Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Joe Sellman-Leava’s dramatised lecture, with droll asides from Dylan Howells, could hit harder at a greater length
The title is a phrase coined by a strategist fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMSunday, August 18, 2024
Assembly George Square, EdinburghGlasgow-based Singaporean d/Deaf writer and actor Ramesh Meyyappan is Harry, who is trying to piece together his life story like an existential detective
Thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMThe Studio, EdinburghÉmilie Monnet of the Anishinaabe of the Canadian Great Lakes and Waira Nina of the Inga of the Colombian Amazon immerse the audience in a ritual of light, sound and son…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMSaturday, August 17, 2024
The Lyceum, EdinburghPart of the Edinburgh international festival, the eight-strong cast of this Peruvian production, who all have Down’s, deliver charisma and fiery energy
Anyone attempti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMFriday, August 2, 2024
Almeida theatre, LondonEline Arbo’s profound but playful adaptation celebrates the multitudes contained within a single life, as big history is embodied by womanhood – including Romola G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMThursday, August 1, 2024
Lyttelton theatre, LondonThe hardship in Steinbeck’s classic Depression-era novel is well captured in Frank Galati’s atmospheric adaptation, but you long for more tension, more to happen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AMKing’s Head theatre, LondonHannah Kumari’s monologue about family angst and teenage isolation has potential, but despite a squealingly spirited performance by Nikhita Lesler, it doesn’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMWednesday, July 31, 2024
@sohoplace, LondonMichael ★★ ★ ☆ ☆ / Delroy ★★★★☆Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’ riotous plays are a little unwieldy in this revival but the antagonised politics remains c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMTuesday, July 30, 2024
Minerva theatre, Chichester Paul Unwin reconstructs the first days of Clement Attlee’s government in 1945 and moves through momentous history without finding a real focus
The economy is in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMSunday, July 28, 2024
Gulbenkian Arts Centre, CanterburyTheatre company 1927 pull off a high-wire act of graphic novel visuals, song, dance, comedy and psychedelic make-believe in this madcap odyssey
This “twis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMThursday, July 25, 2024
Chichester Festival theatre New staging of classic has perfect singing, cute choreography by Matthew Bourne, but rather too little daring – and one show-stealing performance
There are some…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMWednesday, July 24, 2024
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonAn infatuated teenager’s fantasy of saving a star from his fame clashes with the reality of frenemies and family frictions in an operatic plot
Remember how, long b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMTuesday, July 23, 2024
Stage performances have been disrupted this summer by last-minute delays, cancellations and postponements. Is it just a run of bad luck – or a cultural shift?
One theatre audience, already…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMMonday, July 22, 2024
With subjects ranging from the deadly serious to the downright silly, this year’s shows include plays about addiction, politics, funk and Come Dine With Me
“To be or not to be” … tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMFriday, July 19, 2024
Dorfman theatre, LondonThis Pulitzer-winning play delicately explores issues of race, sexuality and masculinity with humour as the main ingredient
A group of Black American men have convened…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PMThursday, July 18, 2024
Palladium, London For all its Broadway dazzle and gags, this musical’s story of midlife bereavement and a second chance at love carries intense feeling
How often do you see an old-style mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMFriday, July 12, 2024
Hampstead theatre, LondonChristopher Hampton’s sleek adaptation of Stefan Zweig’s 1922 novella adds elements of the Austrian writer’s own life
Letter from an Unknown Woman is perhaps S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThursday, July 11, 2024
Watermill theatre, NewburyThe story is thin and slow to emerge but the actor-musicians and acrobats deliver the 1980 circus musical with gusto
The circus begins outside with fire-eating, jug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMWednesday, July 10, 2024
Noël Coward theatre, LondonKit Harington and Olivia Washington star in a charged, often comical drama about the legacy of historical racial violence in three couples’ sexual dynamics
What…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48PMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe hot pink shoes, tights and feathers are wonderful, but this update of the 1777 comedy has no satirical bite beneath its enormous wigs
The ca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMSunday, July 7, 2024
Donmar Warehouse, LondonAn infectious soundtrack and a bubbling script boost Dominique Morisseau’s drama as the spectre of closure looms over the lives of four assembly-line workers
When i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMHarold Pinter theatre, LondonThe sad love story between bereaved piano prodigy Kōsei and free-spirit Kaori is played with verve – but what worked on paper and as an anime TV series stutte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMWednesday, July 3, 2024
Olivier theatre, LondonSimon McBurney returns to direct his 1999 drama and it still fizzes, even if some of the images are more rewarding than the ideas
Remembering is not a neutral function…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMSunday, June 30, 2024
Troubadour Wembley Park theatre, LondonUpdated with references to net zero, the 1984 musical is back on track in all its outlandish glory
What bald-faced audacity led Andrew Lloyd Webber to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMRegent’s Park Open Air Theatre, LondonThis magical production sets the drama against the backdrop of Indian partition, allowing a deft exploration of dual heritage and cultural displacemen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMFriday, June 28, 2024
Political art helps us debate and confront the challenges in our lives. It is also a record we must return to again and again
‘A play should be an act of moral imagination,” said the la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThursday, June 27, 2024
Park theatre, London A doctor, a therapist and the Kennedy brothers are among the characters in this cocktail of facts and fiction
Marilyn Monroe died on 4 August 1962 from a “probable sui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMTuesday, June 25, 2024
Anna Maxwell Martin excels as a good MP, while James Corden’s ex-soldier shows he can be dark as well as funny
A drama featuring a face-off between an MP and a constituent outraged by the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMFriday, June 14, 2024
Coronet theatre, LondonThis gnomic production of Churchill’s 1997 play, about a couple awaiting their daughter’s return, is packed with confusions and curveballs
In Blue Heart, a pair of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThursday, June 13, 2024
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Blanche McIntyre’s Midas-touched production is set in the present day and finds delirious comedy in its class divisions
This lesser-staged Sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTuesday, June 11, 2024
Jermyn Street theatre, London Adrian Lukis’s self-penned one-man show revisits the character he played in Pride and Prejudice on TV in 1995, but doesn’t discover much
Those who …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM 
