Noël Coward; Old Vic; Royal Court, LondonGillian Anderson is the steely centre of Ivo van Hove’s glitzy adaptation of All About Eve, while Nicôle Lecky’s Superhoe storms the Royal Cour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMDerby theatre; Barbican; Hampstead, LondonMalorie Blackman’s bestseller leaps off the stage in a fine new adaptation. Plus, Chekhov without the samovars and 2018’s Pulitzer prize winnerI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMVault festival; Soho theatre, London Waterloo’s tunnels buzz with sharp new writing. And the joy and pain of a night at the circusIn Dublin, Edinburgh and Manchester, festivals light up su…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMDorfman; Gate; New Diorama, LondonCate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane can’t save a clunky S&M study of sexual politics, but thrills are to be had in a vivid account of poetic friendship…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMRoyal & Derngate, Northampton; Arcola; Kiln, LondonIn a trio of new plays, three young Rwandans are moved by the spirit, a lorry driver and a refugee share a watchful journey, and two fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMHarold Pinter theatre; Finborough, LondonThe surprises continue in an extraordinary Pinter season. Plus, the rise and rise of Sheila AtimIt has been hard to guess where lightning will strike…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMPeople of colour finally moved centre stage, young performers shone, and two veterans gave an acting masterclass. See our top 10 list below• Read the Observer critics’ reviews of the yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04AMDonmar Warehouse; Young Vic; Almeida, LondonLynn Nottage brilliantly dramatises industrial unrest in small-town America in the year’s most powerful playA tremendous theatrical week culmina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMRoyal Court; Dorfman; Hampstead, London Corporal punishment still hurts in Mark Ravenhill’s haunting new play, Poe is channelled for festive creepiness, and fine performances spruce up Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMVaudeville; Royal Court; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonKit Harington and Johnny Flynn slug it out as Sam Shepard’s feuding brothers, women rabble-rouse at the Royal Court, and Trevor Nun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMChickenshed; Little Angel; Unicorn, LondonThree festive shows for young and old serve up Dickens with attitude, ticklish puppets and Philip Pullman’s grisly Grimms’ fairytalesThe future …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMKiln, London; Orange Tree, RichmondZadie Smith’s White Teeth bounds on to the stage leaving some of the novel’s subtleties behind. And 30 years on, Martin Crimp’s Dealing With Clair ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMRoyal Court; Theatre Royal Stratford East; Hampstead, Londondebbie tucker green delivers blistering insights into racism in the west. Elsewhere, joyous teenage kicks and a gasp-out-loud deno…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMAlmeida; Bridge, LondonAll becomes beautifully clear in Robert Icke’s pared down Ibsen, while Martin McDonagh overloads his dark, dizzying fairytaleAh, Robert Icke and his theatrical revel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMGielgud; Donmar Warehouse; Dorfman, LondonMarianne Elliott dazzlingly remakes Sondheim, Josie Rourke adds a Shakespearean twist, and from Nina Raine, a sperm donor comedy…How marvellous th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMYoung Vic; Lyttleton; Wyndham’s, LondonA musical Twelfth Night flies, while David Hare’s party games never take off. Plus, a masterclass from Eileen Atkins and Jonathan PryceKwame Kwei-A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMHarold Pinter theatre, Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonA double helping of short Pinter plays delivers the playwright’s trademark punch, while a series of London tales offers Dickens in the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AMRoyal Exchange, Manchester; Theatre Royal East Stratford; Trafalgar Studios, LondonJade Anouka is compelling in Jeanie O’Hare’s bold take on Shakespeare and the life of Margaret of Anjou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMBattersea Arts Centre; Kiln; Hampstead, LondonMissing reappears three years after fire interrupted its run at the Battersea Arts Centre, while the Kiln opens with some topical grievancesThes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMAlmeida; Regent’s Park Open Air theatre; the Scoop, LondonAdults act up as children in Clare Barron’s acute new study of adolescence. And a man-eating plant, played by a drag queen, feel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMSwan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Olivier, LondonMarlowe’s bloody tyrant and Shakespeare’s banished prince both get a rare chance to strut in two very effective productionsHot on the big-sandal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMLyceum; Studio, EdinburghPeter Brook’s meditation on justice is imprisoned by its own virtues, while Édouard Louis’s powerful teenage memoir translates vividly to the stageWhen better t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMTheatre Royal, Bath; Donmar, LondonPatricia Highsmith’s most famous creation comes back to haunt her, while the ghosts are closer to home in revivals of Miller and FrielShe liked to watch …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMOlivier; Royal Court; National Theatre, LondonRhys Ifans ages well in Patrick Marber’s update of Ionesco’s classic, while Rory Mullarkey’s homage often palls. Plus tales of the River S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMBridge; Lyttelton; Old Vic, LondonAlan Bennett is on song – and on the attack. Plus, an epic tale of capitalist catastrophe and a tale of grief that overwhelms“I am,” says Alan Bennett…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AMFestival theatre, Chichester; Theatre Royal, Bath Timeworn tropes work their magic as Chichester does the Lambeth Walk, while a knockout Katherine Kingsley overcomes a galumphing script in D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AMAidan Turner brings swagger to the Irish Troubles, a tribute to Joan Littlewood lacks her revolutionary spirit, and there’s a twist in the Globe’s Winter’s TaleSeventeen years after it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMYoung Vic; Royal Court; Greenwich and Docklands international festival, LondonAcclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel comes to life in a remarkable new musical, a stranger menaces liberal London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMLIFT Crossness Pumping Station, London; LIFT Royal Court, London; Dorfman Theatre, London; LIFT King’s Cross, LondonDuke Riley’s illuminated pigeons are a soaraway success, while Anna De…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMDonmar; Lyttelton; Almeida; all LondonLia Williams makes the role of Miss Jean Brodie her own, while Vanessa Kirby’s Julie is a wild party girl in Polly Stenham’s vicious, witty update o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMLaura Linney is utterly assured in a fine adaptation of the bestselling novel, but fellow Hollywood star Orlando Bloom fails to convince in Killer JoeWhat fascinates me about the rise of the…
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