Thursday, October 30, 2014
Swan, Stratford-on-AvonIf the quality of Rowley, Dekker and Fords 1621 attack on society is open to debate, Eileen Atkins multifaceted turn as the witch is a resounding success Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMWednesday, October 29, 2014
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonJohn Fords unsettling Renaissance incest drama is lent a subtle urgency by fine acting and direction Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Harold Pinter theatre, LondonNeatly allows the songs to grow out of the story, and perfectly captures Ray Daviess mix of bloody-mindedness and innocence Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00PMThe French playwrights comedy has been packing audiences in worldwide for 20 years. What is the secret of its success? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMMonday, October 27, 2014
Barbican, LondonSimon Stones compressed and clever Australian version aims to capture the essence of Ibsens greatest tragicomedy, but wheres the irony? More from the International Ibsen seas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMThursday, October 23, 2014
Shaftesbury, LondonThe singer combines charisma and power alongside a Sinatra-like Killian Donnelly in this exciting take on a key moment in pop history Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMTuesday, October 21, 2014
Duke of Yorks, LondonAwayday adventurers Adrian Edmondson, Robert Webb, Miles Jupp and Neil Morrissey go wild in the Lake District Ade Edmondson: I never laughed as hard as I did with Rik Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:59PMMonday, October 20, 2014
Marcus Gardleys pulsing new play about a free black woman and her daughters in 1830s New Orleans is a rich mix of rivalry, voodoo and the fight for freedom Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:11AMSunday, October 19, 2014
Almeida, LondonDavid Cromers cooly observant narrator leads a radically reworked version of Thornton Wilders classic that taps into collective folk memory Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AMFriday, October 17, 2014
Young Vic, London This compressed, contemporary Chekhov directed by Katie Mitchell skips over the works tragicomic irony Simon Stephens on the impossible act of translating Chekhov Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThursday, October 16, 2014
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe operetta treatment of the first play may be misguided, but Christopher Luscombes directing style comes into its own in the second, Much Ado …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Chichester festival theatreEverything slots perfectly into place in this glorious evocation of American vaudevilles tackiness Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMMonday, October 13, 2014
Dorfman theatre, LondonBeguiling songs, ingenious design and stunning performances dont quite do justice to a subject that deserves more complex treatment Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17PMDorfman theatre, LondonBeguiling songs, ingenious design and stunning performances don’t quite do justice to the story of Imelda Marcos’s riseImelda Marcos puts on her disco shoes – in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17PMSunday, October 12, 2014
Orange Tree, RichmondHelen Baxendale catches perfectly a sense of numbed isolation in this look at the anguished adventure of motherhood Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMFriday, October 10, 2014
Donmar Warehouse, London Phyllida Lloyd returns to a prison setting for her all-female follow-up to Julius Caesar, with entertaining results Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMThursday, October 9, 2014
Print Room at the Coronet, LondonHarry Lloyds gripping portrayal of Dostoevskys antihero conjures manic verve and smouldering angst Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08AMMonday, October 6, 2014
Drayton Arms, LondonDe Jonghs second play is thematically overcrowded, but its fascinating subject matter holds your attention Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMLittlewood, who would have been 100 today, demolished the barriers we erect between popular and art theatre. She loosened up acting from the shackles of well-bred restraintTell us about your…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMSunday, October 5, 2014
Minerva, ChicesterPenelope Wilton shines in Mark Hayhursts deeply engrossing drama about the high price of resisting tyranny Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMThursday, October 2, 2014
Playhouse, LondonLindsay Lohan provides the most interest in a revival of David Mamets anti-Hollywood satire that otherwise fails to takes wing Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34PMHampstead theatre, LondonAllam is a joy to watch in Theresa Rebecks smart, clever play about a faded novelist and his charges Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMWednesday, October 1, 2014
Old Vic, LondonKristin Scott Thomas gives a psychologically perceptive study of a spiritually wounded woman, brimming with passionate intensity Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMTuesday, September 30, 2014
Gate, LondonShannon Tarbet is riveting as a pregnant teen rapidly ascending into an adult world of disillusionment Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AMFriday, September 26, 2014
Park theatre, LondonThe clash between political belief and personal psychology sometimes labours its points but is wittily explored by a cast led by Peter Davison Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMThursday, September 25, 2014
Barbican, London Thomas Ostermeier involves the audience to thrilling effect as Ibsens drama scales new heights of excitement and fascination Thomas Ostermeier talks to Simon McBurney Contin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
Royal Court, LondonTim Prices play about two hackers is tumultuous, energetic and ultimately touching in its vision of a global network of young people dedicated to challenging the status qu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AMTuesday, September 23, 2014
Dominion, LondonMadalena Alberto skilfully avoids sentimentality in reviving the musical life of Argentinas favourite dictators wife, though sound issues blunt the sharpness of Tim Rices lyr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:43AMMonday, September 22, 2014
As Evita returns to the West End, heres what Michael Billington made of its opening night with Elaine Paige and David Essex. This review was first published on 22 June 1978 The truth is I ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMSunday, September 21, 2014
Chris Thompsons karaoke-interspersed play about the rise of an rightwing group doesnt penetrate English fascisms dismaying ordinariness Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:53AMFriday, September 19, 2014
Hope theatre, LondonThis previously unperformed slice of domestic surrealism offers only glimpses of the writer Orton would become Premiere of Joe Ortons lost first play tells bitter tale of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AM 
