Thursday, September 19, 2024
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonJames Macdonald’s production sacrifices tension for slapstick but ultimately delivers pathos
Samuel Beckett’s 1953 tragicomedy about two woe-begotten men w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMLeeds Playhouse Revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s play follows a family struggling against the odds and delivers a message of hope
When Lorraine Hansberry’s debut play premiered in 1959, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMFriday, September 13, 2024
Bush theatre, London Waleed Akhtar speeds through a 20-year alliance between two British Pakistanis rather too quickly to unfold its rich implications
Waleed Akhtar’s last, Olivier-winning…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThursday, September 12, 2024
Garrick theatre, LondonToby Marlow and Lucy Moss have created powerhouse tunes about friendship, family and heartache but this story’s romantic woes are often routine
Two writers of musica…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06PMLyric Hammersmith, LondonRachel O’Riordan directs a new version of the play about the rehabilitative force of theatre in colonial Sydney
The curtain is a union jack, opening on to uncultiv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMMonday, September 9, 2024
New exhibition, named after ‘theatrical encyclopedia’ Gabrielle Enthoven, showcases British stage history from the Restoration to Fleabag
She was an avid collector of playbills, programm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMSunday, September 8, 2024
Arcola theatre, LondonA trio of friends reconvene in their home town to play together for the first time in two decades
Band reunions seem to be in the air, or one band’s, at least. Here i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMFriday, September 6, 2024
The Yard, LondonWhile its subject matter is powerful, the story of three split selves is too disconnected to follow, with one scene jumping to another and not joining up to form a whole
The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMWednesday, September 4, 2024
Old Vic, LondonPassion and art are dissected in tricksy style in a production that manages to wrongfoot the audience
There are several circularities drawn around what is real and what is par…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMSunday, September 1, 2024
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonInspired by urban legends and Afro-surrealism, Tife Kusoro’s spooky tale of three schoolchildren pursued by unknown forces is an audacious original
A hand curls…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMThursday, August 29, 2024
@sohoplace, LondonThe final part of Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’ trilogy is a bold, brash reflection on racism and working-class identity but the tone is too screamy for the tension to bui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMTuesday, August 27, 2024
Why Am I So Single sets dating angst to music; more Hollywood stars hit the West End; and a Brummie dance trilogy reaches its finale Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMFriday, August 23, 2024
The Studio, EdinburghFiction and reality blur in this unruly but utterly engrossing show, which blends documentary and theatre – and will stay with you long after you have left
There seems…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghActor-playwright Libby Rodliffe plays plate-spinning Bea, desperately working several jobs, in a monologue co-written with Isley Lynn
Jobsworth is billed as a r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMThursday, August 22, 2024
Lyceum, Edinburgh In David Ireland’s complex two-hander, co-starring Sean Gilder, a troubled youth is persuaded to join the 12-step programme by a former addict
There are few certainties i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh A polemical show blends powerful audio recordings of those at the sharp end of the austerity economy with distracting stage business
This drama’s title allud…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMWednesday, August 21, 2024
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Maddie Lynes’ play subtly tracks a sibling relationship across the decades, sliding between flashbacks and the present day
Three Sisters Productions is a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMUnderbelly, Bristo Square, Edinburgh Emma Taylor gives magnetic life to a spectrum of mansplaining and rage but these scenes don’t quite build towards a bigger vision
A fast sequence of sc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMPleasance 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 05:06AM 
