Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The Boston Globe's initiative to fund a classical music critic by nonprofit groups raises troubling questions for arts critics on both sides of the AtlanticAll critics cherish their independ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PM[SHARE]Found111, London Shepard's 1983 play about incestuous love " revived with Adam Rothenberg and Lydia Wilson " has lost something of its visceral powerSome plays grow richer with time. I can't…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM[SHARE]Monday, October 31, 2016
Finborough, LondonHoward Brenton's play about the ringleader of a chaotic squat is given a timely revival by Josh RocheHoward Brenton's play dates from 1973: a period when Britain was every …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2016
Olivier theatre, London Musicians are thrust centre stage to epic effect in Michael Longhurst's revival, and Lucian Msamati is excellent as the composer locked in battle with the divinePeter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM[SHARE]Howard Davies, who has died aged 71, was one of the great post war theatre directors, teasing new messages from old plays and drawing career-defining performances from Alan Rickman, Helen Mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:01AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonGreer's play adds modern politics to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, following the divided, upper-class black owners of a Michigan hotel during the US elect…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AM[SHARE]After drawing up a long list of names, I've picked my candidate. Can you guess who it is? And which director would you nominate?And the winner is ... Who would you place in the spotlight? Ph…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Olivier Theatre, LondonForget Boris Karloff with a bolt through his neck. Forget even Peter Boyle as the new, improved monster singing Puttin' On The Ritz in the Mel Brooks pastiche. What yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02PM[SHARE]Monday, October 24, 2016
Actor who excelled at playing women of strength, wit and charmSheila Allen, who has died aged 78, was an actor of extraordinary range and power, and a delightful, independent-minde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28PM[SHARE]Arcola, London Five actors take turns to portray a woman with schizophrenia in this imaginative, disquieting Belarus Free Theatre adaptation of a bold memoirJust over a decade ago, Belarus F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 23, 2016
Bristol Old Vic Circus freaks, puppets and soaring songs collide in a new adaptation that deftly walks a tightrope between romantic and grotesqueYou can see why Victor Hugo attracts the make…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AM[SHARE]Friday, October 21, 2016
Garrick, LondonFirst seen in Edinburgh two years ago, Dale Wasserman's version of the Ken Kesey novel keeps coming back. Clearly that has a lot to do with the star-presence of Christian Slat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2016
Dorfman, LondonBryony Kimmings, Brian Lobel and Tom Parkinson have created an ebullient show that follows the stories of a group of cancer patientsA musical about cancer? I see no reason why…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Orange Tree, RichmondThis long overdue revival of Churchill's 1997 plays captures the fragility and savagery of family relationships Related: 'Her work haunts me': Caryl Churchill by those w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The Shed, LondonChinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang uses humour to look at the implications of being racially hyphenated in this peach of a playWhat exactly is racial identity? Doe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23PM[SHARE]Lyttelton, LondonHare's adaptation of 1968 novel La Main features subtle performances from Mark Strong and Elizabeth Debicki, but the cinematic design upstages the dramaThere is a palpable g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 16, 2016
Almeida, LondonAnne-Marie Duff time travels from 1800s Cornwall to 70s Libya in Ella Hickson's remarkable new play about empire, energy and parenthoodThe old idea that women dramatists tend …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Donmar Warehouse, LondonI have never much warmed to Enid Bagnold's play: what others call its high comic style sounds to me arch, precious and exhibitionist. But, if this 1956 Haymarket hit …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48AM[SHARE]Friday, October 14, 2016
Young Vic, LondonBased on the book by Jonny Steinberg, Isango Ensemble's powerful music-theatre production tells the true story of an eight-year-old refugee's journeyCape Town's Isango Ensem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 13, 2016
Duke of York's theatre, LondonReece Shearsmith is a waspish factotum to Ken Stott's earthy, contradictory Shakespearean actor in Ronald Harwood's grot-behind-the-greasepaint drama Ken Stott…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58PM[SHARE]Fo combined a profound love of humanity with a detestation of the abuse of power. He was also a performer of extraordinary physical plasticity and vocal skillDario Fo, who has died at the ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AM[SHARE]From the archive: The Guardian's review, published on 16 October 1979, for the London production of Fo's classic play, starring Alfred Molina at the Half MoonWe tend to associate political t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Donmar Warehouse, LondonThe acting is outstanding and the issues are timely in Kwame Kwei-Armah's production of Kemp Powers' passionate playIt may be a flawed play, but it is still a great o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Monday, October 10, 2016
Palace theatre, LondonDerren Brown begs us all, journalists included, not to reveal anything he has done in the course of two-and-a-half hours. Seeing him for the first time, however, I feel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17PM[SHARE]The Royal Court hosted a moving celebration of Arnold Wesker. His early works such as Roots are well known " let's rediscover the rest of his 44 playsIf there is an ideal place to stage a ce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PM[SHARE]Jermyn Street theatre, London A strong cast imbue Lillian Hellman's 1951 play with a keen malaise, though they are shackled by the author's enervating attitude towards her charactersA group …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2016
Ustinov Studio, BathTwo nursing-home visitors watch their ailing parents strike up a romance in a play that explores the mysteries of the human heartIs sex the exclusive property of the unde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PM[SHARE]Theatre Royal, BathAs the complex chaperone Charlotte Bartlett, Kendal is a pleasure to watch, but her presence unbalances this rich tale of middle-class self-discoveryThe presence of Felici…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2016
Director Ivo van Hove's production has a sombre aesthetic beauty while Binoche avoids the easy path of pathosTeam Juliette Binoche with Ivo van Hove, director of A View from the Bridge, in G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM[SHARE]Watford Palace theatreTwo soldiers square up over an heiress in Brigid Larmour's production of this 1894 play that hints teasingly at Shaw's mature styleWhy would most producers rather cut t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Menier Chocolate Factory, London Political and artistic revolutions collide in a sprightly revival, directed by Patrick Marber, highlighting the emotion as well as the erudition of this bril…
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