Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Ustinov Studio, BathJoshua Harmon's provocative play raises questions about what it means to be Jewish in today's global culture Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Finborough, LondonThe German writer Rolf Hochhuth blames Winston Churchill for the sinking of the Lusitania in this skilful and provocative piece Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2014
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe Killing's Sofie Gråbøl rules the stage in Rona Munro's stories about James I, II and III Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 10, 2014
The staging is ingenious, the music fiercely eclectic, but it's hard to make out the central ideas in Vladimir Pankov's hyper-stylised first world war spectacular Playwright breaks Russian s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AM[SHARE]Friday, August 8, 2014
Theatre Royal, BathEmile Zola's feverish, intense novel is exactly realised in this ultra-theatrical production Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2014
The Swan, StratfordMaria Aberg update of the Webster play foregrounds its gender politics but ultimately loses as much as it gains Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Donmar Warehouse, LondonKevin Elyot's breakthrough 1994 piece is well played, catching the secret fears and surface buoyancy of a group of companions 'His subject was the longing for love': …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, London Ahrens's treatment of race relations is more exhausting than spiritually enlightening Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Arcola, LondonThis story of a Sunni man who flees sectarian Iraq for a life in Britain is more striking in individual scenes than as a whole Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2014
Young Vic, LondonAlthough this modern update of Tennessee Williams's play isn't always plausible, Gillian Anderson's performance is stellar Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PM[SHARE]Friday, July 25, 2014
Royal Court, LondonJennifer Haley's prizewinning play triggers a fascinating debate about online fantasy it's just a shame she sets out to shock us Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM[SHARE]The National Theatre's director steps down next year, after introducing live broadcasts, cheap tickets and a wealth of new writing. How does he reflect on his tenure? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Noël Coward theatre, LondonMany of the best lines may come from the film, but the play manages to be a warm and witty paean to life on the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PM[SHARE]Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDirector Simon Godwin eagerly explores the light and dark sides of romance in a striking RSC debutIt is astonishing to think it is 45 years sinc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Mythical creatures and Frasier's dad jostle with the crowds enjoying a surprising mix of art, music and new Irish playsThe Galway international arts festival is full of surprises. On Sunda…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM[SHARE]Olivier, LondonHelen McCrory excels in this modern-dress take on Euripides that is alive with complexity and psychological astutenessAfter her success wth Ibsen's A Doll's House, Carrie Crac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2014
Black Box, GalwayEnda Walsh's new manic physical comedy is like Under Milk Wood as interpreted by Buster KeatonThere's plenty of ballyhoo around Ballyturk. Written and directed by Enda Walsh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Black Box, GalwayEnda Walsh's new manic physical comedy is like Under Milk Wood as interpreted by Buster KeatonThere's plenty of ballyhoo around Ballyturk. Written and directed by Enda Walsh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Friday, July 18, 2014
Chichester Festival TheatrePeter Shaffer's spectacle of Mozart's mediocre rival distorts historical reality but remains compelling and stylishly presentedFew living dramatists write big star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:05PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 17, 2014
Harold Pinter, LondonIf it stripped away the daft framing, this staging could capture Wilde's deft commentary on class, money, marriage and moralsIf visitors to Paris's Père Lachaise …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIn this well-acted revival, the poet and the philosopher face off in a slow-moving but stimulating debateDid William Blake ever meet Thomas Paine? It is not imposs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:44AM[SHARE]Friday, July 11, 2014
Minerva theatre, Chichester Strindberg's Miss Julie is well directed, but it's Shaffer's dark comedy that illuminates in this contrasting double billAugust Strindberg's tragedy Miss Julie an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 10, 2014
He was one of theatre's most daring stars, whose best films bear witness to a talent many never had the chance to see on stageIt's a shock to realise that it is 25 years since the death of L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41PM[SHARE]Bush theatre, LondonRobin Soans's play about a Pentecostal family at odds with each other shows the power of faith while exposing the failings of its followers Bush theatre's Madani Younis: …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, LondonJamie Lloyd's latest Shakespearean staging is inventive, but it's missing the monarch's lurid sexiness and demonic exuberance Before Richard III: Martin Freeman on s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM[SHARE]Friday, July 4, 2014
Old Vic, LondonYaël Farber's extraordinary production of Arthur Miller's tale of the Salem witch hunt retains its disturbing relevance todayProductions of Arthur Miller's re-creation of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 3, 2014
Dominic Dromgoole's lively production, with Elizabethan costume and Roman accessories, delivers Shakespeare with great clarity, but the main roles are unevenly castBefore you enter the theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Hampstead theatre, London Beth Steel's recreation of the 1984 strikes exposes the divisions between miners and the destruction of a defiant communityOnce identified with domestic drama, Hamp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AM[SHARE]Monday, June 30, 2014
Lyttelton, LondonRichard Bean's satire has a go at press, police and politicians and what he sees as the corrupt chain binding them togetherRichard Bean doesn't do things by halves. His new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21PM[SHARE]Regent's Park, LondonAudience participation is intelligently used in this family-friendly production that still tackles the play's sexual complexitiesEach summer this precious theatre offers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2014
Tricycle, LondonFor all its style, this still seems more like a New Yorker short story than a substantial playGlamour is a quality we rarely associate with modern theatre. It positively ooze…
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