Saturday, April 1, 2017
If you are reading this blog, it probably means that you are interested in theatre. So why are some areas of theatre valued over others, particularly theatre for young audiences?This is an e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31AMFriday, March 31, 2017
Everyman, LiverpoolIt’s impossible not to be moved by the new rep company’s revival of Manfred Karge’s unemployment drama, playfully directed by Nick BagnallIt’s an almighty leap fro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThursday, March 30, 2017
Young Vic, London The audience play their part in the Arab Spring and debate whether Occupy curbed capitalist power as the journalist interrogates a decade of revoltThis live incarnation of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMWednesday, March 29, 2017
Sherman, CardiffA computer game that rewards players for creative killing is at the centre of Gary Owen’s raw and heartbreaking three-handerPaul has made a killing with a computer game he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMThe French circus collective Compagnie XY face down the apocalypse in their new show, where the brawls and somersaults reflect their own relationships“If you’re the kind of circus perfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMTheatre 503, LondonTitas Halder’s story of sacrifice and self-interest, set in an authoritarian state, plays skilfully with different timeframes but lacks the tautness of a thriller“Mayb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMMonday, March 27, 2017
The Yard, London The bogeyman is everywhere in this nervy play whose characters present a series of attitudes that reflect ourselves back to usNina Segal is anxious. But then who isn’t ale…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMSunday, March 26, 2017
Birmingham RepTerrific performances turn Marley’s songs into a great night out, despite the elusive singer emerging as an ambivalent characterClearly made with love by writer and director,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMOld Vic, LondonCrafted in real-time using puppets and animation, Mark Arends’ family tale of a fisherman lost at sea has an unhurried charmMark Arends’ miniature masterpieces, in which t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMWednesday, March 22, 2017
Five Easy Pieces, staged at Manchester’s Sick! festival, explores the case of the Belgian paedophile and murderer. Director Milo Rau explains why he chose to let children tell the storyWhe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, March 21, 2017
Arcola, London A predominantly female cast return the story to its Asian origins in Yellow Earth’s adaptation of the Elizabethan epicAn outsize play about an outsize personality, Christoph…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMMonday, March 20, 2017
Almeida, LondonDickie Beau’s remarkable show examines memory and mortality as he conjures the actors who have played Shakespeare’s tragic prince“Remember me,” demands the ghost in Ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMSunday, March 19, 2017
Barbican, LondonThe condensed staging of Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony and Cleopatra is as electrifying and relevant as ever Hans Kesting is about to give his funeral oration as Mark…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMSaturday, March 18, 2017
Nuffield, SouthamptonSome impressive visual moments fail to rescue this ambitious adaptation from its intrusive use of music, cumbersome design and lack of momemtumIt begins with the plainti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMFriday, March 17, 2017
Too often theatres neglect younger audiences, but Belfast’s Young at Art festival shows how vital new recruits are to the future of the artsIt’s Sunday afternoon on a bright spring day, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMWednesday, March 15, 2017
Vaudeville, LondonThere are some spot-on performances in this West End revival of Richard Harris’s likable play about budding hoofers in a church hallThe great tap-dance musical 42nd Stree…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMHow can you tell if a sheep likes theatre? Or a pig is into dance? Fevered Sleep are staging a show for farmyard creatures – while humans decide if they’re bleating for moreAlmost 10 yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMMonday, March 13, 2017
David Tennant’s Don Juan saunters into Soho, Cardiff hosts a Cock and Bull story and Mark Thomas’s tale of activism and memory heads to NewcastleJack Thorne and Stephen Warbeck’s lovea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMSunday, March 12, 2017
Employees at the West End branch of the restaurant now sing showtunes for customers. Will it lead to empty chairs at empty tables?Charlotte Chalkey and Aaron Rahn have only recently graduate…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMFriday, March 10, 2017
From Silver Lining to Roundelay, a handful of new shows focus on elderly people. Let’s hope it leads to lasting change in the way they’re represented on stageIn Sandi Toksvig’s Silver …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMHome, ManchesterDuncan Macmillan’s adaptation of Auster’s story becomes a jaw-dropping spectacle, but the cunning visuals come at the expense of emotional engagementIn Paul Auster’s 19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMThursday, March 9, 2017
Watermill, BagnorAdapted by and starring McDiarmid, this account of the Faustian pact features a fine Mephisto but doesn’t succeed in bringing the play into the 21st centuryRegrets? We all…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMWednesday, March 8, 2017
Cancelled in 2015, a play about the radicalisation of young Muslims has now been published. It’s challenging, gloriously authentic and prompts grownup debate. So who is brave enough to put…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMTuesday, March 7, 2017
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonEllen McDougall’s claustrophobic staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy has moments that make you see the play afreshIn director Ellen McDougall’s Othello, Des…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMMonday, March 6, 2017
David Greig’s astounding Aeschylus rewrite reaches Manchester, while An American in Paris comes to the West End and the Menier Chocolate Factory revives RattiganThe Tony award-winning musi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMFriday, March 3, 2017
Ustinov Studio, BathMarius von Mayenburg skewers pretensions and hypocrisies with this study of a self-involved familyNobody likes doing the chores. But Ulrike (Charlotte Randle) and Michael…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThorne, composer Stephen Warbeck, director Jeremy Herrin and a fantastic ensemble deliver a show that celebrates young people’s sense of adventureFiz, Ginger, Tilly and the others aren’t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThursday, March 2, 2017
Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop, LondonThis clever pie-shop staging of Sondheim’s musical walks the tightrope between grisly and comic in its tiny chamber of horrorsWho knows if Harringto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04PMThe Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his Narcissistic Mother stands out at a new celebration of performance, alongside a powerful take on black masculinityIn 21cc’s show The Ballad of the A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMWednesday, March 1, 2017
A chamber below Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol is hosting a new version of Orpheus and Eurydice. When does a bold new setting become a gimmick?We knock on the red door. A bell rings. T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, February 27, 2017
The National Theatre’s My Country delivers a verbatim verdict on Brexit and Duncan Macmillan adapts Auster’s City of Glass in ManchesterLittle Bulb’s all-singing Wail, which is about w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32AM 
