The musical theatre star on her new tribute show to Stephen Sondheim, her unconventional upbringing, and her happiest song… Maria Friedman, 61, is a singer, actor and director who has a na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMDonmar Warehouse; Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, LondonOne false move tears a family apart in a superb adaptation of Ruben Östlund’s avalanche film. And folk song collector Cecil Sharp mee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMAlmeida; Hampstead theatre; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonA revival of a 2006 musical gives thrilling voice to a Covid generation, Tamsin Greig is Peggy Ramsay to a tee, and an Alan Bennet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMThe actor, who is playing Scrooge on stage, is a fan of Christmas games – and quizzes in particular. But there’s one question he can’t answer: why are Christmas cracker jokes so bad? …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThe actor on breaking his vow never to ski again for his new stage role, a brush with death in the Namibian desert, and how he remembers his father, Roy Rory Kinnear, 43, known for his origi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMDuke of York’s; Hampstead Theatre Downstairs; Jermyn Street, LondonThe National’s striking Neil Gaiman adaptation sweeps into the West End. A day inside the mind of a traumatised woman s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMThe theatre and film actor on staging a pair of Julian Barnes stories, playing Emperor Palpatine, and finding peace in isolation Ian McDiarmid, 77, has distinguished himself as a theatrical …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMRoyal Court; Old Vic; Donmar Warehouse, LondonAleshea Harris sets the Royal Court alight with her blazing family drama; Patsy Ferran and Luke Thallon are marooned in a US Nazi summer camp; a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMMenier Chocolate Factory; Kiln, London; Birmingham RepCultural identity unites a Jewish writer’s shockingly radical play, diverse tales from Kilburn and Ayub Khan Din’s 1996 classic It i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMBarbican; Young Vic, LondonA joyously shipshape revival of Cole Porter’s classic proves the perfect getaway, while an elegant staging lifts Ben Okri’s portentous foray into Ancient Egypt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMManchester Central; Whitworth Art Gallery; Manchester Jewish MuseumChimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s reflections on the death of her father resist the confines of the stage; Forensic Architecture…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThe Irish actor on reimagining Antigone, what she learned from Billie Whitelaw, and starring in Jed Mercurio’s new crime drama Lisa Dwan, 43, is an Irish actor particularly celebrated for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMThe Bridge, LondonIn this warm monologue, Inua Ellams recalls his journey from Nigeria to London to shed light on Britain’s asylum system There is a wonderful sense of release as Inua Ella…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThe playwright and director on writing and depression, collaborating with Tom Stoppard, and reconnecting with his Jewish roots Patrick Marber is a playwright, director, screenwriter and come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMKiln; Riverside Studios; Coronet; Bush, LondonAntoinette Nwandu’s play about the US race divide flits thrillingly from laughter to rage, Christopher Reid’s poetry is a challenge on stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMLyttelton; Jermyn Street; Boulevard, LondonA pregnant question hangs over Lucy Kirkwood’s elegant new courthouse drama, while a superlative Beckett triple bill could teach Cormac McCarthy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMYoung Vic; Menier Chocolate Factory; 5-15 Sun Street, LondonDon’t be fooled by the homely setting of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s dazzling, disconcerting Pulitzer prize-winner A woman is peel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMPrince Edward theatre; Southwark Cathedral; Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonRichard Eyre’s Mary Poppins revival soars, TS Eliot’s verse drama struggles under the weight of its gravitas, and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMGate; Trafalgar Studios; Wyndham’s, London A stirring Faustian tale puts actors under the moral spotlight, a revival of Joe Egg is brave but bleak, and The Man in the White Suit fades fast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMIt’s a fairytale: the young dancer in a poor Lisbon suburb who makes it to principal at a world class company. But more underprivileged children should get a chance, says the Royal Ballet�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMKing’s theatre; Church Hill theatre; the Studio, EdinburghEmotion is pared to the bone in Robert Icke’s thrilling new real-time adaptation of Sophocles. Plus, folk tales that leap off th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMTroubadour White City, LondonDespite a soaring lead and plenty of ideas, this production doesn’t quite get off the ground Although a new theatre ought to be a cause for celebration, the Tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMMenier Chocolate Factory, London; Chichester Festival theatre; Kiln, LondonThe Bridges of Madison County musical hits all the right notes in Trevor Nunn’s heartfelt production. Plus, an ir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMBridge, London; Orange Tree, Richmond; Theatre Royal BathNicholas Hytner pulls off a dazzling circus trick, and there’s some pleasing drawing-room drama for the less energetic A Midsummer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMOlivier; Barbican; Kiln, LondonRufus Norris’s epic adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Windrush novel is spectacular, while Maxine Peake excels in a moving portrayal of the trials of IVFSmall Is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMOld Vic, London; Royal and Derngate, Northampton; Duchess theatre, LondonTwo Hollywood actors bring skilful, unstarry performances to All My Sons, Lucy Bailey directs a fine, unstarchy produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMThe actor on her new role as a woman undergoing IVF, the trouble with being outspoken and why she called her dog CastroMaxine Peake’s roles range from a transgender Hamlet to a sharp lawye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMLyttelton; Kiln; Theatre Royal Stratford East, London; Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonMolière’s anti-hero is a dodgy Highgate hippy, Florian Zeller dazzles with the latest …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse; Harold Pinter; Garrick; the GateThe domestic drama is especially close to home in the Globe’s Scottish play. Plus, more exceptional Pinter and a joyous West End re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMNational Theatre, London; Minerva, Chichester A jazzy-poppy hybrid of Orpheus lacks depth, while an adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel is an unpredictable treatHadestown begins p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMOld Vic, LondonCarter’s riotous novel about a south London theatrical dynasty bursts on to the stage in this life-enhancing showAt the end of a programme essay, Emma Rice wonders what Ange…
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