Thursday, May 8, 2025
From a New Forest giant inspiring an asthmatic teen to a herd of animal puppets walking to the Arctic Circle, theatre far and wide is taking action – but with energy and optimism, rather t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMWednesday, May 7, 2025
Young Vic, LondonA guest star – here, a delighted Jessie Buckley – is fed their script during the performance in this now two-decade-old revelation of theatre-making
An Oak Tree unpicks …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMSunday, April 13, 2025
Riverside Studios, LondonKeelan Kember’s latest is so full of funny one-liners and cheerful performances it feels like a comforting sitcom
Breezy conversational chatter, dry one-liners and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMThursday, April 10, 2025
Soho theatre, LondonWhile navigating the rocky aftermath of death, Naomi Denny’s Sienna sees her sibling everywhere in this simply told but warm reflection on grief
Grief does not come wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMSunday, February 16, 2025
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonChekhov’s claustrophobic drama is perfectly suited to this intimate venue, with moments of humour leavening the heartbreak
The flowers spelling out Irina’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMWednesday, February 12, 2025
Royal Court theatre, LondonA wonderfully precise ensemble cast make this sci-fi vision of resurrection and immortality stab directly at the heart
What makes a life? Kandinsky theatre company…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMWednesday, January 29, 2025
King’s Head theatre, LondonThis satire stars co-writers Harriet Chomley and Sophie Robertson as estranged friends who meet in therapy
Muscular writing is required to overcome the cliches o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMTuesday, January 28, 2025
Tickets for the interactive theatre company’s last show are almost impossible to score, though if you get one there’s a chance you’ll have your mind blown. But what exactly is it? The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMFriday, January 24, 2025
Camden People’s theatre, LondonThe storyteller completes his trilogy of soft, stark shows with an hour of sweet, scatter-gun observations about how we live
If you had an hour, just an hour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMThursday, January 9, 2025
This year sees the city celebrate its rich, diverse creativity. Magician Dynamo, AKA Steven Frayne, and director Kirsty Housley discuss collaborating to shine a light on the arts of their ho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMSunday, December 8, 2024
Globe theatre, LondonAt just under an hour this bright and silly production misses the grisly bite of the Brothers Grimm’s original fairytale but there is much for kids to enjoy
Sugar-indu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, November 25, 2024
When a scene calls for violence, it’s combat choreographers who prevent actors coming a cropper during the action. They explain the rules of stage conflict
Philip d’Orléans points the s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMMonday, November 11, 2024
Do you fancy a weekend sword fight or touring a castle dressed as a laundress? Volunteers devoted to ‘living history’ events explain their enduring appeal
A horse in colourful medieval g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMSunday, October 20, 2024
Park theatre, LondonIt is a treat to see this kaleidoscopic meditation on stories and the nature of time brought to the stage, even if at times the play struggles to hold the full weight of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWednesday, September 25, 2024
Kiln theatre, LondonThis Q&A-based delve into the politics of vaccination is a fascinating, thorny and sometimes wilfully opaque take on a divisive topic for our times
Rob Drummond tells…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42PMSaturday, September 14, 2024
Under his leadership, the theatre has become a hothouse for innovative, and sometimes controversial work work. On the eve of his departure, he looks back over his ‘three acts’ in the lim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMFriday, August 16, 2024
From The Diary of a Teenage Girl to her latest stage role, the actor is drawn to projects about the tangle of sex and the messy parts of relationships
Bel Powley is not a good liar. “I hav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMThursday, August 15, 2024
Globe theatre, LondonThe Egyptian queen’s court communicates in sign language in Blanche McIntyre’s production, giving physical shape and frequently extra depth to the text
With wide eye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AMThursday, July 18, 2024
Royal Court theatre, LondonVarious actors, including Adrian Lester and Fiona Shaw, step into playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s shoes as he reckons with the possibility of never returning to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMThursday, July 11, 2024
Arcola theatre, LondonMartha Loader’s award-winning play is an assured portrait of a therapy group for men who have abused women
He seems nice, at first. Then you learn what he’s done. G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMTuesday, July 9, 2024
Is it gatekeeping or dream-making? Art or science? As the Oscars get set to award casting directors for the first time, British theatre’s finest share the secrets of their trade
The popula…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMWednesday, June 19, 2024
The Globe theatre, LondonBold, absurdist ideas jostle for attention in Jude Christian’s bemusing new production, turning Shakespeare’s tricky tale into a child’s silly game
How to wran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMMonday, June 3, 2024
The fluffy accident-prone favourite is donning his red wellies and duffle coat for a magical new ‘experience’ that is half-theatre and half-party. Our writer braces herself for a look be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMThursday, May 30, 2024
Arcola theatre, LondonWhile the costumes are delightful and the characters cheekily drawn, the full epic potential for this cabaret is never fully realised
Welcome to the monstrous cabaret, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMWednesday, May 22, 2024
Young Vic, LondonGiles Terera is sublime as the guitar-wielding musician looking back on his tearaway years in this rowdy production
You can’t take your eyes off him. The script for this a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMSunday, May 12, 2024
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonKaty Baird’s strange, intimate work of performance art leaves little unexposed – but its lack of depth leaves us wanting more
Last time I saw Katy Baird, she…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMFriday, May 10, 2024
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London Owen Horsley’s frolicking staging has jaunty music and mischief, but this production dances over sadness
Tonight belongs to the lovers, but not th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMSaturday, May 4, 2024
The theatre adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s beloved animation sold out in Japan in four minutes. As it comes to the UK, we meet the international team of creatives bringing its giant dragons…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMFriday, May 3, 2024
Yard theatre, LondonEven in times of peace, the medical staff training to go into a war zone can’t avoid conflict in Sami Ibrahim’s engaging play
Questions of crisis spiral in Sami Ibrah…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, May 2, 2024
Kim Tatum, Mariah Louca and Reece Lyons combine to call for trans women to be put on an equal footing for cis roles
Kim Tatum dreams of playing Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard’s exquisite …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMThursday, April 25, 2024
Orange Tree theatre, LondonTensions rise as rain stops play in the Women’s Cricket World Cup between India and England
Stepping up to bat in this show of two very different innings are the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM 
