Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Palais Garnier, ParisJessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple’s Arena spills off the stage while Morau’s equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers
What a joy to find Jessica …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMA letter from 15 critics to the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh condemns ‘divisive move’ that saw non-Scottish publications excluded from reviewing the musical’s press night
Theatre critics …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThe stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee’s classic, directed by Marianne Elliott
Gillian Anderson is to return to the West E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMFriday, March 6, 2026
Actor who won a Tony award in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical will reprise the role for West End debut
Leslie Odom Jr, who originated the role of Aaron Burr in Hamilton on Broadway, is to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMTuesday, March 3, 2026
Ted Lasso star and Celebrity Traitors finalist will take the helm at Royal Albert Hall ceremony in London next month as special award recipients are announced
Nick Mohammed has been named as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMMonday, March 2, 2026
Arts Depot, LondonTwo new friends attempt to protect a cherished tree from destruction in Tatenda Naomi Matsvai’s evocative play for young audiences
Two stories are entwined in Tatenda Nao…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMSunday, March 1, 2026
The composer’s new album features tracks from Hamlet and Everyman, while The Importance of Being Earnest with Ncuti Gatwa has a free week on YouTube
Dom Coyote says “electronics, acousti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31AMThursday, February 26, 2026
Hannah Doran’s The Meat Kings! (Inc) of Brooklyn Heights and Ro Reddick’s Cold War Choir Practice declared joint winners of award for female, transgender and non-binary writers
The Susa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMWednesday, February 25, 2026
In Josh Safdie’s film, the worlds of sport and stage are aligned – with the stakes higher for Gwyneth Paltrow’s former screen star, now on Broadway, than Timothée Chalamet’s hotshot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThursday, February 12, 2026
Sadler’s Wells, LondonTanztheater Wuppertal’s dancers treat the audience like lovers in an entrancing show of seductive elegance
Pina Bausch had a pair of secret weapons in Matthias Burk…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMMonday, February 9, 2026
Shadowy urban terror gives way to airborne exuberance as the festival celebrates its 20th edition with a programme that disturbs and delights
Suited dancers swing around a streetlight in Spa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMSunday, February 1, 2026
Nima Taleghani’s debut play brings a raucous Greek chorus to the Olivier theatre, while Judi Dench has an enchanting Twelfth Night reunion
The National Theatre’s new artistic director, I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMWednesday, January 28, 2026
Olivier award-winning West End production will follow US example and be trimmed to make it ‘more accessible than ever before’
For almost a decade it has been the most epic fixture in Wes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMWednesday, January 14, 2026
The singer will reunite with her Wicked co-star in a revival of the musical inspired by artist Georges Seurat in summer 2027
Wicked co-stars Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey are to reunite …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMThe Place, LondonIntriguing works by Seirian Griffiths, Qi Song and Isadora D’Héloïsa explore in-between states in this month-long showcase of the future of dance
Each evening at the Pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMMonday, January 12, 2026
Little Angel Studios, LondonTwo children’s books by Benji Davies are adapted for an attractive production that would benefit from a bit more raucous fun
Who wouldn’t like to be beside th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMMonday, January 5, 2026
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London A revival of the Wicked composer’s 70s medieval-quest musical brings magic and joy but malevolence is missing
Once upon a time, long before Wicked became …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThursday, January 1, 2026
James Corden got his ticket to Hollywood after this first-rate farce. Plus: the biggest stars in musicals gather for a night of big hits and breakdancers interpret Bach’s baroque music
Ric…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMTuesday, December 16, 2025
Soho theatre, London Lauren Lyle and Alexander Arnold make a compelling pair in a surprising drama about a one night stand
It is set on a summer morning in Edinburgh during the festival but …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMMonday, December 15, 2025
Apollo theatre, LondonMischief Theatre return to the am-dram battlefield, turning the Victorian tale into a blizzard of bruised egos and expertly timed farce
In the interval, I hear a newcom…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMFriday, December 12, 2025
Inspired by the scary film franchise, playwright Levi Holloway and Punchdrunk maestro Felix Barrett are bringing the ‘bizarrely joyous’ world of terror to the stage
Malevolent spirits be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMThursday, December 11, 2025
Norwich Theatre RoyalThere are eye-popping designs, playful puns and musical flourishes as Joe Tracini’s story unfolds on its own madcap shoreline
Here is a sun-kissed panto to dispel any …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMWednesday, December 3, 2025
Egg theatre, BathThe puppet star of a popular children’s show has been multiplied for this entrancing new adventure
The Egg theatre has made a tradition of festive plays about inquisitive …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMTuesday, December 2, 2025
Inspired by the series of irreverent comic books by the Captain Underpants creator, the show will run at the Southbank Centre in 2026
Dog Man, the half-canine crimefighter dreamed up by Capt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMMonday, December 1, 2025
Rufus Sewell, Christine Baranski, Susan Wokoma, Toby Jones and Harriet Walter share their unforgettable encounters with a theatrical giant
I worked with Tom when I was quite young, on Arcadi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMUnicorn theatre, LondonThis exuberant adaptation of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s picture book moves with the rhythm of a child’s racing imagination
Never mind what’s hidden inside the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMGigglemug’s musical revisits 1991’s cake-or-biscuit VAT dispute, John C Reilly gets romantic and Beauty and the Beast rock out
Is it a cake or is it a biscuit? That’s the juicy questio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMThursday, November 27, 2025
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme A fresh telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s story deploys circus skills and inventive design to create a memorable merworld
The Little Mermaid is big…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMTuesday, November 25, 2025
Stephen Poliakoff’s 1991 film Close My Eyes, about incestuous siblings, echoes as the actors return in David Eldridge’s End, playing a couple facing a cancer diagnosis
First there was Be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMFriday, November 21, 2025
The West End show’s former lead actors will travel back in their careers to share the role with its current star for the 1985 film’s anniversary
Audiences at the West End musical Back to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMTuesday, November 18, 2025
From Chicago to Stan & Ollie, the Oscar-nominated actor has sung on screen for years. Now he arrives on stage – inside a trunk – to serenade the audience
In one of Hollywood’s nice…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM 
