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Royal Court, LiverpoolCow jokes are heavily milked in this family-friendly show, alongside nods to the city’s star turn as next year’s Eurovision host Within weeks of the news that Liver…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMTheatre by the Lake, KeswickWith an excruciating clash of characters locked in a plot that is equal parts funny, sad and violent, this timeless production is as familiar as it is unsettling …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMPitlochry festival theatreMay Sumbwanyambe’s drama tells the story of the man who established that slavery was forbidden by Scots law – but this is no easy celebration It is the start of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMPitlochry festival theatreSally Reid is superbly deadpan in this devastating production of Willy Russell’s play about a woman who catches a glimpse of the life she could be living Willy Ru…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMShakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotA crisp production tells the extraordinary real-life story of Eva Moorhead who laid the groundwork for the ANC In December 1919, dock workers in Cape Town…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13AMCumbernauld theatre at LanternhouseThe four actors are less interested in Wells’s sci-fi fantasy than in the divisions of today as they stock up for the coming apocalypse with onions, tamp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AMTron theatre, GlasgowA hazily defined relationship makes it hard to fathom the squabbles and romance in this wordless show inspired by 1940s French cinema What’s not to like? You’ve got …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMPlatform, GlasgowAn exhilarating show shifts Renton, Sick Boy and pals into the acid house era – and is even more visceral than the book Perhaps you thought Trainspotting was too coy. Mayb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMDerby theatreNeil Bartlett’s version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic has female leads laying bare the rot at the heart of a beastly boys’ club We all love a chorus line. We love th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMDundee RepThis modern-day take on Cervantes’ classic novel follows the ageing Donald who has had enough of daytime television, tea and biscuits Everyone who cares for Uncle Donald has the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMFestival theatre, Edinburgh The circle of the 16th-century monarch is fraught with brittle alliances and racism in Rona Munro’s new history play It’s a cosmopolitan place, the court of J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMCrucible, SheffieldTom Basden’s new adaptation of the Italian classic brings in dodgy selfies, WhatsApp groups and the lord chief justice in a furious but funny broadside against police ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMEveryman theatre, LiverpoolTheatre meets couples counselling as a night of wine, passion and allegations of infidelity leave two women pulling their relationship apart Jesse is on her guard.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMShakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotNew playhouse kicks off with a boisterous, boundary-pushing production that is inventive enough to find fresh laughs in the mechanicals You can see how it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMOctagon theatre, BoltonThe paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult When Liesel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMCurve, LeicesterThis physical, modern-day version is immersed in violence, with gang members vying for sex and authority around a pool table There is nothing polite about Frantic Assembly’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMTheatre Royal, WakefieldJane Thornton and John Godber’s knockabout 1985 cocktail bar comedy is updated to the cost of living crisis era, with a downsized cast doing a valiant job of keepin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMAfter her gripping trilogy The James Plays, Rona Munro continues her ambitious series on Scottish history with a saga about power and race in the 16th century When an early draft of Rona Mun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMPitlochry Festival theatreIn a monologue starring the excellent Blythe Jandoo, Martin McCormick finds a fearful, misogynistic, class-ridden society to blame for a girl’s death There is som…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07PMLeeds PlayhouseDenzel Westley-Sanderson’s staging of the high-society comedy adds a welcome dose of playfulness amid the cucumber sandwiches On the way into the theatre there is a pop-up d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterMaking dynamic use of a sparse stage and a spinning neon sign, Atri Banerjee’s adventurous production gives new shape to Tennessee Williams’ play You mess with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:19PMStephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughSkipping between three generations from the 50s to the present, this occasionally poignant play pulls back from the emotional force of its concept At 83, A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMPitlochry festival theatreSara Shaarawi’s two-hander captures tenderness and sadness as the sisters negotiate the Islamic revolution, exile and betrayal Fatemeh has just introduced her sis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMLive at No 40, GlasgowDirector Dominic Hill brings exuberance to Shakespeare’s tale of two sets of identical twins unknowingly at large in the same city Ephesus is quite the place. It has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMChurch Hill theatre, EdinburghSergio Blanco’s bad-taste drama uses deadpan humour and a tapestry of cultural allusions to probe our fixation with death In Mary Shelley’s novel, Victor Fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMPleasance Dome, EdinburghWhether tap dancing, singing Abba’s Money, Money, Money or lamenting the limitations of bargain-shop ‘pound pants’, the Welsh cast are cheeky and defiant Emili…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMThe Studio, Festival theatre, EdinburghPersonal trauma, the horrors of migration and religious rhetoric feature in an impassioned narrative that ultimately feels more private than shared Man…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMAssembly Rooms, EdinburghLester Purry is at home performing the late playwright’s breezy yet purposeful collection of stories from his youth, in its European premiere In the hands of a le…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMFestival theatre, EdinburghIvo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage When Jude St Francis cuts his wr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMLeith Academy, EdinburghThe audience are cast as climate refugees in an immersive show that weaves together issues of class, power and politics Climate campaigners have been sounding the ala…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AMScottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghShona Cowie combines traditional storytelling with physical theatre in a show about Maggie Osborne that posits her as more entrepreneur than witch As w…
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