret of its success? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PM[SHARE]Monday, October 27, 2014
Barbican, LondonSimon Stones compressed and clever Australian version aims to capture the essence of Ibsens greatest tragicomedy, but wheres the irony? More from the International Ibsen seas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 23, 2014
Shaftesbury, LondonThe singer combines charisma and power alongside a Sinatra-like Killian Donnelly in this exciting take on a key moment in pop history Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Duke of Yorks, LondonAwayday adventurers Adrian Edmondson, Robert Webb, Miles Jupp and Neil Morrissey go wild in the Lake District Ade Edmondson: I never laughed as hard as I did with Rik Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:59PM[SHARE]Monday, October 20, 2014
Marcus Gardleys pulsing new play about a free black woman and her daughters in 1830s New Orleans is a rich mix of rivalry, voodoo and the fight for freedom Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:11AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 19, 2014
Almeida, LondonDavid Cromers cooly observant narrator leads a radically reworked version of Thornton Wilders classic that taps into collective folk memory Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AM[SHARE]Friday, October 17, 2014
Young Vic, London This compressed, contemporary Chekhov directed by Katie Mitchell skips over the works tragicomic irony Simon Stephens on the impossible act of translating Chekhov Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 16, 2014
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe operetta treatment of the first play may be misguided, but Christopher Luscombes directing style comes into its own in the second, Much Ado …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Chichester festival theatreEverything slots perfectly into place in this glorious evocation of American vaudevilles tackiness Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AM[SHARE]Monday, October 13, 2014
Dorfman theatre, LondonBeguiling songs, ingenious design and stunning performances dont quite do justice to a subject that deserves more complex treatment Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17PM[SHARE]Dorfman theatre, LondonBeguiling songs, ingenious design and stunning performances don't quite do justice to the story of Imelda Marcos's riseImelda Marcos puts on her disco shoes " in pictu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 12, 2014
Orange Tree, RichmondHelen Baxendale catches perfectly a sense of numbed isolation in this look at the anguished adventure of motherhood Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AM[SHARE]Friday, October 10, 2014
Donmar Warehouse, London Phyllida Lloyd returns to a prison setting for her all-female follow-up to Julius Caesar, with entertaining results Continue reading...
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