Sunday, February 8, 2015
The Drum, Theatre Royal, PlymouthA mother and daughter fall out over an employer’s motive in a shapeless play set in austerity-era Spain Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01AMCitizens GlasgowFilter’s co-production of the Scottish play arrives soundtracked with bangs, whooshes and tinkles Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, January 25, 2015
The Octagon, BoltonColin Connor is magnificent in this production of Arthur Miller’s modern classic Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, January 18, 2015
Number One First Street, ManchesterFemale identity and the first world war are among the subjects explored at the ninth celebration of the local fringe scene Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, January 4, 2015
Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonThomas Dekker’s tale of love and power among the artisan classes of 16th-century England has amazing resonance Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02AMOrange Tree, RichmondThe playwright sugar-coated his lively critique of the evils of the housing market that remains all too relevant todayThat people should face eviction so that others can…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, December 28, 2014
Royal Exchange, Manchester This theatre-in-the-round staging of the schlocky horror musical is hard to faultTheatre-in-the-round has been called “the ultimate challenge” (as an unrelated…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, December 21, 2014
Theatre Royal, YorkDame, damsel and villain camp it up, courtesy of the longest-serving Christmas team everIt’s not just the jokes that are worked to death: three little words in the progr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSaturday, December 6, 2014
Curve, LeicesterPaul Kerryson’s final show combines picture-book wholesomeness with a message for the darkest of times Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, November 29, 2014
Chichester Festival theatrePatricia Routledge and Edward Fox carry this revival of Wilde’s 1895 ‘play of modern life’ Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, November 22, 2014
Octagon, BoltonA bright new adaptation of Lewis Carroll is at its strongest when it stays true to the original Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, November 15, 2014
Crucible, SheffieldThe effects of the miners strike on a family are explored in a production that is powerful but ultimately contrived Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, November 1, 2014
Royal Lyceum theatre, EdinburghA fine new production of Sue Glovers 1991 play looks at the plight of 19th-century female agricultural labourers with a sometimes sentimental eye Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PMSaturday, October 18, 2014
Dukes, LancasterLove, war and video cameras fight it out in Imitating the Dogs multimedia adaptation of Hemingways novel Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, October 11, 2014
Sherman Cymru, CardiffDespite fresh and lively performances, period language and modern behaviour clash to mixed effect Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, October 4, 2014
Lantern, LiverpoolThis play about the 1972 building workers pay dispute uses music, poems, puppets and dialogues to re-examine the history of a so-called conspiracy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, September 27, 2014
Victoria Baths, ManchesterStaging Shakespeares tragedy in a swimming baths might have seemed like a good idea, but the production quickly gets into deep water Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghDC Jacksons comedy thriller is lively, deadly, wordy and seriously out of puff by its disappointing ending Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, September 20, 2014
Emma Adamss play, drawn from the experiences of older people, makes ageing look scary but fun Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSaturday, September 13, 2014
Stephen Joseph, ScarboroughAlan Ayckbourns experimental playlets are moving and hilarious but their fragmentary nature often hobbles the drama Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, September 6, 2014
Viaduct, Halifax and touringThis production of Oliver Goldsmith's 1773 comedy is absurdly funny but they need to turn down the volume a touch Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, August 30, 2014
Royal Lyceum; The Hub; King's theatreTwo takes on war employ different media and disciplines to connect with the past, while a noir tale of corruption scuppers itself with technical trickery…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMChichester festival theatreRichard Bean's new account of the Bounty's mutineers is vivid but untidy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMSaturday, August 16, 2014
Theatre Royal, BathA fine cast rescues a melodramatic new adaptation of Thérèse Raquin Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMUstinov Studio, BathAn emotional struggle between three cousins has more to it than meets the eye Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, July 26, 2014
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughAlan Ayckbourn's tale of fiction coming to life makes an inspiring leap from page to stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, July 19, 2014
Williamson Park, LancasterHilltop, woodland and lake are the perfect setting for Zosia Ward's vivid retelling of multiple fairytalesHansel and Gretel may get top billing at the Dukes' annual…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, June 28, 2014
Everyman, Liverpool; Great Llancayo Upper Wood, MonmouthshireAn updating of The Beggar's Opera and a retelling of a first world war battle are undone by dramatic formOne of the glories of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMMonday, June 23, 2014
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickBrendan Murray's tale of family reunion makes dramatic capital from the premise that blood ties are often a mixed blessingA small kitchen and a cluttered sitting-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMSaturday, June 14, 2014
Warwick Arts Centre and touringA celebration of people who experience synesthesia has 'the qualities of a Beethoven late quartet'Sometimes there are conundrums (conundra?). I loved this new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMSaturday, May 24, 2014
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsPanned on its release in 1980, this comedy of working-class northern life remains unconvincingAlan Bennett's play about a family in an about to be demolished b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM 
