In 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMWatermill theatre, NewburyThis fast-paced comedy mashup of the great Victorian novelist sends up Britishness with oodles of silliness Some may already know this ticklish literary comedy from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMDictating to the Estate uses documentary evidence to tell a story of everyday heroism and scandalous political neglect While the nation commences its parties for the Queen’s Jubilee this w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMLyric Hammersmith, LondonTimberlake Wertenbaker’s take on Racine’s version of ancient Rome is replete with power-crazed emperors, deadly poison and juicy family politics Rome might have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMDuke of York’s theatre, LondonTennessee Williams’s story of yearning, passion and despair never puts us under its spell in Jeremy Herrin’s production Tennessee Williams’s narrator be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMUstinov Studio, BathA strong creative team featuring Lindsay Duncan and Hilton McRae cannot bring this dreary revival to life August Strindberg’s 1900 drama of marital drudgery and torment…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMThe Globe, LondonThe sexy makeover with dildos and inflatable testicles doesn’t work and the text additions only highlight the disjointedness It is rare to see this history play get an o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMKiln theatre, LondonFamily dynamics and toxic masculinity are explored in Marina Carr’s riveting version of the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra The story of Clytemnestra is not quite a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMRegent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonAn overhaul of the original’s gender politics, plenty of Gen-Z touchpoints and a big dollop of kitsch make this musical an irresistible cocktail He…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMArcola, LondonA tender series of vignettes explore family dynamics in Norris’s personal play, but it needs some grit in the oyster Barney Norris has written a personal play about family li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMAfter her show-stealing turn in the Steven Moffat drama, the actor is returning to comedy with his play The Unfriend. She talks about why funny women intimidate men, her daredevil partner �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37AMRoyal Court, LondonSet two decades into the future, in Palestinian territories that are still occupied, Sami Ibrahim’s play is a startlingly bold tragicomedy and a furious call to action D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37AMHampstead theatre, LondonSatinder Kaur Chohan’s all-female play raises serious issues affecting women in London’s south Asian community, but the confused, sitcomy tone is frustratingly l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PMAvailable onlineThe music and visual effects dazzle in this 2018 update of Sophocles’ tragedy from the Classical Theatre of Harlem It is ironic that this production reconceptualises Sophoc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMColiseum, LondonEliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins are back in a time capsule of nice frocks, great tunes and comic bickering – but it’s solid not spectacular This garlanded production of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMAlmeida, LondonBeth Steel’s ambitious new play follows the Webster family over decades, with Duff as a thwarted singer This is an intergenerational family drama, inspired by Greek myth, wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AMHampstead theatre, LondonQuestions of consent, violation and trauma go unanswered in this stolid staging of Naomi Wallace’s oblique drama The Breach is packed full of shocks. A story of d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMBrighton festivaldreamthinkspeak’s timely new production on inequality and abuse of political power offers its audience a choice: complicity or compliance? We are instructed to meet at a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMJermyn Street theatre, LondonSmart, funny adaptation of Woolf’s exploration of multiple selves is pint-sized but faithful, and Taylor McClaine is excellent as the titular lead A list of pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMSoho theatre, LondonFeaturing scintillating performances, Stephanie Martin’s play sidesteps schmaltz with bold and sharply original verve This is a girl-meets-girl story of two women flirt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMBush theatre, London A family gathers following a son’s death to tackle unfinished business provoked by cultural tensions and an absent father, in Beru Tessema’s absorbing play House of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMBarbican, LondonWhile the emotional complexities remain, Ivo van Hove’s high-octane makeover featuring unrelenting pyrotechnics and riveting performances is a visual epic The fires are bei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMDorfman theatre, LondonGentle comedy leavens David Eldridge’s sequel about a couple mired in the swamps of regrets and resentments ‘What’s wrong?” says a husband to his wife when he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMA two-star show has the potential to be turned into a five-star hit – as I learned on a recent trip to the Royal Court I went to see a play for the second time recently and changed my mind…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonViSiBLE Theatre Ensemble’s play underexplores the effects of insomnia on its characters, who deliver a series of fragmented monologues A play about insomnia is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMGlobe Theatre, LondonLucy Bailey’s ambling production of Shakespeare’s comedy, set in northern Italy on the eve of Mussolini’s defeat, exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMApollo theatre, LondonProblematic gags limit the power of Jez Butterworth’s layered drama about myths and Englishness but the lead performance still astonishes Full disclosure: I did not l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMThe actor’s response to criticism of The First Lady is astonishingly thin-skinned and misses our role in building dialogue and serving readers It’s hard to see your idols torn down unfai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMHarold Pinter theatre, LondonThe Killing Eve star makes a masterful West End debut in Suzie Miller’s play about sexual assault and the legal system Jodie Comer’s West End stage debut is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMAvailable onlineWorking-class history and a young woman’s story combine in this audio drama from the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Keli is a three-part audio drama about brass band contests and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThe playwright reflects on the importance of difficult conversations, putting female characters centre-stage and reading a Greek tragedy a day to write The House of Shades In 2016, Beth Stee…
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