Little Angel, LondonYou don't, of course, get the whole of Alice in Tim Kane's 90-minute puppet version: no caucus-race, no croquet-mallet flamingos and " perhaps rightly, as the show is aim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PM[SHARE]The plot is thin, the musical numbers bland " but Julie Taymor's production remains kaleidoscopically brilliantI may not be the ideal person to explain the enduring appeal of The Lion King. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PM[SHARE]Which playwright was banned in Dudley for discrimination? Who handbagged the Queen? Put your theatrical knowledge to the testMichael Billington
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:43AM[SHARE]Which playwright was banned in Dudley for discrimination? Who handbagged the Queen? Test your theatrical knowledge on the year just gone here Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:43AM[SHARE]Michael Billington thinks Terence Rattigan is well worth revisiting in his centenary year, and selects the best of the rest of the year's theatreCentenaries offer a great chance for re-asses…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Roundhouse, London"A sad tale's best for winter," says the boy Mamilius; and, possibly because of the season of the year, I became unusually aware of the fairytale elements in Shakespeare's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PM[SHARE]The absurdity of comparing the living with the dead, plus the changing nature of acting 'greatness', means polls like the one carried out by the Stage are little more than a marketing exerci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Hampstead Theatre, LondonIn an exceptional season for family shows, this one ranks comparison with the best. First seen in Bristol in 2004, it consists of eight European fairy tales dramatis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:37AM[SHARE]'My plan for how the Bard could rule TV'Did you catch Rupert Goold's Macbeth on telly on Sunday night? Probably not. For a start, it was tucked away on BBC4. It was also up against The X Fac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PM[SHARE]Old Vic, LondonBack in 1966 Feydeau's masterpiece erupted on to this very stage in a production by Jacques Charon that ushered in a major re-evaluation of farce. At a time when the genre is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:26PM[SHARE]Royal Court, LondonWe don't normally associate the Royal Court with seasonal jollity. Anthony Neilson, whose last work at this venue, Relocated, dealt with the abduction and abuse of childre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:57PM[SHARE]The RSC have produced a dark and delightful adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale of a child genius, and her monstrous headmistressAt a time of year when mush is licensed, it is a bright idea of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM[SHARE]The RSC have produced a dark and delightful adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale of a child genius, and her monstrous headmistressAt a time of year when mush is licensed, it is a bright idea of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM[SHARE]Lyttelton, LondonIn theory, it seems perfect timing: a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 30-year-old bilious comedy about the rows, tears, forced merriment and crises of Christmas family reunions.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM[SHARE]Bristol Old VicIt is a nice irony that the author of one of the most impeccably middle class of all children's books was a one-time Bolshevik sympathiser as well as the Manchester Guardian's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM[SHARE]Donmar Warehouse, London"How can you bear another Lear?" someone asked me over lunch. And, if one's honest, there are times when Mount Lear, as a critic once called it, can seem as daun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM[SHARE]Finborough, LondonAt this time of year, the name of JM Barrie usually means one thing: Peter Pan. But, with characteristic audacity, the Finborough has chosen to revive this 1902 Regency-set…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PM[SHARE]Lyric Hammersmith, LondonIt's good that the Lyric is elastic enough to switch from Blasted one month to panto the next. But, while director Steve Marmion and his team have created a raucousl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PM[SHARE]Roundhouse, LondonRupert Goold's sensational production of this problematic play sails into London from Stratford with all guns blazing. Signalling the start of a five-year partnership …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM[SHARE]Cottesloe, LondonThe dedicatedly avant-garde Katie Mitchell astonished many last year with her playful production of The Cat in the Hat. Now she has directed and co-devised, with writer Lucy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20PM[SHARE]Young Vic, LondonDavid Almond's Skellig provided the Young Vic with one of its biggest Christmas hits in 2003. Now Almond is back with a charming, gently optimistic fable about human longing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM[SHARE]Trafalgar Studios, LondonThe Donmar's West End season is driven by the desire to promote young directors, and it has an excellent one in Chris Rolls. He has grasped the key point that this 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10PM[SHARE]Royal Court, LondonThe myth of childhood innocence is under sustained attack at the Royal Court. After Polly Stenham's Tusk Tusk and Anya Reiss's Spur of the Moment, we now have a disturbing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:02PM[SHARE]A number of productions are dragging British theatre away from the grip of realism " with sensational results"Expressionist" is one of those handy terms that we critics use rather promiscuou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AM[SHARE]Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonIllusionist Paul Kieve is the invisible genius of British theatre. You may not know the name, but he has supplied the tricks for scores of plays and musicals …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PM[SHARE]The renovation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's main theatre in Stratford brings the audience closer to the actors. The big question is whether it will help them hearLike Jonathan Glancey,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:28AM[SHARE]Trafalgar Studios, LondonUnless they have some radical new information to impart, I could happily accept a moratorium on all bio-plays about Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Maria Callas. Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PM[SHARE]Almeida, LondonIbsen's weird, autobiographical 1892 play gets a radical makeover at the Almeida. Out go the oppressive furniture, the frock coats and even the statutory intervals. Instead we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10PM[SHARE]Young Vic, LondonWe have not been starved of productions of Tennessee Williams's famous autobiographical play. What makes this version, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, unusual is its fidelity …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19PM[SHARE]Olivier, London"Who here has ever been to jail?" asks the eponymous hero of this frenetic musical. It is not a question often asked of National Theatre audiences, but it is indicative of a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PM[SHARE]Orange Tree, RichmondAs a writer-director, Tim Luscombe doesn't shirk the big subjects. His last play, The Schuman Plan, dealt with the European federal dream. His new one tackles both Formu…
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