Minerva, ChichesterDespite stumbling over a line, Henry ended the evening looking totally assured in a Willy Russell revival that proves Lashana Lynch’s star potentialThis was one of the s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:08AMHampstead, LondonThere is a complex, moral debate at the heart of Rebecca Gilman’s play which tackles child protection head onRebecca Gilman does not shy away from big issues. Having writt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMLyttelton, LondonRicardo Chavira, of Desperate Housewives fame, stars in Stephen Adly Guirgis’s exuberant and astonishing New York dramaDon’t be deterred by the title. This 2011 play by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AMRoyal Court, Londondebbie tucker green’s play sits at the sharp end of the capital punishment question, but the drama would be heightened by a greater sense of moral doubt Related: Mariann…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMNT Temporary theatre, LondonRashDash’s show about the effects of pornography has strong points of view, but doesn’t offer much room for debateWriter Alice Birch and theatre-makers Abbi G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMPit, Barbican, LondonPan Pan’s recorded production of Samuel Beckett’s 1957 play about a woman’s trip to meet her husband off a train is a remarkable aural tapestry“It is a text writ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe stereotype of the ‘noble Moor’ is dismantled in Iqbal Khan’s shrewd, modern-dress production starring Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AMDorfman theatre, LondonMarber’s dressing-room drama is a remarkable three-hander about a sport that he clearly knows intimately Football as a metaphor for life is not uncommon. It has insp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMOlivier, LondonI missed this acclaimed piece of verbatim music-theatre when it opened at the Cottesloe last year. I was well aware that it was based on interviews with residents of a single …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMRoyal Court theatre, LondonA domestic minefield is beautifully set up, and acted, in Gary Owen’s forceful play about abuse passed down through the generationsGary Owen has written a seriou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AMAs much at home in Beckett as in Shakespeare, Ashcroft had imagination, industry and intelligence. She rose to the challenge of playing Queen Margaret in this mesmerising 1963 trilogyWhat do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:14AMAlmeida, London Robert Icke’s bold and witty new version of Oresteia whets the appetite for the Almeida’s season that reimagines the Greek canonPraise is due to Robert Icke for his boldn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMOrange Tree theatre, LondonThe playground setting is a distraction, but Adam Barnard’s series of vignettes offers some innovative observationsAdam Barnard’s first full-length play is cle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMBarbican, LondonThree of the great Irish playwright’s later works are superbly performed in these precise productionsBeckett’s later works seem to me as much art installations as drama: …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art, LondonA reminder of the power of Racine’s 1667 exploration of obsessive love in ancient Greece, Edward Kemp’s excellent new translation has an impressive y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMVaudeville, LondonThe unfairly talented actor recalls a career that has taken him from Olivier’s National to British film comedies and Broadway in this exuberant solo showCan it be true? T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMIt wasn’t just his remarkable intellect that enabled Wood to portray both the youthful and aged Henry Carr; it was also his ability to capture Carr’s essenceIntelligence in acting takes …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMTheatre Royal Haymarket, LondonCooper puts across the romantic sensibility of John Merrick in a well-presented production featuring Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro NivolaBradley Cooper is v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20PMBarbican, LondonGiant plastic cubes glide around the stage, bringing to life a dream world of Hegel-quoting sex-workers and a cat-seeking holy foolThe great Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonSimon Russell Beale plays the dean of St Paul’s with exquisite finesse, in a play that asks big questions about the role of the church in the modern world Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMOlivier theatre, London George Farquhar’s comedy plays its Restoration feminist cards with a generous heart in an exhilarating Simon Godwin production Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMAlan Seymour’s probing 1960 drama about the generational and class conflicts that rear up within one family on Anzac Day gets an excellent and timely revival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThe old, three-tiered auditorium reflected the class structures of its age; the new one will, one trusts, be a more democratic space
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThe old, three-tiered auditorium reflected the class structures of its age; the new one will, one trusts, be a more democratic space
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMGlobetrotting directors can produce good work on the move, but it's chiefly those running buildings who enact a vision for theatre
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThe National Theatre is to rename its smallest space after philanthropist Lloyd Dorfman. Wouldn't it be more fitting to celebrate an artist instead?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMA number of productions are dragging British theatre away from the grip of realism - with sensational results
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMHigh ticket prices are fuelling this rise in box-office takings, and London theatre can't just rely on spin-offs and musicals
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMForget Boris Karloff with a bolt through his neck. Forget even Peter Boyle as the new, improved monster singing Puttin' On The Ritz in the Mel Brooks pastiche. What you get in Danny Boyle's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM'Keep off the stage when you're on duty'"Imprisoned in every fat man,"
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