Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, EdinburghThe enthralling Canadian company offer up a fast-paced but often jarring show that treats Shakespeare like the Super Bowl Here is a twist o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghVoloz Collective’s satirical thriller set during the subprime mortgage crisis is staged with style but has little emotional impact Who needs a load of props w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43AMUnderbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh The real beasts – not the internet kind – have come to teach us their ways, learn human stuff and dish the dirt on billy goats It’s not easy being green. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PMAssembly Roxy, EdinburghNoirish onstage scenes between a couple are shown on a live feed which only makes fitful sense in this mysterious production A gun rests on a shiny serving platter at…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMtheSpace @ Surgeons Hall, EdinburghNalini Sharma makes an engaging fringe debut, using clowning skills and audience participation in a show inspired by her hospital stay “What’s your fav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMBedlam theatre, EdinburghIn this comic two-hander, uptight Terrence is hawking a prehistoric children’s show when he’s forced into collaborating with upfront Tri-Sarah-Tops Is the Edinbu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMSummerhall, EdinburghRowland’s beautifully crafted show considers his, and our, little lives in the context of the Bard’s words Content warning: the next hour, James Rowland tells us, ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMZoo Playground, EdinburghUS actor-writer Griffin Kelly proves a performer to her fingertips with this highly physical comedy show For the first few minutes of Griffin Kelly’s playful solo …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:04PMThe Scissor Sisters singer will play the Emcee while Self Esteem will make her theatrical debut as Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s Olivier-winning musical The musicians Jake Shears and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMNcuti Gatwa stars in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Zadie Smith relocates Chaucer to Kilburn, plus dance, storytelling and fringe drama It’s seven years since Emma Rice swung into Shakesp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AMThe I Should Be So Lucky singer will play a ‘specially created character’ in the touring show which will feature a string of pop hits by the songwriting trio Kylie Minogue is to step ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMSatire by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg will open next year at the Young Vic in London which will also revive Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming Patrick Marber is to direct a new play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMA disco king hits the dancefloor, Beatrice and Benedick’s romcom gets a feminist framing and Lear faces dystopia as the revered rep company returns in full force Drive west of Toronto for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AMTom Patterson theatre, Stratford, OntarioAntoni Cimolino directs a sophisticated and stimulating production of Eduardo De Filippo’s funny yet poignant play It starts with a carefree round …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMOur roundup of the drama to enjoy at home in July includes a glorious adaptation of the Laura Esquivel novel and Saoirse Ronan in The Tragedy of Macbeth Food and forbidden love are at the c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49AMThe West End actor says the Shakespearean role has ‘the disastrous consequences of ambition’ in common with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “They think me Macbeth,” sings Reuben Josep…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37PMWith dozens of installations from around the world, the quadrennial returns to bring the Czech capital an extravaganza of performance design ‘Hello stranger.” This cheery neon greeting, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMThe pair will star in a revival of Neil Simon’s marriage comedy Plaza Suite, which transfers from a hugely successful Broadway run Sarah Jessica Parker is to make her West End stage debut …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AMThe great American playwright, who made her Broadway debut last year aged 91, recounts what happened when she adapted a John Lennon book for Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre In the mid-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMUnicorn theatre, LondonConstantly surprising, this fresh take on the ‘it’s behind you!’ routine leaves its young audience asking ‘how did they do that?’ Suppose you put on a play a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMOur roundup of drama to enjoy at home includes the National Theatre’s Pearl Cleage revival and David Tennant taking on the Scottish king for the first time Lynette Linton’s consummate Na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMThe stage version of the much-loved sitcom, which finished on TV 25 years ago, will be written by the duo behind the original series and feature several members of the original cast Snooty n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMIn the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed Richard Marsh has clearly see…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMThe singing, dancing and acting superstar originated some of the best roles in musicals – yet none of it would have happened had she not fallen through a table at the age of nine The one a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMConceived by the artistic director of Birmingham Rep, Sean Foley, the award will be open to all with the winner receiving £25,000 A new playwriting prize dedicated to comedy has been launch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMFinborough theatre, LondonFrom childhood pets to octogenarian friends, playwright Jacob Marx Rice addresses mortality in a warm and thoughtful play RIP Buster. He’s in a better place where…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThe actor, who has previously starred as Hamlet at the Young Vic, is to play Lady Macbeth among a wave of star-powered Shakespeare productions this year Cush Jumbo is to play Lady Macbeth th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe musical will close on 4 June, after receiving mixed reviews from US critics and failing to receive a nomination at the Tony awards Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella is to close on B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMMinerva theatre, ChichesterAmy Herzog’s play about a grandmother surprised by her grandson is given a contemplative staging by Richard Eyre Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins were fully …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMBush theatre, LondonThe actor makes his debut as a playwright with a richly detailed character study, performing with warm humour and outrage at injustice ‘Have you seen Theresa May dance?…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMFrom The Secret Life of Bees to The Marvels, she is the choreographer everyone wants. The Jamaican dynamo talks about turning humans into horses, turbo-charging TV debates and a dream Bob Ma…
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