Sunday, December 24, 2023
Donmar Warehouse; Phoenix theatre; Riverside Studios, LondonDavid Tennant and Cush Jumbo wire you into the Macbeths’ innermost thoughts; Stranger Things takes theatrical spectacle to the n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSunday, December 17, 2023
The Lucky Chance, Frome; Almeida; Soho theatre, LondonThere’s a puppet but no happy ending at Emma Rice’s fine new Somerset venue; Elvis Costello soundtracks a postwar Polish love story;…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMSunday, December 10, 2023
Dorfman; Young Vic; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonChronic illness is captured to extraordinary effect in Annie Baker’s slow yet absorbing new play. Elsewhere, snarling Pinter lacks bite,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMSunday, December 3, 2023
The Depot, Liverpool; Lyttleton, London Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma are magnetic murderers in Simon Godwin’s bleakly immersive warehouse production, while Harriet Walter commands the st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, November 19, 2023
Finborough; Hampstead; Royal Court, LondonAn exemplary staging of short plays by overlooked Ena Lamont Stewart; Alun Armstrong is at his hangdog best in Richard Bean’s warm retirement dram…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSunday, November 12, 2023
Duke of York’s, London; RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon; New Diorama, LondonThe puns ricochet between Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans in a frisky royal tale of mistress and servant; merriment disp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AMSunday, November 5, 2023
Wyndham’s; Harold Pinter; Battersea Arts Centre, LondonKenneth Branagh savours Lear’s words rather too much; Kristin Scott Thomas and co are left high and dry in Cornwall; but at BAC, a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMSunday, October 29, 2023
Donmar Warehouse; Lyttelton, London; Theatre Royal BathLynn Nottage wires us into American life with her all-consuming truck-stop cafe drama; Alexander Zeldin weaves slow magic from his moth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMSunday, October 22, 2023
Bristol Old Vic; Almeida; the Yard, LondonMoonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney’s elite school drama hits all the right notes; Marina Carr’s intense Irish play finds its ideal director.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AMSunday, October 15, 2023
National Theatre; Savoy theatre, LondonThe fourth in Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’s state-of-the-nation play series is precise, fierce and moving, while Nicole Scherzinger hammers home the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMSunday, October 8, 2023
Gielgud; Theatre Royal Haymarket; Royal Court, LondonAn all-star tribute to the acid genius of the late composer offers a terrific medley of hits, Michael Frayn’s clever farce also proves …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:49AMSunday, October 1, 2023
Liverpool’s Royal Court; Duke of York’s; Kiln, LondonAlan Bleasdale’s 80s TV classic about jobless workers hits home in James Graham’s adaptation; Andrew Scott is not alone in his on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:49AMSunday, September 10, 2023
Minerva theatre, Chichester; Lyric Hammersmith, LondonAn evening of drinking turns dangerous in the sharply funny debut play from The Guilty Feminist’s Deborah Frances-White. And the set i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMSunday, August 27, 2023
Almeida; Donmar Warehouse, LondonSam Holcroft’s unsettling new play about censorship features a menacing performance from Jonny Lee Miller, while a musical drama exploring bipolar disorder…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMSunday, August 20, 2023
Lyttelton, London; Finborough, LondonJamie Lloyd galvanises Lucy Prebble’s drama about two patients who on a drug trial, while a trilogy of pre-first world war playlets captures a forgotte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMSunday, August 13, 2023
She cancelled her honeymoon to star in A Streetcar Named Desire with four days’ notice – then won the 2023 Critics’ Circle best actress award. She talks to the Observer’s theatre cri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMTraverse; Lyceum; Studio, EdinburghNat McCleary’s new play gets to grips with Scottish identity; a French-language take on Lars von Trier glides between stage and screen; and dinner is ser…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMSunday, August 6, 2023
Minerva, Chichester; Garrick, LondonThe wit and sharpness of the 70s TV series about a pioneering all-female band is partially captured in a spirited stage adaptation. As for Simon Nye’s n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:49AMSunday, July 30, 2023
Secret location, Milton Keynes; Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court; Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London Catalan company Kamchàtka create an enticing piece of site-specific theatre in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:13AMSunday, July 9, 2023
Home; Versa Manchester Studios; Royal Exchange, ManchesterThe rigidity of othering is blown away, along with Asian stereotypes. Plus, a mixed reality celebration of Ryuichi Sakamoto and a wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AMSunday, July 2, 2023
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Theatre Royal Stratford East; Hampstead theatre, London Seasoned actors turn Shakespeare’s romcom on its head in an enchanted RSC production…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AMSunday, June 25, 2023
Olivier theatre; Duke of York’s theatre; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonJoseph Fiennes scores as Gareth Southgate in a rousing football drama; Lily Allen glimmers in a low-voltage Martin …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMSunday, June 18, 2023
Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember her desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament
I thought I had seen Glen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMAlmeida; Donmar Warehouse; Old Vic, London Danger stalks the radiant lovers in Rebecca Frecknall’s tumultuous, twilit Romeo and Juliet; a 1920s battle for the soul of BBC radio couldn’t …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMSunday, June 11, 2023
Noël Coward; Royal Court; Jermyn Street, LondonPeter Morgan’s oligarch drama transfers to the West End with added historical weight; Kate O’Flynn evokes the mastery of Billie Whitelaw; …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMSunday, May 28, 2023
Young Vic; @sohoplace; Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonRuth Wilson mesmerises in a 24-hour breakup with 100 different actors; tender moments illuminate a faithful yet distanced adapt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMSunday, May 21, 2023
Fortune, London; Minerva, Chichester; Orange Tree, RichmondSplitLip honour as well as spoof with their all-conquering espionage musical. Elsewhere, Eileen Atkins at her most subtle, and a ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, May 14, 2023
Bush theatre, London; Theatre Royal Brighton; Chichester Festival theatreIn his powerful debut play, Lenny Henry draws his audience deep into the life – and its shattering – of a Windrus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMSunday, May 7, 2023
Lyttelton; Barbican; Jermyn Street; Omnibus, LondonSam Mendes reignites Gielgud and Burton’s Broadway Hamlet; a climate crisis play is powered by bikes and eco-shaming; Timberlake Wertenba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMSunday, April 30, 2023
Kiln; Almeida; Dorfman, LondonIn his quickfire new McCarthy-era play, For Black Boys… creator Ryan Calais Cameron speaks his mind; a civil rights musical buzzes with potential; and Deborah…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMSunday, April 23, 2023
Olivier theatre; Donmar Warehouse, LondonBrian Friel’s thoughtful 1930s drama remains absorbing, while Noel Coward’s classic has fine cigarette work but fails to ignite
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM 
