Saturday, August 8, 2015
Summerhall, EdinburghTwo idealists find that creating a heaven on earth is easier said than done in Third Angel’s thought-provoking if somewhat detached new showHave you ever wondered how …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMTraverse, EdinburghGary McNair shines in this beautifully written show about a man with cancer who wagers that he’ll live to see the millenniumThe title of the latest one-man storytelling …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMTraverse, EdinburghAndy Duffy’s monologue offers us a heartless man used to taking risks in a tight psychological thriller that grips without illuminating“Money’s power and freedom. Wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMTraverse, EdinburghBryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn strike a clever balance between humour and pathos as they recount the latter’s struggle to face his clinical depression Related: Bryony …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:38AMTry these family fringe outings: a detective story by Anthony Horowitz, a preposterous collection of animals and a show about a missing grandadWhen I first started coming to Edinburgh in the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AMFriday, August 7, 2015
Northern Stage at Summerhall, EdinburghDaniel Bye explores how viruses – of all types – spread in a fascinating, thought-provoking performanceA bagful of liquorice allsorts, a pair of tw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMSummerhall, EdinburghDevised by women at Low Newton prison, Open Clasp’s piece takes in addiction, violence and the pain of separation, but soars free of social work to become art Related:…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMTheir budgets and venues may be in different leagues, but their programmes have plenty in common – and since audiences don’t care a fig where they find the best work, the two festivals a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:38AMThursday, August 6, 2015
Summerhall, EdinburghMacLaine’s challenging play, in which she speaks of her own experience of abuse, raises pertinent questionsTwo women, dressed similarly. Their long dresses spill aroun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:08PMPleasance, EdinburghGeorge Orwell’s 1933 novel is entwined with Polly Toynbee’s book Hard Work in a neatly performed study of poverty then and nowEric Blair became George Orwell during h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMTuesday, August 4, 2015
By the end of last year’s festival, one company had made £160 each from their ‘hit show’. But even if there’s no profit from the box office, the other benefits of appearing at Edinb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AMSheffield Park, SussexThis pleasurable romp for kids – and adults searching for lost youth – might convey the spirit of Enid Blyton, but it’s anything but old-fashionedA retro pleasure…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AMMonday, August 3, 2015
There are more than 3,000 shows at this year’s festival. How can you know which ones are worth your time and money? We’ve already checked these little beauties out, and every one of them…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMQueue for day seats for Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, see Wot? No Fish! on London’s Southbank or take in Oliver Twist, promenade style, in LancasterWhile Edinburgh gets into the festiva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:57AMSaturday, August 1, 2015
Watermill, NewburyOn its 1932 premiere Somerset Maugham's play must have seemed as if a small bomb had been detonated in the West End. Audiences expecting a witty comedy from the country's m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AMFriday, July 31, 2015
At the Hub in Leeds, both the veg and the theatre is homegrown – and Slung Low offer blankets, hot water bottles and a cheap bar. The company creates shows across the UK but is ‘micro-lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:40AMThursday, July 30, 2015
Platform, LondonAdorned with Chinese lanterns, this staging always looks stylish but Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic mystery has been obscured It looks beautiful. Steam rises from under th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AMWednesday, July 29, 2015
Theatre Royal, BathBennett’s three protagonists provide unchallenging and comforting stereotypes with plenty of wry humour but few surprises Alan Bennett’s monologues were written for th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMTuesday, July 28, 2015
Schemes to develop theatre artists are flourishing all over the country – but greed and laziness still prevail. Theatres need to put their talent first if they want to ensure a vibrant fut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMArts theatre, LondonApathy and anger lack coherence as boy fights George W Bush’s world, perkily, in a decidedly 20th-century production“Either you are with us or you are with the terror…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:46AMMonday, July 27, 2015
St James theatre, LondonJason Robert Brown’s show traces pivotal moments in his characters’ lives through a song cycle to thrilling, subtle effectJason Robert Brown’s melodic 1995 show…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMThere’s a postage-stamp-sized revival of Oliver! in Newbury, Tony Benn lives again in Nottingham, Ursula Martinez is self-promoting at the Southbank and Howard Davies directs in Chichester…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:28AMThursday, July 23, 2015
NT Temporary Space, London Revisiting teenage mood swings is made wonderfully engaging by a smart young cast’s empathic tour through the science of strops Towards the end of Islington Comm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMOutdoor theatre generates the kind of broad audiences that traditional venues can only dream of – but how do you keep the quality high and bring in a financial return?The outdoor theatre s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMWednesday, July 22, 2015
Brunel Tunnel Shaft, London Hybrid of dance and acrobatics from the Arbonauts company is less memorable than the dark and atmospheric venueThe pleasure of site-responsive theatre is that it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMTuesday, July 21, 2015
As well as lashings of cake, rural touring is generating some of the UK’s most innovative theatre, despite a relative lack of funding. So what might big city venues learn from the countrys…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMThursday, July 16, 2015
Young Vic, London TV news brings Syria to our homes, yet distances us. This heartfelt installation-cum-video closes the gap to humanise the warWhat do you know about what is happening in Syr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:41AMTuesday, July 14, 2015
Soho theatre, LondonPat Kinevane’s Tino emerges from his blanket and struts like a Hollywood great in a graceful performance touching on issues of mental health and prejudiceBefore he shot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PMUdderbelly, LondonThis adaptation of a popular picture book has songs, puppets and acrobatic bats – but somehow fails to hold youngsters’ attentionSo many page-to-stage adaptations for c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, July 13, 2015
Many working in the theatre consider free labour a sacrifice worth making – but there’s a fine line between opportunity and exploitationWe all know that the biggest subsidisers of the ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMThere’s theatrical gold all over the country this week, including Manchester’s Flare festival and the latest from Francesca Millican-Slater, Alice Birch, Jess Thom and Tom BasdenThe Flar…
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