Friday, November 12, 2021
Hampstead theatre, LondonThis version of the day-in-a-life book, directed by Katie Mitchell, achieves the same lingering power using a quartet of actors
Towards the end of Rebecca Watson’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMThursday, November 11, 2021
Chichester Festival theatreThe actor revisits his life and craft – not least playing Hercule Poirot – in neat but affecting touring show
Has Ian McKellen started a trend? To mark his 80…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
The Egg, BathWith a brilliantly physical performance from Ebony Feare, this toe-tapping show for over-sevens doesn’t shy away from the stage star’s tough times
It took Josephine Baker f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMFriday, November 5, 2021
Jermyn Street theatre, LondonPacing endlessly and rocking towards the big sleep, Siân Phillips and Charlotte Emmerson’s performances make this evening deeply affecting
This no-frills cell…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMFriday, October 29, 2021
Drapers’ Hall, CoventryPunchdrunk Enrichment’s site-specific project for children aged six to 11 turns a historic building into a secretive library
On the way to The Lost Lending Library…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMThursday, October 28, 2021
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonIt is spirited and witty, with superb puppetry and comedic performances, but this new musical’s songs don’t stay with you and the messages a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMMonday, October 25, 2021
Returning to the stage to play Faye Treadwell, formidable manager of the Drifters, the singer and actor explains how she faced down sexism and racism to forge her own career path in Britain
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMWednesday, October 20, 2021
HighTide’s Inventing the Future weekender will feature six new scripts that playfully consider serious subjects, says artistic director Suba Das
A sense of joy and playfulness is vital for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMSaturday, October 9, 2021
Carrie Hope Fletcher is the star of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella; Oliver Ormson is in Disney’s Frozen. The pair discuss romance, musicals and returning to the stage amid theatre’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMFriday, October 8, 2021
Mercury theatre, ColchesterWendy Kweh plays Creon as a politically minded queen in Merlynn Tong’s adaptation steeped in grief and decay
The chorus has been banished, the cast of five has n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMWednesday, October 6, 2021
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffThe true story of a family forced to flee the Taliban and seek lifesaving health treatment in the UK brings the search for home movingly to life
This true sto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMMonday, September 27, 2021
Dorset’s Inside Out festival brought audiences closer to nature with rock star-guided rambles, dirt-digging dances and a globe suspended in woodland
Have you held a seashell to your ear, i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMWednesday, September 22, 2021
Theatre Royal PlymouthBouncy songs explore three patients’ experiences in this ambitious and spirited show about the health service’s history and current crisis
As audiences return to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMWednesday, September 15, 2021
A newly rereleased documentary captures tense scenes in the studio for the 1970 musical’s original cast recording – and reveals much about the songs and their singers
After a six-week tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMMonday, September 13, 2021
Hollywood actor will perform at Duke of York’s theatre, London, as Amanda Wingfield in one of Tennessee Williams’ most autobiographical plays
The Hollywood star Amy Adams is to make her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMSunday, September 12, 2021
Hampstead theatre, LondonSet during the strange, out-of-time days between a death in the family and the funeral, Shelagh Stephenson’s 1996 play precariously balances riotous humour and pat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMFriday, September 10, 2021
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic director has taken compassionate leave to look after his husband, the celebrated actor
The actor Sir Antony Sher has been diagnosed with a termina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMWednesday, September 8, 2021
Arrival, co-created with the local community, will take audiences on a journey around the historic industrial area set to welcome City Hall
When the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, completes t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMMonday, September 6, 2021
Comics including Romesh Ranganathan pay tribute to ‘caring and terrific’ standup, whose death from cancer has been announced
The comedian Phil Jerrod, known for his richly lyrical observ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMSunday, September 5, 2021
Dystopian Trojan war play The Burnt City at site of Royal Arsenal will be company’s costliest and most ambitious immersive piece
The immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, celebrated for cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMFriday, September 3, 2021
Orange Tree theatre, LondonAthol Fugard’s portrait of two lovers defying an apartheid-era ban on interracial sex crackles with tension
In Athol Fugard’s best-known play, Sizwe Bansi Is D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMMonday, August 30, 2021
Marlowe theatre, CanterburyThis stage update adds new songs to the much-loved movie caper but despite deft illusions it lacks sparkle and eccentricity
Well, hocus pocus and substitutiary loc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMWednesday, August 18, 2021
Gillian Lynne theatre, London
Bewitching melodies abound as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s terrifically OTT but warm and inclusive musical finally arrives
Delayed by a year because of the pandemic,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMBill Bailey, Lee Mack, Harry Hill and Diane Morgan are among the fellow comics who have paid tribute to Lock, ‘an absolute genius’, who died at home from cancer, surrounded by family
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, August 16, 2021
The Line of Duty actor will play Claudius and the Ghost when the postponed play opens next month
Adrian Dunbar is to join Cush Jumbo in the Young Vic theatre’s production of Hamlet which, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMThursday, July 22, 2021
The outdoor theatre company will cover more than 12,000 miles this summer, visiting more than 60 venues. Guardian photographer David Levene joined the Macbeth road trip
The Covid-19 pandemic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMWednesday, July 21, 2021
Red Rose Chain will present Macbeth at the pop-up playhouse on the site of the greatest British archaeological discovery of the 20th century
A new outdoor theatre is to open next summer at S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMTuesday, July 20, 2021
Amid widespread cancellations of performances, theatre unions and trade bodies say ‘a vital industry’ has been let down
Theatre unions and trade bodies claim the UK government has “let…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMMonday, July 19, 2021
The composer calls it ‘a devastating decision that will affect the livelihoods of hundreds of people, and disappoint thousands’
Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced the cancellation of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMA revival of The Browning Version at Riverside Studios has been called off after cast members’ illness and self-isolation disrupted rehearsals
A major summer theatre production starring an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMFriday, July 9, 2021
Jermyn Street theatre, London There are squabbles, strained smiles and domestic mishaps in Keith Waterhouse’s spin on the Grossmiths’ classic
Mr Pooter declares himself disgusted by “a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM 
