Friday, February 20, 2015
Cardiff is just one city that is benefitting from an artistic exodus from London to the regions, with Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow all flourishing – but can they keep the green shoots w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMYoung Vic, LondonStevenson’s Winnie is a magnificent monument to English suburban ordinariness in an resolutely cheery, absurdly painful take on Beckett’s play Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16AMThursday, February 19, 2015
Unicorn, LondonVesta Tilley dressed as a solider onstage and urged young men to the front during the first world war – but this treatment focuses on her life story rather than the deaths s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AMWednesday, February 18, 2015
Birmingham Repertory theatreLindsay Posner’s revival of the Pulitzer-winning play about a man and his giant rabbit friend is sweet but unadventurous Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AMThe Lyric’s Secret Theatre project is reaching its finale. It may not have changed the face of British theatre, but it has opened up dramatic new ways of working Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMTuesday, February 17, 2015
Wyndham’s theatre, London Mark Strong, Nicola Walker and Phoebe Fox star in a menacing, meticulously conceived production. It’s like watching a runaway train hurtle towards youThere have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AMMonday, February 16, 2015
Various venues, BristolNightwalks With Teenagers bring out the kid in all of us, while Jo Bannon’s wry, reflective Alba looks at how we see others – and ourselves Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThere are war stories aplenty this week, imports from Russia, Korea, Palestine and Poland, star turns from Mark Strong and Ralph Fiennes – and a new theatre for Cardiff, the Other RoomIvo …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, February 15, 2015
Various venues, BristolFrom fog-covered bridges to vogueing and Virginia Woolf, the winds of change were blowing around the city Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AMFriday, February 13, 2015
Bristol Old VicApril de Angelis cleverly reinvents this novel of male wish-fulfilment to offer bawdy fun in which women attempt to seize control of their own storiesWhen Caroline Quentin’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AMGoing to the theatre after work can be stressful, with late starts and travel stress at the show’s end. Matinees are a far more civilised way of doing things Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThursday, February 12, 2015
Royal Exchange, ManchesterThis drama about 19th-century rivalry between Manchester’s street gangs is full of cacophonic poetry Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:17AMWednesday, February 11, 2015
Sheffield Crucible StudioDirected unwaveringly by Richard Wilson, the controversial drama retains its power to shock two decades onTwenty years after it opened to critical incomprehension an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AMTuesday, February 10, 2015
Trafalgar Studios, LondonClara Brennan’s play about privileged partners who just can’t be happy is lifted by nuanced performances from its real-life husband-and-wife starsClara Brennan�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMMonday, February 9, 2015
Vault festival, LondonThis coming-of-age tale loudly asks questions about identity and race in the shadow of 7/7 and the 2012 Olympics Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMYou paid a fortune for the tickets, you’ve been waiting for months and when you turn up on the night the leads are indisposed. But understudies can give a production new vim and vigour Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22AMWatch as a bridge in Bristol disappears in a cloud of fog, relinquish your mobile phone in Lincoln and Lancaster, and see Juliet Stevenson return in Happy Days in LondonOwen McCafferty’s l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02AMSunday, February 8, 2015
Vault festival, LondonWitches like sound technicians cackle to hell and back while murder happens through a baby monitor in Filter’s wintry take on the blood-stained tragedy Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AMThursday, February 5, 2015
Norwegian church arts centre, CardiffMind-reading tricks, bumps in the night and a gorgeous score pile on the atmosphere in this imaginative work in progress Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMThey’re famous for headphone-based shows demanding audience interaction, but the company’s new piece, Mountaineering, takes a gentler and more personal approach as it explores the nature…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMWednesday, February 4, 2015
Drum, PlymouthThe moral questions raised in Alexandra Wood’s play about a graduate who bags a sought-after job deliver a punch in the age of austerity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThere has been an explosion of new work on UK stages. Theatres must now continue to nurture young artists as the impact of cuts is yet to be truly feltTwo pieces of research into UK theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMVault festival, LondonThe fabled musician cracks jokes to an audience of gods in this modern-day version that gives Eurydice a real voice Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMTuesday, February 3, 2015
The dance house is putting work for children at the core of its programme and committing to it long-term. Why don’t other theatres do the same? It always surprises me how few theatres real…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, February 2, 2015
Theatre 503, LondonA few one-liners and a pair of sharp performances are the only saving graces of this improbable kitchen-sinker set during the 1995 Irish divorce referendum Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMThere are ghostly goings-on in Cardiff, the Museum of Water takes up residence in Lancaster, and Zinnie Harris tackles recent European history at the Royal CourtThe Manipulate festival is in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, February 1, 2015
Bush Theatre, LondonThis new play about a hermit-like man and the intruders that come in and shake up his world is far from perfect, but shows real promise Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMSaturday, January 31, 2015
As Hull Truck receives yet more emergency funding, we should re-examine the idea that it is bricks and mortar, rather than art, that must be saved at all costsThe news that Hull Truck theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMFriday, January 30, 2015
Hampstead theatre, LondonTwo strangers move in together, flirt and fall in love in this pointless romcom that raises questions about Hampstead’s new-writing policyNerdy Alex (Shaun Evans),…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17AMMonday, January 26, 2015
If arts outfit Residence loses its bid to win the lease on its longtime home in the city centre, it won’t just hurt Bristol’s theatre scene – it will damage the city’s growing reputa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AMBlanche McIntyre revives Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia for a nationwide tour, playwrights from Caryl Churchill to Mark Ravenhill consider freedom of expression in the arts, and The Nether transfe…
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