Monday, July 21, 2014
Helen McCrory does Medea at the National or head to Liverpool for the latest giant spectacular from Royal de Luxe or Glasgow to celebrate the Commonwealth Games with plenty of theatreThe ann…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, July 20, 2014
Henham Park, SuffolkFree hugs, guilt-disposal, and a delicate piece about the terrors of hitting 30 were among the low-key theatrical treats at this year's Latitude Review: Latitude theatre,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMFriday, July 18, 2014
Henham Park, SuffolkIlotopie's fiery jousting and singed angels were eclipsed by Mark Power, Made in China and GetinthebackofthevanFrench company Ilotopie know how to walk on water. Their wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PMThursday, July 17, 2014
Hackney Downs studios, LondonLiving Structure's immersive staging of Melville's whale of a novel has lots of style, but little theatrical substance The walk-through whale making waves in a H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:22AMGetting out of theatres and into a festival environment is good for companies, and provides an opportunity to engage with different audiences tooHeading to Latitude this weekend? If you are …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:45AMWednesday, July 16, 2014
Theatre Royal, BathIn David Grindley's revival, this absurd take on literary lives builds up a strong comic momentumLiterary genius and genitals both figure in Alan Bennett's 1986 comedy, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMMonday, July 14, 2014
Park, LondonThese plays on American women's lives and history lack spark, except for Trifles, understated and poignant, from 1916Susan Glaspell's 1916 feminist short play Trifles is like fin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44AMMusicals are expensive and risky, as the producers of the new Adrian Mole adaptation well know. But that doesn't mean critics should feel duty-bound to support themAre critics too hard on ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMMaxine Peake pedals on with Beryl, medieval mystery plays get a modern makeover in Sheffield and a carnival of flying and falling takes place over GlasgowMondayIt's your last chance this wee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMSunday, July 13, 2014
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThis story of reclusive research and rock'n'roll is at its best when communicating through music and songThe 52-hertz whale has been called the loneliest whale i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMFriday, July 11, 2014
At the In Battalions festival, theatre-makers came together to consider how best to collectively influence government and change a dismal funding landscape Why won't Arts Council England tak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:35AMWaterloo East theatre, LondonThis informative look at Snowden's decision to blow the whistle gains a thriller-like momentumAs the UK government, with cross-party support, began hurrying legi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMWednesday, July 9, 2014
This eloquent portrait of a loving East End Jewish marriage gets personal and political starting with a collection of shoeboxes This is a show about love that has been made with love. A few…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMTuesday, July 8, 2014
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonIn the vast Haymarket, this intimate three-hander flaps around like a minnow stranded in the glare of the hot sunTheatreDaytona Theatre Royal Haymarket, London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMMonday, July 7, 2014
The Yard, LondonDevised by the cast and director Alexander Zeldin, this piece on the emotional fallout of minimum-wage lives is quietly devastating Director Alexander Zelddin on the working …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMWomen are highly visible in non-traditional fields of theatre, such as live art, outdoor and children's work. So why not in venues?A few weeks back I went to a platform event at Queen Mary's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:38AMMartin Freeman plays Richard III in London, Rupert Everett stars in Shaffer's Amadeus in Chichester, and Cambridge's Hotbed and Bristol's Ferment push at boundaries of theatreAt the start of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMSunday, July 6, 2014
Balfron Tower, LondonThis immersive production ranges over several floors of a tower block, ending around 8am on the roof with breakfast and the swearing in of Malcolm as the new king"M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AMFriday, July 4, 2014
Nick Payne's refreshingly simple three-story monologue takes us to a place none of us want to goSometimes it's good to be reminded that theatre can be at its most effective and most layered …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMThursday, July 3, 2014
This superb tribute to the NHS takes place in the back of a moving ambulance with surprising and moving resultsA tribute to the NHS was at the centre of Danny Boyle's brilliant and brilliant…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMAs his Olivier-nominated The Tiger Who Came to Tea roars back into the West End, the playwright and director on the 'other' Matilda and why failure is not an option in children's playsDavid …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMTuesday, July 1, 2014
The winners and losers can be totted up from today's NPO decisions by Arts Council England, but we will never be able to calculate the loss of potential, as grassroots groups lose outIf time…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PMHampstead Downstairs, LondonGay and straight relationships alike provoke wine-soaked spite in a play that veers between soap opera and dismal Joe Orton black comedyLast year, Colin and Marcu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMMonday, June 30, 2014
Greenwich and Docklands festival, LondonThese two acrobatic pieces disrupt the spectacle of everyday life in hugely pleasing manner Streetwise theatre: the joy of shows in the great outdoors…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52AMGrimm times afoot in the woods in Lancaster, join the herring lassies in Great Yarmouth, plus the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to the West EndThe week begins with a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, June 29, 2014
Arcola, LondonThis production may be beautifully sung and nicely choreographed, but its attempt to relocate the story to the second world war can't iron out the flaws in the musicalAll plays…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:49AMFriday, June 27, 2014
Great Llancayo Upper Wood, UskIn this fresh, visceral, time-bending piece, scripted by the Owen Sheers, the audience are cast as sightseers on a battlefield tour Reliving the horrors of Mame…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMThursday, June 26, 2014
Greenwich and Docklands festival, LondonIn spite of a thin narrative, this large-scale outdoor show has a touching intimacyWith house prices and rents rising, this new outdoor show from Metr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:28AMAudiences, critics and theatres can all seem suspicious of shows that don't charge but they're no less ambitious or worthwhileYou are probably reading this blog for free as it's not behind …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15AMWednesday, June 25, 2014
BAC, LondonThis show based on Agota Kristof's story strips away any sentimentality to present the diary of twins surviving warForced Entertainment have seldom strayed away from performance a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMTuesday, June 24, 2014
Gate, LondonFate and stories are not fixed entities in the hands of Roland Schimmelpfennig's playful reworking of the Troy-era legendWhen Idomeneus set out to fight at Troy he had 80 ships, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AM 
