Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonDirector Patrick Marber and a multitasking ensemble put on an irresistible revival of Mel Brooks’ musical satire
Who could have predicted that a musical tri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMSunday, December 8, 2024
Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesMarian and Robin plan to steal Prince John’s gold in this musical take on the Sherwood adventures
Robin Hood’s adventures in Sherwood are fused with Chr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMNational Theatre, LondonNoel Streatfeild’s classic about three adopted sisters who go to stage school is spirited, spiky and spectacular
Noel Streatfeild’s classic 1936 novel about three…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMThursday, December 5, 2024
Dominion theatre, LondonIt is dressed to impress and has powerhouse singing from Vanessa Williams but this retread of the hit book and film rings hollow
‘Go big or go home” seems to be t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12PMTuesday, December 3, 2024
Nottingham PlayhouseThis uplifting production feels both improvised and polished, with John Elkington’s Dame Daisy camping it up to perfection as Jack’s mother
It’s not often that a la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMSunday, December 1, 2024
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonThere are spirited singalongs aplenty and fun and games with audience interaction in this warm and colourful panto – albeit not a lot of complexity or c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMFriday, November 29, 2024
Royal Court theatre, London As reprisals against Pakistani men suspected of abuse rage outside, one family is trapped at home where we are sped through the many issues this raises
The drama …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMLyttelton theatre, London Gatwa’s Algernon brings delightful mischief to a high-camp production pointing up the classic Victorian comedy’s subversive queerness
Oscar Wilde’s final pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMSunday, November 24, 2024
Kiln theatre, LondonIt’s the actors who carry Dan McCabe’s play about New Yorkers in the music business, which combines gentle comedy and social satire with a rap battle
Two Black men a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonThere’s charm and warmth aplenty in this updated version of the classic Christmas show, despite a script that’s short on magic
A wonky romance sits at the heart …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMFriday, November 22, 2024
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonChelsea Walker’s sleek production wavers between comic and dramatic as it charts a kind of love triangle
How does a modern-day production tie up the loose th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18PMThursday, November 21, 2024
Watermill theatre, NewburyA stupendous cast, outstanding stagecraft and delightful songs prove how thrilling an old story can become in the right hands
This musical incarnation of the classi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMTuesday, November 19, 2024
New Diorama theatre, LondonSam Ward’s 90-minute romp through French history could be a five-star show, but in its current state it is too convoluted and incoherent to grasp
How do revoluti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMFriday, November 15, 2024
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Nikki Cheung impresses as the girl who loves dancing so much she’s carried away by her shoes, but Nancy Harris’s script frustrates
Hans Christian Anders…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PMThursday, November 14, 2024
Arcola theatre, LondonFour interwoven stories set in 2043 explore love, connection and AI. Their ideas are beautifully written but dramatically truncated
The year is 2043 and the world’s d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMWednesday, November 13, 2024
Park theatre, London The real-life story of Frankie Lucas, a fighter spurned by Britain’s boxing establishment, is wrenchingly sad but loses power in this telling
Frankie Lucas might not b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMTuesday, November 5, 2024
Theatre’s boom season offers puppy puppetry, hungry houseplants and fresh spins on Dickens, Dumas and Disney
Royal and Derngate theatre, Northampton, 7-31 December Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMMonday, November 4, 2024
What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThursday, October 31, 2024
Theatre Royal BathTwo one-act plays explore mid-century loneliness, exclusion and sexuality in a fine production starring Nathaniel Parker and a scene-stealing Siân Phillips
This handsome…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMWednesday, October 30, 2024
Gate theatre, LondonSanaz Toossi’s intimate play follows a group of friends during the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and beyond as they get married, have children and experience loss
Two dram…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMTuesday, October 29, 2024
Noël Coward theatre, London Adding a fourth role to Peter Sellers’ three turns in the classic film, the comic excels in a fun yet unadventurous adaptation
Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satire,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMFriday, October 25, 2024
Hampstead theatre, LondonTwo sides of the same event are explored in Richard Bean’s drama – one haunting, one comedic – but they don’t really fit together
There is a tension from the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMThursday, October 24, 2024
Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London A 15-year-old’s bereavement is tackled with ‘can-do’ American energy, a tremendous score and wickedly barbed lyrics that keep the schmaltz in check…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMWednesday, October 23, 2024
The Belgrade theatre, CoventrySet in a family-run Jamaican eaterie, Daniel J Carver’s potent drama explores across three generations what it is to be a Black British man
Outside, race riot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMWednesday, October 16, 2024
Trafalgar theatre, London Zinnie Harris’s version of the Jacobean play makes potent points about power but is hamstrung by an overbearing production
John Webster’s revenge tragedy contai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMWyndham’s theatre, LondonOpening in a campaign room on election night, Robert Icke’s modern retelling is riveting from beginning to end, the formidable leads supported by a stellar ensem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMTuesday, October 15, 2024
Birmingham RepA boy is bullied when he’s cast as Nancy in the school play – but bland songs and generic characters keep the story stuck in single gear
This musical, about a boy’s comin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18PMThursday, October 10, 2024
Donmar Warehouse
Oscar winner makes London debut in Lindsey Ferrentino’s busy play that sometimes lacks intensity
As true crime stories go, Nick Yarris’s tale is stranger than fiction an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMRoyal Court, LondonOli Forsyth’s play about a honeymooning couple caught up in a disaster is let down by unconvincing dilemmas and characterisations
In its setup, this is an edge-of-the-se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMWednesday, October 9, 2024
Lyttelton theatre, LondonEvery performance is compelling in this rivetingly naturalistic modern-day reworking of Antigone, written by Alexander Zeldin
This modern family psychodrama bills it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSunday, October 6, 2024
Gielgud theatre, LondonRylance is entertainingly Chaplinesque as a dissolute husband in Seán O’Casey’s 1924 tragicomedy, but Succession’s J Smith-Cameron is its heart and soul as the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PM 
