Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Loved-up couples should probably give Strindberg and Beckett a miss. And Romeo and Juliet doesn't guarantee a romantic night out. What shows are fit for 14 February?It's Valentine's Day tomo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:17PMBattersea Arts Centre, London As Valentine's Day looms, this fragmentary tale offers a timely reminder of the visceral nature and the duality of loveThe fast-approaching St Valentine's Day m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AMTuesday, February 11, 2014
As Tanztheater Wuppertal's 1980 proves, theatre is at its most potent when it doesn't offer answersSomebody once asked the dancer Anna Pavlova what she meant when she was dancing. "If I coul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PMSt James Studio, LondonAn expertly performed and energetic show that pulls the audience deep into the world of Greek mythologyEverybody wants to be a hero, and everyone can be with Temple Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23AMMonday, February 10, 2014
Lift's lineup of productions from around the globe breaks down distinctions between artforms and allows audiences to experience the work of world-class theatremakers"Theatre is my map of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:20PMSunday, February 9, 2014
Hope, LondonWhat will happen to Russia's gay community once the Olympic cameras have left? That's the question at the heart of this verbatim-style playStephen Fry's call for a boycott of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMFriday, February 7, 2014
Tobacco Factory, BristolWitty, heartbreaking and painful, this play about modern, digital alienation is uncomfortably prescientWhen you were young, did you imagine that the future would be l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMThursday, February 6, 2014
Albany, LondonAudience participation brings energy to this Cardboard Citizens production of Kate Tempest's play, but the story about family fragilities lacks clarityRia had Jess young, and J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:29PMWise Children, Ballet Shoes, The Swish of the Curtain or One Good Turn. Which theatre-related novels do you love?Since childhood I've always loved a really good theatrical novel. Begun when …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMWednesday, February 5, 2014
Roundhouse, LondonIn this affecting one-man show, the past of a compulsive liar is laid bare – but is his emotional selfie a true confession?Scottee is sitting on stage in a photobooth. We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMAccording to David Mamet, the audience is the only judge. But theatres are afraid of asking them what they really thinkAt Paines Plough's symposium on the future of small-scale touring in Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMTuesday, February 4, 2014
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsThis Opera North production, inspired by Wedekind's Lulu plays and featuring the Tiger Lillies, makes for disturbing and compulsive viewing• Read an intervie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AMWe should dream about theatre's future rather than limiting our creative scope by endorsing austerity and cutsOne of the telling moments at the Paines Plough conference on the future of smal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AMMonday, February 3, 2014
The Vaults, LondonThis limp adaptation of Hunter S Thompson's 1971 novel suffers from clumsy design and a lack of theatrical imaginationMore like fear and loathing in SE1. Only those longing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMSunday, February 2, 2014
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonThis exploration of the unrehearsed moment, in which the audience are the players, is intriguing yet too cerebralHave you ever walked down a street and felt like …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AMFriday, January 31, 2014
Do you have a soft spot for Ophelia? Do you secretly admire Lady M and Medea? An homage to favourite female charactersI've been reading Samantha Ellis's terrific How to be a Heroine. Ellis c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterA haunting and beautifully acted production of Simon Stephens's latest Stockport play emphasises our longing to connectYou can love a place and hate it too. Even as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMThursday, January 30, 2014
Coriolanus, King Lear and Richard II have all been hot tickets - but possibly not for all the right reasons"The Bard, 450 years after his birth, is on a roll," trumpeted an Evening Standard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:26AMTuesday, January 28, 2014
Touring companies such as the Flanagan Collective are taking shows into spaces that come with a ready-formed communityIt's a Thursday night in the Fauconberg Arms, a 17th-century coaching in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMJacksons Lane, LondonThis silent, full-mask show presents an enjoyable and crafty examination of dementia, but is undermined by sentimentalityThere is a lovely scene in this silent, full-mas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34AMMonday, January 27, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, LondonLesley Manville gives a vivid, intense performance in Richard Eyre's exquisite revival of Ibsen's dramaIn the dying moments of Richard Eyre's exquisite revival of Ib…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSunday, January 26, 2014
Gate, LondonInspired by the experiences of war photographer Paul Watson, this story of hauntings is brilliantly acted and shrewdly stagedIn 1993 the Canadian war photographer, Paul Watson, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMFriday, January 24, 2014
Patronage raises much-needed funds for arts organisations, but is it good for theatres and their patrons over the long haul?Would you like tickets to see King Lear? Well, day seats are avail…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AMThursday, January 23, 2014
The Shed, LondonTaking its title from Robin Thicke's song, director Carrie Cracknell's show cunningly exposes gender inequalityThere is a terrific scene towards the end of this piece examini…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, January 22, 2014
Wyndham's, LondonConor McPherson's unassuming play smoulders into life in Josie Rourke's production, proving we are all haunted by different ghosts"It's just people talking," said Conor McPh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMThe actor and performance artist's latest piece, The Cabinet of Curiosities, crashes art-form boundaries while exploring how the medical profession has approached disabilityMat Fraser is sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMTuesday, January 21, 2014
Southwark Playhouse, LondonNick Gill's play of three military men and their pot-plant detainees is quite a hard watch: prisoners are definitely harmed in this productionIn 2007, Ali Shalah, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27AMPromising playwright or emerging artist are terms that are regularly flung around by critics, funders and theatres. But are they helpful?"Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AMMonday, January 20, 2014
Camden People's theatre Cheerfully anarchic show takes apart Cervantes' novel – with a power saw – and sends a reminder that change begins with usSometimes, to really understand somethi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMUnicorn, LondonLewis Gibson's witty adaptation of Chaucer's poetic masterpiece may be wicked fun, but it's not entertainment for young childrenChaucer's sly, gruesome story from TheCanterbu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMBeginning our series of Guardian writers' favourite musicals, Lyn Gardner describes why she loves Stephen Sondheim's 1971 'pas de deux of regret'"Without music, life would be a mistake," sug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AM 
