Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Cracking comedy, an eclectic mix of theatre – and aerial dance in an ice rink. Our critics share their picks for the August arts extravaganza
Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMSunday, July 2, 2023
Birmingham RepThe Derry Girls star adds wonderfully subtle clowning and a beguiling naturalism to the absurd classic about a woman quite literally stuck in marital stasis
The sun beats down …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMFriday, June 30, 2023
Bush theatre, LondonSet against a backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, AJ Yi’s thought-provoking and zingy culture-clash comedy contrasts online bedroom activism with the real thing
We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AMThursday, June 29, 2023
Barbican theatre, LondonMichael R Jackson’s Pulitzer-winning play is a strikingly original, highly entertaining tour of identity politics and the struggles of selfhood
Michael R Jackson’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:19PMWednesday, June 28, 2023
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonA bewitching cast cleverly turns Shakespeare into improv comedy in a backstage ‘rehearsal’ of the play, in which age and memory are played f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMSunday, June 25, 2023
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London With anarchic comedy, songs and merry gender twists in Carl Grose’s version, the folk hero of Sherwood Forest blazes a fresh trail of must-see summ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMFriday, June 23, 2023
Shaftesbury theatre, LondonThe cast do their exuberant best but this bland, by-the-numbers retread of the 1990s film lacks feeling and adds nothing original beyond a reference to Love Island…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMThursday, June 22, 2023
Duke of York’s, London In this revival of Martin McDonagh’s play about child mutilation, tyranny and freedom of expression, the twists and turns between comic and macabre sadly do not co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMTuesday, June 20, 2023
National Theatre, LondonIt’s a game of two halves, but Jason Graham’s dramatisation of Southgate rescuing a languishing England team delivers tension and movement
James Graham’s story…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMAfter Rufus Norris’s departure from the National Theatre, who is most likely to be the London powerhouse’s next artistic director? We look at eight potential candidates
Rufus Norris’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMHe’s a West End fixture who’s already been compared to Fred Astaire. As he prepares to hop from Mary Poppins to the Gershwin musical Crazy for You, Stemp talks rowdy audiences, ice baths…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonThe songs may not compare to the 1949 film’s zither music, but the design amplifies Trevor Nunn’s elegantly shadowy production
It takes courage to adapt …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMThursday, June 15, 2023
Almeida theatre, LondonThis innovative, fast-paced production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, starring Toheeb Jimoh and Isis Hainsworth, has a beguiling intensity
Rebecca Frecknall is fast becom…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMWednesday, June 14, 2023
Donmar Warehouse, LondonJack Thorne’s dramatisation of the power play between the UK government and the broadcaster in 1920s Britain is pacy and evocative
If Reithian principles represent …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMTuesday, June 13, 2023
Playwright Kimber Lee was so shocked when she first saw the musical, she wrote a vitriolic sendup, called untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play. As it finally hits the stage, she warns: ‘This is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PMMonday, June 12, 2023
Chichester Festival theatrePolly Findlay’s production underlines the way these left-behinds and psychopaths invert the American dream
It begins as a presidential convention complete with M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMFriday, June 9, 2023
Old Vic, London A revival of the musical at the same venue where it premiered combines clever staging, impeccable performances and Tim Minchin’s lyrical brilliance into a reassuringly fami…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMThursday, June 8, 2023
London ColiseumRousing songs but threadbare plot as Earth has been conquered, renamed iPlanet and – inexplicably – can only be saved by a band of rock’n’rollers
Some bad news for tho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMWednesday, June 7, 2023
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonLaughs give way to an interrogation of monogamy and jealousy as a couple open up their marriage in Miles Malleson’s play
Miles Malleson’s 1933 drama is a rem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMTuesday, June 6, 2023
Fairfield Halls, LondonIn Talawa theatre company’s show, the story of a modern Black composer is entwined with that of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
There is a potent moment in Recognition when …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMFriday, June 2, 2023
Caravanserai, BrightonAn Ohioan moves to Israel in this charming solo performance which offers a fresh perspective on the Middle East – plus ukulele songs
It is refreshing to hear a story…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMWednesday, May 31, 2023
Park theatre, LondonThe tension is raised in Neil LaBute’s dark comedy as entitled Evelyn sets about remoulding unworldly Adam from geek to good-looking boyfriend
To those uninitiated with…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMTuesday, May 30, 2023
Southwark Playhouse, LondonBoldly directed, lyrically enacted play melds a personal story of rebellion in French Cameroon with the story of independence – but leaves both unfinished
The st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMMonday, May 29, 2023
In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed
Richard Marsh has clearly see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMSunday, May 28, 2023
Garrick theatre, LondonIzzard uses humour instinctively, helped by Dickens’s love of the exaggerated or comic grotesque
Eddie Izzard performing Great Expectations – but why? That questio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, May 26, 2023
Lyric theatre, LondonMichael Ball returns to sing Love Changes Everything, this time as the uncle, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of romantic entanglements
If Aspects of Love is a blast …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMThursday, May 25, 2023
Leeds PlayhouseA year after Mellor’s death, Tess Seddon directs her 1993 play marked by dry northern wit, knowing ridiculousness and deep, understated sadness
Kay Mellor’s play features …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMMonday, May 22, 2023
Young Vic, LondonOver 24 hours, the star offers variations on the same scene with 100 different partners, including some famous faces – and the result is astonishing
Even before Ruth Wilso…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMFriday, May 19, 2023
@sohoplace, LondonThe desolately poignant tale is brought into stark relief in Jonathan Butterell’s production through Eddi Reader’s beautiful vocals and a compelling cast
Where Ang Lee …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMSaturday, May 6, 2023
An inspiring analysis of Shakespeare and race restores his reputation as a playwright for all
There is a vivid moment in Farah Karim-Cooper’s new book where she reflects on the image of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMWednesday, May 3, 2023
Lyttelton theatre, LondonMark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn star in Jack Thorne’s play about the prickly pair’s 1960s Broadway production of Hamlet
In 1964, John Gielgud directed a stripped-ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM 
