Derby theatreUsing music hall and Broadway songs to tell the story of former MP Dennis Skinner’s colourful Commons battles makes surprising sense Writers often say that content dictates fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMIan McKellen and Sanjeev Bhaskar will also take to stage and solve a crime without rehearsal in starry fundraising drama at London theatre Actors have nightmares of going on in a play for wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMPark Theatre, London Interweaving triple narratives of lovers, siblings and soldiers doesn’t give enough space to explore the complexities of British rule The title of The 4th Country pres…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMHow does it feel to go back on stage night after night in a play that’s been mauled by critics and deserted by audiences? Richard Eyre and other directors and actors relive their trauma Mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMRoyal Court Theatre Upstairs, LondonPablo Manzi’s political scenes, which span several decades and are powerfully performed, could perhaps lead to a future epic Thirty years ago, the Royal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMYoung Vic, LondonDavid Harewood and Charles Edwards go head-to-head as William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal respectively in an enthralling play based on a 1968 TV debate James Graham speciali…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMBirmingham Repertory theatreThe A-lister provided joyous shock on opening night, as Morecambe and Wise’s screen routines return to the boards Regularly drawing TV audiences in the 1970s th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMThe American composer and lyricist, who has died aged 91, shaped the musical artform with his wise, witty and extravagantly clever work Stephen Sondheim achieved such acclaim – for deepeni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFinborough theatre, LondonDavid Ireland’s provocative, surreal, intensely brutal farce finds a former loyalist paramilitary seeking mediation from Eamonn Holmes for a dispute with his neig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMNorth Wall, OxfordWill Howard and Kimberley Jarvis portray more than 20 characters with ease in this superb tale set against the 2001 disaster The new BBC Two documentary Blair and Brown: Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMBush theatre, LondonIgor Memic’s prize-winning debut is an affecting if slightly uneven conflict romance brought to life by vivid detail Igor Memic, winner of the 2020 Papatango new writin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMSoho theatre, LondonThis play daringly switches tone as it follows three mothers and explores exhaustion, panic and feelings of inadequacy The title of Mum – a fertile-with-ideas play by M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMMinerva theatre, ChichesterDavid Storey’s intense drama of cross-talking patients in an institution has gained fresh relevance from the pandemic Harry and Jack – distinguished-looking ol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMTheatre Royal WindsorArtfully combining clumsiness with precision, McKellen’s Firs is the highlight of a production marked by arresting gestures and modern parallels Having recently playe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMChichester Festival theatreTara Tijani and Llewella Gideon are superb in this unblinking portrait of dignity amid moral horror, which follows a Jamaican woman looking back on her life An add…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMCaryl Churchill explores grief and loss with a study of a man facing different possible futures During the time it took Keir Starmer to deliver his party conference speech this week, Caryl C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonSeven actors share 42 roles in Rebecca Taichman’s stunning production of Paula Vogel’s Tony award-winner about a controversial queer Yiddish play Contempo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMCurve, LeicesterAn imaginative staging of Tennessee Williams’ classic foregrounds the southern drama’s roots in Greek tragedy One of the catchiest titles in the theatrical canon will alw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMAs the third part of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy hits the stage, the writer talks about the perils of political powerplay, fleeing Brexit to Ireland and setting her next novel in more recent…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMThe author of dark comic novels such as Divorcing Jack has written a play, Nutcase, drawing on his relationship with his teenage son After writing 34 books (including comedy crime novels suc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMGarden theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s outdoor production grabs every possible gag in this tale of twins and doppelgangers Even ITV’s emotive DNA-reunion sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMChichester Festival theatreIt’s a story bordered by violence and bigotry, but this vibrant production emphasises the anti-racist message of the 1949 Broadway hit Old shows often pass nervo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMKiln theatre, LondonA US bank employee is captured in Pakistan in Indhu Rubasingham’s pacy revival of Ayad Akhtar’s chillingly ingenious play A frequent critique of financial markets –…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMGarrick theatre, LondonMichael McManus, a former aide to Edward Heath, takes us on a rollicking ride through the politician’s clashes with Thatcher The Tory prime ministers elected in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMGreenwich theatre, LondonA respiratory crisis in a world tensed by terrorism is among topical themes in this compelling showcase of the playwright’s shorter, earlier works If Caryl Churchi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18PMReading Abbey RuinsBeth Flintoff’s atmospheric Reformation drama casts Henry VIII as a Boris-like bully, and is staged amid the ruins of his Catholic frenemy’s abbey With so many people …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMOrange Tree, LondonTwo plays explore George Bernard Shaw’s questioning of social values, directed by Paul Miller as a pointer towards Pinter Great Irish playwrights born two years apart in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMAgatha Christie’s snowbound whodunnit is the world’s longest-running play. Now it’s leading the big reopening – with a double cast and no kissing The London West End is filled with g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMThe exquisitely talented actor shone at playing complex, intelligent women with a seemingly effortless skill Helen McCrory dies aged 52 It seems fitting that one of Helen McCrory’s final s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMAvailable on BBC iPlayerProvocative playwright David Ireland returns with a slow-burn character study screened as part of the BBC’s Lights Up festival In Cyprus Avenue (2016) and Ulster Am…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMHe’s no stranger to walk-outs and trigger warnings. So the daring dramatist is amazed the BBC is broadcasting his dark new play about a Belfast woman’s lockdown crisis A decade ago, Davi…
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