Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Phoenix, London The Boyzone star acquits himself well but despite Enda Walsh’s colourful characters, this show lacks heart• Ronan Keating: ‘Acting the role of a singer does my head in�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:46AMTuesday, November 25, 2014
Gate, LondonThis smart, slippery play about genetics and motherhood keeps the audience at bay with its self-conscious mannerisms• Chimera: the play about the twin inside Continue reading.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThe plays of Ibsen and Shaw have extensive stage directions but are they a constraint to creativity or an invitation to imagine? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, November 24, 2014
Anything Goes in Sheffield, Ella Hickson puts a spell on theatregoers with Merlin in Northampton, and it’s your last chance to catch the devastating Grounded on tour Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, November 23, 2014
Fevered Sleep’s enjoyable piece for four- to seven-year-olds has some nice ideas about family and belonging but not enough interactivity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PMFriday, November 21, 2014
Omnibus, LondonThis site-responsive production is certainly novel and atmospheric but there’s a lack of logic and depth Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PMWednesday, November 19, 2014
Do glowing theatre reviews make for unrealistic audience anticipation and burden production companies? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMTuesday, November 18, 2014
Ovalhouse, LondonConey’s fascinating, people-powered piece gives the audience the chance to run the production – and the nation Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:47AMMonday, November 17, 2014
One-on-one performances in the Dialogue Festival in London, Alun Armstrong and Siobhan Redmond starring in Ionesco in Bath, and Scottee makes a spectacle of himself in Manchester Continue re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, November 16, 2014
Young Vic, LondonSamantha Colley is terrific in Kate Hewitts flawed but haunting revival of Caryl Churchills twisted fairytale Never mind 1984: Michael Billingtons top five theatrical dystop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMFriday, November 14, 2014
The fairytale mysticism sits uncomfortably in this anti-romcom but Dervla Kirwan and Neil Stuke deliver great performances Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMThursday, November 13, 2014
Dominion, LondonThis short London production has plenty of song and dance to enjoy, if you can ignore the lack of plot Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AMUnicorn, LondonWhen a naked picture circulates around a school, the battle lines are drawn, girl against girl. Is this what feminism is now? Evan Placeys play asks uncomfortable questions Pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMWednesday, November 12, 2014
In an age where playgoers have been recast as active participants, perhaps we can no longer hide behind our passivityBordergame review theatre show casts audience as refugees Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMTuesday, November 11, 2014
Various locations, Bristol and NewportNational Theatre Wales aim to re-create a perilous border crossing, but the result is a gimmicky, odd form of entertainment Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMMonday, November 10, 2014
Theatre 503, LondonStuart Slades sparky and foul-mouthed topical piece explores the complex aftermath of abuse allegations on a family Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMDavid Hares adaptation of Behind the Beautiful Forevers previews at the National, Ron Athey brings ritual and mystery to Glasgow, plus a sinister thriller from Alistair McDowall Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, November 7, 2014
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonAt the end of this quietly tender and intimate two-hander, the audience dance with joy and abandon Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMThursday, November 6, 2014
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonGirls and dads strut their stuff in She She Pops warm-hearted show about family relationshipsLuke Jennings review: Slaves to the rhythm Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMWednesday, November 5, 2014
Lyttelton, LondonPhysical theatre group DV8s new piece explores abuse and intimacy but an unbalanced narrative dulls the impact Death, drugs and survival: DV8 Physical Theatre tells the sto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMTuesday, November 4, 2014
DanceEast, IpswichGob Squad raid the dressing-up box for a four-hour, interval-free show that questions as much as it counsels Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonPariss famous factory of stage frights liked its audiences to faint with shock; this cheerfully gory celebration thrills best when it concentrates on mind games Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMMonday, November 3, 2014
Is drama GCSE an irrelevance as the National Youth Theatre's Paul Roseby has suggested? Not at all: we need to value creativity in our schools and the teachers who nurture it Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AMAntony Sher plays Falstaff in Bath, the lives of female Muslim boxers are examined in Manchester, one-on-one performance is big in Liverpool, and La Soirée sashays back into London Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, November 2, 2014
Various venues, IpswichA gender-bending Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and destruction of Holyroodhouse contributed to a challenging, questioning, pleasurable festival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58AMThursday, October 30, 2014
Park theatre, LondonRobert Holmans play confronts the big existential questions with a graceful simplicity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:53AMWednesday, October 29, 2014
The Pit, LondonDickie Beaus ensemble seance adds flesh to voices of the dead to explore the reminders of absence in our daily lives Dickie Beau on the origins of Camera Lucida Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PMFrom The Cherry Orchard to The Wild Duck, it's been a wonderful year for radical reinventions of classic plays by directors who aren't awed by a work's revered status Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:41AMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Harringtons Pie and Mash Shop, LondonThis clever pie-shop staging of Sondheims musical walks the tightrope between grisly and comic in its tiny chamber of horrors Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AMMonday, October 27, 2014
Residents of Detroit could have seen more of the NT last year than people living in Sunderland. Is so much touring overseas in the National's interests? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMGreenwich theatre, LondonDumbshow delivers a clever and funny stage version of John Steinbecks novella about the worth of a jewel against the worth of family Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:47AM 
