Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Billy Crystal’s musical about a fading comedian, a female Faustus and a revival of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate Hamed and Hessam Amiri’s s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMCritically acclaimed and now boasting an Oscar nominee, the Almeida’s Tennessee Williams production will move to the Phoenix theatre in spring The Almeida theatre’s sold out production o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:25AMKing’s Head theatre, LondonChloe Rice and Natasha Roland deliver a playful two-hander about the wild west, power structures and the costs of theatre Like Dolly Parton sang in 9 to 5: it’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMRoss Willis unveils his new play Grim Brenda, Nancy Medina takes over at Bristol Old Vic and Sung Im Her has all the right moves. Here are 10 of theatre’s brightest talents today Somewhere…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, a festival of mime and a rock’n’roll panto Before she embarked on Bridgerton, Adjoa Andoh starred as Richard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThe Succession star will play James Tyrone, another patriarch of a dysfunctional family, in Eugene O’Neill’s drama Succession star Brian Cox, who plays mogul Logan Roy in the HBO family …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMBush theatre, LondonSmartly directed and superbly acted, Margaret Perry’s funny and moving play follows a group of women working for an essential oils franchise Let’s start with the scen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMBrixton House, LondonPoltergeist theatre company send Alice into the underground in this offbeat adaptation with tube-inspired nonsense language Alice adventures not in the traditional wonde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThe Belgian dance-theatre company love to create unnerving environments – and are set to put the apocalypse on stage. They talk about their taboo-trouncing shows Knock, knock. Who’s ther…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMSmith will take on the role of ‘theatre’s best-loved mum’ in Willy Russell’s play in London in February Sheridan Smith is to return to the West End stage next year in Willy Russell�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMTroubadour Wembley Park theatre, LondonThis show about young New York paper-sellers has stirring anthems and screwball energy, even if it lacks emotional and political depth Newspaper hawker…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMPatsy Ferran will take over from Lydia Wilson when the London production opens a week late, alongside co-stars Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan London’s Almeida theatre has cancelled the first…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMThe star formerly known as Cheryl Tweedy will play Jenny, who believes her new home is haunted, in the hit play by Danny Robins The former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl is to follow in the foots…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove’s epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas “I never think about the audience until the last days before we …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PMPolka theatre, LondonCharles Way’s farce has squabbling siblings, festive karaoke and a cranky rodent as a family tries to keep their pet shop afloat In children’s theatre, little ideas …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AMUnicorn theatre, LondonPlaywright Yasmin Joseph and director Ola Ince team up for a drama that captures the warmth of a family reconnecting in Jamaica Here’s a new play with so many fun id…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMDominion theatre, LondonChoreographed candy cane twirling and funny moments from the Will Ferrell film don’t save this show from being a bland corporate Christmas experience Son of a nutcr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMAuthor Hanya Yanagihara and director Ivo van Hove adapt ‘mesmerising’ story about effects of child abuse for London stage An adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel A Little…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMShe starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights while eight months pregnant and played Cinderella’s stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s abruptly closed musical. Now Hamilton-Barritt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMWritten by Jack Thorne and directed by Sam Mendes, The Motive and the Cue is about the famous 1964 production of Hamlet and will open at the National Theatre Johnny Flynn is to play Richard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMThe festival will celebrate 40th anniversary in 2023 with London shows featuring the actor talking to Rob Delaney, plus host of standup acts Just for Laughs, the comedy festival that began i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMHope Mill theatre, ManchesterEuphoric songs are delivered with splendour as the duo’s musical finally gets its European premiere, with a fantastic lead performance by Grace Mouat A foot in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMIn our third set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we hear from Eclipse in Leeds, Oldham Coliseum and Hexham’s Bloodaxe Books Organisation…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMIn our second set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we hear from Balbir Singh Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia and Little Bulb Organisati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMHer cat-tastic stage show is a riff on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical that swerves into emotionally raw territory. The Edinburgh fringe sensation talks about trauma, taboos and the importan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMIn the first of a series of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we consider the view from the Watermill theatre, Welsh National Opera and Pai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMThe actors will bring a revival of Sam Steiner’s 2015 play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons to London, Manchester and Brighton, directed by Josie Rourke Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes Alan Ayckbourn’s 87th play, live performance from Ukraine and lost showtunes The Bridge theatre’s big Christmas show from 2021, based on Ph…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMThe production, beginning next February, will be directed by Dominic Cooke for @sohoplace in London Sophie Okonedo is to star as Medea at the new West End theatre @sohoplace in a production…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMEveryman theatre, Cheltenham This adaptation of the postwar caper has its moments but lacks the adroit humour and tautness of the film Ealing Studios’ 1951 comedy of bowler-hatted banking …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMMJ the Musical, based around the making of the singer’s 1992-93 Dangerous world tour, won four Tony awards in New York A new musical about Michael Jackson that has been feted in New York y…
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