Saturday, 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMOld Vic, LondonArthur Miller's play resonates without any updating in Yael Farber's powerful stagingI went to The Crucible half-expecting the director Yael Farber to have shifted the action …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, July 5, 2014
Lyttelton, LondonBillie Piper excels in Richard Bean's hot-off-the-press satire on greedy MPs, foul-mouthed journalists and sleazy coppersThe really good thing is that it's here. Rat-a-tat s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, June 21, 2014
Wyndham's theatre, LondonRemarkable performances from Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy imbue David Hare's 1990s-set drama with fresh resonanceFor nearly 20 years, I have been arguing with Skyli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, June 14, 2014
Almeida; Donmar Warehouse, LondonMr Burns fails to ignite at the Almeida, but Turgenev and Brian Friel prove a dream team at the DonmarWhen it comes to The Simpsons, I have the enthusiasm of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, June 7, 2014
Shed, London; Barbican, LondonPolly Stenham brings vicious violence to the Shed, while the persecution of Soviet Jewry is remembered at the Barbican Susannah Clapp gives five stars to Intima…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMUstinov Studio, Theatre Royal, BathThe British premiere of Lynn Nottage's 2003 subtle play is marvellous, examining what intimacy really isThe Ustinov Studio is making history. Lynn Nottage …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, May 24, 2014
A week in which male reviewers provoked a storm by calling opera singer Tara Erraught 'unsightly' has provoked a much-needed debate on sexist attitudes in arts criticismBelow, women in the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMRegent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonTimothy Sheader's revival of Arthur Miller's postwar shot at the American Dream struggles to recover from a sluggish first halfWith Miss Saigon playing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMPrince Edward, LondonThe hugely popular musical is back with its blaring, terrible songsNot so much a musical as an applausathon. Here is a famous duet: much clapping. Here is a swanky Ameri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, May 17, 2014
Everyman, Liverpool; Royal Exchange, ManchesterFour bereaved siblings wallow in the past in the terrific Hope Place, while Lily Cole is a graceful if small-voiced Helen in Simon Armitage's d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, May 10, 2014
Laugharne, CarmarthenshireThe small community that inspired Under Milk Wood hosts an intriguing but whimsical tribute to the wayward Welsh bardTo begin at the end. In the graveyard at Laugha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSaturday, May 3, 2014
Hampstead; Southwark Playhouse, LondonThe Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon is a triumph for Ray Davies and Joe Penhall. And orphans bring snot and fury to SouthwarkSunny Afternoon rocks Hampste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, April 26, 2014
Donmar Warehouse; Lyttelton, London; Watford PalaceJames Graham's electrifying new play, Privacy, could change your online lifeThere is no need to keep this a secret. Privacy is electrifying…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, April 19, 2014
Dekker and Middleton's Roaring Girl fails to hold her own at the RSC against two of Shakespeare's most thoroughly male dynastic dramasThe RSC is no longer alone with Shakespeare. The Globe i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, April 12, 2014
In Mike Bartlett's fine new play at the Almeida, the Windsors acquire Shakespearean depths, while the ravages of a rock-star life dazzle at the Royal CourtThe Queen is dead; Charles is about…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, April 5, 2014
Shed; Theatre Royal, both London; Tobacco Factory, BristolPoor lives make for rich drama at the Shed, while Goldie excels as a Jamaican gang leader at Stratford EastSome of the most striking…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, March 22, 2014
Gielgud, LondonThe Broadway veteran plays a magnificently dotty Madame Arcati in this remarkable production of Coward's glacial comedyShe strides on in plaid tweeds, and shimmies around in a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMSaturday, March 15, 2014
Everyman, Liverpool; West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Twelfth Night doesn't quite echo the newly revamped Everyman's sense of swagger. In Leeds, Anya Reiss's updating of Wedekind is a winnerR…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMSaturday, March 8, 2014
Hampstead; Donmar, London; Royal Exchange, ManchesterImelda Staunton is whip-sharp in a great new US play about class. Peter Gill roots his drama in argument. And Orlando fliesThere are no s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSaturday, February 15, 2014
Almeida; Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonOrwell's 1984 comes to tremendous, hellish life. And Joan Littlewood's satire still bitesIt is hugely ambitious to put this dystopia on stage. Ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04PM 
