Monday, May 27, 2013
Norwich Playhouse"Can you tell me your life story?" The question has been asked before in theatre, not least in Improbable's improvised show, Lifegame. But it's never been asked and staged i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:39PMAs funding cuts push theatres to the brink of financial viability, managing risk becomes paramount. Can we do it intelligently?At last year's press conference at London's National theatre, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMSunday, May 26, 2013
BAC, LondonJosephine and her friends Boris and Sistahl are putting on a play. When they do the real thing there will be a Viennese orchestra, a revolve, a smoke machine and even a real audie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:59AMFriday, May 24, 2013
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsSherlock Holmes is depressed. Still suffering physically and mentally from his encounter with Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he is refusing to take on any …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:47PMThe Pulse Festival is full of goodies in Ipswich, Nicholas Wright's Vincent in Brixton begins the summer season in Keswick, and Chris Goode is in Bristol and PlymouthScotland and Northern Ir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:35AMTicket prices are rising and household budgets are squeezed. If you could get a refund if you hated the show, would you be inclined to go more often?A night at the theatre can feel like a bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AMThursday, May 23, 2013
Nuffield, SouthamptonFrom Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park to David Mamet's Race – soon to hit the UK – American theatre is currently much concerned with racial tensions. Like Clybourne Par…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PMWednesday, May 22, 2013
Royal Court, LondonWhen the actor Billie Whitelaw was first given the script for Not I, legend has it she told Beckett: "You've finally done it, you've written the unlearnable and you've wri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMTheatres often seem to programme the same old repertoire. Tell us about the lost gems you would like the chance to see on stageIf you wanted to see Strindberg's Miss Julie over the last year…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMTuesday, May 21, 2013
London WondergroundLast summer the sexy and stylish circus show Cantina raised the heat on London's South Bank. Now the producers behind that show have returned with a new piece, but it is n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMAudiences are increasingly fed up about bad behaviour in the theatre – and they are taking the law into their own handsKevin Williamson's account of his vigilante action against a woman pe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMAudiences are increasingly fed up about bad behaviour in the theatre – and they are taking the law into their own hands Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMMonday, May 20, 2013
Sherman, CardiffA theatrical bouquet to Dorothy Squires, the hugely successful postwar Welsh singer who ended her life penniless and back in the Valleys, Meic Povey and Johnny Tudor's biogra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:09PMFriday, May 17, 2013
Find out who ate all the pies in Titus Andronicus at the RSC in Stratford, and don't miss the 12 hour everyday epic, Life and Times, as part of the Norfolk and Norwich festivalScotland and N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:35AMThursday, May 16, 2013
Oval House, LondonEve is 13 and she lives in the dark. She never ventures from the room at the top of the big house, which she calls a castle. Outside is dangerous. Inside there are stories:…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:39PMLondon has acquired a new theatre in the form of the Park in north London. But do we need another venue – and will it thrive?The UK's newest theatre, the Park, opened last night in Finsbur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMWednesday, May 15, 2013
Brighton Dome StudioIt begins with an advert on a community noticeboard that promises "crime pays," but this two-hander, inspired by actor Angela Clerkin's experience as a solicitor's clerk,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMA study suggests that bullying is more common in the arts than in the army. It's time to speak outFor many people working in theatre, bullying is a fact of life. The whispers about it are co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AMMonday, May 13, 2013
Old Police Cells Museum, BrightonThere was talk a few years ago that the Brighton fringe could rival the Edinburgh fringe, not least because it's so much cheaper for companies to perform. Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PMSunday, May 12, 2013
Basement, BrightonMajor Tom is a basset hound. He has met Jodie Marsh, Preston from the Ordinary Boys and George Best's son and ex-wife. He is a bit of a celebrity himself. He was awarded bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMFriday, May 10, 2013
Mayfest comes to Bristol with bare-knuckle Beowulf, Live Theatre in Newcastle takes a unique walk backstage and the Norfolk and Norwich festival kicks off in spectacular styleScotland and No…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMThursday, May 9, 2013
Is it theatre? Dance? An installation, or a pop gig? Artists are smashing boundaries – and audiences are keen to exploreOver the last couple of weeks, I've been to Wales to see Tir Sir Gar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AMWednesday, May 8, 2013
Royal Exchange, ManchesterWe've been taken into some thrilling Doll's Houses over the last decade, from Carrie Cracknell's revelatory revival at the Young Vic in London, to Thomas …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:13PMTuesday, May 7, 2013
Preston Manor, BrightonStep through the door of Brighton's Preston Manor and you step into a lost world. The house, with a history stretching back to the Domesday Book, was last occupie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMTheatre Royal Stratford East, LondonMatthew Prospect, eldest son of a Bermondsey clan, has always been a runner. Coached and bullied by his dad, his athleticism got him signed for Millwall f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMLocal theatres must engage with their communities through education and participatory initiatives, thereby creating an army of advocates governments can't ignoreIs the conversation around ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMSunday, May 5, 2013
Brighton Dome StudioThousands of people disappear every year and most of them return or are found quickly. But what about the minority who have apparently vanished off the face of the Earth?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMFriday, May 3, 2013
Secret location, CardiffThe instructions are precise. I am to arrive at the designated meeting point on time, tell no one where I'm going, wear something red and bring my favourite book. Thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:47PMBrighton is abuzz with the festival and the fringe, the superb Imaginate festival for children gets underway in Edinburgh and The Winslow Boy is revived at Mold in WalesScotland and Northern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMThursday, May 2, 2013
Derby theatreJill is in a domestic science class when she hears that her Elvis-impersonator Dad has suffered a terrible accident. After that, she can't stop cooking and eating. Two years on,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMHarold Pinter, LondonA flawed diamond, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1981 musical flop polishes up beautifully in this revival by Maria Friedman. The show is so astute, it's hard to be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:53AM 
