Friday, July 6, 2012
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonAs Filter's brilliant version of Dream has already proved this year, nights in the forest near Athens don't have to be stuffed full of prettified Arthur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AMSimon Russell Beale plays Timon of Athens in London while Bola Agbaje responds to last summer's riots in Bristol. And Manchester is the place to meet for youth theatres from all over the wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:44AMThursday, July 5, 2012
Watermill, BagnorIn the style of National Theatre of Brent classics such as The Charge of the Light Brigade and The Messiah, Patrick Barlow and Sean Foley's adaptation of General Lew Wallace…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMThe West End is thriving, but fringe theatres are struggling to fill seats. Are ticket prices, Twitter or the sheer volume of shows to blame?Not so long ago, a rave review in Time Out plus a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:59AMWednesday, July 4, 2012
Finborough, LondonQuite fun, very camp and more than a mite perplexing, Joshua Conkel's black comedy is like a working-class version of Desperate Housewives meets Thelma and Louise.Stephanie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMTuesday, July 3, 2012
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsThere's rebellion and revolution brewing in the circus in this show-cum-interactive adventure created by Unlimited Theatre and Layla Rosa for family audiences.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMMonday, July 2, 2012
Gender imbalance isn't the only issue that British theatre needs to tackle; and can King Lear ever be family-friendly?Out of touchThis week Equity wrote to 43 theatres highlighting the need …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMSunday, July 1, 2012
Bentwater Parks, SuffolkIf Margaret Catchpole had never set eyes on smuggler Will Laud, she would have probably married a ploughman, conceived a brood of children and died in her bed on her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMFriday, June 29, 2012
Norwich CathedralIt begins so enticingly. You walk into the darkened cathedral. The torches we've been given to help us negotiate uneven floors also help illuminate the gloomiest nooks of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMGhost Parade prepares to haunt Ebbw Vale, a delightful Midsummer Night's Dream is on offer in Manchester and a series of free shows kicks off outside the NT and at the ScoopScotlandIt's your…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AMThursday, June 28, 2012
National, LondonWe are on top of the world. Actually, we're on the top of the National theatre, in a secret space on the roof between the liftshafts. We're going to have a bit of a party, a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMWednesday, June 27, 2012
Soho theatre, LondonI've seen the future and it definitely needs fixing in this collaboration between Soho theatre and Newcastle's Live theatre that explores notions of a perfect world. At a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PMTuesday, June 26, 2012
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, LondonThe opening outdoor show in this year's Greenwich and Docklands International festival is a reminder of how far both street arts and disability-led…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMMonday, June 25, 2012
Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance, LondonTed Hughes's unfinished Crow poems are a dark, gurgling exploration of birth, death and the quest for love, taking the form of a fragmented and epic fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:22PMThe debate continues over whether it's time to get rid of the term new writing, and evidence mounts that fees have hit applications for drama degreesWhy making drama may be in crisisOne of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56AMFriday, June 22, 2012
BAC, LondonIn books and movies, and in theatre too, stories are delivered mostly in linear fashion with a beginning and an end and no distractions. But real life isn't like the movies. Our s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PMAerialists take flight in Norwich cathedral, a deconstructed Hamlet heads to Northern Stage in Newcastle, and real chariots are racing in Ben Hur near NewburyScotlandYou will want to head to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AMThursday, June 21, 2012
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonHydrocracker's New World Order transformed Shoreditch Town Hall into a shadowy totalitarian world with something nasty going on in the basement, and now Leba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMRuth Mackenzie's cultural programme offers something for everyone, particularly those who think that theatre isn't for themWhen Les Commandos Percu's On the Night Shift explodes across the s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AMTuesday, June 19, 2012
AE Harris Factory, BirminghamWhen the young Van Leasings spy a new "wonder from the East" in the garden of their neighbour, Van Eek, they want a tulip for themselves. Initially they hope to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:09PMWhoever is appointed to chair the Arts Council should not over-rely on private giving at the expense of public subsidy when it comes to arts fundingIn Sunday's Observer Review, Bristol Old V…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AMMonday, June 18, 2012
297 Hoxton Street, London"We are such stuff as dreams are made on," suggests Prospero in The Tempest. There is a dreamlike quality to Retz's performance-cum-installation, the fifth part of a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMA starry Michael Grandage season keeps its feet on the ground with cheap tickets; and why 'difficult' women easily make the best playwrightsThe Bottom line"I want to see David Walliams' Bott…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMSunday, June 17, 2012
Royal Exchange Studio, ManchesterThe wedding festivities are under way. The glasses are primed for a toast when one of the guests feels compelled to make a terrible confession. The mood chan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMFriday, June 15, 2012
Number One First Street, ManchesterAnna is a lost soul; Pauline has lost her sense of self; Shanti often loses patience with her mother, Jessie, who in turn is losing her mind. In this lates…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:59AMAlan Cumming haunts audiences in a bold retelling of Macbeth in Glasgow, Devoted and Disgruntled hits the road and the Berkshire Giant awakens in NewburyScotland and Northern IrelandIn North…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMThursday, June 14, 2012
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonFew plays so obviously celebrate the collaborative nature of theatre as Henry V, which begins with the figure of a Chorus (Brid Brennan) striding out and inviting …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMWednesday, June 13, 2012
Would you pick out Rachel Weisz or Cillian Murphy in a fringe production? The critics didn't. It's not just good acting that makes stars – chance plays its hand, tooSpend any night on the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMThe Royal Court's decision not to sell advance tickets for Jez Butterworth's new play, The River, has upset those who pay for its membership scheme. But is ticketing ever fair?The announceme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMTuesday, June 12, 2012
Polka, LondonSports day is a rite of passage for every child. Even in an era when there are supposedly no losers, it brings out competitive rivalries. Particularly in the parents.But Bl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMMonday, June 11, 2012
Scotland's biggest theatre awards unveil their winners, and the supporting cast of Swan demonstrates why you should never work with animalsScottish powerIt was a big day for Scottish theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04PM 
