Sunday, July 28, 2024
Palladium; Dorfman; Lyric Hammersmith, LondonImelda Staunton turbocharges a wondrous West End revival; a heart-warming tale of gay masculinity takes kitchen-sink drama to the next level; and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMSunday, July 21, 2024
Crucible, SheffieldAn excellent cast and clever use of movement add up to a fine revival of Mike Bartlett’s 2012 version of the film, directed by Robert Hastie in his final season as the C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMSunday, June 16, 2024
The latest play from the writing duo focuses on the landmark 1997 climate conference in Kyoto, Japan. During rehearsals, they talk about the importance of consensus, and the challenges of tu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSunday, April 28, 2024
The star of Homeland and Tár on performing In The Cherry Orchard at the Donmar, working with Cate Blanchett, her Green party upbringing, and acting in a second language
Nina Hoss, 48, is a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMSunday, March 31, 2024
Gielgud theatre; Prince Edward theatre, LondonSheridan Smith captivates, if the songs don’t quite, in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s new musical, while Christopher Wheeldon and Lynn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMSunday, March 24, 2024
Lyric; Garrick, LondonIn a great week for monologues, Rachel O’Riordan directs a superb cast of three in her unmissable revival of Brian Friel’s 1979 classic, while Bridgerton’s Charit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThe award-winning actor, best known for her roles in The Silent Twins and Time, on learning from her characters, writing poetry and trying to live in the moment
As an actor, Tamara Lawrance,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMSunday, February 18, 2024
Lyttelton; Theatre Royal Haymarket; Old Vic, LondonLindsay Duncan and co create a living period piece in Dodie Smith’s rarely performed marvel of a family portrait; Sarah Snook’s one-wom…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSunday, December 3, 2023
The Shakespeare virtuosos are about to share a stage in a modern-day version of the Scottish play. Fresh out of rehearsals, they discuss PTSD, childhood ambition and what makes them angry
Da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMSunday, November 26, 2023
Olivier; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse; Kiln, LondonThe youngsters steal the show in the National’s terrifying gothic Disney Roald Dahl; a fine cast are stranded in Ibsen by candlelight; and a b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMSunday, September 24, 2023
Old Vic; Barbican; Park theatre, LondonPatsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel are delightfully word-perfect in Richard Jones’s first-rate Shaw revival; Belarus Free Theatre fuse fairytale and real…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:13AMSunday, September 17, 2023
Royal Exchange, Manchester; Jermyn Street, London; Orange Tree, RichmondPip becomes Pipli in Tanika Gupta’s colonial Indian take on Dickens; Caroline Quentin and daughter are a dream team …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMSunday, August 13, 2023
Almeida, LondonThis huge community collaboration tries to put a positive spin on the difficulties of ageing, helped by a wonderfully rebellious script
In 24 (Day): The Measure of My Dreams, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55AMSunday, August 6, 2023
Royal Opera House, LondonThere’s less gravity defying, more gravitas as the Cuban star makes a dazzling return to the Royal Opera House in a seamless show of crowd-pleasing highs
When the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:37AMSunday, July 23, 2023
Dorfman; Royal Court, London; Chichester Festival theatreGillian Slovo’s new verbatim play about the 2017 tragedy is overpowering theatre that doubles as activism; a comedy of iPhone-fixat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:43AMSunday, July 16, 2023
Harold Pinter theatre; Young Vic; Barbican; Hampstead theatre, LondonMark Rylance mesmerises as the tormented Hungarian doctor; Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new satire is all too timely; Kyle Ramar …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMSunday, June 4, 2023
Lyric; Ambassadors; Park theatre, LondonA superb cast, including opera star Danielle de Niese, elevates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s plodding 80s musical; Maureen Lipman gives a one-woman masterc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMMonday, April 24, 2023
As the RSC’s artistic director steps down after an illustrious and radical 35 years and 50 shows, he talks about the productions he’s most proud of, his new memoir, and the loss of his h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMSunday, April 2, 2023
Barbican; Lyric Hammersmith; Southwark Playhouse, LondonComplicité’s masterly take on Olga Tokarczuk’s eco-thriller is unforgettable; Daniel Rigby excels in Fo’s all too timely classi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, March 12, 2023
Everyman, Liverpool; Noël Coward; Bush; Wyndham’s, LondonA revival of Caryl Churchill’s female power play has yet to settle; Paul and Prue become song-and-dance naturals; a fab four get…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMSunday, February 19, 2023
The singer and musical star on her role as suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst in a hip-hop stage show, her contempt for the home secretary and her ambition to play Aretha Franklin
Beverley Knigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMSunday, December 4, 2022
Lyttelton; Royal Court, LondonOpposite Giles Terera’s dynamic yet vulnerable Othello, Rosy McEwen’s forthright Desdemona is a revelation. Elsewhere, a personal tale of the Iraq war that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMSunday, October 2, 2022
Based on interviews by Jonathan Freedland with 12 British Jews, this verbatim play directed by Vicky Featherstone disturbs and frustrates
This brave and necessary show was conceived, accordi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMSunday, September 25, 2022
Kiln; Yard; Bush, LondonMoira Buffini’s damning satire imagining the Queen’s weekly meetings with Margaret Thatcher acquires poignancy; James Macdonald directs Chekhov in outer space; an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMSunday, September 18, 2022
Almeida; Hampstead; Young Vic; Apollo, LondonFamily celebrations go pear-shaped in Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s mischievous new play; Richard Eyre’s writing debut falls mysteriously flat; and Gabr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMSunday, August 7, 2022
Lyric Hammersmith; Shakespeare’s Globe; Kiln, LondonPatrick Marber’s four-way passion play still adds up; Sean Holmes takes enjoyable liberties with his party island Tempest; and the hea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMSunday, July 31, 2022
Young Vic; Regent’s Park Open Air; Gillian Lynne, LondonGlobalisation’s effect on an Indian factory makes for touching drama; Douglas Hodge’s new Dodie Smith musical is spot on; and a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, June 12, 2022
Lyric Hammersmith; Park theatre; King’s Head theatre, LondonEven Timberlake Wertenbaker can’t quite ignite Racine’s tyrannical hero; Harry Hill’s New Labour musical is a gag-filled j…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMSunday, March 20, 2022
Barbican; Ambassadors theatre, LondonThe exiled Belarus Free Theatre offers a frightening, timely vision of a divided Europe, and Taron Egerton brings emotive power to Mike Bartlett’s expl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSunday, March 13, 2022
Royal Exchange, Manchester; Almeida; Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonStef Smith’s Ibsen update can’t quite match the original for its sense of dread; the mystery play gets a Covid-era re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMSunday, February 13, 2022
The musical theatre star on her new tribute show to Stephen Sondheim, her unconventional upbringing, and her happiest song…
Maria Friedman, 61, is a singer, actor and director who has a na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM 
