Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonJohn Douglas Thomas and Juliet Rylance reprise their New York roles as Othello and Desdemona, while Will Keen is all gripe and snipe as shaven-h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMMarylebone theatre, LondonTwo couples have a sour reunion in Patrick Marber’s production of Nathan Englander’s play, updated from his 2011 short story to include events after 7 October N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMNew Diorama theatre, LondonSisters navigating a harsh immigration process conjure up an unnerving helper in Sonali Bhattacharyya’s drama Sonali Bhattacharyya’s shivery new play begins wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM@sohoplace, LondonNassim Soleimanpour’s experiment in live theatre has a different performer discover the script for the first time each night – but Sheen is especially well suited to it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMAmerican ballerina who defied the odds of her early childhood in wartorn Sierra Leone to perform with top dance companies This was the making of a ballerina. “When I was four years old, a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMKiln theatre, London A familiar romcom isn’t an option for these two young British Muslims, who can’t shut out Islamophobia and public paranoia from their love story The title? It’s a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMWhere does the National send up-and-coming playwrights to have their ideas honed, pulled apart, rebuilt – and turned into dramatic dynamite? Our writer is granted rare access to the hallow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMHolloway Garden theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonGender games, rebirth and affection remain in this 80-minute slash of the Shakespeare romcom, which is stylish but short on invention You expect g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonClive Rowe and Lucie Jones star in Schwartz and Joseph Stein’s tale of a French bakery, given a chamber setting Life should be sweet as our asparagus and ap…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMFinborough theatre, LondonThe last surviving member of a military band shelters from Russian bombardment in Inna Goncharova’s valiant attempt to capture the terrible essence of war As the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMSouthwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonSoulful anthems with hard-knock lyrics cover 150 years of British care system history in a sophisticated show from Lung theatre company We’re a long way…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMBarbican, London Cole Porter’s musical variation on The Taming of the Shrew gets an exhilarating revival, even if the Line of Duty star’s singing is less than sensational Cole…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32PMHuge audiences and even larger livestreams are putting a whole new type of pressure on dancers. Yasmine Haghdi, principal of the Royal Ballet, tell us how Britt Tajet-Foxell fixed more than …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMUstinov, BathAs a woman who has left her husband for a dissolute younger man in postwar London, Greig’s quiet despair compels The torch song Stormy Weather sobs between scenes in this revi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonSara Ryan’s book about justice for her son, who died in an NHS unit aged 18, has been turned into a play with campaigning passion In a church down the road fro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMIt is a fraught time of cuts, rewrites – and alcohol. Our writer goes behind the scenes at The Divine Mrs S just as the official opening night looms and not everyone’s ready to face the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMITA, AmsterdamThe British director of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire makes a gripping debut with the acclaimed Dutch company Julie wobbles into the kitchen, hiding from her own 21st bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMYoung Vic, LondonThe discovery of what could be a painting by Hitler leads to a moral quagmire in Patrick Marber’s punchy staging of Marius von Mayenburg’s play Arrive early, and you’l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMRoyal Opera House, LondonImpressive new work from Joshua Junker and Mthuthuzeli November pushes dancers well beyond the classical repertoire Ballet is a heritage art form that craves renewal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMSadler’s Wells, LondonOn a stage covered in thousands of silk carnations, a beguiling cast of 20 explore fear, fun, control, bunny-hopping and onions, ending ultimately in hope Nelken was …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMQueen’s theatre, HornchurchJonathan Maitland’s drama about the Dr Feelgood guitarist, played by Johnson Willis, is a nostalgic celebration of an Essex legend ‘It’s not a jukebox musi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMDominion theatre, LondonBartlett Sher’s gingerly feminist take on the problematic mid-century musical has superb dancing but is ponderously paced ‘Stories of the east have seldom reached…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PMMarylebone theatre, LondonSamantha Spiro conducts listeners urgently through this horrifying story of a baby thrown in desperation from an Auschwitz train If writing a poem after Auschwitz i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMArcola, LondonTimely revival of Michael Hastings’ unsettling 1956 play that examines the legacy of war on immigrants in postwar London It’s just over a decade since the second world war …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThe incoming artistic director at the NT must lead the institution and the industry, while choosing plays new and old for three stages. The job is a test of nerve and integrity In 1978, Juli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMSwan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonIsobel McArthur gives a giddy fresh spin to Thomas Heywood’s 16th-century romp which sends a Cornish landlady, in her repurposed bar, to sea ‘Not everyth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMKiln theatre, LondonTwo-hander musical matches its wide-eyed hero and sardonic heroine with just the right mix of sugar and sour Here’s a little tale of the Big Apple. Dougal arrives from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMFew things in theatre are more transformative than a wig. But who makes them? Can they really be worth thousands? And what looks best on a beheaded tyrant? We meet the hairpiece heroes and t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonClyde runs a mean sandwich shop, while Montrellous is the sensei of sourdough, in Lynn Nottage’s mouthwatering play Lynn Nottage’s mouthwatering, gloriously perf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13AMWhen a principal at the Royal Ballet asked to adapt his drama about imposed verbal limits, playwright Sam Steiner was all in. ‘There are things dance does better,’ he says ‘Why don’t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07PMWilton’s Music Hall, LondonRichard Cant is superb as Merle Miller who takes a stand against homophobia in this clever retelling of his landmark essay Merle Miller, a distinguished mid-cent…
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