Tuesday, 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 11:55AMA sprawling new drama at Hampstead theatre explores how the 1980s industrial dispute changed BritainWhen Beth Steel sent her play Wonderland to theatres for their consideration, one of them …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMMonday, June 23, 2014
Young Vic, LondonBelarus Free Theatre's impressionistic exploration of environmental catastrophe is too National Geographic to have any real political impactBelarus Free Theatre have won adm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMThe battlefields of the Somme are recreated in Wales, Scotland considers what independence means and Richard Wilson does Beckett in SheffieldFrom 5pm tonight The Great Yes, No, Don't Know Fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Ovalhouse, LondonChristopher Brett Bailey's show is a mesmerising experience with a surprise ending that leaves you reelingTheatre often lays special claim to its liveness. Yet it's seldom t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AMThursday, June 19, 2014
Bristol Old VicThis football show has plenty of family appeal, even if the action isn't as exciting on stage as it is on the pitch Carl Heap: finding the method in medieval theatre's madness…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMOval House, LondonWriter-performer Greg Wohead unsettles the audience by focusing on our fixation with goreHe stands before us in tennis whites. Clean-cut and boyish. A slightly goofy smile.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31AMWednesday, June 18, 2014
Lola Arias brings together actors whose families were on opposing sides of Chilean regime in The Year I Was BornThe urge to know who we are and where we have come from is strong. It's the re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:11PMWe want to save our beautiful theatres, but they must also be practical. One solution is to knock them down and start againAmbassador Theatre Group's Howard Panter has said out loud what man…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:29AMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Park theatre, LondonAko Mitchell and Sheila Atim bring vim and vigour to Ché Walker's tale of two people trying to rewrite their lives Omar Lyefook on scoring Klook, acting with Max Beesle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMInspired by Danny Boyle's Olympics ceremony, 2012 was the year of open-air theatre across the UK. What is its legacy?The Guardian's best theatre of 2012 list didn't include Danny Boyle's Oly…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, June 16, 2014
Hackney Downs studio, LondonRenato Rocha and Keziah Serreau's show captures the fury and despair of young people trying to square the gap between their dreams and realityIs the kid asleep on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMTravel in the back of an ambulance in Plymouth, gamble with real money in Inverness and get planning for the Greenwich and Docklands festival, where all events are freeFor tried and tested s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMSunday, June 15, 2014
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMore buckle than swash, it's as if a first draft has meandered on to the stageWe're in France in 1096. Matthew works on the failing family farm, is at odds with hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AMFriday, June 13, 2014
Ancoats, ManchesterAnu's show rewards a willingness to interact, but the in-depth research isn't translated into a clarity of storytelling Re-creating the terror of slum lifeHome, Manchester…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:27AMAn explosion in training opportunities offered by drama schools and universities means ever greater numbers of actors and theatre-makers. Are some being sold a pup?Susan Elkin has asked, in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AMThursday, June 12, 2014
Regent Trading Estate, ManchesterThe actors and the audience watch each other in Quarantine's delicate and searching show about what it means to be humanQuarantine's latest show the first o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMWednesday, June 11, 2014
The commercial sector often slaps on outrageous fees but many subsidised theatres are just as badSo you've sorted your accommodation, browsed the fringe programme, made your selections and a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:51AMTuesday, June 10, 2014
Doon Street car park, LondonYou're meant to feel like the hero running free and battling opponents, but the thrills never quite take off The Roof see our gallery of images from the showA re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AMWe talk about going to see a show, but not all seats come with a good view and the scramble for unreserved seating can leave you exhausted even before the show has begunIt would be nice to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, June 9, 2014
Somerset House, LondonTears from a miscarriage and bathwater shared by a mother and child are on display in this touching gallery of samplesA human body can be as much as 80% water. We can s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMPeter Brook in Warwick, Chaucer in Bath, clogging in Oldham ... here's a day-by-day guide to the UK's best showsDo yourself a favour and hit Contact in Manchester, where the gorgeous, gaudy,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMSunday, June 8, 2014
Udderbelly, LondonSeven highly skilled acrobats combine dexterity with sweaty, up-close intimacy, but it's sometimes hard to judge what is real and what is stagedBeginning with a sequence of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMFriday, June 6, 2014
Any incoming artistic director faces a challenge especially when the outgoing director was as well respected as Sam Walters at Richmond's Orange TreeIt's often said that in politics and rev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMThursday, June 5, 2014
Ustinov studio, BathLynn Nottage explores the secret history of her great-grandparents in this play about a seamstress who longs for love Lynn Nottage: Intimate Apparel and what lies beneath…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMJane Fonda on trial, zombies and an all-male Wuthering Heights ... These Edinburgh shows caught my eye along with work by Bryony Kimmings, Duncan Macmillan and Chris Thorpe. What will you b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:22AMThe London international festival of theatre draws great and brave talents from around the globe but the staff also deserve applause for this mammoth eventDuring the 2012 London internatio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMWednesday, June 4, 2014
Barbican, LondonPlayful piece by Berlin collective based on Shakespeare's tragedy uses actors' real fathers to tender and honest effectWhere did King Lear go wrong? In this playful, thoughtf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMTuesday, June 3, 2014
The Yard, LondonTold through a series of 17th-century maxims, Phoebe von Held's show brings an air of paranoia to the new Anxiety arts festivalAs the saying goes: "Just because you're p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AMHampstead theatre, LondonThese riffs on the story of Japes come across as a writing exercise but the cast give an acting masterclassThis quartet by Simon Gray adds three variations to his 20…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:30AMMonday, June 2, 2014
One blogger described the casting as 'ludicrous', but Nadia Albina says her physical disability helped her performance in Secret Theatre's showThere was a day in the runup to the opening of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:23AM 
