Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Bush theatre, LondonShahid Iqbal Khan’s signed play about a young Muslim’s spiritual journey could be fantastic, but it needs a better narrative
It is a tremendous relief to see a play …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMTabernacle, LondonVerbatim reconstruction of the inquiry into the 2017 disaster points up the horrifying, amoral capitalism that fuelled it
Grenfell Tower housed many of the “have-nots” …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMMonday, October 18, 2021
New Diorama theatre, LondonRyan Calais Cameron’s exploration of race and masculinity is timely and has potent moments but this production feels underdeveloped
British dramatist Ryan Calais…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMSunday, October 17, 2021
Donmar Warehouse, LondonA poet and a physicist begin a relationship under a fascist regime in Cordelia Lynn’s audaciously jagged play about the tipping point of tyranny
Love and Other Acts…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMThursday, October 14, 2021
Almeida theatre, LondonSaoirse Ronan and James McArdle star in a production with emotional spark, palpable dread and a horrifying beauty
The psychological terror is slow to rear and does not…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMWednesday, October 13, 2021
Bridge theatre, LondonIn Suzan-Lori Parks’ darkly witty four-hander, a black man persuades a white college buddy to be his slave-master for 40 days
“It’s a great time to be black, righ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMFrom Grange Hill to the West End, via Eurovision and the Brit awards, the star has built multiple careers. She talks about stage-school pressure, TV diversity and playing Hermione in Harry P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMSunday, October 10, 2021
Galvanised by the killings of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard, the playwright tells how she penned the eviscerating drama in just two days
It usually takes Lucy Kirkwood two years to write a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTuesday, October 5, 2021
Young Vic, LondonGreg Hersov’s sleek production focuses on familial grief, unfolds with the pace of a thriller and is full of fresh humour and chemistry
We have been promised a “new kind…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMMonday, October 4, 2021
Royal Exchange, ManchesterNtombizodwa Ndlovu is spellbinding in Katori Hall’s intriguing drama about an imaginary meeting between King and a maid
The Mountaintop is a bold shape-shifter of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMFriday, October 1, 2021
Olivier theatre, LondonThe first London production of the Larry Kramer play since 1986 captures the fear and anger in the gay community of that decade – and its heartbreaking personal loss…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMThursday, September 30, 2021
Soho theatre, LondonThe Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner playwright returns with a production about a drama student researching Black British history
Jasmine Lee-Jones made the fiercest…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMWednesday, September 29, 2021
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIva Toguri’s trial for treason, accused of broadcasting Japanese propaganda to American troops, forms the backbone of this production
This real-life story of Iva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMFriday, September 24, 2021
Hampstead theatre, LondonCharm and camaraderie lie at the heart of a smart, soap opera-style attempt to unpick issues of history, heritage and empire
Malindadzimu is a mother-daughter soap o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PMThursday, September 23, 2021
Available onlineThere are spirited performances as Roy Williams explores activism, parenthood and sexuality in this audio drama about black British identity spanning 40 years
Roy Williams’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMWednesday, September 22, 2021
Coronet theatre, LondonThere’s an intriguing story about sibling betrayal buried among the distracting subplots in Robert Holman’s play
Robert Holman’s play contains some great riches.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06PMMonday, September 20, 2021
New albums, new TV series, and actual live shows – the culture taps might have run dry during the pandemic, but this autumn they are switching on again at last. Our critics give their pick…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMFriday, September 17, 2021
Old Vic, LondonTeenage passion meets Nazi ideology in Bess Wohl’s play, inspired by a real-life summer camp in the US
It is 1938 and two American teenagers are at a themed summer camp on L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMRoyal Court, LondonTarantinoesque bloodshed meets Greek tragedy in Aleshea Harris’s daring drama about a voyage of vengeance
It is not often that a play manages to resemble a Tarantino fil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMWednesday, September 15, 2021
Kiln theatre, LondonMoira Buffini, Roy Williams and Suhayla El-Bushra deliver a trio of powerful immigrant stories set in the London borough
NW Trilogy comprises three short plays with one o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMTuesday, September 14, 2021
Available onlineFehinti Balogun’s show uses hip-hop and spoken word to explore the ways people of colour have been excluded from environmental activism
There is a moment in Fehinti Balogun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMMonday, September 13, 2021
Adelphi theatre, LondonThis is a splashy theatre-film mashup, with gravity-defying effects, cute quirks and offbeat gags
How does a car speed at 88mph on stage? That must have been the bigge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMBirmingham RepAyub Khan Din’s comedy still resonates in its depiction of a hostile environment – Salford in the 70s – while its sharp wit and warm characterisations are exhilarating
Tw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMFriday, September 10, 2021
Minerva theatre, ChichesterThis tale of a claustrophobic mother-daughter relationship takes contrived turns, but the starkly moving performances remain compelling
Much has changed in Ireland…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMBloomsbury theatre, LondonBarry Reckord’s sexually charged play about freedom and rebellion is drowned out by chaotic comedy
The Jamaican playwright Barry Reckord broke several boundaries …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMWednesday, September 8, 2021
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonBeyond the visual thrills and powerful ballads, this adaptation brings an unexpected depth to the relationship between two tortured sisters
This musical extr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMMonday, September 6, 2021
The resurgence of Black Lives Matter has given fresh potency to the theatre company’s production – an earthquake of sound and dance
We have been encouraged to bring our “rags and flags…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMFriday, September 3, 2021
Dorfman theatre, LondonA tidal wave of plotlines, ideas and characters embraces past and present in a production where playfulness meets cruelty
Winsome Pinnock’s leviathan of a play opens…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMSunday, August 29, 2021
Old College Quad, EdinburghThis lightweight cabaret-style set sells its subject short, even if Cumming can belt out a power ballad convincingly
The promise is that Alan Cumming will talk abo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMFriday, August 27, 2021
Almeida theatre, LondonAdrian Edmondson plays a psychopath in Josh Azouz’s nuanced tragicomedy about Jewish-Arab relations in 1942
A man is buried up to his neck with only a geometrical de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03PMThursday, August 26, 2021
Cush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AM 
