Jermyn Street theatre, LondonGill weaves an intricate, poignant picture of London’s queer history as two elderly men ruminate on the long-gone loves of their youth Two elderly men sit side…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMThe Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonIvy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer by Bea Roberts and Nina Segal’s O, Island! offer cartoonish satire that lacks sting The RSC has been sit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMAs Kenneth MacMillan’s classic returns, his widow Deborah and Edward Watson – celebrated for dancing the lead role – reflect on preserving the spirit of this seamy beast of a ballet It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonWhen an Egyptian orchestra accidentally tips up in a sleepy Israeli backwater, lives are changed in the quietest of ways ‘Nothing is as beautiful as something you d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMMarylebone theatre, LondonPeter Oswald’s take on Friedrich Schiller’s unfinished tragedy shows Russia’s recurrent turn towards tyranny When Friedrich Schiller died aged 45 in 1805, he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37PMMisogynist gags? Ancient puns? Unethical bed tricks? Theatre-makers discuss how they tackle the Bard’s trickier works Earlier this year, I spoke to the actor Natasha Magigi, a regular at S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMChichester Festival theatreJenna Russell stars in Alan Ayckbourn’s exploration of mental illness with an accomplished cast of supporting characters ably adding to the anguish It’s clear …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMPark theatre, LondonA mourning woman looks back on her life in Martin Sherman’s ethereal yet uneven drama about history, heritage and memory Rose doesn’t believe in the future. It’s ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMColiseum, LondonChoreographer Alexei Ratmansky and a company featuring exiled dancers deliver a moving production with an urgent tone This production is little short of a miracle. The United…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMSadler’s Wells, LondonA crusader and a Saracen have a fateful encounter in this richly layered work by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, set to Monteverdi and a plangent score by Syrian-American co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMThe Studio, EdinburghShihya Peng and Marco di Nardo bicker ceaselessly through movement in a child-friendly exploration of cultural misunderstanding Will these two dancers find any common gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMZoo Southside, EdinburghThe sweat and the groove are all that matters in Emma Martin’s mesmerising dance sequences, which capture the power of getting lost in your own rhythms Sweat pools,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMUnderbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, EdinburghUsing their own bodies as gymnastic apparatus, the Australian troupe perform an immensely skilful and physical show about trust and control…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMAssembly George Square Studios, EdinburghFeeling flows and solidifies between the characters in Isabella Waldron’s mature and tender love story Isabella Waldron’s delicate play stages an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMSummerhall, EdinburghComposer Greg Sinclair’s ingenious musical palette provides variety and charm in this performance by a young local cast The most striking visual image in this show is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMDorfman theatre, LondonPersonal, political and polemical, this intensely moving play about disability and austerity challenges preconceptions As Francesca Martinez’s urgent, funny and inte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMWatermill theatre, NewburyNew production reshapes the 1996 original set in rural Louisiana as a taut fable of faith and fear Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most recent musical, Cinderella, morphed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMUstinov, BathThe veteran director’s arrestingly visceral production honours the sheer strangeness of Shakespeare’s late play One of Britain’s most visionary directors, Deborah Warner, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMSadler’s Wells, LondonA company of dancers from African countries deliver Bausch’s shattering vision of Stravinsky with devastating force ‘How would you dance if you knew you were goin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMChildren on stage can intensify the jeopardy in difficult dramas, but how it will affect them is a matter of growing concern for the industry Two young children cower before an avalanche –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMAt university, director Rebecca Taichman and playwright Paula Vogel were both drawn to Sholem Asch’s 1907 sensation God of Vengeance. Their show about its controversy now hits London Books…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMThe musicals sensation is starring as the troubled French chanteuse in the bawdy biodrama Piaf. How will she hit the high notes when she can’t speak the language? Don’t ever ask Jenna Ru…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMDynamic choreographer whose meteoric rise at the Royal Ballet was halted in the wake of sexual misconduct allegationsIn ballet, choreographic voices typically develop slowly, often followin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMThe mentor to some of Britain’s top performers believes the best acting comes from a childhood sense of playfulness – and is fraught with danger There’s a famous yarn about Laurence Ol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMNew visa rules, taxes and transport restrictions are some of the hurdles British dance and theatre organisations must now overcome to tour Europe Brexit or Covid? Hardly a cheerful choice, b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMTony Lidington spent 30 years with the anarchic Pierrotters. He recalls trading songs for mackerel – and lifting spirits with a little lockdown flea circus Let’s start with a pierrot dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMWith the industry on its knees and audiences running scared, a handful of creatives have pushed on with planned new venues, determined to rise to the current challenges of making theatre Is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMStephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein’s ballad, which yearns for a safe place where love abounds, reflects 50s America and endures today Earlier this month, as UK theatres prepared to shu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThree drama school productions highlight the appeal for established names in sharing passion projects with actors flexing their performance muscles ‘Strap in, lads.” The Scottish playwri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMYou’re meant to shut up, keep still and pay attention at the theatre – but what if that’s a problem? We examine the rise of ‘relaxed’ spaces where anything goes It started with the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMThe defiant lyrics to the classic Les Misérables track are reverberating through uprisings in Hong Kong and China It has soared during an airport sit-in, united street protests and drowned …
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