The Ten Percent star’s solo show, which is returning to London’s West End, was inspired by his conversations with older gay men as a volunteer for Switchboard An hour before he stepped o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMRoyal Court, LondonOne play reveals another in a tangled web that pits the Home Office against two Guardian blind-daters Lift up the cover of the playtext for That Is Not Who I Am by Dave Da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PMOld Vic theatre, LondonA stylish rework of the August Wilson character-study sees a standout performance from Wil Johnson as the put-upon head of the titular cab station Within a run-down st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMIn the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry This searing, sweaty disco is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMYou don’t have to shell out to enjoy the best in music, film, theatre, art and comedy – from a Francis Bacon in Aberdeen to Notting Hill’s unique and spectacular carnival Music Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMKing’s Head theatre, LondonA mixture of ghoulish horror and atmospheric history, Mark Ravenhill’s play vibrates with frights and fury The jump scares are perfectly placed in Mark Ravenhi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMNew Diorama, LondonDeafinitely Theatre’s evocative and tender show was inspired by real stories of abuse against deaf women and non-binary people In British Sign Language, the sign for a w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMFinborough, LondonHunger and disease stalk Russia in the aftermath of conflict in this play based on a story by Andrey Platonov This is a glum, plodding production depicting a grim, hard-hea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMSoho theatre, LondonMelissa Johns articulates how she learned to navigate an ableist world as a woman with one and a half arms Bullies sneak in at the sidelines of this story, but Melissa Jo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMTwo friends delighted half a million kids with a tiny production in a cardboard box. Now they’re sizing up the much-loved bulbous bear for the Little Angel theatre ‘We made nearly half a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonLess a tense examination of a failing republic, or even of women in power, there is little electricity or danger here The Globe’s audience serve as the easily …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMPioneering female entertainers, including a 1930s clown and a Wall of Death stunt rider, are celebrated in a show by a fearless group of performers Female performers in British variety acts …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48AMAfter seeing how moved gay men were by The Inheritance, the playwright wanted to write something that would strike a chord with women – so came up with The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs A gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonSecrets bite and speeches overlap as we realise musician Max has been grooming Alice since she was 16 The tension is like a tidal wave in Flora Wilson Brown’s da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PMShoreditch Town Hall, LondonMemes and the personal drama of worn-out celebrity take centre stage as an energetic trio of C-listers unite to fight the climate crisis A wealth of ideas have be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonThis fantasy ceremony for the modernist couple is too preoccupied with the famous men cavorting around them Attempting to combine absurdist farce, genuine traged…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMOrange Tree theatre, RichmondFranz Xaver Kroetz’s play is a sharp exploration of the way finances wriggle their way into the existing rifts of everyday life What quiet, splintering perform…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMOmnibus theatre, LondonUnnerving but surprisingly funny two-hander inspired by ‘consensual cannibal’ Armin Meiwes I’m loth to kink-shame, but I’m not sure I can get behind consensua…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMWith gags, tunes and dance, The Family Sex Show celebrates sexual pleasure, equality and independence. What is there to be embarrassed about, asks theatre-maker Josie Dale-Jones ‘I remembe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonAbigail Graham trims and reshuffle’s Shakespeare’s play with glitzy gameshow scenes and a brutal, lonely reckoning A stained, lidless plastic container res…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMIs it a play? Or is it a film? There are two sides to director Hope Dickson Leach’s ambitious staging of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale “Cinema is about change,” says Hope Dic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMMorgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play is a story of sisters, pain and the gruelling long-distance swim to cross the Channel Grief, says playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, is an endurance test. “…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMRoyal Court, LondonAlistair McDowall’s enthralling meditation on time and mortality features a sword-fighting knight and a Victorian medium With a slowly unravelled mystery at its centre, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMWill it be Miss Scarlett with the lead pipe? Or that horrid Colonel Mustard? Mark Bell explains why the board game’s enduring appeal makes it ideal for the stage ”There are always moment…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMPiccadilly theatre, LondonWith pyrotechnics, a looming elephant, scenery to die for and a cast with energy to burn, this revival only falters when it tries to update the tunes At the end of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PMAs Covid hit casts, understudies suddenly found themselves needed everywhere – with little warning. We meet these unsung heroes, including a Beanstalk Jack who took on three other last-min…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMA triple bill of Sleeping Beauty, Jack & the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington brings giggles, cheer, glitter galore and, well, a bit of a headache My head is filled with nothing but glitte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMBush theatre, LondonElla Road’s remarkable play, directed by Monique Touko, is a tender and intimate story of teenage friendship and athletics A pair of talented teenage runners are dangli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMFrank Wedekind’s banned 19th-century classic, now a youth rock musical, is back on stage – with a young cast who came of age in the pandemic No one saw Spring Awakening for the first 15 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AMThe Big House, LondonThis immersive show creates a raucous energy as Maz runs away from her care home and tries to carve her place in the music scene Every year there are new immersive shows…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMKiln theatre, LondonThe author’s debut play lets one of Chaucer’s most revolutionary characters loose in modern-day Kilburn in a celebration of community and a life well-lived For her de…
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