Friday, 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 09:04AMThe National Theatre's director steps down next year, after introducing live broadcasts, cheap tickets and a wealth of new writing. How does he reflect on his tenure? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AMWednesday, July 23, 2014
Noël Coward theatre, LondonMany of the best lines may come from the film, but the play manages to be a warm and witty paean to life on the stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDirector Simon Godwin eagerly explores the light and dark sides of romance in a striking RSC debutIt is astonishing to think it is 45 years sinc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMTuesday, July 22, 2014
Mythical creatures and Frasier's dad jostle with the crowds enjoying a surprising mix of art, music and new Irish playsThe Galway international arts festival is full of surprises. On Sunda…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMOlivier, LondonHelen McCrory excels in this modern-dress take on Euripides that is alive with complexity and psychological astutenessAfter her success wth Ibsen's A Doll's House, Carrie Crac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMMonday, July 21, 2014
Black Box, GalwayEnda Walsh's new manic physical comedy is like Under Milk Wood as interpreted by Buster KeatonThere's plenty of ballyhoo around Ballyturk. Written and directed by Enda Walsh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMBlack Box, GalwayEnda Walsh's new manic physical comedy is like Under Milk Wood as interpreted by Buster KeatonThere's plenty of ballyhoo around Ballyturk. Written and directed by Enda Walsh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMFriday, July 18, 2014
Chichester Festival TheatrePeter Shaffer's spectacle of Mozart's mediocre rival distorts historical reality but remains compelling and stylishly presentedFew living dramatists write big star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:05PMThursday, July 17, 2014
Harold Pinter, LondonIf it stripped away the daft framing, this staging could capture Wilde's deft commentary on class, money, marriage and moralsIf visitors to Paris's Père Lachaise …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMTuesday, July 15, 2014
Southwark Playhouse, LondonIn this well-acted revival, the poet and the philosopher face off in a slow-moving but stimulating debateDid William Blake ever meet Thomas Paine? It is not imposs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:44AMFriday, July 11, 2014
Minerva theatre, Chichester Strindberg's Miss Julie is well directed, but it's Shaffer's dark comedy that illuminates in this contrasting double billAugust Strindberg's tragedy Miss Julie an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMThursday, July 10, 2014
He was one of theatre's most daring stars, whose best films bear witness to a talent many never had the chance to see on stageIt's a shock to realise that it is 25 years since the death of L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41PMBush theatre, LondonRobin Soans's play about a Pentecostal family at odds with each other shows the power of faith while exposing the failings of its followers Bush theatre's Madani Younis: …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMWednesday, July 9, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, LondonJamie Lloyd's latest Shakespearean staging is inventive, but it's missing the monarch's lurid sexiness and demonic exuberance Before Richard III: Martin Freeman on s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMFriday, July 4, 2014
Old Vic, LondonYaël Farber's extraordinary production of Arthur Miller's tale of the Salem witch hunt retains its disturbing relevance todayProductions of Arthur Miller's re-creation of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AMThursday, July 3, 2014
Dominic Dromgoole's lively production, with Elizabethan costume and Roman accessories, delivers Shakespeare with great clarity, but the main roles are unevenly castBefore you enter the theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMWednesday, July 2, 2014
Hampstead theatre, London Beth Steel's recreation of the 1984 strikes exposes the divisions between miners and the destruction of a defiant communityOnce identified with domestic drama, Hamp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMMonday, June 30, 2014
Lyttelton, LondonRichard Bean's satire has a go at press, police and politicians and what he sees as the corrupt chain binding them togetherRichard Bean doesn't do things by halves. His new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21PMRegent's Park, LondonAudience participation is intelligently used in this family-friendly production that still tackles the play's sexual complexitiesEach summer this precious theatre offers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMThursday, June 26, 2014
Tricycle, LondonFor all its style, this still seems more like a New Yorker short story than a substantial playGlamour is a quality we rarely associate with modern theatre. It positively ooze…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:35AMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Theatre Royal, BathClare Higgins and Tim Pigott-Smith trade blows with relish, but Adrian Noble's revival brings little fresh insight to Albee's classicWhen Peter Hall ran the Bath summer se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:23AMTuesday, June 24, 2014
Young Vic, LondonPeter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne's tale of synaesthesia is an astonishing look at the miracles of the mindNervous theatre-makers strain every nerve to get our attenti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AMMonday, June 23, 2014
The Other Place, Stratford-on-AvonFour new plays by women that invite the current generation to rediscover the radical past are uneven but invigoratingI can't think of a finer tribute to Buz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Royal Court theatre, LondonTim Crouch's show explores our obsession with artists' lives, but occasionally lets the form get in the way of its message Playwright Tim Crouch: 'Avoiding the sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:08AMThursday, June 19, 2014
Finborough theatre, LondonKevin Kautzman doesn't fully get to grips with the big issue at the heart of his O'Neill-esque family dramaKevin Kautzman, an American playwright here making his Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMWednesday, June 18, 2014
Wyndham's, London The combination of private pain and public rage in this revival of David Hare's play hits you straight between the eyes Quiz: Bill Nighy's greatest lines In pictures: Skyli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMRegent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonHarold Brighouse's 1916 classic doesn't always fit the era of miniskirts, but this update is nicely acted in a warm productionI vividly recall seeing Ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00AMAn intimate filmed production of the Almeida's Ghosts disproves the idea that theatre is an irreducible experienceI recall a Punch cartoon of the late 1950s showing two moviegoers gazing in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Jermyn Street, LondonBoerish brutality in the Victorian era and the story of a writer torn between cultures illuminate the country's troubled historyTwenty years after the formal dismantling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:47AMAs Tim Crouch's Adler & Gibb hits the Royal Court, here are the finest portraits of artists on stage, from John Logan's study of Rothko to Yasmina Reza's ArtHow do you put visual art on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AM 
