Dorfman, LondonJack Thorne’s adaptation of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film about dead souls living out eternal memories is charmingly done The last year has been one awful thing after another. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMPerformers invite audience members for a hug through a sheet of plastic in three intimate monologues inspired by the power of physical contact My cheek is folded into his neck. He’s speaki…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMTobacco Factory theatreShakespeare’s words are repurposed as reverence to the city in a heartfelt play let down by its forced format Blending sonnets and street art, The Place at the Bridg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMDuchess theatre, LondonJack Holden delivers a powerhouse one-man show about the hedonism, joy and tragedy of the 80s scene Joyful, painful and wholeheartedly life-grabbing, Cruise is an ode…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMWith queer spaces shrinking at a dramatic rate, artist Lucy Hayhoe’s installation invites you on a night out for one and asks: what makes a place gay? “A gay bar is worth something diffe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMBush theatre, London Reece Lyons stars in Travis Alabanza’s thought-provoking play which explores trans safety and is set in a public toilet Rosie is trapped in a bathroom. Tugging at her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMCharing Cross theatre, LondonPaul Harvard’s debut play, about homophobia and sexual assault, shows promise and has a complex lead but lacks focus Exploring the life of a man trying to quit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMAvailable online A young woman takes an unusually sticky route to recovery in Eva O’Connor’s solo story about obsession and heartbreak The mustard gathers in a globule on Eva O’Connor�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PMAvailable onlineLuke Sheppard’s smart production of the classic rock musical, slickly recorded at Hope Mill theatre, Manchester, makes the most of social distancing The stage is bustling w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMFrom Polly Lister playing a dozen characters in Scarborough’s Snow Queen to Tom Binns’s solitary Buttons, one is fun for 2020’s pantomimes ‘The length of each act should be the lengt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMFemale and non-binary performers deal with issue of playwright’s instructions A dead man’s voice can travel a long way. In 1988, Samuel Beckett sued a Dutch theatre company for casting w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMWhat makes a great teacher? We meet the three nominees – all dancers – who are in the running for the educator category of this year’s Black British Theatre awards Dollie Henry started…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMBridge theatre, London Yolanda Mercy’s funny, engaging verse monologue finds a twentysomething torn between dodging responsibility and accepting it’s time to define herself All children,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMUser Not Found, Dante or Die’s story about loss and digital legacy, has been refreshed for a lockdown audience who have grown accustomed to grieving and creating intimacy online ‘If your…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMA gentle and touching new story from New Perspectives theatre company unfolds in six deliveries, spanning two continents and three decades A postcard slips through the letterbox and lands li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMThis interactive solo performed by Lucy Aarden as the Stratford playwright is irresistible – even the chickens love it ‘Ovid wrote The Metamorphoses in quarantine. What are you doing wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMThe festival may be cancelled but our writer is determined to recreate the experience at home. So she pours a cider, steps into her bath – and logs on to the fringe’s freakiest shows The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMDonmar Warehouse, LondonJosé Saramago’s timely, sinister story of a world in chaos reopens the theatre after lockdown and is narrated with savage rage by Juliet Stevenson After four month…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMDrag artists play to an invisible audience in a series of recorded works that have a sense of protest at heart The queer cabaret night Razed and Confuzed is normally a physical event, but as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMHAU, BerlinAnglo-German group Gob Squad take to the streets of Berlin, London and Sheffield with a livestreamed feat of connection At 1.12am, Bastian Trost invites anyone watching from Berli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMAvailable online Forest Fringe release a jolly bunch of downloadable plays, games and diversions to inject some performance into lockdown life Forest Fringe have never been one for conventio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMYard theatre, Hackney WickThis all-day online festival included a one-to-one performance over the phone, a Ghanaian cook-along and a virtual after-party Hottest front-room seats: the best t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMAvailable onlineForced Entertainment improvise online conversations that cut to the confusion and frustrations of lockdown Hottest front-room seats: best theatre and dance online Forced Ente…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMThe annual extravaganza was moved ingeniously online for a weekend of shows united in their celebration of togetherness The best theatre and dance to watch online The best arts and entertai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMAvailable onlineMind the Gap’s enormous outdoor production boldly tackles the stigma faced by a mum with learning disabilities • Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMAvailable onlineJohn Gielgud’s 1964 production of Shakespeare’s play haunts this meta-spectacle that questions the nature of performance In these times when “too, too solid flesh” is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMGate theatre, London Sylvan Oswald gives a dystopian twist to the French essayist’s ideas on borders to explore modern gender politics This show is almost as impenetrable as its full title…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMThe Canadian performer’s controversial show Daughter is coming to London. Its brutal gut-punch experience is not for everyone When Adam Lazarus complained about a seven-year-old boy puttin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWith their passion for the immediacy of new writing, Paines Plough’s new joint artistic directors Katie Posner and Charlotte Bennett tell Kate
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMStephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough Beth Flintoff rewrites the narrative of the woman killed in the Red Barn, focusing on her wit and ferocity rather than her notorious death The history boo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMSalisbury PlayhouseEmmet Byrne is superb in this relocated update of the Spanish classic but it lacks the fire of the original Barney Norris tames Lorca’s Spanish tragedy in this gentle ad…
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