Tuesday, July 16, 2013
20th Century Fox plans to turn some of its movies into stage musicals. But Porky's 11, Die Hard and Avatar are unlikely to be on a stage near you soon. Or will they?Dirty Dancing is back in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AMMonday, July 15, 2013
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonDespite the title, there's nothing wooden about Cirque Alfonse's joyous, homespun circus show. Originally created in a Quebec barn, it features three generations …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AMSunday, July 14, 2013
Almeida, LondonThe title may be fashionably long and fashionably unpunctuated, but there is nothing modish about this quiet, thoughtful and patient evening created by Tim Crouch and Andy Smi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AMFriday, July 12, 2013
St James theatre, LondonThe title of this play from Richard Greenberg, who went on to write the hit drama Three Days of Rain, refers to the all-in rate for bed and board that was popular in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMThe Boy Who Cried Wolf! runs riot in Bristol, the Hotbed festival burns through Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds and Colchester, and children take over the Royal CourtScotlandScotland appears to b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMThe Boy Who Cried Wolf! runs riot in Bristol, the Hotbed festival burns through Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds and Colchester, and children take over the Royal CourtScotlandScotland appears to b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMThursday, July 11, 2013
The fringe – in London and Edinburgh – is where many actors get to hone and showcase their talent. Should we worry that they are often doing it for free?Would you do your job – the on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMThe fringe – in London and Edinburgh – is where many actors get to hone and showcase their talent. Should we worry that they are often doing it for free?Would you do your job – the on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMWednesday, July 10, 2013
Trafalgar Studios, LondonA sleeper fringe hit that has been steadily gathering momentum, this farce about an incompetent amateur dramatic staging of a murder mystery began at the Old Red Lio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:25PMTuesday, July 9, 2013
High Path, LondonForget dog-eat-dog: out in the forest, it's a crocodile-eats-monkey world. But when young Crocodile meets Monkey, he loses his heart to her. Crocodile's jealous mother invit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMStory Museum, OxfordOxford's Story Museum is a work in progress, where derelict buildings are being transformed into a place where tales are woven. A sign in the courtyard insists only drago…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMPunchdrunk's new show The Drowned Man is partly inspired by Georg Büchner's ground-breaking, fragmentary play. Here are some of my favourite clipsA soldier – a man crushed by his superior…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AMPunchdrunk's new show The Drowned Man is partly inspired by Georg Büchner's ground-breaking, fragmentary play. Here are some of my favourite clipsA soldier – a man crushed by his superior…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AMFriday, July 5, 2013
There's a first sighting of Edinburgh-bound companies in Derby, Hat Fair takes to the streets in Winchester and the Albert Drive brings Glasgow neighbours togetherScotlandAlbert Drive, at Tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMThere's a first sighting of Edinburgh-bound companies in Derby, Hat Fair takes to the streets in Winchester and the Albert Drive brings Glasgow neighbours togetherScotlandAlbert Drive, at Tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMThursday, July 4, 2013
Gielgud theatre, London"I had no idea that people behaved like that. It's disgusting," declares Sibyl after discovering her husband, Elyot, rolling around on the floor in a fight with his ex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AMWednesday, July 3, 2013
Magical and exquisitely crafted, Kristin and Davy McGuire's miniature model universe is full of visual wonders, the latest of which is featuring in London's Beyond Barbican seasonDavy McGuir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:45AMCharlie and the Chocolate Factory's great glass elevator may be unreliable – but misfiring props and mistimed cues can enhance rather than wreck a performanceThe great glass elevator in Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMCharlie and the Chocolate Factory's great glass elevator may be unreliable – but misfiring props and mistimed cues can enhance rather than wreck a performanceThe great glass elevator in Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMTuesday, July 2, 2013
Theatre Royal, WinchesterDementia is terrible: both for those who suffer from it, and for their families. But Platform 4's remarkable collage-style promenade piece – made in partnership wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMMonday, July 1, 2013
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThey don't make them like this any more – and for that, we should be grateful. Peter Ustinov's indictment of war may be heartfelt, but it makes for uncomfortable…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMShould reviewers be required to find out what their prime seats cost – or is it crass to put a price on art?Politicians are frequently caught out when asked whether they know how much it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AMShould reviewers be required to find out what their prime seats cost – or is it crass to put a price on art?Politicians are frequently caught out when asked whether they know how much it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AMSunday, June 30, 2013
Rose Lipman Building, LondonWhere did all the money go? It's a question I always ask at the end of the month, and it's one to which many of us have wanted to know the answer s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMFriday, June 28, 2013
Print Room, LondonAs shown by David Rosenberg's recent Ring – an enigmatic narrative played out via headphones in a darkened Battersea Arts Centre – theatre in the dark can be hugely dis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMThe Manchester International Festival begins with Robert Wilson directing Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe, the BE Festival brings European theatre to Birmingham, and Greenwich and Dockl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMThe Manchester International Festival begins with Robert Wilson directing Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe, the BE Festival brings European theatre to Birmingham, and Greenwich and Dockl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMThe latest Roald Dahl musical to hit the West End proves that putting children's books on stage requires theatre-makers to think beyond what's on the pageThe Sam Mendes-directed Charlie and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMThe latest Roald Dahl musical to hit the West End proves that putting children's books on stage requires theatre-makers to think beyond what's on the pageThe Sam Mendes-directed Charlie and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMThursday, June 27, 2013
Hampstead Downstairs, LondonDaisy (Alice Sykes) is almost 16. She should be taking her mock-GCSEs, experimenting with booze and fags with best friend, Alice (Candassaie Liburd), and trying t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMWednesday, June 26, 2013
Soho theatre, LondonMax Eisenstein and Martin Schulse are German art dealers who have built up a successful business in San Francisco, selling paintings to rich Jewish matrons. But the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:40PM 
