Friday, 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 11:40AMThursday, September 18, 2014
Shakespeares Globe, LondonFact and fiction are intertwined in an affecting drama about a first-world-war soldiers treatment by the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies Continue reading.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34AMLauded Irish playwright and screenwriter mixes physical comedy and verbal energy to delve into the sub-text of lonely lives Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Royal Court, LondonRory Mullarkeys play about overthrowing the establishment has its moments, but doesnt achieve the Swiftian irony it aims for Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMTuesday, September 16, 2014
Royal Exchange, ManchesterA mixed production that even at three-and-a-half hours omits a good deal, but goes out of its way to avoid cliche Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:16PMFinborough, LondonSet in 18th-century Edinburgh, Robert McLellans 1948 comedy gets a lively English premiere even if its hard to know what the play proves Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:41AMFriday, September 12, 2014
Despite his versatility, stage comedy was the natural preserve of a gifted man whose sense of fun permeated his life and his work Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:26AMWyndhams, LondonTim Pigott-Smith gives the performance of his career in Mike Bartletts intelligent meditation on the pressures and purpose of monarchy today King Charles III: a West End trea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AMThursday, September 11, 2014
Orange Tree, RichmondPaul Miller gets off to a fine start as the Orange Trees new director with this intense version of Lawrences hard-hitting working-class tragedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AMBristol Old VicThis powerful production with Naimh Cusack is a stark portrait of a divided house and country Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:35AMWednesday, September 10, 2014
Birmingham RepStuffed with gags and overflowing with an easygoing, laid-back liberalism, this comedy about a vinyl-shop owner fighting developers has the feel of a stonking hit Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AMTuesday, September 9, 2014
St James, LondonBen Ockrent's comedy about a same-sex couple trying to conceive a child has sparky dialogue, cracking gags and a quartet of attractive performances Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMMonday, September 8, 2014
Highlights of the coming season include Maxine Peake as Hamlet, Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra, Lindsay Lohan in a Mamet satire, the shocking installation piece Exhibit B and a fresh take o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04AMFriday, September 5, 2014
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonBlanche McIntyre handles Shakespeare's beautifully crafted farce with delight, humour and a touch of magic Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:50PMThursday, September 4, 2014
Almeida, London Alecky Blythe's verbatim theatre exposes Hackney's class apartheid without showing what has changed since the riots Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
Royal and Derngate, Northampton Predominant note is of infinite sadness at the idea of men being "cured" in preparation for near-certain death Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:08PMMonday, September 1, 2014
For a quarter of a century, my Telegraph colleague has been writing forthright and fearless reviews his candour will be sorely missed following his decision to quit Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMSunday, August 31, 2014
Park theatre, LondonRichard Bean vividly captures the blitz spirit of earning a crust, with strong performances from Matthew Kelly, Simon Greenall and John Wark Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30PMFriday, August 29, 2014
There are problems in paradise in Richard Bean's ingenious look at a failed attempt to create an island utopia Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:05AMWednesday, August 27, 2014
Theatre Royal, BathThis faithful revival of Noël Coward's durable comedy of bad manners is smartly performed by Kendal and Michael Simkins Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Ustinov Studio, BathJoshua Harmon's provocative play raises questions about what it means to be Jewish in today's global culture Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Finborough, LondonThe German writer Rolf Hochhuth blames Winston Churchill for the sinking of the Lusitania in this skilful and provocative piece Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AMMonday, August 11, 2014
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe Killing's Sofie Gråbøl rules the stage in Rona Munro's stories about James I, II and III Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AMSunday, August 10, 2014
The staging is ingenious, the music fiercely eclectic, but it's hard to make out the central ideas in Vladimir Pankov's hyper-stylised first world war spectacular Playwright breaks Russian s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMFriday, August 8, 2014
Theatre Royal, BathEmile Zola's feverish, intense novel is exactly realised in this ultra-theatrical production Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AMThursday, August 7, 2014
The Swan, StratfordMaria Aberg update of the Webster play foregrounds its gender politics but ultimately loses as much as it gains Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMWednesday, August 6, 2014
Donmar Warehouse, LondonKevin Elyot's breakthrough 1994 piece is well played, catching the secret fears and surface buoyancy of a group of companions 'His subject was the longing for love': …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMFriday, August 1, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, London Ahrens's treatment of race relations is more exhausting than spiritually enlightening Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMWednesday, July 30, 2014
Arcola, LondonThis story of a Sunni man who flees sectarian Iraq for a life in Britain is more striking in individual scenes than as a whole Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMMonday, July 28, 2014
Young Vic, LondonAlthough this modern update of Tennessee Williams's play isn't always plausible, Gillian Anderson's performance is stellar Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMFriday, July 25, 2014
Royal Court, LondonJennifer Haley's prizewinning play triggers a fascinating debate about online fantasy it's just a shame she sets out to shock us Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM 
