★★★★ MR GUM & THE DANCING BEAR, NATIONAL THEATRE Subversive family musical Madcap and menace as Andy Stanton adapts his cult children's books for the stage A great hunk of rottin…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:48AMAndy Stanton adapts his cult children's books for the stage, delivering madcap characters, comic irreverence and flashes of real menace A great hunk of rotting meat hangs centre stag…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:06PMConor McPherson meets Bob Dylan in the Depression-era dustbowl with disconnected resultsPlays with songs in, or more precisely plays with famous songs in, can feel like the uncanny valley of…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:04PMPost-modern cabaret star plays mischief with the ghosts of Brighton’s historic Theatre Royal Dream palace, cesspit and church; celebrated, mopped (by Marlene Dietrich, no less) and fucked:…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:36AMWorld premiere of Siddhartha Bose's new play empties seats by packing too much inA whacking great story has gone largely untold in British theatre: the legacy of colonialism in India, i…
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