Sunday, September 20, 2015
Camden People’s Theatre, LondonRachael Ofori’s show about young black women trying to find their way in modern London is fresh and engaging, although its sketch format holds it back“Yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PMThursday, September 17, 2015
Minerva, ChichesterWhether it’s serving imaginary cocktails or re-enacting the Wimbledon women’s final, Michael Attenborough’s emotional production celebrates the instinct for survival…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMWednesday, September 16, 2015
Part of a new wave of British theatre directors in thrall to form rather than text, McDougall is now taking on Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. She explains why its rawness brings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PMWilton’s Music Hall, LondonThe newly refurbished 19th-century venue is a five-star delight, so it’s a shame this stage version of the 1973 New York mobster caper serves it so poorlyWilto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22AMTuesday, September 15, 2015
Lo-co Klub, Bristol Anna Ledwich’s atmospheric production mingles performance with technology in an unsettling story about fear of the unknown that echoes the refugee crisisIt begins as a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMA new presentation of Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler has been preceded by tweets from its heroine – an example of how digital media draws in theatre audiences in ingenious waysThis week, Hedd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMMonday, September 14, 2015
Calm Down Dear, the festival of feminist theatre, begins in Camden, there’s a rare Brian Friel play in Bristol and Great Yarmouth hosts the Out There festivalTanya Ronder’s new surreal f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMSunday, September 13, 2015
The Other Room, Cardiff All-female company otherMother tackle football, fighting and family life in their first showThere’s definitely something stirring in Cardiff where the amount of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMFriday, September 11, 2015
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonLela’s monologue about her journey from the mountains into a warzone is constantly interrupted by the voices of men in a harrowing but surprisingly playful look…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThursday, September 10, 2015
A new theatre show explores the impact of erectile dysfunction on men’s physical and mental health. Its creator, Mark Storer, says he is terrified of the responsibility: ‘If we fail, we …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:58PMArtistic directors are not often playwrights too. The venerable Edinburgh theatre’s smart move to put David Greig in charge should pay exciting dividends – as long as he can keep writing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMWednesday, September 9, 2015
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe audience are cast as new recruits at Aldous Huxley’s Hatchery in James Dacre and Dawn King’s stage versionGeorge Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39AMTuesday, September 8, 2015
Charing Cross theatre, LondonThis jukebox musical is a clumsy, opportunist show with bad wigs, ill-fitting costumes – and nothing new or meaningful to say about Dusty SpringfieldDusty, a n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08AMTheatre 503, LondonBea Roberts’ two-hander about male friendship and a dying way of life is small but beautifully observedIt’s 2001 and in a barn on a south Devon farm Michael and local …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMThe veteran actor has complained of young actors being homogeneous, and ignorant of the likes of Laurence Olivier – but in today’s diverse landscape the profession is richer than everBri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:38AMMonday, September 7, 2015
From brilliant Edinburgh transfers to the start of the High Tide festival, here are the essential shows opening this week across the UKOne of the best shows of the Edinburgh festival, Made i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:10AMSunday, September 6, 2015
Young Vic, LondonIvo van Hove directs this quiet, coolly controlled monologue about a man returning home after the death of his younger brother“We all die interrupted,” says Willem, a Du…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMFriday, September 4, 2015
Showcasing the best in independent theatre, the BBC’s live event will show that the stage isn’t just for Hollywood stars and old-fashioned playsKenneth Tynan’s memorable theatre review…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AMThursday, September 3, 2015
Shoreditch town hall, LondonTristan Sharps’ exquisite promenade installation leads theatregoers down the deserted corridors of an imaginary hotel into a mysterious, maze-like underworldThe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:44AMWednesday, September 2, 2015
Solo shows can be an excuse for cost-cutting, showing off or solipsism – but new examples are building conversations with audiences, and showing us who we areI suspect I’m not alone in f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMFormer Sanofi factory, DagenhamGeraldine Pilgrim’s community-cast production brings a factory back to life in Dagenham with a dose of medical historyThe May and Baker factory (subsequently…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMMonday, August 31, 2015
Simon Stephens and Ivo van Hove collaborate at the Young Vic, Iphigenia in Splott returns to the Sherman in Cardiff, Elizabeth Newman opens her first season in Bolton, and Nicole Kidman retu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:13AMSunday, August 30, 2015
Forest Fringe, EdinburghSometimes lacking focus, this piece celebrates the quiet, unsung heroism of exhausted parents raising children in circumstances far from those of royal statusSearch P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AMKing’s, EdinburghThis crack ensemble perform the single word of Dieter Roth’s text in such varied forms it is like watching somebody’s repressed unconscious run riotDieter Roth’s 197…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:22AMFriday, August 28, 2015
The latest debate in the Guardian and BAC’s A Nation’s Theatre strand looked at the fringe’s place in the theatre ecology – here’s what we discussedEdinburgh is the biggest open ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMUnderbelly, EdinburghMiddle Child’s piece about twentysomething slacker lifestyles works up a sweaty energy and has a tender soulIs it a gig? Is it a storytelling piece? Is it a play? Midd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA young graduate addresses the myths around learning disabilities with humour and panacheSo you think you know everything about high functioning autism? Of cour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMThursday, August 27, 2015
Pleasance Grand, EdinburghAshes hero hits the audience for six in a show full of laughter, cricketing anecdotes and indiscretionsThere is a picture of cricketer Andrew Flintoff flashed on a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PMPleasance, EdinburghThe unlucky draw of life is given an unflinching but positive examination in Olivia Hirst’s affecting showTime is ticking for 26-year-old Olivia Hirst. She has the BRCA…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMForest Fringe, EdinburghThis clever show steps lightly over the cracks in how we present ourselves to the world both individually and as a coupleIs there anyone in a long-term relationship w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AMWith their funding under threat, acts which refuse to be sidelined find a platform in Edinburgh’s Integrated Fringe - but how can they survive the cuts?“It only took the NT 50 years to n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AM 
