Sunday, February 6, 2011
Chichester Festival TheatreWhen cowed evacuee William Beech is billeted to the elderly Tom Oakley in Dorset, it looks as if he is out of the frying pan and into the fire. Will is covered wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMFriday, February 4, 2011
Bristol Old Vic StudioEnter the Old Vic Studio, and you no longer feel as if you are in a theatre. All disbelief is instantly suspended, and you are in a dilapidated church hall in a remote …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMA family-friendly theme runs through this week's theatre – and plenty of shows are on the move, too. Can you keep up?I'm off to Chichester tonight for David Wood's adaptation of Goodnight …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PMWednesday, February 2, 2011
Barbican, LondonIvo van Hove's Roman Tragedies, seen at the Barbican in 2009, was an invigorating experience using technology, video and live performance to make you see and engage with Shak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PMA high court ruling that London Councils failed to consider the full effects of cuts has delayed belt-tightening in the capital – and could prompt challenges nationwideLast Friday, courtes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMTuesday, February 1, 2011
Playwright Simon Stephens is right – writers should take to the stage and make their voices heard, no matter how ugly it gets"The Bruntwood prize is a clarion call to all playwrights throu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13PMMonday, January 31, 2011
Unicorn, LondonLong before such theatre became fashionable for adult audiences, Oily Cart was making immersive and interactive experiences for children. The audience dons either hard hats th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMGulf Stage, which shares young Arab companies' work online, gives British theatre an invaluable opportunity to look outwardsAs we know, nowadays all the world's a stage. Only a couple of wee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMSunday, January 30, 2011
Some foreign theatre-makers still risk their lives abroad – but most UK underground theatre is just out for a good timeI'm in a bar chatting with an arty young couple about underground the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMSheffield Lyceum"I think you are all mated or stark mad," says the Duke towards the end of The Comedy Errors. You might say the same about Edward Hall and his all-male Shakespeare outfi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:50PMFriday, January 28, 2011
You'll find yourself happily drowning in great shows this week, so head down to Bath or let Beachy Head come to youBy the time you read this there may still be some tickets available for Mat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMThursday, January 27, 2011
Barbican, LondonThere is a moment in this extraordinary, exhilarating circus-theatre piece, from Mathurin Bolze and Compagnie MPTA, when you can't help thinking of the Titanic and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMWednesday, January 26, 2011
Purcell Room, LondonArms extended as if embracing freedom itself, a woman falls from the sky. She certainly lands with a bump of harsh reality in this piece, which draws on the experiences o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52PMProfessional reviewers are rightly banned from experimental or developing shows, but it's always open season for citizen reviewersIf you want to see a sign of the changing times, you only ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PMTuesday, January 25, 2011
Noël Coward, LondonIf you were forced to live troll-like under a bridge and regularly found your living room furniture flying around in circles, you would probably want to get away to Mosco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PMSunday, January 23, 2011
Pleasance, LondonThe work of neuroscientist Oliver Sacks has previously inspired theatre pieces by Harold Pinter, Peter Brook and Michael Nyman, and now new young company Curious Directive u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMFriday, January 21, 2011
Union, LondonDid he or didn't he? There is no doubt that the Duke's dissolute son, Henrique (Adam Redmore), the anti-hero of this tragi-romance who rapes the virtuous Violante (Jessie Lilley…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:35PMArch 6, LondonYou wouldn't go to Austrian playwright Peter Handke's 1968 play, inspired by the story of the 19th-century teenager discovered in Nuremberg who had been raised in isolation and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMAn action-packed week as NT Wales gives audiences the ride of their lives; and in London, a 50-hour Improvathon awaits youThings begin to hot up nicely this week, with National Theatre Wales…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMThursday, January 20, 2011
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMost of us don't notice the loss of childhood. Adulthood creeps up on us. Gradually, the imaginary friend is no longer conjured; the wardrobe that we thought conta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMA new series of theatre podcasts, downloadable for free on the Guardian site, offers you the best seat in the house – a great example of how technology can extend the boundaries of theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMWednesday, January 19, 2011
Arts, LondonLong before Bob Dylan and the folk-inspired protest singers of the 1960s, there was Woody Guthrie, a troubadour of backwoods America who believed in "singing for the plain folks …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:17PMTuesday, January 18, 2011
Roundhouse, LondonThere's an exquisite moment in Michael Boyd's revival when Katy Stephens's Rosalind rushes to put a token around Orlando's neck. She is suddenly struck by love, says an ast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15PMMonday, January 17, 2011
ICA, LondonWho is Gobo? A nihilist? An optimist? One always in motion? Or constantly still? Does Gobo even exist or is he – or possibly it – only defined by absence? Gobo, of course, sou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMSunday, January 16, 2011
Purcell Room, LondonMany love affairs are dogged by some bad luck, but few are quite as cursed as that between teenagers Edgar and Annabel. There relationship is played out in cemeterie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32PMFriday, January 14, 2011
Trafalgar Studios, LondonHeading out on a regional tour is The Fitzrovia Radio Hour, which has already achieved a cult following for its re-creation of the radio plays of the 1940s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:50PMTrafalgar Studios, LondonThe archangels have done their bimillennial audit of the human race and Big G has made his pronouncement: the only option is apocalypse, and he wants the job finishe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMA mime festival opens, while Filter warms up to tackle Silence with the RSC. But things in the capital are far from quiet ...It's January, so it must be the London International Mime festiva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AMThursday, January 13, 2011
Unicorn, LondonHe's a beast and she's a beauty with a beastly temper, so when they come together sparks fly. In Phil Porter's new version of the fairytale, the pair's love grows and blooms t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:46PMWednesday, January 12, 2011
Network, LondonSilence can be a deadly weapon. While words can wound, silence corrodes and poisons seep into every nook and cranny of life. Ivona, the heroine of Witold Gombrowicz's 1938 abs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PMTuesday, January 11, 2011
Bridewell, LondonDuring the course of his or her training, a British Olympic swimmer might swim as far as Australia without ever leaving the pool. But what happens to those who have dedicate…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PM 
