Monday, 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 08:06AMSunday, April 21, 2024
Stone Nest, LondonDante or Die’s intriguing but underdeveloped story is based on the case of two men, each convicted of a homophobic murder, who became the first same-sex couple to marry i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMThursday, April 4, 2024
Camden People’s theatreVictor Esses’ reflections on his elusive Lebanese-Italian relative are told with easy, open warmth but never quite knit together
On stage, Victor Esses exudes an e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMThursday, March 28, 2024
Unicorn theatre, LondonEven a cyclops can get lonely, even a parent can make a mistake … this electric rendering of the classic is for all the family as Odysseus’s son takes centre stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AMMonday, March 25, 2024
Here at Outernet, LondonThe 90s movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is celebrated in a chaotic night that’s played for fun
I look forward to the day when jukebox musica…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMFriday, March 22, 2024
From specifically adapted performances to telling new stories about memory, drama groups are innovating with music, movement and wordless performance to bring the joy of theatre to everyone
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMMonday, March 18, 2024
Garrick theatre, LondonChandran is brilliantly bratty in Rosie Day’s one-woman story of vulnerability masked by sarcasm and bravado
Rosie Day’s one-woman play takes teen pain seriously. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMFriday, March 1, 2024
Offering up their time and energy, unpaid staff have become a crucial support for an embattled industry. They explain what’s in it for them
Wander into Leicester’s Curve theatre and you …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, February 22, 2024
Park theatre, LondonA rich and messy revival explores ideas of belonging, with the Desperate Housewives star playing a determinedly indifferent matriarch
Chaos reigns. Every inch of Paige’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMFriday, February 16, 2024
From Michael Sheen’s portrayal of the organisation’s founder to a frank tale of the modern challenges faced by its staff, theatres are exploring the history, and fragile future, of our h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMThursday, February 15, 2024
Lyttelton theatre, LondonDodie Smith’s play presents a beautifully drawn, four-generation celebration of a golden wedding anniversary on the eve of the second world war
Sneaking downstairs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMMonday, January 29, 2024
Need to make an elephant vanish, an aeroplane take off or a wizard fly? As magic grips the stage, illusionist supremos reveal how they turn the likes of Stranger Things into eye-popping spec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM 
