Available onlineThree monologues, told from a Black British perspective, tackle subjects ranging from distrust of the medical system to the gentrification of Brixton These three audio dramas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMDanny Boyle’s Matrix-inspired spectacular opens in Manchester, Succession star Brian Cox returns to the stage and standups Maisie Adam, Guz Khan and Catherine Cohen are on tour More from t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonHannah Khalil’s lo-fi retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s 1844 story cleverly weaves in humour, carols and a contemporary lesson on woodland conservation …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMAvailable onlineTony award-winning musical about an ageing TV star trying to revive his career has a slow-burn power that brings serious drama to the zinging comedy Buddy Young Jnr was once …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMWatford Palace theatreThis lacklustre reframing of the fairytale as a talent show veers into a pantomime version of Phantom of the Opera This is not Beauty or the Beast as we know them: Bell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMIn a superb year for the stage, our chief critic gives 10 shows an extra round of applause. Plus, Guardian theatre reviewers each pick their 2022 standout • More of the best culture of 202…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM@sohoplace, LondonMartha Plimpton and the whole ensemble shine in Shakespeare’s nuanced romance interwoven with sign language and song A piano, prominent on an otherwise empty stage, is a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMSouthbank Centre, LondonParton’s music is as warming as ever but a snowfall of schmaltz and minimal menace make this Dickens adaptation sickly sweet Here is Scrooge and his crew as we have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMHampstead theatre, LondonThere’s some promising material in this tale of a struggling Lebanese American family – but too much story for the play to successfully contain A patron saint of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMDramatising the latest watercooler story doesn’t guarantee you box-office success. The stiffest competition may come from reality’s own high drama Just before the curtain came up on Vard…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMRose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesCharles Dickens takes to the stage and Ebenezer Scrooge is a woman with a moving backstory in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation As fine a festive treat as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTheatre Royal Brighton Panto finds dame and co-star John Bishop in need of a boost and better jokes, though song and dance performers give it unruly energy If you only come for Ian McKellen,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMYoung Vic, LondonA strong cast cannot conceal the thinness of this superficial account of South Africa’s great liberator This musical about the extraordinary life of the South African free…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMDorfman theatre, LondonApril De Angelis’s comedy about a leave-voting entrepreneur in a gentrified area has echoes of Abigail’s Party and Educating Rita – except all the characters are…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMOlivier theatre, LondonNo theatrical effect is spared in this emotional show, which returns to Charles Perrault’s grisly and grief-ridden fairytale for inspiration This musical twist on Sl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMSherman theatre, CardiffAs the characters in the classic tales revolt against their narrative bounds, a zesty cast make this imaginative rewrite very nearly brilliant It’s fitting that a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMPark theatre, LondonSam Hoare’s one-hour monologue, half of a double bill, is tense and engaging in its story about the dangers of eroding press freedoms A hustler stands by his pint and t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMPark theatre, LondonOliver Yellop’s East Berlin drama, half of a double bill, captures the claustrophobia of digging under the Wall, but never quite breaks free Two cousins are desperately…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMLyttelton theatre, LondonGiles Terera stars in a thrilling production with a radical climax that explores the domestic violence in Shakespeare’s play In 1964, the National Theatre Company …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMNoël Coward theatre, LondonThe 1968 debate between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr is depicted with verve and feels uncomfortably up-to-date Could a grainy broadcast debate between two …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMAs You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic Arifa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMRoyal Court, LondonA British Iraqi and her father re-enact his wartime memories under the direction of three ghoulish clowns in a daring if uneven debut There are searing moments in this tal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32PMMarylebone theatre, LondonThere’s only one sleuth in Victorian London who can get to the bottom of the suspicious death of Ebenezer Scrooge, in this winning crossover mystery This is Sherl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMWyndham’s theatre, LondonLaura Dos Santos and Lucy May Barker are excellent as the frenemies in a queasy verbatim drama From the moment Coleen Rooney dropped her Instagram post (“It’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMAvailable onlineTwo actors share the role of Maya, telling stories of her absent sibling and the illusive title character which are unresolved but compelling This is a bracingly odd 30-minu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonClive Judd’s Papatango-winning play about a West Midlands family haunted by the past is unorthodox and invigorating It is hard to categorise this unorthodox and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTheatre Royal BathGeorge Bernard Shaw’s discomfiting play finds a commanding lead in Quentin, playing alongside her real-life daughter Rose It is clear to see why George Bernard Shaw’s 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonThere’s tension in Terry Johnson’s tale of four couples meeting for sex and nibbles but the unruly debate isn’t deep enough At first, The Sex Party look…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMOmnibus theatre, LondonAnna Coombs strips out two-thirds of the characters to deliver an intimate and intense adaptation of Shakespeare’s play There is no sign of courtly pomp or ceremony…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMHampstead theatre, LondonJoe White’s romantic tragedy is a brave and original depiction of the hedonistic excess and inner battles of a co-dependent couple struggling with alcoholism The c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMWhite Bear theatre, LondonInspired by real-life accounts, Jules Chan’s play returns the audience to the early months of the pandemic but doesn’t create enough drama This part-verbatim dr…
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