Salisbury Playhouse and touringIan McDiarmid wryly contemplates mortality in his engaging new adaptation of two Julian Barnes short stories “Among the Chinese, the lemon is the symbol of d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMDundee RepA powerful overhaul of An Enemy of the People weaves texts and emails seamlessly into the action Kieran Hurley’s take on Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People was about to go i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMLeeds PlayhouseImitating the Dog’s technical marvel of a show turns an updated version of Bram Stoker’s novel into a live-action graphic novel New Year’s Eve; a police interrogation ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMCrucible Theatre, SheffieldClean Break theatre company and the Crucible join forces in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s worthwhile if underpowered play featuring the music of the Slits Typical Girls…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTheatr Clywd, MoldThe love triangle is gone, the wounds of war still raw in Kaite O’Reilly’s alternately intense and laboured adaptation set in Wales in 1921 Kaite O’Reilly’s new ada…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMYork Theatre RoyalTonderai Munyevu’s semi-autographical show addresses Zimbabwe’s traumatic history with honesty and humour Clothes hang in broken rows above the bare stage (Nicolai Hart…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMCurve, LeicesterAnthony Almeida’s staging is driven by Peter Forbes and Oliver Johnstone, magnificent in the roles of Big Daddy and Brick In this new production of Tennessee Williams’s P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMBarn theatre, CirencesterMichael Morpurgo’s story of a family fleeing Dresden in 1945 resonates today, animated by Alison Reid’s uncanny acting Michael Morpurgo’s 2010 story presents a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMPitlochry Festival theatreAlan Watt is superb in an adaptation of two Chekhov short stories in this pioneering theatre’s fine new outdoor space Pitlochry Festival theatre has been much in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMTraverse 1, Edinburgh; Newhailes House and Gardens, Musselburgh; Pleasance; Assembly Roxy, EdinburghDomhnall Gleeson is outstanding in Enda Walsh’s revelatory new play about attitudes to m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMCoole Park, County GalwayDruid Theatre’s fine production of Thomas Kilroy’s adaptation finds rich resonance in the grounds of Lady Gregory’s Coole Park estate Druid Theatre Company is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMLydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonPhillip Breen’s RSC romp lacks a feel for Shakespeare’s text and fails its female characters – but this new open-air venue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMRoyal & Derngate, NorthamptonApril De Angelis and Lucy Rivers bring 18th-century London to scabrous life in their boozy new musical satire with an excellent ensemble The opening number i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMCrucible, SheffieldWood’s trademarks are all in place in her talent-show debut drama, first performed at the Crucible in 1978, though it feels somewhat dated now The talents that made the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMWatermill, NewburyA green adaptation of Shakespeare’s romcom focuses on the climate crisis, but takes its time to get the blood stirring Duke Senior, banished by his usurping brother, prai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMGrosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterNeither too Disney nor too Kipling, this witty staging also carries an ecological message Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera – Kipling may have created them b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMPiece Hall, Halifax; now touringAmanda Whittington’s new play is a stirring account of a Yorkshire women’s football team playing on despite FA opposition in the 1920s The sky above the e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMTwo sets of neighbours from 2020 and 1942 interact in an entertaining tale of love and endurance If the title leads you to expect hallmark Alan Ayckbourn split set and inventive staging, the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMTheatre Royal Bath and touringThe actor and director gives a compelling performance of the poet’s wartime epic in this solo show What an achievement! Simply to recite TS Eliot’s 1943 poe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMBarn, CirencesterCat Goscovitch’s gripping play explores the Russian troll factory that used social media to manipulate the Brexit vote Manipulation of public opinion to political ends is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMStephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughJulie Hesmondhalgh recounts a tale of rediscovery and romance in a solo show perfect for live theatre’s return Somewhere in outer space, the Actor tells …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMAvailable onlineBased on a fin-de-siecle novel loved by Oscar Wilde, this satanic stage musical has snappy songs and a devilish wit This light, witty, devilishly well delivered “play with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMMick Lally theatre, Galway; available onlineDrawing on her early writings, Colm Tóibín captures the essence of the late Irish poet in this transformative livestreamed production Eavan Bo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMAvailable onlineAs this year’s event goes virtual, five newly commissioned videos showcase the diversity of its artists My heart went out to Jonathan Agnew, having to commentate on England…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMEva O’Connor’s piece about ‘madness, heartbreak and condiments’ loses its bite in this online performance Writer-performer Eva O’Connor describes her latest play, Mustard, as a “…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMCrucible, SheffieldThree fine actors portray more than 35 characters over decades in Mojisola Elufowoju’s impressive production of Oladipo Agboluaje’s new play The bad news is: a second …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMLeeds PlayhouseA fun-filled tale of local authority corruption This new, outdoor show from the innovative company imitating the dog (ITD) is a sanguinary tale of local authority corruption �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMOld Vic, LondonMichael Sheen, Indira Varma and David Threlfall are magnificent in Matthew Warchus’s enthralling livestreamed production of Brian Friel’s 1979 play Does faith healing come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMSt Luke’s Bombed Out Church, Liverpool theatre festival Prejudice and passion powers Maria Paul’s oral history of three white women who married black men in Liverpool 8 Performers are th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMMinack theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall; Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterAn unflappable duo braved the elements in Willy Russell’s comedy drama, while Shakespeare’s crowd-pleaser ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMCrucible, SheffieldDirector Robert Hastie makes the most of the now-nostalgic shared space between audience and cast Writing a review, today, feels strange. Coriolanus was the last performan…
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