Monday, April 16, 2018
Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas bring their beguiling, unsettling brand of absurdism " a hit at the Edinburgh festival " to London
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 11, 2018
With its mix of populism, personal tragedy, politics, and even a pub quiz, this is sure to be another hit for a playwright on a roll
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Declan Donnellan's French version of Shakespeare's lesser-performed romance is fitfully very interesting, but not vintage Cheek by Jowl
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 5, 2018
A timely look at Bill Clinton's relationship with his intern, Kevin Armento's play puts the stories of five women centre stage " with the former president played by a saxophone
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Cardboard Citizens' visceral show reminds audiences how easy it would be to become homeless
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:53AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 29, 2018
Stephen Daldry directs Matthew Lopez's play about gay life in New York, a generation after the AIDS crisis, which is inspired by E.M. Forster's novel 'Howards End'
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:53AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 22, 2018
Set in an Argentine prison cell, this adaptation of Manuel Puig's novel, brings out the emotional delicacy of what the pair discover about themselves about the nature of love and power
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 21, 2018
The death cries of Macduff's slaughtered children are accidentally relayed to Lady Macbeth's mobile phone in this modern-dress production of 'Macbeth' starring Christophe…
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Family tragedy about a girl who apparently drowns on a Japanese beach takes on a political dimension in Francis Turnley's epic new thriller
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:05AM[SHARE]Monday, March 5, 2018
Stephen Beresford, who wrote the film 'Pride', has scripted a stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's semi-autobiographical family saga 'Fanny & Alexander'
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia return after their sell-out 'Eugene Onegin' in 2015, with this play about the precarious fortunes of poor Jews in Eastern Europe at …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 27, 2018
This play about Princess Margaret, played by Felicity Dean, is inspired by real events and continues our fascination with one of the most controversial members of the Royal Family, after Net…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:38AM[SHARE]Monday, February 26, 2018
There is no hint of costume-drama nostalgia for the past in this minimalist production - a far cry from the dreamy 1975 Peter Weir film
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 22, 2018
Chris Goode's stage adaptation of Derek Jarman's 1977 punk classic 'Jubilee', recasts Toyah Willcox who played Mad in the film, as Queen Elizabeth I, who time-travels to …
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The 'Doctor Foster' actress stars in Bryony Lavery's play about child abduction and murder in Jonathan Munby's revival
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:03PM[SHARE]Monday, February 19, 2018
This one-woman show is written and performed by Monica Dolan who won a BAFTA for her role as Rosemary West in 'Appropriate Adult'
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:53AM[SHARE]Friday, February 16, 2018
The 'Great Gatsby' star returns to the West End stage in Dennis Kelly's solo show about a disintegrating marriage which is directed by 'Posh' and 'Chimerica&apo…
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Peter Gill's tender gay love story is about the conflicting aspirations of the lovers rather than societal prejudice that drives the two men apart
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:41AM[SHARE]Monday, February 12, 2018
Barrie Rutter's swansong as artistic director of Northern Broadsides is a re-imagining of John Dryden's 1675 tragedy 'Aureng-zebe'
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 8, 2018
Simon Logan's debut Royal Court play, directed by Vicky Featherstone, about two sisters fighting for survival on a rural farm, shows him to be a playwright of distinct promise
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville star in Richard Eyre's revival - an unmissable masterpiece
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:13PM[SHARE]Monday, February 5, 2018
Hayley Atwell takes a glorious relish in conveying the conscience-free capitalist zealotry of Jenny in Sarah Burgess's comedy set in the cut-throat world of high-finance
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:39AM[SHARE]Friday, February 2, 2018
The superhero musical, driven by a catchy Eighties-inspired score, which includes Mark Hamill of 'Star Wars' fame amusingly voicing a robot, will plant a smile of your face
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Nicholas Hytner proves again that Shakespeare's plays can be powerfully pertinent for today with this modern-day promenade production of 'Julius Caesar' which stars Whishaw an…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:17AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Kathy Burke directs the second play of Oscar Wilde's work that Dominic Dromgoole's new company Classic Spring is bringing to the West End
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:53AM[SHARE]Monday, January 22, 2018
This one-woman show about the great art collector Peggy Guggenheim, who loved art and sex in about equal measure, is part of Jermyn Street Theatre's Scandal season
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:04PM[SHARE]Friday, January 19, 2018
This starry, meticulous, beautifully considered revival demonstrates the play's undiminished power to disconcert
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 18, 2018
Caroline Byrne's compelling interpretation of Shakespeare's play is set in the candlelit intimacy of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:33AM[SHARE]Monday, January 15, 2018
The Australian playwright Tommy Murphy's witty coming-of-age play explores the highs and lows of growing up gay in modern Australia
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:02AM[SHARE]Friday, January 12, 2018
Andrea Dunbar's semi-autobiographical play, which she wrote in 1982 when she was just 19, is about two teenage schoolgirls who are groomed by the 27 year old married Bob
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 11, 2018
This one-woman show by Anoushka Warden, starring Patsy Ferran and co-directed by Vicky Featherstone and Jude Christian, is a real winner
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