Southwark Playhouse, LondonMusical set on the prehistoric ocean floor and starring singing yeast particles is a swampy mess This 2007 comedy musical features all-singing, all-dancing particl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMYoung Vic, London Sonali Bhattacharyya intriguingly exposes the exploitative dynamics of the global gig economy through the lens of a Bengali jatra theatre group This drama about the gig eco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMOpen Air theatre, Regent’s Park, LondonThis family musical and adorable puppets will keep the kids happy, but parents might wish they could go walkies Some stories are better known, and lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMKiln theatre, LondonZodwa Nyoni’s hard-hitting play takes us into the mind of Dwight, growing up with his Black British family in 1980s Leeds and in the present day This drama about family…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonThis intimate story of four-way romantic damage gains an extra edge in Clare Lizzimore’s slick revival Patrick Marber’s hit play brimmed with daring when it prem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PMChichester Festival theatreInstantly infectious melodies, superb choreography and irresistible comedy are met with astonishing performances in this lovable show A faithful revival of this 19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33PMLyttelton theatre, LondonSimon Godwin masterfully directs a slick production starring Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan Lovers and fighters convene at an opulent Sicilian hotel, though …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMAvailable onlineFiona Watson plays a GP who is drawn, at retirement, into an immersive game that threatens to swallow her up Odds On is an exemplar of the way online theatre has developed in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMOlivier theatre, LondonThe razor sharp social critique of the original is replaced by nostalgia and strained gags in this toothless transposition of The Rivals Jack Absolute is the comically…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07PMCamden Garrison, LondonFans of the TV series may enjoy the period detail and atmosphere, but this immersive show is frustratingly light on story and drama It is 1921 and the Shelby clan have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AMAlmeida theatre, LondonTom Hollander stars as Boris Berezovsky in The Crown creator’s new drama, which has a show-stealing performance by Will Keen as Vladimir Putin While the urgent real-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonIt can feel exasperating at times but this well-performed 1951 drama offers a smart balance of discomfort and laughs Eugène Ionesco’s single-act play, about a l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMFrom Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence If the theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMTurbine theatre, LondonJJ Green’s play, in which he also stars, contrasts the struggles his autistic hero faces with the rich world of his imagination This debut play about a boy growing u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMHarold Pinter theatre, LondonEmilia Clarke and Indira Varma star in Jamie Lloyd’s stripped-back West End production which asks probing questions about performance Chekhov’s drama about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33AMAvailable onlineA chilling portrayal of the tense encounter between the SS chief and Norbert Masur, a representative of the World Jewish Congress, works well on screen In the dying days of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMCharing Cross theatre, LondonA meeting in a toilet between a republican teacher and the Queen is disappointingly amicable with few laughs Here’s a comedy for those of us who hid from the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMFenton Town Hall, Stoke-on-TrentWily upstart Denry Machin is played with picaresque charm in a witty adaptation of Arnold Bennett’s novel, empowered by the big, vivid sound of a brass band…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonArthur Hughes is the scheming sociopath in a production of magisterial stagecraft that builds to a powerful climax Arthur Hughes is the first di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMBush theatre, LondonThree generations of a working-class Muslim family clash in Ambreen Razia’s meditation on the complexities of motherhood This lean multi-generational family drama explo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonThe use of puppets to portray mob justice is not the only bad call in a play that rarely achieves enough dramatic tension A stranger arrives at a seaside town wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMHaving settled the ‘sound wars’ of their childhood, Ben and Max Ringham reveal how they went from drum’n’bass maestros to prolific theatrical duo Max and Ben Ringham had wildly clash…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMTheatre Royal Stratford East, LondonRousing children’s musical provides a zippy guide to the great women of history that sets toes tapping and young minds alight “What’s a suffragette?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMAmbassadors, LondonTheresa Rebeck’s play follows the relationship between a terminally ill father and a mentally unstable son Theresa Rebeck’s play opens as a dysfunctional father-son dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMThe actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and rose to join Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others explain why we should remember…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMA group of queer, black friends, the Jewish experience, how a British Iraqi saw the Gulf War … as she unveils her radical programme, the artistic director talks about learning from the row…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMPark theatre, LondonAny earnest intentions in this 80s-set coming-of-age tale are ruined by odious vulgarity and lazy, Benny Hill-esque humour This coming-of-age story, set in the kitchen of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMTower Vaults, LondonA thrilling live adventure is marred by moments of bewildering VR in this immersive voyage back to 1605 It may set Harry Potter fans’ hearts aflutter to know that Tom F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonFine acting and lively dialogue save this philosophical play from feeling static as it applies Athenian ideals to modern dilemmas Howard Brenton’s play about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMArcola Outside, LondonSorcha Kennedy gives an astonishing performance as a cycle delivery rider with grand literary dreams Firstly the venue: what a delight this covered wood and corrugated …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMIn the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry This searing, sweaty disco is…
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