Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Helen Mirren thinks that you need to be a teenager to enjoy Shakespeare, but the sooner children encounter the plays in performance the less likely they will dismiss them as difficult and du…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16PMArchway Mall, LondonThis experimental show about the relationship between old and young, past and present offers snapshots of ageing and everyday life through a shop windowPeer through a sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMWest End shows offer big savings for children in August. Here’s our pick of the hottest stage productions for summer days out in the cityAugust in London, and there are often seats to fill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMMonday, June 15, 2015
Clifton primary school, BirminghamThe RSC’s cleverly pared-down version of Shakespeare’s history plays for schools is full of engaging touches and vivacious performances There is talk of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39AMKafka is adapted in Manchester and London, National Theatre Scotland takes audiences for a drive in Edinburgh, David Suchet becomes Lady Bracknell and Robert Wilson performs in Beckett at th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:14AMSunday, June 14, 2015
Arcola, LondonRose Lewenstein’s heartfelt play – about the pains and surprises of rediscovering the past – is flawed but watchable and well scriptedWhat is history, and how much are ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AMFriday, June 12, 2015
Park theatre, LondonJonathan Maitland’s play puts the serial abuser where he wanted to be – in the spotlight – and fails to tackle the difficult question: why we fell for his brazen ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:10AMThursday, June 11, 2015
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonJames Dacre’s atmospheric production masks the deficiencies of a politically charged story that rattled early-50s America and caught the attention of the F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMWednesday, June 10, 2015
The much-loved Scottish venue, which nurtured all sorts of brilliant artists, has gone into administration. A great many people will be the poorer for this disasterThe Arches in Glasgow has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PMTuesday, June 9, 2015
Gate, LondonChristopher Haydon’s unsettling production of Elinor Cook’s play explores our capacity for violenceEvery picture tells a story, just not always the one that we think it tells…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:43AMThere’s been much talk about the need for theatre to reflect the UK’s cultural diversity. With change so slow to be implemented, are quotas the only way to bring about a transformation?W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMMonday, June 8, 2015
Barbican, LondonThe Irish playwright’s 1969 prose poem is reinvented in a 35-minute staging that wears away at your psycheLessness turns out to be oddly moreish. Samuel Beckett’s brief 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:50AMDebbie Tucker Green has a new play at the Royal Court, there’s new black writing in Talawa Firsts, RashDash talk porn at the National, Constellations is on tour, Hull prepares to Grow and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08AMSunday, June 7, 2015
Barbican, LondonSydney Theatre Company’s intelligent revival turns Beckett into a performance, playing on the idea of theatre I can’t go on,” cries Richard Roxburgh’s Estragon. “Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMThursday, June 4, 2015
New shows from Daniel Kitson, Circa and Mark Thomas, the return of Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree and a musical based on an Alan Warner novel are among this year’s fringe highlightsSo the 2015…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31AMWednesday, June 3, 2015
Theatre Delicatessen, LondonAn experimental young company use our former HQ to stage a promenade-style circus showUK circus has come a long way in recent years, and we are starting to see a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02PMTheatre should be without borders, but while British companies get to perform around the world – and their work improves because of it – it’s a different story for foreign artists invi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTuesday, June 2, 2015
Southbank Centre, LondonPerforming at the Udderbelly festival, this trio of jugglers remind us that when you drop everything you simply have to pick it up and carry on Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMTrafalgar Studios, LondonPickpocket performer Freedman fools us with terrifying ease, but too often this feels like a personable Neighbourhood Watch lecture Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMMonday, June 1, 2015
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonFour sets of mothers and daughters, ranging in age from 15 to their 80s, ask each other about their lives in a compelling theatre piece Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMThere’s an Arthur Miller world premiere in Northampton, Chris Goode and co take a Stand in Edinburgh, and a new non-league football play from Patrick Marber kicks off at the NTThere’s lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:43AMFriday, May 29, 2015
Manchester’s welcoming new art space Home wants to attract unseasoned audiences. But how does it describe to them the unique pleasures it can offer? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMUstinov, BathA mother’s depression after her son leaves home is brought to life in a play that veers between reality and hallucination Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMTuesday, May 26, 2015
As the new multimillion-pound building in Manchester shows, you can call an arts complex Home – but the challenge is to really make it feel like one Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterIn spite of innovative staging and an uptight spinster played by a man, Told by an Idiot’s version of this 1922 chiller aims for laughs over edge-of-your-seat hor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMMonday, May 25, 2015
Once just a stepping stone, the fringe has become a vital forum for the realisation of actors' and directors' creative ambitions
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMIt's no longer enough for companies to put on plays and hope that people turn up. The most exciting theatre at the moment is interactive, collaborative and out there
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMA 21st-century venue is measured on its relationships as well as its output. Now is our chance to encourage collaboration
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMPlenty of businesses are buzzing on a Sunday. So why do so few theatres open their doors on a day that would suit most normal people?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM 
