Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Theatre Royal BathWith charismatic performances and playful effects, Sean Holmes' slick touring production is escapist fun
Here is a chance to press pause on the difficult business of being …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Manual Cinema's stage version of Leonardo the Terrible Monster is heading for the Edinburgh fringe " and its adaptors hope it inspires audiences to create their own creatures
Mo Willems' chi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2022
Sophisticated productions of Life of Pi and 101 Dalmatians are pushing the art of puppetry into new and sometimes surprisingly dark directions
The Olivier-award-winning puppets in the new st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Jermyn Street theatre, LondonThe first winner of the Woven Voices prize for migrant playwrights is an open-hearted play that layers a Belarusian woman's past and present
Leather jackets and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AM[SHARE]Friday, July 1, 2022
Park theatre, LondonJoshua Collins is magnetic as a US soldier awaiting trial for murder in this hard-hitting drama hamstrung by its loose grip on reality
The title is a riff on Dante's Infe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33PM[SHARE]Friday, June 17, 2022
Donmar Warehouse, LondonNoma Dumezweni is a compelling lead in Lucas Hnath's sequel, which is well drawn but a little too tightly controlled
A dark and heavy house fills the stage. Just bef…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Orange Tree theatre, LondonMartin Crimp's crisp translation of Marivaux's comedy never feels overplayed and highlights the seductive allure of money
A spiralling maze has been painted across…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2022
Wilton's Musical Hall, LondonRachel Garnet's reframing ditches Shakespeare's lovers for a smitten Tybalt and Mercutio. Can this winning couple alter their fate?
Romeo is in a terrible sulk. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2022
From Shakespeare's dithering Dane to Desperate Housewives' steely-eyed Bree, our critics serve up the coldest revenge dishes
In Desperate Housewives, when her gay son, Andrew, sleeps with he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Friday, May 13, 2022
The Vaults, LondonMarking the French playwright's 400th anniversary, this chaotic bilingual comedy lacks clarity
Tonight we're listening to Dom Juan's seductive escapades in English. Tomorro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2022
From Elsa letting it go in Frozen to Sally Bowles belting out Cabaret, the performers of the most barnstorming numbers in musicals share the thrill of bringing the house down Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:13AM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2022
Young Vic, LondonThis modern, sexy and unsettling show injects thrills into a familiar musical, making it feel newly minted
How to rewrite Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical without c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 1, 2022
Churchill theatre, BromleyThe musical based on a book by Jay Osmond hints at unsettling moments in the brothers' televised childhood before reality is swept under the carpet
Thanks to their …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM[SHARE]Friday, April 29, 2022
Orange Tree theatre, LondonBased on real events, Pamela Carter's drama follows British schoolchildren on a walking tour in prewar Nazi Germany
What started out as a bit of fun is beginning …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM[SHARE]Monday, April 11, 2022
Omnibus theatre, LondonVictoria Willing's new play is full of deadpan humour, as Gloria decides to live in her attic " permanently
Gloria has installed herself in the attic. For good. Her da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 7, 2022
New Diorama theatre, LondonRhum + Clay's latest devised work is a Russian doll of a production whose layers peel back to reveal a fearful reality
We begin with a political sketch show that s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Friday, March 4, 2022
Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesJeff James's take on the classic novel has pounding pop music, wacky dancing and a standout debut from Matilda Bailes
Imagine the world that Jane Austen cre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 3, 2022
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonThis dated two-hander about colleagues cowering in the wake of an explosion creates all-too-familiar disgust and fear
This intense two-hander is one of De…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM[SHARE]Friday, February 25, 2022
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonWriter Thomas Melle delivers a lecture via his android counterpart in an unsettling show that poses big questions
It's the fingers that get to me. Bitten and wea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Bush theatre, LondonTackling gentrification, change and ambition, Tyrell Williams's writing creates a convincing bond in a play that is fierce, affectionate and effortlessly funny
Actors Ked…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 17, 2022
Peacock theatre, LondonBig-hearted production ticks all the visual boxes of the 70s classic, and pro dancers tidy the raw edges but at times the floor fails to light up
A kaleidoscope of dis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Charing Cross theatre, LondonStriking singing and an unabashedly romantic score can't salvage this disappointingly one-note adaptation of the Kahlil Gibran novel
This new musical is about lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Monday, January 31, 2022
New Diorama theatre, LondonA young woman escapes her present through reveries of her grandparents' wartime romance in Kandinsky theatre's playful, probing work
The Winston Machine is a typic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Riverside Studios, LondonDirector Gaby Dellal's striking production splices film and theatre with finesse while McGovern as Gardner riffs on important moments and men in her life
Much like t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 23, 2022
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThis stripped-back, teen-oriented version crowbars ad-libs into the text, messing with the dramatic rhythm
Part of Southwark Playhouse's Shakespeare for Schools pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 20, 2022
Young Vic, LondonAnthony Ofoegbu portrays a man at the end of his tether, but this play gives frustratingly few clues as to how he got there
I keep waiting and hoping for the story to land. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Friday, January 14, 2022
Available onlineOriginal Theatre Company combine clever camerawork, projected visuals and live music to tell the real-life tale of a sea rescue mission
Filmed in a breath-holding single take…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM[SHARE]Friday, December 10, 2021
Old Fire Station, OxfordCompassion and community lie at the heart of this hilarious one-woman show about curtain-twitching neighbours
Mike Bartlett wrote Mrs Delgado during lockdown, after a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Little Angel theatre, LondonThis gripping adaptation of Piers Torday's book will have your children excited, a little scared and bursting with big questions
It's Christmas Eve and young Mous…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PM[SHARE]Friday, December 3, 2021
Hackney Empire, LondonTweenies writer Will Brenton packs this festive frenzy with all the kids' favourite flourishes, but there isn't much for the adults beyond Rowe's delightful Dame Trot
I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 25, 2021
Unicorn theatre, LondonClary's joke-filled books make for a vibrant stage show, replete with slapstick laughs, daft songs and a wholesome message
It just wouldn't be Christmas without anoth…
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