Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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 story a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Critically 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 of A …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:25AM[SHARE]Friday, January 20, 2023
King'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's en…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Ross 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 b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 1, 2023
Our 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 II a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2022
The 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 dram…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Bush 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 scene ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2022
Brixton 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 06:54AM[SHARE]The 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 there? I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AM[SHARE]Friday, December 9, 2022
Smith 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's 1986 co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 8, 2022
Troubadour 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 08:03PM[SHARE]Patsy 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 w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The 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 11:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Our 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 perf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Polka 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 can …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AM[SHARE]Monday, November 28, 2022
Unicorn 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 idea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 24, 2022
Dominion 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 nutcrac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Author 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 Life …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2022
She 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 has b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Written 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 11:03AM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2022
The 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 03:18AM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2022
Hope 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 inju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 16, 2022
In 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
Organisations he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Monday, November 14, 2022
In 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
Organisation…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM[SHARE]Her 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 importance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 10, 2022
In 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 Paine…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 8, 2022
The 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 are …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Our 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 Philip…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2022
The 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 05:55AM[SHARE]Everyman 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 an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AM[SHARE]Monday, October 17, 2022
MJ 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 yet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE] 
