Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Crucible, Sheffield Shakespeare's fanciful tale of jealousy and remorse is given a vivid and superbly acted updateThe Winter's Tale is perhaps Shakespeare's ultimate test of an audience's wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMMonday, October 7, 2013
York city centreThis epic, bittersweet drama is staged on the streets of York and follows the first world war's impact on rival chocolate factoriesYork was founded by the Romans, settled by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMThursday, October 3, 2013
Playhouse, LiverpoolHip-hop dialogue features alongside puppetry and a cellist in this gritty tale of tough teenage life beyond the care homeGreat theatre ought to be about taking risks: Liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AMWednesday, October 2, 2013
Royal Exchange, ManchesterArthur Miller's play becomes an account of the African American experience in this flawless production by Michael BuffongThree years ago, Michael Buffong directed a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:43AMFriday, September 20, 2013
Live theatre, Newcastle upon TynePaddy Campbell's production shows the humiliation of untreatable alcoholics in our society's forgotten underclassThere is nothing Live theatre would have wis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AMThursday, September 19, 2013
Coliseum, OldhamBanishing all trace of the departed West End giant, Oldham reclaims Chicago's raw power in a sharp and intimate productionIt is now fairly common to see behemoth Broadway mus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMThursday, September 12, 2013
Harrogate theatreThis obscure Marxist parable of suicide, unemployment and tuba-playing hits a few bum notesLast year's Northern Broadsides reworking of Gogol's Government Inspector was one …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AMSunday, July 28, 2013
Theatre Royal, YorkIt has been a momentous week for the monarchy, with not one but two future kings proclaimed. The first, born in a hospital in Paddington, you already know about; the secon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMTheatre Royal, YorkIt has been a momentous week for the monarchy, with not one but two future kings proclaimed. The first, born in a hospital in Paddington, you already know about; the secon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMThursday, July 25, 2013
Grosvenor Park theatre, Chester"Here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal," declares Peter Quince. I couldn't agree more. In four years, Chester's Grosvenor Park theatre has gro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PMGrosvenor Park theatre, Chester"Here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal," declares Peter Quince. I couldn't agree more. In four years, Chester's Grosvenor Park theatre has gro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:53PMTuesday, July 23, 2013
Grosvenor Park Theatre, ChesterShakespeare is the staple at Grosvenor Park, so it's good to see the repertoire expand to include Edmond Rostand's romance about a cavalier with the soul of a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:11PMThursday, July 18, 2013
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughWomen's rugby is booming – though not in the league inhabited by Scarfield Ladies RUFC, where the female game seems to have become the country's fastest-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMFriday, July 12, 2013
Williamson Park, LancasterIt has been two years since the last of the Dukes' popular walkabout shows in Williamson Park, during which time the authorities seemed to have clamped down on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:26PMThursday, July 11, 2013
Theatre Royal, YorkWhen is a trilogy not a trilogy? When it's a matter of editorial convenience. Shakespeare's disparate collection of dramas dealing with the Wars of the Roses arguably beca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMTuesday, July 9, 2013
The Globe are taking Shakespeare's war plays to their real-life locations – including the bloodiest battlefield on English soil'Look – a molehill!" After scouring a Yorkshire field for t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMWednesday, July 3, 2013
Live theatre, Newcastle upon TyneIn medieval times, the river Tyne was so well-stocked with salmon that some apprentices' contracts specified that they wouldn't have to eat it more than twic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AMTuesday, July 2, 2013
Chester Cathedral, ChesterThe great cycles of medieval mystery plays were based on the 15th-century equivalent of product placement, as local tradesmen adapted the portion of the Bible that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMMonday, July 1, 2013
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough "We always seem to come to this restaurant," says Gerry Stratton, the head of a northern family building firm. "Anniversaries, birthdays – I don't know …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMMonday, June 24, 2013
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsAlthough Kneehigh has been in existence since the 1980s, it was this scintillating deconstruction of pre-Arthurian legend that truly established the company as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMFriday, June 21, 2013
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeWhen the writer and critic William Archer first met George Bernard Shaw in the reading room of the British Library, he had a copy of Das Kapital and the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMSunday, June 16, 2013
Various venues, AngleseyThe small town of Llangefni, on the island of Anglesey, is pregnant with local myths and legend. There's the town clock that once blasted off into outer space; the al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:14PMWednesday, June 12, 2013
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickSo what exactly is the correct pronunciation of Vincent van Gogh's surname? Certainly not the Americanised travesty that rhymes with "tango", or even the English …
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMFriday, June 7, 2013
What do acid-house raves and a century-old bloodbath have in common? Quite a lot, according to Manchester's Library TheatreIn an empty industrial building to the north of Manchester, the 19t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMWednesday, June 5, 2013
Bradford is about to host a live version of Carmen with full Bollywood trimmings. Alfred Hickling hears how the organisers plan to get 3,000 audience members dancing in fountainsA team of bu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMTuesday, May 28, 2013
Crucible, SheffieldWhen Christopher Eccleston was regenerated as the ninth Doctor Who, his assistant couldn't understand why a time lord should have a northern accent. "Lots of planets have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMThursday, May 23, 2013
Crucible, SheffieldAlan Bennett's almost 10-year-old play about a group of bright, northern grammar-school lads preparing for Oxbridge has not wanted for quality revivals. But it has been cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:23PMTuesday, May 14, 2013
Royal Exchange, ManchesterThe Royal Exchange has hit a seam of remarkable young writing talent, having recently presented Rory Mullarkey's disquieting debut Cannibals, and now this Bruntwood…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMWednesday, May 8, 2013
Theatr Clwyd, MoldThere was a time when a set of French windows on stage, and Terence Rattigan on the poster, would signify the most placid and predictable entertainment. Not any longer: the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMThursday, May 2, 2013
Northern Stage, NewcastleIt's curious that Dennis Potter is primarily honoured – in the theatre at least – for one of the slightest pieces he wrote. Originally conceived for the small sc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:05AM 
