Friday, June 10, 2022
Park theatre, LondonAny earnest intentions in this 80s-set coming-of-age tale are ruined by odious vulgarity and lazy, Benny Hill-esque humour
This coming-of-age story, set in the kitchen of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMTower Vaults, LondonA thrilling live adventure is marred by moments of bewildering VR in this immersive voyage back to 1605
It may set Harry Potter fans’ hearts aflutter to know that Tom F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMThursday, June 9, 2022
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonFine acting and lively dialogue save this philosophical play from feeling static as it applies Athenian ideals to modern dilemmas
Howard Brenton’s play about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMWednesday, June 8, 2022
Arcola Outside, LondonSorcha Kennedy gives an astonishing performance as a cycle delivery rider with grand literary dreams
Firstly the venue: what a delight this covered wood and corrugated …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMIn the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry
This searing, sweaty disco is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMSunday, June 5, 2022
Watermill theatre, NewburyThis fast-paced comedy mashup of the great Victorian novelist sends up Britishness with oodles of silliness
Some may already know this ticklish literary comedy from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMFriday, June 3, 2022
Dictating to the Estate uses documentary evidence to tell a story of everyday heroism and scandalous political neglect
While the nation commences its parties for the Queen’s Jubilee this w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMThursday, June 2, 2022
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonTimberlake Wertenbaker’s take on Racine’s version of ancient Rome is replete with power-crazed emperors, deadly poison and juicy family politics
Rome might have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMWednesday, June 1, 2022
Duke of York’s theatre, LondonTennessee Williams’s story of yearning, passion and despair never puts us under its spell in Jeremy Herrin’s production
Tennessee Williams’s narrator be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMTuesday, May 31, 2022
Ustinov Studio, BathA strong creative team featuring Lindsay Duncan and Hilton McRae cannot bring this dreary revival to life
August Strindberg’s 1900 drama of marital drudgery and torment…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMSunday, May 29, 2022
The Globe, LondonThe sexy makeover with dildos and inflatable testicles doesn’t work and the text additions only highlight the disjointedness
It is rare to see this history play get an o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThursday, May 26, 2022
Kiln theatre, LondonFamily dynamics and toxic masculinity are explored in Marina Carr’s riveting version of the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
The story of Clytemnestra is not quite a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, May 25, 2022
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonAn overhaul of the original’s gender politics, plenty of Gen-Z touchpoints and a big dollop of kitsch make this musical an irresistible cocktail
He…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, May 24, 2022
Arcola, LondonA tender series of vignettes explore family dynamics in Norris’s personal play, but it needs some grit in the oyster
Barney Norris has written a personal play about family li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMMonday, May 23, 2022
After her show-stealing turn in the Steven Moffat drama, the actor is returning to comedy with his play The Unfriend. She talks about why funny women intimidate men, her daredevil partner �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37AMRoyal Court, LondonSet two decades into the future, in Palestinian territories that are still occupied, Sami Ibrahim’s play is a startlingly bold tragicomedy and a furious call to action
D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37AMSunday, May 22, 2022
Hampstead theatre, LondonSatinder Kaur Chohan’s all-female play raises serious issues affecting women in London’s south Asian community, but the confused, sitcomy tone is frustratingly l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PMThursday, May 19, 2022
Available onlineThe music and visual effects dazzle in this 2018 update of Sophocles’ tragedy from the Classical Theatre of Harlem
It is ironic that this production reconceptualises Sophoc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMWednesday, May 18, 2022
Coliseum, LondonEliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins are back in a time capsule of nice frocks, great tunes and comic bickering – but it’s solid not spectacular
This garlanded production of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMAlmeida, LondonBeth Steel’s ambitious new play follows the Webster family over decades, with Duff as a thwarted singer
This is an intergenerational family drama, inspired by Greek myth, wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AMFriday, May 13, 2022
Hampstead theatre, LondonQuestions of consent, violation and trauma go unanswered in this stolid staging of Naomi Wallace’s oblique drama
The Breach is packed full of shocks. A story of d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Brighton festivaldreamthinkspeak’s timely new production on inequality and abuse of political power offers its audience a choice: complicity or compliance?
We are instructed to meet at a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonSmart, funny adaptation of Woolf’s exploration of multiple selves is pint-sized but faithful, and Taylor McClaine is excellent as the titular lead
A list of pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMMonday, May 9, 2022
Soho theatre, LondonFeaturing scintillating performances, Stephanie Martin’s play sidesteps schmaltz with bold and sharply original verve
This is a girl-meets-girl story of two women flirt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSunday, May 8, 2022
Bush theatre, London A family gathers following a son’s death to tackle unfinished business provoked by cultural tensions and an absent father, in Beru Tessema’s absorbing play
House of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, May 6, 2022
Barbican, LondonWhile the emotional complexities remain, Ivo van Hove’s high-octane makeover featuring unrelenting pyrotechnics and riveting performances is a visual epic
The fires are bei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMThursday, May 5, 2022
Dorfman theatre, LondonGentle comedy leavens David Eldridge’s sequel about a couple mired in the swamps of regrets and resentments
‘What’s wrong?” says a husband to his wife when he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMTuesday, May 3, 2022
A two-star show has the potential to be turned into a five-star hit – as I learned on a recent trip to the Royal Court
I went to see a play for the second time recently and changed my mind…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonViSiBLE Theatre Ensemble’s play underexplores the effects of insomnia on its characters, who deliver a series of fragmented monologues
A play about insomnia is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMSunday, May 1, 2022
Globe Theatre, LondonLucy Bailey’s ambling production of Shakespeare’s comedy, set in northern Italy on the eve of Mussolini’s defeat, exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMFriday, April 29, 2022
Apollo theatre, LondonProblematic gags limit the power of Jez Butterworth’s layered drama about myths and Englishness but the lead performance still astonishes
Full disclosure: I did not l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PM 
