Sunday, May 24, 2015
Globe, London The wonderful Michelle Terry makes Rosalind her own in Blanche McIntyre’s intelligent staging of As You Like It Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMHome, Manchester Manchester’s new Home theatre offers a modern spin on a tale of 1920s Munich Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, May 17, 2015
Old Vic, LondonHigh Society isn’t short on quality, but it can’t shake off its glorious past Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFelbrigg Hall, NorfolkWildWorks ventures into the woods in an unforgettable tale of transformation inspired by real life and Greek myth Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59AMSunday, May 10, 2015
Apollo, LondonAn icily poised Kristin Scott Thomas faces an updated assortment of PMs in this cosy game of recognitionLast-minute tucks and additions had been prepared for The Audience. Audi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonA galactic cast excels in James Graham’s hugely impressive general election dramaHurrah for the stage. It has proved exceptionally nimble at responding imaginativel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, May 3, 2015
Wyndham’s, LondonThis starry revival of David Mamet’s 1975 drama reveals Damian Lewis as a natural comedian Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonSean Holmes’s ebullient production avoids the pitfalls of staging Alan Parker’s film, offering a punchy opening show at the beautifully redesigned Lyric Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMOlivier, LondonRufus Norris begins his directorship at the National with Chiwetel Ejiofor starring as a superb Everyman in Carol Ann Duffy’s take on the 15th century morality play Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, April 26, 2015
Royal Court, LondonA clear-sighted appraisal of our ailing NHS emerges with verve, humour and candour from Michael Wynne’s timely verbatim playThere are occasions when only naturalism and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMYoung Vic, LondonEugene O’Neill’s haunting prequel to Long Day’s Journey Into Night has a star in the making in George MacKaySometimes the more strange, the more realistic. Arthur Mill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMAlmeida, LondonSimon Stephens’s 3D dramatic deconstruction of Carmen will go on reverberatingThe sound can be heard right across London. Theatrical classics are being cracked open. That ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, April 19, 2015
Tobacco Factory, BristolSheridan’s classic is given a modern twist in Andrew Hilton’s pitch-perfect production Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMNational Maritime Museum, LondonPunchdrunk’s seafaring show for children is earnest but brings the past brilliantly to lifeThe astounding feature of a Punchdrunk show is the amount of stuf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMRoyal Court, LondonWalsh’s ‘mischievous’ dialogue and plot additions largely obscure Dahl’s nimble, knockabout nastinessThis is not what the Roald Dahl estate wants to hear. Billy, s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, April 5, 2015
Swan, StratfordJustin Audibert’s striking new production is a reminder that at his best, Marlowe can give Shakespeare a really good run for his money Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonSher is at his most meticulous and fiery as Willy Loman in Gregory Doran’s accomplished stagingArtistic director Gregory Doran is in no doubt.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, March 29, 2015
Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonThere’s gore galore in Bill Buckhurst’s ingenious stripped-down, pie-shop SondheimNext week, Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson wil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMPrint Room at the Coronet, LondonRobert Holman’s new play, especially written for its two actors, is a precise and subtle picture of a family crisis Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMDorfman, National Theatre, LondonWords and mash fly in Sam Holcroft’s sharp domestic farce, brilliantly directed by Marianne Elliott Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, March 22, 2015
Southwark Playhouse, LondonMichael Hastings’s richly detailed 1973 drama finally reaches the stage in a production so exact you can smell it Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMOrange Tree, RichmondPaulette Randall’s enterprising revival of Mustapha Matura’s 1974 play is vivid and humorousOne of the best plays staged last year was Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Appa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMNottingham PlayhouseHans Christian Andersen’s mermaid discovers trainer envy and bulimia in Polly Teale’s 21st-century rewrite Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, March 15, 2015
New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme Bram Stoker’s novel become an all-round sensory experience in this fine adaptation by Theresa HeskinsThe creatures dangle and spin upside down from the rafter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThe Langham, LondonBen Ellis’s site-specific drama could have made more of its historic hotel setting Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMSunday, March 1, 2015
Donmar Warehouse, London Patrick Marber’s finely wrought 1997 play about the brutal business of falling in and out of love holds good in David Leveaux’s smooth if safe revival Continue r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe healing power of music is made real in Clare van Kampen’s irresistibly genial play about the great 18th-century castratoThere is an irresistible genialit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMLyttelton, LondonSimon Godwin’s whirling revival of Shaw’s loquacious 1903 play proves fashion wrong in emphatic styleMuch is said about the responsibility of the National Theatre to fin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, February 15, 2015
Royal Court, LondonPeake is the one bright spark in Zinnie Harris’s muddled state-of-the-world drama Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThis account of the scientist’s romantic life fails to sparkle, despite Cathy Tyson’s expressive lead Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMJohn Cleland’s 18th-century erotic romp is given a well-judged modern edgeExcellent. The 18th century is sweeping over Bristol’s theatres. In April the Tobacco Factory puts on The School…
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