Saturday, November 8, 2014
Adelphi, LondonGemma Arterton effortlessly leads the way in a joyful, garish musical rejig of the hit filmFord fiesta: Made in Dagenham the musical opens in the West End in pictures Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMSaturday, October 25, 2014
Almeida, LondonThornton Wilders 1938 portrayal of small-town life could hardly be bettered even if it keeps its subjects at arms length Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMYoung Vic, LondonKatie Mitchells new production of Chekhovs classic is full of ominous shadows and refreshing shocks Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMUstinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath Pinter, Kafka and King Lear are called to mind by Florian Zellers powerful portrayal of incipient dementia in bourgeois surroundings Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, October 18, 2014
Dorfman; Theatre Royal Stratford East, London; Festival, ChicesterImelda Marcos takes to the dance floor, David Baddiel takes real risks and Imelda Staunton takes no prisoners in a good week…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThe actor on getting older, her working-class roots as a child performer and what fun it was to work with Woody Allen Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMSaturday, October 11, 2014
Donmar Warehouse, LondonPhyllida Lloyds second all-female Shakespeare production defies expectations on more fronts than just gender Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, October 4, 2014
Various venues, DublinFrom the site-specific Monto Cycle to Aoife Duffins brilliant turn in A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing, Dublins theatre festival boasts wonders aplenty Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMOld Vic, London Kristin Scott Thomas has a powerful presence as Sophocless avenging heroine, but her gesturing is a little over the top Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra in pictures Michael B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMOld Vic, London Kristin Scott Thomas is caught between fervour and languor as Sophocles’s avenging heroine• Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra – in pictures• Michael Billington’s revi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, September 27, 2014
The Drum, Theatre Royal, Plymouth; Royal Court, LondonThe Angry Brigade and the birth of hacktivism inspire contrasting new plays about rebellion from James Graham and Tim Price Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10PMSaturday, September 20, 2014
Royal Exchange, ManchesterThe gender switches in Sarah Frankcoms Hamlet may unsettle for a moment but they do not distort the play At her Peake: a stage career in pictures Michael Billington…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMRoyal Court, LondonRory Mullarkeys land of oddballs and Elgar benefits from a smart production Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMLyttelton, LondonSome great performances cant save Enda Walshs over-hectic, over-written production Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, September 13, 2014
Orange Tree, RichmondDH Lawrences 1914 play is a bracing battle of the sexes Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMBirmingham RepA stage version of the Radio 4 comedy is bit like Steptoe and Son with musical interludes Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMMenier Chocolate FactoryThis revival of Becky Modes frenetic one-man show is a gift for Kevin Bishop Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, September 6, 2014
Almeida, LondonAlecky Blythe's terrific account of the 2011 London riots, using her trademark verbatim dialogue, puts bystanders centre stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMRoyal & Derngate, NorthamptonThis adaptation of Pat Barker's first world war novel is ambitious and vibrant but loses some of the book's crucial texture Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, August 16, 2014
This historic Anglo-Scottish co-production delivers epic sweep but insufficient psychological depth Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, August 9, 2014
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonMaria Aberg's feminist take on Webster's lurid play is undermined by anxious updating Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMDonmar Warehouse, London Vivacity is fringed with loss in Robert Hastie's 'new-minted' revival of Kevin Elyot's drama about five gay men in the 80s Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMRegent's Park Open Air theatre, London Nicola Hughes and Rufus Bond make a powerful leading couple in this glorious version of Gershwin's classic Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSunday, August 3, 2014
Young Vic, LondonBenedict Andrews's revival of the Tennessee Williams classic steams off the revolving set of the Young Vic Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AMSaturday, July 26, 2014
Chichester Festival theatre, West SussexA vivid revival of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus christens a newly refashioned Chichester Festival theatre Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMNoel Coward, LondonLucy Briggs-Owen is a revelation in Lee Hall's clever but sometimes confusing version of the hit Tom Stoppard screenplay Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMHelen McCrory delivers a majestic performance as the vengeful protagonist in Ben Power's new version of Euripides' play Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, July 19, 2014
Oxford University Parks, and touringJuggling slapstick and Greek myths works a treatGiffords Circus packs big ambitions into a little top. Not so much death-defying as life-enhancing, it's a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMBush, LondonFaith drives a family apart in Robin Soans's new dramaIt is not hard to make out the direction of Robin Soans's new play. That is the bad news. The good news is that it has a dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSt James, LondonJohn Gorick is a beguiling Wilde in a smart play that reveals the establishment at its worstSt James had a sell-out success with its week-long (lunchtime and evening) season …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, July 12, 2014
Trafalgar Studios, LondonThe long reach of the play's wildness is diminished in its 1979 office settingThe warnings about Richard III were misleading. The only sonic disturbance I was aware …
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