Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon After a book, a film and a Ted Talk, William Kamkwamba’s heroically inventive response to floods, drought and starvation is now delivered with energetic s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe Black Panther actor’s melding of social commentary and Shakespearean themes is sometimes opaque yet undeniably poetic Chadwick Boseman was not only an ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMNoël Coward theatre, LondonDeploying accents and wigs, the Wicked star takes on all Bram Stoker’s characters, but the atmosphere lacks the fever or diabolicism required Are people born wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMHe left school at 15 and worked as a scaffolder. Then success on New Faces launched him to stardom – and he’s been a panto and musicals sensation ever since. So what made him write a com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMOmnibus theatre, London Inspired by the 1998 shooting of Tyisha Miller, the lost hopes and memories of a young Black woman – played beautifully by Jada Evelyn Ramsey – are explored throu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMAldwych theatre, LondonWilliam Nicholson’s take on CS Lewis’s marriage to an American divorcee should have you in bits but it fails to feel as eviscerating as it should The drama of love…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06PMTheatre Royal Stratford East, London Using photographs from an archive album of Auschwitz staff relaxing, this searing drama builds into an unforgettable inquiry This play is based around a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMDorfman theatre, LondonA financier facing corruption charges is reunited with his son in this high-concept mishmash of screwball comedy and financial thriller The National Theatre is certain…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMThe former Bond girl talks about her new role as a top writer accused of stealing a story as her actor husband is cancelled – and why she has no regrets about her time aboard the 007 rolle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMOrange Tree theatre, LondonRichard Eyre’s adaptation brings comedy and tenderness alongside Strindberg’s original savagery August Strindberg’s portrait of marriage is unremittingly ble…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:01PMMinerva theatre, Chichester Award-winning writer Tim Foley’s frightfest brings an out of work actor to a country manor to burnish the myth of its resident wraith. Beware of the silhouetted…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PMOld Vic, LondonStuffed with knowledge and often regarded as the playwright’s finest work, this drama’s sheer cleverness gleams in an exuberant production When Tom Stoppard was asked what…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMTheatro Technis, London In Philip de Voni’s ambitious debut play, a clash over funeral rites exposes deep divisions in a British-Cypriot extended family Ancient Greek literature teems with…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMBush theatre, London Farah Najib’s play tells the story of an isolated woman who dies at home and considers the community’s responsibility The opening quote to Farah Najib’s drama tell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMAlmeida theatre, LondonIn a bloody, brilliant, full circle Rupert Goold bows out as artistic director of the Almeida with a timely revival of the musical he first staged here in 2013 The ter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMPlayhouse, SheffieldTwo siblings growing up in a high-rise search for escape and liberation in this idiosyncratic and infectious drama with a beautiful script by Debris Stevenson Debris Stev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Some spells are cast by this show, in which the director stars as Prospero, but it wearingly replays the same tricks The Tempest seems like the perfect Shakes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMArcola theatre, LondonBeguiling but deeply disturbing verbatim solo show is based on testimony of Gazan children and relates the confusion and tragedy of war Eleven-year-old Renad dreams of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMRoyal Court theatre, London Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo excel as a couple reeling from an ultrasound scan in Luke Norris’s extraordinary play The trigger warnings are handed to us on a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThornton Wilder’s classic American play is transposed for the inaugural production of National Theatre Wales. The result is heartfelt, though its emotional bite can feel uncertain A reviva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PMMalmaison hotel, LondonTheatregoers move from room to room as emotional messiness is laid bare with spirited bridesmaids, painful encounters and ‘call it all off’ nerves When isn’t the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMArcola theatre, LondonChris Bowers, a former British diplomat in Iraqi Kurdistan, brings authenticity but not enough human drama to his play about the 1991 Kurdish uprising This historical d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31AMIn All Is But Fantasy, the fates of Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra and more are given a thrilling twist by US writer, director and singer Whitney White. She talks about untimely deaths – …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMAldwych theatre, LondonJamie Eastlake’s play about two football fans mixes together song, dance, comedy and dark family drama, with incohesive results This tale of two hard-up reprobates i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMHampstead Theatre, LondonWith shades of MR James and Inside No 9 Jamie Armitage’s innovative recording studio haunting is a good old-fashioned fairground-ride chiller The trigger warning a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonAn outstanding cast grapple with this revival of Lyle Kessler’s 80s set drama but the play feels incomplete with too many threads remaining unresolved The quie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMHarold Pinter theatre, LondonCrudup and Denise Gough lead a tense adaptation that turns the film into a debate play whose McCarthy-era roots resonate powerfully today How do you turn a class…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMDuke of York’s Theatre, London Sheridan Smith’s disconsolate housewife seeks refuge in a fantasy world, in critique of the emptiness of married life Susan is not the first woman battling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMLesley Manville and Aidan Turner unite for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Michael Sheen launches Welsh National Theatre and Bridget Christie revs up for a return to the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMOrange Tree theatre, London Comedy’s upper-class antics are transposed to 1920s Bath and bring a crowd-pleasing mix of anarchic spirit and silliness, though it slackens occasionally Richar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMOmnibus theatre, LondonSweet and funny show is based on rumoured vampire sightings in north London in the 1960s and 70s – though it could do with producing a few more goosebumps For a time…
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