Summerhall, EdinburghEmma Howlett's play spins several stories " including those of astronomer Vera Rubin and a PhD student " with a light touch There are known knowns, there are known unkno…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn a confident verbatim show, Priyanka Shetty snaps from voice to voice to create a rich vision of the social fabric torn by the 2017 Unite the Right rally atta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM[SHARE]Underbelly Bristo Square, EdinburghAlex Hill's boisterous one-man show teases a trade-off between the belonging and camaraderie of football fandom and personal stability Football is coming h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Niall Moorjani plays a storyteller facing public execution for joining an uprising against India's colonial rulers When it comes to c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghHalf lecture, half nightmare, this high-precision performance blurs the line between medic and patient in a Victorian asylum for mentally ill women In 19th-cent…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAaron Pang's sweet yet sharp one-man show about the mismatch between his erotic desire and physical capability needles the audience's need for comfortable resol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Williamson Park, LancasterColourful adaptation with pretty original songs makes the most of a family promenade in the park, as Hope Yolanda's energetic hero searches for Toto Who needs Esp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM[SHARE]Royal Court, LiverpoolMotherland writer Helen Serafinowicz transforms a dubious account about the footballer and his then girlfriend into a storybook tale of broad-stroke comedy Sometimes fa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Grosvenor Park, ChesterThe debonair detective heads north for this breezily daft mystery featuring a missing masterpiece, vicious nuns and a full-bodied rendition of I Will Survive We think …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]As Brendan Gleeson prepares for his role in a revival of the 1997 hit, the stars of earlier productions toast its deceptively moving and profound barfly banter Appearances are deceptive. On…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Tron theatre, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell's monologue about a dog walker moves from lighthearted to maudlin as it evokes a world in limbo A few blocks down the road on Argyle Street, a stall is p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM[SHARE]Peter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere, the joy of pickling, a landmark jazz album and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM[SHARE]Pitlochry Festival theatreRichard Baron and Ellie Zeegen's play follows the writer from wide-eyed child discovering nature in rural Scotland to feisty care-home resident The title comes fro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PM[SHARE]New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeIsabella Rossi, making her debut, gives Arthur Berry's drama of working-class life a burst of colour and energy The first word ever spoken on the New Vic stage w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PM[SHARE]Various venues, Edinburgh Delightful shows for youngsters include surreally inventive shadowplay and backstage chaos, while Greg Sinclair brings tricky phrases to life using a cake and someo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Horden Methodist Church, County DurhamEnsemble '84 generate an exhilarating racket in this gutsy rendition of Brecht's play about the thirty years' war The noise is constant. It is in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PM[SHARE]Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Martin Green's play, set in a village still traumatised by the miners' strike, follows a young musician under pressure from all sides Towards the end of Martin Green'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Collaboration with Thom Yorke is worth hype in tragedy played with clarity and verve In all the hype around the collaborators on this co-production between the Royal Shakespeare Company and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PM[SHARE]Live theatre, NewcastleThe Tyne and Wear Metro is the setting of Emilie Robson's evocative new play about two teen friends but something darker rumbles beneath Emilie Robson's insinuating ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM[SHARE]Tron theatre, GlasgowA quick-witted trio star in three plays, in roles ranging from an Ulster unionist Homer Simpson to a pandemic prophet If you were the gambling kind, you would have hedge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Perth theatreTwo working-class lads become modern-day highwaymen in this adaptation of the Scottish film but the plentiful songs slow down the story One of the stories British cinema loves t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Tron theatre, GlasgowMartin O'Connor's witty and provocative show casts the 18th-century equivalent of the Hitler Diaries in a fresh light Martin O'Connor calls it "the first Outlander effe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM[SHARE]New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme Ambitious adaptation of Powell and Pressburger's romantic fantasy is intelligently rendered, with well-chosen music added to the period mix The propaganda brief…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Ã’ran Mór, GlasgowMasculine pals who shudder at intimacy help grieving addict Donny find viral success and unlikely solace in this brilliant, funny three-hander Your standard group-the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Loch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers " and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM[SHARE]Royal Lyceum, EdinburghAdapted from the film, this vibrant show has plenty of joyful foot-stomping, with a star who gives us the raw fragility behind the fanfare If you can't be sentimental …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]Pavilion theatre, GlasgowA fine cast capture the emotional damage and inarticulate anger at the lie they have all been sold in this taut no-nonsense production He lies to gain status. His e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM[SHARE]Everyman, LiverpoolBack at the theatre where it premiered in 1986, Willy Russell's play about a midlife voyage of self-discovery retains both its local and universal appeal There is a marvel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe new joint boss of the Royal Shakespeare Company makes an impetuous king in Daniel Raggett's production of Marlowe's history play The temptation is to see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AM[SHARE]Shakespeare North Playhouse, PrescotElizabeth Godber and Nick Lane relocate Shakespeare's comedy of abstinence to the throbbing heart of 90s hedonism Standards have declined. When Shakespear…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Perth theatre, ScotlandNicola Werenowska's enterprising adaptation tackles DH Lawrence's novel back to front Adapting a novel is rarely straightforward and playwright Nicola Werenowska take…
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