Monday, January 26, 2015
Blanche 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, January 25, 2015
King’s Head, LondonDetermined to deliver laughs, this production misses the original’s affection for its figure-of-fun hero, Charles Pooter Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMFriday, January 23, 2015
Park theatre, LondonAlex McSweeney’s play about a wartime factory explosion is packed with information but lacks tension Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMWednesday, January 21, 2015
The Crystal, LondonHow to deal with global warming? This 2050-set drama asks us to decide but you could learn more from spending 80 minutes online Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMTuesday, January 20, 2015
Ever been astonished at the brevity of a performance, or stunned to learn you’re in for a long haul? It’s better to find out the running time before you take your seatOver the Christmas …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, January 19, 2015
Linbury Studio, LondonThis fascinating show about a strange office of troubled men packs a visual – and visceral – punch Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:38AMPhoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag is in Bristol, Filter reinvent Macbeth at the Citizens in Glasgow, Tom Stoppard’s latest opens at the National, and one of 2013’s best shows, The Money, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59AMSunday, January 18, 2015
May Fair hotel, LondonGame of Thrones’ Tobias Menzies artfully walks the line between self-disgust and rage in Wallace Shawn’s still-timely monologue Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59PMCharing Cross theatre, LondonJon Conway’s tabloid-style play about the death of the ‘people’s princess’ mixes fact and fiction to suit itself Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMFriday, January 16, 2015
The Passenger Shed, BristolACH Smith’s enjoyably rickety play-with-songs looks back on 150 years of Clifton suspension bridge, including the tale of a falling woman saved by her billowing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AMThursday, January 15, 2015
Southwark Playhouse, LondonRob Compton is terrific as the hero of this B-movie-style musical, but the full-blooded production overwhelms the space Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
Linbury Studio, LondonSean Gandini and choregrapher Ludovic Ondiviela search for no less than the meaning of life in this witty dance-circus mashup Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMSouthbank Centre, LondonWith lovely smells, live music and a crack cast, this engaging show is a treat for young and old – even if it is overextended Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMTuesday, January 13, 2015
Finborough, LondonColleen Murphy’s graphically violent play gives a voice to murdered women but unnecessarily to their killer too Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMIs there an anti-writer trend in British theatre? Only if you insist on a very narrow definition of what constitutes new writing and fail to cherish playwriting in all its rich variety“The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, January 12, 2015
Soho theatre, LondonThis is less an absurd stream of consciousness than a vomit of transformations from naughty-but-nice Trygve WakenshawContext isn’t everything, but the meaning of any sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMCritical incomprehension greeted Sarah Kane’s debut in 1995. Blogging, and a more open public debate about new theatre on social media, means that’s less likely to happen nowKate Ashfiel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AM2015 is already off to a flying start as James McAvoy takes on The Ruling Class, Glasgow and Soho showcase the next wave of stage stars, Stratford goes nuclear, and Stockton gets cookingSecr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, January 8, 2015
Lost theatre, LondonThis family musical has dragon’s blood, a man with a golden arm and plundering pirates but feels both half-baked and over-extended Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AMWho is the biggest subsidiser of the arts? Not Arts Council England but artists themselves. Isn’t it time we paid them properly?The report by Stage Directors UK, published in the Stage, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMBargehouse, LondonThis fabulously designed promenade show unfolds across several floors of an atmospheric venue – but there’s simply too much hanging aroundIt sure is a Grimm world out t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, January 7, 2015
Park theatre, LondonRomantic whimsy meets magic realism in a series of two-handed scenes set during one snowy New England nightImagine Love Actually crossed with Our Town and you have a flav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59AMTuesday, January 6, 2015
As director Scott Graham’s reimagined Othello arrives in London, he and Frantic co-founder Steven Hoggett talk about their stage ethos, parting company professionally, and the importance o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AMBirmingham RepDespite some terrific visual flourishes, this production never captures the Big Friendly Giant’s lovableness nor the unruly joy of Roald Dahl’s story Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AMTricycle theatre, LondonThe Zizou Corder children’s story about a boy who can talk to cats packs in kidnaps and circuses, but somehow this adaptation fails to thrill Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AMAs the Stage 100 list shows, our theatres are dominated by the white, male middle classes – but we are finally waking up to the fact that true diversity, not box-ticking, can invigorate ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, January 5, 2015
Southwark Playhouse, LondonYevgeny Schwartz’s 1943 parody of prejudice and totalitarianism is energetic and gently updated for modern times Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMVaudeville, LondonIt’s hard to see the joke in this ridiculous comedy if you know nothing of Conan Doyle’s many original stories Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMBromance and breakdowns are in the air with a new circus show at the London international mime festival and Tamsin Greig in the Women on the Verge musicalThe Crick Crack Club is in action at…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AMSunday, January 4, 2015
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonDespite a proud tradition of excellent Christmas shows, TRSE’s attempt to inject new ideas into this old tale falls at almost every turn Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMFriday, December 26, 2014
You’ve read the best of the year lists, but what about the actors and ensembles who deserve a nod for shining on stage during 2014? Share your favourites• Lyn Gardner’s top 10 theatre …
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