Saturday, August 3, 2019
Underbelly, EdinburghPoltergeist’s mischievous show asks how we determine the worth and meaning of artworks
A plastic shoe, scuffed around the edges, sits atop a white plinth. A figure st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMFriday, August 2, 2019
Mass extinctions, carbon emissions and freak storms will feature at a festival where artists are finding new ways to raise the alarm
‘I no longer think of this as a technological problem. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMWednesday, July 31, 2019
York Theatre RoyalSongs and music by the Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon sparkle in this vivid adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic that might please adults more than kids
Summer holidays …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTuesday, July 30, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterKandinsky reawaken Manchester’s radical past in an imaginatively staged drama that fuses history and myth
Today, computers are taking our jobs. At the turn of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMSaturday, June 15, 2019
Composer Emily Howard, poet Michael Symmons Roberts and immersive theatre company ANU on MIF’s bicentennial Peterloo commemoration
Look closely as you walk through the streets of Mancheste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMFriday, June 14, 2019
Seven Arts, LeedsChildren’s theatre company Tutti Frutti use physical playfulness and ingenuity to tell a story about the importance of communication and friendships
Friendship, as adults …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMWednesday, June 12, 2019
On the surface, Driving Miss Daisy looks like a timely choice of revival. The play explores the relationship between an African American
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMMonday, June 3, 2019
Ambassador, Bradford At the pub, the night before her untimely death, the acclaimed playwright spars with her younger self in this tender adaptation of Adelle Stripe’s novel
Andrea Dunbar�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMWednesday, May 29, 2019
Scarcroft Allotments, YorkThe DIY charm of Mikron Theatre and Nick Ahad’s new show is a good match for the resort’s brand of family fun
The Redcoat, as one character in Nick Ahad’s new…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMTuesday, May 28, 2019
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterSet in the 60s, the hidden histories of men up against repressive homosexuality laws have an intense emotional force in Kathrine Smith’s production
When playw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMSunday, May 5, 2019
Various venues, LeedsWith interactive surveillance games, reconstructions of student protests and interventions in a shopping centre, the biennial festival reconfigured audiences’ relation…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMTuesday, April 9, 2019
Theatregoers in York and Manchester have been recruited to bring fresh ideas and talent to the cities’ stages in revolutionary programme initiatives
‘How do we bridge the gap between the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:53AMThursday, March 28, 2019
Live theatre, Newcastle Social cohesion and toxic masculinity are big topics confronted with verve by new writers through Live’s showcase Elevator festival
The topic of social housing seem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AMMonday, March 25, 2019
Headlong theatre company’s latest production, Acts of Resistance, plugs into people power in four communities across the country
In the days after the EU referendum, Headlong theatre compa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, March 21, 2019
Crucible, SheffieldThis across-the-decades Park Hill musical is cleverly staged, moving through idealism, dilapidation and gentrification
Rising above Sheffield station, the buildings of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMMonday, March 11, 2019
Leeds PlayhouseAmy Leach’s thriller-like version of Shakespeare’s tragedy gives familiar lines a revelatory ring: there is zero suggestion that Tessa Parr is playing a male role
It’s r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, March 8, 2019
Home, ManchesterSleepwalk Collective’s dreamlike show riffs on nostalgia, technology, climate change and the glamour of opera
From the title of Sleepwalk Collective’s new show, you might…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMFriday, March 1, 2019
Theatre Deli, SheffieldKaty Dye gives a powerful performance deconstructing the idea of sexy innocence and society’s worship of feminine youth
In contemporary society and pop culture, ther…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThursday, February 28, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterJude Christian’s solo show confronts historical brutality and personal heritage by dwelling in the grey areas
It’s hard to pin down Nanjing, Jude Christian’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMMonday, February 25, 2019
Various venues, YorkThe annual experimental showcase serves up a strange, compelling programme of dance, performance and live art
Outside York Art Gallery, as tourists and tunic-clad visitor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AMThursday, February 14, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterIt’s 2080 and Europe is in shreds in Anna Jordan’s new version of Brecht’s play, which has a compelling central performance War – what is it good for? Busin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMThursday, February 7, 2019
Leeds Playhouse This portrait of a family devastated by a random stabbing lands its blows with a heavy thudIn 2008, random was a sharp retort to the stereotypical “urban” image of soarin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Home, ManchesterCuts of the Cloth explores a family torn apart by the state while storyteller Conor A offers an account of chronic illnessNurturing new performances is a balancing act: shows…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTuesday, January 8, 2019
Arts education is in crisis but theatre company Slung Low has set up a pay-what-you-can community college, offering lessons in art activism, wood-whittling and much moreOn board a double-dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMSaturday, December 15, 2018
This year’s panto is one long bow for writer, director and long-running dame Berwick Kaler. Marking 40 years of what he calls
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMFriday, December 14, 2018
Crucible, Sheffield Standout turns from strong female leads can’t tame the darkness at the heart of Cole Porter’s Shakespearean musicalKiss Me, Kate is a musical of many layers. The fict…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMThursday, December 13, 2018
On stage and screen, Christmas tends to look a certain way: twinkling tree, glistening turkey, picture-perfect nuclear family. The new seasonal show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30PMLiverpool PlayhouseSpymonkey riff with pop culture – from funk-anthem carols to Torvill and Dean – in a bizarre take on the Dickens classicAt this time of year, Scrooge is as reliable as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMFriday, December 7, 2018
'Shimmer and sparkle': Catherine Love reviews an unlikely Christmas show which delights as much as it unsettles.
The post Review: The Producers at the Royal Exchange, Manchester appeared fir…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:02PMFriday, November 23, 2018
Home, ManchesterThe playwright’s prison time inspires an all-male production that is dazzling, dangerous and captivatingly queasyJean Genet understood the essence of theatre: everything is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMMonday, October 29, 2018
It is practically a professional requirement that actors be emotional and vulnerable, but only recently has protecting their mental wellbeing become a priorityActor and playwright Milly Thom…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM 
