Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Young Vic, LondonTheatre Uncut isn't just a performance, it's an idea: that theatre can be immediately responsive to world events, engender discussion and effect change. Founded in response …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMThe musical will be closing after Christmas after failing to attract audiences – but it's absurd to suggest that critics have the power to kill showsThe new British musical Loserville is c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTuesday, November 13, 2012
Southwark Playhouse, LondonChekhov's tragicomedy transposed to the Isle of Man in the 21st century? It sounds like a Seagull that should get stuffed – but in fact it soars in this spritely…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMMonday, November 12, 2012
Sometimes a production can give you exactly what you need – whether it's to mourn a loved one or help make important decisionsA couple of weeks ago I went to see Ellie Harrison's The Reser…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:19AMFriday, November 9, 2012
The Hunchback of Notre Dame prowls Selby Abbey in Yorkshire, Action Hero stage new work in Warwick, and the curtain rises on The Magistrate in LondonLondonNew shows this week include Arthur …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMThursday, November 8, 2012
Daniel Day Lewis may not have seen his father's ghost during Hamlet, but Hamlet himself has experienced more than his fair share of ghosts over the years. Here are some of the bestLast week,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMWednesday, November 7, 2012
London PalladiumThere is probably only one way to stop Tommy Steele from playing Scrooge – a role he has been reprising on and off for seven years – and that would be to cancel Christmas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMTuesday, November 6, 2012
Young Vic, LondonA "blackta" is a black actor, often cast as the token non-white character in a TV drama. When there is only one role, the competition is fierce, so the group of black male a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMYoung Vic, LondonA "blackta" is a black actor, often cast as the token non-white character in a TV drama. When there is only one role, the competition is fierce, so the group of black male a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMPeter Hall has apologised for interrupting a West End performance. But talking back used to be commonplace in the theatre – and perhaps we should have more of itPeter Hall's much-publicise…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AMSeen a dull or bad show recently? If you are a regular theatregoer you almost certainly will have done. Artists need to embrace criticism if they're going to fail betterThere's a story about…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:11AMMonday, November 5, 2012
Wrens Hotel, LeedsThe theatre is a good place to nurse a broken heart. Sitting in the dark and hearing stories can help heal the wound. Ellie Harrison takes that idea much further in The Res…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMFriday, November 2, 2012
Hampstead, LondonWhen Jane was young and desperate to escape her alcoholic mother, she would take refuge with her friend Ray. Ray's family would feed her but always send her back. Now as the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:07PMThursday, November 1, 2012
With theatre critics swamped by new shows, make-or-break performances are fast becoming obsolete. Does it matter?Is the traditional press night an endangered species? It feels as if that mig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMWednesday, October 31, 2012
New Diorama, LondonKieran Lynn recently had a success at the Finborough with An Incident at the Border, and here's one he made earlier, produced by Exeter's thriving Bike Shed theatre. You c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:21PMThe Royal Court is attempting to solve its ticket problems for Jez Butterworth's The River by making some only available on the day. Is it a solution?You've heard the buzz, you've read the g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMSoho, LondonHeard the one about three Irish labourers digging a road? Colin Teevan's latest play is no joke, however, mixing stories of Irish exile with Greek myth. The three men – young, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMTuesday, October 30, 2012
Royal Exchange, ManchesterHell is relocated to a Mississippi general store in Tennessee Williams' 1957 drama, a play livid with symbolism and awash with poetry. There is something wild and d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMMonday, October 29, 2012
As the recent ruckus over Arthur Miller's Salesman demonstrates, literary estates tend to be hugely protective of late authors' texts. But shouldn't a good play be open to fresh interpretati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PMSunday, October 28, 2012
Theatre should always be an adventure – and it is in BAC's latest show, which takes children and adults on separate but linked escapades. The adult version (13+) leads audiences out o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMFriday, October 26, 2012
As Michael Morpurgo's War Horse gallops on to stages from Berlin to Melbourne, we are reminded of the great value of time, experimentation and supportive fundingWar Horse celebrates its fift…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMA day spent at West Yorkshire Playhouse suggests the traditional review is not dead yet, but that word of mouth is crucial tooHow do people decide what they are going to see at the theatre? …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMWednesday, October 24, 2012
The Sheffield revival of A Taste of Honey should help us better remember an unfairly neglected playwright – but here's plenty of footage to be going on withAs a major of revival of Shelagh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:58AMMonday, October 22, 2012
It may have become a term of abuse on The X Factor, but as cabaret goes from strength to strength it's attracting some of our brightest talentLed by Frisky and Mannish and a glorious array o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMFriday, October 19, 2012
Reading plays host to a medley of theatre as the Sitelines festival gets under way, while in Liverpool the Everyword festival showcases a week of new storiesSouthLet's begin in Reading, wher…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:51AMLittle Angel, LondonWhy does the moon shine so brightly at night? Carol Ann Duffy uses poetic licence to explain all. Invisible unless her reflection is glimpsed in a puddle, the Tear Thief …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMThursday, October 18, 2012
Salberg Studio, SalisburyHeathrow Airport and its urban sprawl have a fascination for playwright Simon Stephens. The airport loomed over his works Wastwater and Harper Regan; and it plays a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PMAs the ENO launches its 'undress' campaign encouraging audiences to dress down for the opera, does it really matter what we wear to the theatre?A guide for theatregoers published in the 1950…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMWednesday, October 17, 2012
Hoxton Hall, LondonHealth-and-safety issues scuppered the planned promenade element of this two-hour version of the Jacobean thriller of disputed authorship. But it would take more than movi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMLegend has it that Elizabeth I so loved the character of Falstaff in Henry IV that she demanded Shakespeare write another play about him. Which characters from plays do you love?A few weeks …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMMonday, October 15, 2012
Noisy coughing and spluttering seems to be more prevalent in the theatre than at the cinema – but why?Coughing at the theatre is a year-round British sport. As the theatre critic James Aga…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39AM 
