Friday, August 6, 2021
Iris theatre, LondonMichael Elcock’s winning Arthur and Kate Donnachie’s frustrated Merlin make a sparky team but the show can’t decide whether it’s playing to kids or adults
On this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMFriday, July 30, 2021
A history of theatre’s most controversial moments, from Jerry Springer: The Opera to Sarah Kane’s ‘unrelenting’ Blasted
Sensationally vulgar, this musical take on the TV host was tak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMThursday, July 15, 2021
Bush theatre, LondonRonkẹ Adékoluẹjo oozes charm and confidence in Benedict Lombe’s superb memoir-monologue
Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo is luminous in Benedict Lombe’s passionate memoir-m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMSunday, July 11, 2021
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonMcCormick’s narcissistic alter ego Lucy Muck has a feral energy, but is a one-note creation who lacks the focus of her previous shows
Life: Live! is a hot mess…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMMonday, July 5, 2021
Great Northern Warehouse, ManchesterFun, mischief, comic puppetry and rather frustrating lulls abound as a dance company attempts to film its latest show
Blending dance, puppetry and play, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMSunday, July 4, 2021
Central Hall, Manchester Central, and onlineIn a grimy and intense film installation, the actor unleashes a torrent of regret, superbly scripted by Max Porter
Cillian Murphy, wearing a bla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMTuesday, June 29, 2021
Their first project saw the actor tormented by a giant crow and pounded at ping-pong. Now the pair have joined forces again for a film exploring guilt and masculinity in an age of mounting d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThursday, June 24, 2021
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonCavan Clarke’s Mercutio steals the spotlight in an entertaining production that foregrounds past trauma
Rapiers and sand-timers mix with skinny jean…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMWednesday, June 23, 2021
Royal Court, LondonJasmine Lee-Jones’s striking debut drama is a sparky exploration of racism, gender and social media
Veering between real life and the virtual timeline, Jasmine Lee-Jone…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMThursday, June 17, 2021
Davies Mews, Bond StreetThis immersive show makes up for its disarray with the visceral thrill of moving among familiar and stunningly realised aliens
“It’s been a frantic day,” says L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThursday, June 10, 2021
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 09:32PMTuesday, June 8, 2021
Performers 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 02:48AMFriday, May 28, 2021
Tobacco 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 06:24AMFriday, May 21, 2021
Duchess 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 06:48AMWednesday, April 28, 2021
With 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 08:06AMThursday, December 10, 2020
Bush 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 05:32AMTuesday, December 8, 2020
Charing 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 06:48PMWednesday, December 2, 2020
Available 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 03:54PMThursday, November 26, 2020
Available 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 08:24PMFriday, November 20, 2020
From 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 11:24AMMonday, October 19, 2020
Female 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 04:03PMWednesday, October 14, 2020
What 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 01:06PMSunday, October 11, 2020
Bridge 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 04:06PMMonday, August 24, 2020
User 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 04:32AMFriday, August 21, 2020
A 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 02:32PMThursday, August 20, 2020
This 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 11:06AMSunday, August 16, 2020
The 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 12:24PMSunday, August 9, 2020
Donmar 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 07:48AMMonday, June 29, 2020
Drag 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 06:24AMMonday, June 22, 2020
HAU, 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 12:03PMWednesday, May 27, 2020
Available 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 09:03AM 
