Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Having worked wonders on Tennessee Williams’ under-appreciated and pretty flawed play Summer and Smoke, director Rebecca Frecknall works a similar magic on
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Breach made its name with a series of shows exploring the idea of re-enactment, most notably It’s True, It’s True, It’s True,
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Joan of Leeds – New Diorama, London Breach, creator of hit fringe show It’s True, It’s True, It’s True, returns with a
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Words are everything in Jamie Lloyd’s stripped-down and shaken-up Cyrano. Martin Crimp’s adaptation plays fast and loose with Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play
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Of all the many versions of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas fable being staged this winter, this is one of the most inventive.
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Returning to the Old Vic for the third year running, Jack Thorne’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic morality tale manages to be
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Strange Tales – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Grid Iron’s new show for the Traverse is based on the stories of Chinese writer Pu
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The Snow Queen – Sherman Theatre, Cardiff The Sherman Theatre’s festive show is Tessa Walker’s production of Hans Christian Andersen’s seasonal favourite,
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Last year, a writer introduced me to the term ‘cul-de-sac-ing’. She used it to describe her frustration at the fact that, having
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The Bridge Theatre transports its audience to Narnia for its Christmas show, itself transported from Leeds Playhouse where it opened in 2017.
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The Lyric Hammersmith pantomime has a tradition of getting new writing and directing talent to put a contemporary spin on the form.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMThe Arrival – Bush Theatre, London Olivier-winning director Bijan Sheibani – whose past productions include the majestic Barber Shop Chronicles – helms
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The candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, one of London’s most enchanting spaces, is made to feel menacing in this exhilarating conclusion to Shakespeare’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMShakespeare’s Globe continues its cycle of history plays – which kicked off with an all-female version of Richard II in the Sam
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The house lights are up. The stage is bare. A woman enters the space. She smiles. She talks about the audience and
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Dear Evan Hansen – Noel Coward Theatre, London Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s hit Broadway musical, about a teenage boy who writes
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The vertical often gets overlooked in theatre. Tom Morris’ production of Joe Simpson’s 1988 memoir about his against-all-odds survival of a mountaineering
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His plays have brought threats, vandalism – and international acclaim. Now the fearless dramatist is retooling Ibsen to lay bare corruption in his homeland
Jeton Neziraj has clear views ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMThere’s a tendency when writing about theatre to bandy about words like ‘necessary’ and ‘bold’, in a way that can dilute their
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John Webber’s intriguing debut play bides its time. Esther (Lia Burge) and former cab driver Keith (Matt Whitchurch) sit across a table
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The Voila! Festival in London, now in its seventh year, provides audiences with an opportunity to see an eclectic range of work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMSpiderfly – Theatre503, London Theatre503 has had an impressive hit rate of late when it comes to new writing. Next up is
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Death of a Salesman – Piccadilly Theatre, London Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell’s acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s play transfers to the
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Light Falls – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Sarah Frankcom’s final production as the Royal Exchange’s artistic director sounds like a corker. A
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Canadian writer Jordan Tannahill’s 2016 play is an intriguingly anachronistic mash-up that splices Renaissance Italy with the 21st-century art scene. The characters
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“Am I unnatural?” Hedda Gabler herself asks in tones most women will recognise. Chelsea Walker’s production of Ibsen’s play cuts to the
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Ian Rickson’s atmospheric staging of Brian Friel’s intricate and lyrical 1980 play about language, communication and colonialism returns to the National Theatre
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Vassa – Almeida Theatre, London Tinuke Craig directs Mike Bartlett’s new adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s play about a family unravelling. A late
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As a text Alice Birch’s [Blank] is a phenomenal thing. The play began as a co-commission between National Theatre Connections and theatre
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This, to be clear, is not a play about the Yorkshire Ripper. That story has been told often enough, his name is
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As is so often the case with the children of immigrants, Zara presents different versions of herself to the world. There’s the
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