Theatre Royal BathDespite its cleverly conceived monochrome set and some compelling songs, this series of stories from the master of suspense is a letdown Alfred Hitchcock had confirmed his …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMYork Theatre RoyalFun, intelligent and powered by Rice’s joyful whimsy, this playful take on the spy movie is a crowd-pleaser Mistaken identity fires Alfred Hitchcock’s Kafkaesque 1959 s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMWas the second wife of Henry VIII really guilty of the crimes she was beheaded for? Pickett’s award-winning new play takes a sideways look at her downfall – by imagining its impact on ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMOrange Tree theatre, LondonCamaraderie, comedy and a love of the trade shine through in April De Angelis’s group portrait of Nell Gwyn and the other female actors who were the first to be …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThe Other Palace, LondonSarah Cameron-West’s one-woman show switches between inner and outer voices to explore envy, anger and inadequacy We are not given the name of the main character in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonAs a gym-bunny vampire channelling Frank-N-Furter, James Daly leads a superb cast in a gender and genre-inverting romp that lacks bite Before they took on Bra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMArcola theatre, LondonThis firecracker adaptation of the 1990 Johnny Depp film pokes fun at American conservative values in rockabilly songs bursting with biting ironies This musical adaptat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMTrafalgar theatre, LondonAmy Heckerling adapts her own iconic screenplay for a lumbering production in need of more belters from composer KT Tunstall What do you get if you cross a high-scho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMYard theatre, London Jay Miller’s production raises the ghosts of troubled memories with powerful intimacy in this final show before the venue gets a grand refit Tennessee Williams’ semi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMHampstead theatre, London A group of fantasy gamers begin to exorcise their struggles with grief and trauma in a drama with a brilliant set-up Fantasy isn’t factual but it’s true, said U…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMArcola theatre, LondonMadeleine Brettingham’s play aims to unpick male friendships and send up criminal groupies, but it treats the subject of mental health too lightly to make it meaningf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMBarbican theatre, London Thomas Ostermeier’s masterful staging has tremendous performances from a cast including Tom Burke, Emma Corrin and Kodi Smit-McPhee Chekhov described his country-h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMPark theatre, LondonCassie Bradley and Barney White are vulnerable, brittle and finally tender as Violet and Leonard, in Nick Payne’s love story moving through decades Writer Nick Payne e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMLyttelton theatre, LondonIn Michael Abbensetts’ play, elegantly directed by Lynette Linton, characters work, dream, horse around and question the nature of home This breezy comedy by the G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMRoyal Court theatre, LondonA woman living in Gaza rehearses her evacuation drill, should an Israeli bomb fall on her family, in Khawla Ibraheem’s scalding one-woman play If you had five to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMBelgrade theatre, CoventryThere are ideas aplenty in this high-concept musical retelling of Shakespeare, but it gets off to a bumpy start This telling of the age-old tragedy begins with mode…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMThe Other Palace, LondonA concussed contestant causes a stir with her unfiltered protest songs, in this caffeinated monologue performed by Daisy Steere This musical satire of reality TV is a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonGreig breathes compassion into her relation with self-absorbed parent Imrie but their exchanges swim across the decades incoherently A mother lies dying in a hospital…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMStoryhouse, ChesterA disgruntled child enters a parallel universe where he can select new parents. It has a spirited cast, but the songs are simplistic, stompy and uninspired Who could blame…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMTheatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonWith a chemistry that’s as bright as the modern-day costumes in this weird and wonderful show, the actors turn Shakespeare into a giddy house party cum mode…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMBridge Theatre, LondonNicholas Hytner’s production plays like a thriller, while Brigerton star Bailey glitters with feeling in a potently physical modern-dress production Long before Bridg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMTheatre Royal Stratford EastYou believe in the animals completely in this bold adaptation, which, with its seemingly guileless Napoleon, resonates darkly in the here and now Popular among th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMFinborough theatre, LondonA symbolic, stripped-down staging fails to plumb the chilling emotional depths of this story about a Jewish man trying to flee Germany in the 1930s A wealthy Jewish…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PMGarrick Theatre, London A few zingy lines but threesome is lots of talk and no action – in all senses of that word – and peculiarly devoid of passion Throuple might be the current term f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMPlaywrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers A politician bounds on to the stage to t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMPlayhouse, SheffieldTim Foley’s beautifully lyrical script sees two brothers thrashing out their differing memories of a dying father in a drama full of truth, sadness and beauty Two griev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMPark theatre, London This retelling of the princess’s story makes her a formerly radicalised teen stranded in Syria – but the immersive staging often gets in the way The story of Sophocl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMDuke of York’s theatre, LondonThe Captain Marvel star is a magnetic frontwoman in Daniel Fish’s radical rewiring of the ancient play ‘There’s nothing more dangerous to a warrior than…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMPark theatre, LondonAn anonymously delivered box of something unmentionable sends an advertising worker into a spiral in Dave Florez’s comedy A cake box arrives in the post, sent special d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMBarbican, London Frau Trapp’s show, which uses tiny models seen on a huge screen, explores eco-disaster and inequality Presented by MimeLondon, this hybrid show plays out as micro-cinema-t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonInspired ideas abound in Jennifer Tang’s production but, among all the plotting, betting and baiting, it doesn’t quite all come together Shakespeare’s ea…
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