Sunday, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, February 8, 2015
Jermyn Street, LondonA headstrong heroine scarpers from the family pile with a baby in tow in St John Hankin’s prophetic 1908 play, now staged for the first time in public Continue reading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01AMHampstead theatre, LondonTV’s young Inspector Morse is the only good thing about this predictable love story Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThe star dazzles in this madcap revival of Peter Barnes’s blunt 1968 satire Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, February 1, 2015
Dorfman theatre, LondonConsciousness is the subject of Stoppard’s first full-length work in nine years but the play lacks his usual intellectual rigourYou could measure out a theatre-going…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, January 25, 2015
Young Vic, LondonMike Bartlett’s follow-up to Cock is a masterclass in the workings of collusionSusannah Clapp reviews the ChangelingSusannah Clapp reviews Fever Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMay Fair hotel, LondonWallace Shawn’s denunciation of capitalism hits home – up to a pointSusannah Clapp reviews The ChangelingSusannah Clapp reviews Bull Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Gore, humour and Hattie Morahan cut to the quick in Dominic Dromgoole’s whip-sharp production of The ChangelingSusannah Clapp reviews Bull at the Young VicS…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, January 18, 2015
Playhouse, LondonDespite some terrific performances, this musical adaptation struggles to capture the spirit of Almodóvar’s movieWomen on the Verge, the musical: in pictures Almodóvar sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:05AMOld Vic, LondonDaniel Kitson’s play has quirky charm – and deep theatrical rootsThe first marvel in Daniel Kitson’s Tree is the tree itself, a fine structure built by Take 1 Scenic Ser…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMTrafalgar Studios, London Moses Raine’s play, set in a Moscow flat, makes the strange seem close at hand Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, January 11, 2015
Finborough, LondonThis pocket-sized production works wonders with Jerry Herman’s musical about fleeing the Nazis Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMTristan Bates, LondonTwo of Bernard Shaw’s lesser-known works, one satirising one of his biggest successes, are snappily effective on a tiny stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, December 28, 2014
Battersea Arts Centre, London Bach, Verdi and Dvorák provide the soundtrack for this jaunty polar adventure for children starring the irresistible Owlabear Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s resurrected musical features terrific dancing and some truly hideous moggies Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMLittle Angel, London Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem makes perfect sense in Peter O’Rourke’s spellbinding puppet show Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSaturday, December 27, 2014
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, smartwatches, the return of the Large Hadron Collider, the rugby World Cup in Britain, a flood of classic drama on TV and a critical climate summit – some …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMSunday, December 21, 2014
Young Vic, London The ingenious 1927 mingle live performance, animation and film to disconcerting effect in this anti-technology tale Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMThe close confines of the Almeida are perfect for this updating of Rupert Goold’s extraordinary production set in 21st-century Las Vegas Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMDonmar, LondonJosie Rourke’s first musical at the Donmar is a sexy, jazzy homage to noirStage and screen were all over each other last week. And to good effect. Josie Rourke’s production…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, December 14, 2014
Crucible, SheffieldDirector Daniel Evans continues his run of Christmas musical magic in Sheffield with a glorious Anything Goes Continue reading...
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