Monday, November 27, 2023
London venue’s online collection of performances dating back to 1956 will be free to use for writers, directors and the public
The Royal Court has launched a free digital archive of every…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMSaturday, November 25, 2023
DARK BEFORE THE DAWN To emerge with any redemptive sense from Joe Hill-Gibbins’ spare, scorching rather brilliant production, it helps to remember that Henrik Ibsen, after…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:21AMFriday, November 24, 2023
ANY TOIL AND TROUBLE WAS WELL WORTH IT Everything a child could want is here: the dark thrill of imagined orphanhood, a quest, baddies , jeopardy and jokes, bouncy musical spectacle, …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:30AMThursday, November 23, 2023
Actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown said non-London crowds ‘have a real hunger for a good night at the theatre’
The actor Dominic West has extolled the virtues of regional theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMSiblings, a Soldier from Ukraine and a New Prince: Children are the heart of this New York City Ballet classic. We hung out with four in this year’s production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AMWednesday, November 22, 2023
April De Angelis comedy, to be premiered in Hampstead, explores life of actor at a time when married women were ‘legally dead’
She was known as the Queen of Drury Lane and the first trul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMGOLDSMITH BEATEN LIGHT AS AIR Nice symmetry in Tom Littler’s decision to set Oliver Goldsmith’s 1773 comedy in the Wodehousian Jazz Age: the Georgians, with their boozy monarch…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:43PMMonday, November 13, 2023
The artist Liz Magic Laser considers quaking as both a symptom and a cure for psychological distress in “Convulsive States” at Pioneer Works.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:29PMFriday, November 10, 2023
FLAT WHITE AND WOEFUL If you’re going to splash out on a visually arresting finale of assassination, a vivId fire destroying a Norman tower and a lyrical monologue about Lenin,�…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:10AMECHOES OF DARKNESS Jews gather, laughing and chattering, offering a toast as they run down the aisles to settle downstage for a Passover meal with candles, prayers and the ancient ques…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:55AMThursday, November 9, 2023
FAR MORE THAN A SNACK Caught this late, and it’s much reviewed and almost sold out. But it’s worth saying in a brief word here that if you buy a return as I did, you are in luck.…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:58PMTuesday, November 7, 2023
A QUEEN WHO NEEDED QUEENS The curtain rises on the Clarence House garden room in 1979, where the Queen Mother held her eccentric little court. Much gilding, unreasonably many oil …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:58PM WHEN WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD…. Sometimes you have to rely on a team with multiple comedy awards to hold a mirror to society and move your heart. This is by Richard …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:13AMThursday, November 2, 2023
DIANA AND THE DECEIVER Jonathan Maitland did a superb play for this theatre about Thatcher and Howe, “Dead Sheep”, and one on Jimmy Savile which was far more telling and cathartic than t…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:42PMWednesday, November 1, 2023
SCIENCE FANTASY AND HONEST EMOTION I don’t normally indulge in first-night anecdotes, but feel I should mention that in the big wedding scene Joanna Woodward tossed her bouque…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:23PMAGATHA STRIKES AGAIN This is Extreme Agatha Christie, her most preposterous (and bestselling) plot and one of the most murderously morbid (NB the final moments of the staging are no…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:59PMIn the early 1960s Bill Kenwright and I were both in the National Youth Theatre. His broad Merseyside accent provided a high point during our production of Richard III. It’s hard to do pho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMTuesday, October 31, 2023
MEMORIES OF A MAVERICK It’s an immersive show, in that you buy a drink in the cramped saloon of the old pub on Greek Street, find a corner, and ideally fall into conversation with anoth…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:20PMWHILE THE REAL ONE RUNS…. With the Covid Inquiry surging along in a froth of accusations and curses and scandalous Whatsappery, it was hard to resist a hasty day-return to Harry Davies’ …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:12PMSunday, October 29, 2023
Venues across the UK closed over building safety fears sprinkle a little magic to keep their shows on the road
Every good pantomime needs a menacing villain to threaten all the fun, and this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMFriday, October 27, 2023
The US author of Sex and the City will appear on stage in London in early 2024 before going on a UK-wide tour
Candace Bushnell, the real-life Carrie Bradshaw, is bringing her one-woman show …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMTHE FIRST WITCHFINDER, NOT WITHOUT LESSONS FOR TODAY This is remarkable, Joanna Carrick’s best and deepest play yet, following her acclaimed Reformation trilogy. In its sm…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:44AMWednesday, October 25, 2023
A MOTHER’S LIFE, A SON’S PERSPECTIVE Sometimes it is almost useful to be a day late (sorry, tied up yesterday) because it gives a chance to read other people’s take on the play you s…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:25AMFriday, October 20, 2023
GENIUS, REALPOLITIK, RELIGION In days of horrifying conflict there was quite a jolt in a confrontation between Stephen Hagan’s resplendently silver-suited Frederick the Great a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:16AMTuesday, October 17, 2023
PROPERTY RAGE FROM ANOTHER AGE Here’s a curiosity from 1972; an early , rarely-seen Caryl Churchill play revived with dashing elegance under the Jermyn’s Artistic director Stella Pow…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:18PMGRIM AND PURE BY THE DOCKS, PITY AND POETRY The lawyer Alfieri, prowling in memory round Arthur Miller’s stark tale of immigrant longshoremen on the 1940’s Brooklyn docks, speak…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:12PMMonday, October 16, 2023
A LEARNED FRIEND REMEMBERED Rumpole of the Bailey is occasional comfort-viewing in our house, thanks to Talkingpicturestv repeats. John Mortimer’s portrait of the old barrister a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:12AMFriday, October 13, 2023
Agatha Christie takes center stage in a can’t-miss Theatreworks SIlicon Valley production written by Heidi Armbruster and directed by Giovanna Sardelli, "Mrs. Christie" deftly weaves toget…
SOURCE: splashmags.com at 11:02AMITS THE PICTURES THAT GOT SMALL? Not if Lloyd can help it. It felt strange to see this in the bowels of a gala-night Savoy, only a week or two after our local arts centre showed the 1950…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:16AMThursday, October 5, 2023
Oak floorboards discovered at St George’s Guildhall, King’s Lynn, believed to be only surviving stage from Shakespeare’s time
Boards trodden by the Bard have been discovered under laye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AMMonday, October 2, 2023
While many criticise content guidance in art and literature, others argue they help people make informed choices
When a London theatre decided to warn potential audiences about strong langua…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM 
