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Friday, December 2, 2016

The best theatre and dance shows this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook and Judith Mackrell

Strictly Ballroom | Bollywood Jack | Sweet Charity | Peter Pan | Cinderella | Annie Get Your Gun | Saint Joan | Simon Callow | The Siege Of Christmas | Black Beauty | The Nutcracker | The Wo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM
Monday, May 25, 2015
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Good People, Never Try This At Home, Tyne: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Good People | Never Try This At Home | Tyne | Of Mice And Men, | Hairspray | Urinetown – The MusicalGood People, LondonThis week sees Oscar nominee and Olivier award-winner Imelda Staunton…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01AM
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Carthage, Blink, Vault Festival: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Carthage | Blink | Vault Festival | The Table | Twelfth Night | A Midsummer Night's Dream & The Comedy Of ErrorsCarthage, LondonIt's a busy and fruitful time for the Finborough Theatre, whic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Spanish Golden Age, West Side Story, Mr & Mrs Moon: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Rapture, Blister, Burn | West Yorkshire Playhouse new season | Spanish Golden Age season | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Mr & Mrs Moon | West Side StoryRapture, Blister, Burn, LondonJust a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, December 7, 2013

Edith In The Dark, That Day We Sang, The El Train: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Edith In The Dark | That Day We Sang | The El Train | The Brontës Of Dunwich Heath... And Cliff | Fortune's Fool | Wendy And Peter PanEdith In The Dark, HarrogateThe panto season is now in …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, November 16, 2013

In The Next Room, Beauty And The Beast, Gastronauts: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

In The Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play | Beauty And The Beast | Gastronauts | The Adventures Of Pinocchio | Robin Hood | The MoneyIn The Next Room, Or The Vibrator Play, LondonIf you've been…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Our Ajax, Tartuffe, Domestic: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Our Ajax | Tartuffe | Domestic | Wilful Forgetting | Strangers On A Train | In DoggerlandOur Ajax, LondonTimberlake Wertenbaker had her biggest theatrical successes in the late 80s and early…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Richard II, Landscapes II, Raving: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Richard II, Landscapes II, Raving, Hecuba, The Opinion Makers, London Festival Of CabaretRichard II, Stratford upon AvonHeading to London's Barbican Theatre after its Stratford run, this maj…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, October 5, 2013

The Winter's Tale, The Noise, Perfect Nonsense: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The Winter's Tale | The Noise | Tonypandemonium | The Love Girl & The Innocent | Perfect Nonsense | Long Day's Journey Into NightThe Winter's Tale, SheffieldShakespeare's heart-breaking late…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, August 17, 2013

The Kidderminster Affair, Tosca, Eh Joe: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The Kidderminster Affair | Tosca | Eh Joe | A Little Hotel On The Side | The Tragedy Of Coriolanus | Bonnie And ClydeThe Kidderminster Affair, ScarboroughIt's turning into a busy summer for …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, July 13, 2013

The Boy Who Cried Wolf!; Barnum; Daytona: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The Boy Who Cried Wolf! | Barnum | Daytona | All's Well That Ends Well | A Season In The Congo | Cyrano de BergeracThe Boy Who Cried Wolf!, BristolLooking beyond your own four walls is a wis…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Some Other Mother, Let The Right One In, Bracken Moor: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Some Other Mother | Two's Company Festival | Let The Right One In | Bracken Moor | Sweet Bird Of Youth | Pulse FestivalTwo's Company festival, HarrogateIn an attempt to adapt in a challengin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Strange Interlude, Paradise Lost, The Dug Out: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Strange Interlude | The Shop Of Little Horrors | Paradise Lost | New Season at Theatre By The Lake | The Dug Out | Spark children's art festivalStrange Interlude, LondonAt previous stagings …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, May 11, 2013

These Shining Lives, Knee Deep, Mayfest: what to see at the theatre this week by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

To Kill A Mockingbird | Knee Deep | These Shining Lives | Live Witness | Mayfest | Say It With FlowersTo Kill A Mockingbird, LondonIn 2011, the Open Air Theatre season in Regent's Park looke…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Saturday, March 30, 2013

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg | Jumpers For Goalposts | The Two Gentlemen Of Verona | The Life And Sort Of Death Of Eric Argyle | The Thrill Of Love | Behaviour 2013A Day In The Death Of Joe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Saturday, March 23, 2013

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Noises Off | Smack Family Robinson | Quiz Show | Before The Party | The Bloody Ballad | Rogue HerriesNoises Off, BathThe Old Vic had a big hit with its revival of Michael Frayn's backstage c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Saturday, March 16, 2013

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Steptoe And Son | The Victorian In The Wall | Forever House | Once | Hamlet | The ArrivalSteptoe And Son, LondonAfter tackling such classics as Brief Encounter and The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Friday, February 15, 2013

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Fences | A Chorus Line | My Perfect Mind | The Thrill Of Love | Piaf | The Tailor-Made ManFences, BathComic turned actor Lenny Henry followed in some impressive footsteps when he tackled Oth…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Friday, January 4, 2013

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Quartermaine's Terms | Frankenstein | The London International Mime Festival | Firing BlanksQuartermaine's Terms, BrightonFresh from his Olympic opening ceremony triumph and in a distinct ch…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM
Friday, November 23, 2012

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Viva Forever! | Cinderella | Hello, Dolly! | Merrily We Roll Along | You With Me | The Wind In The WillowsHello, Dolly!, LeicesterSome of Broadway's finest have starred in Jerry Herman's mus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Friday, December 23, 2011

This week's new theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The King And I, EdinburghFirst seen at the Curve in Leicester last Christmas, Paul Kerryson's revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical about a prim Victorian school teacher at the court of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM
Friday, September 9, 2011

This week's new theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Dick Turpin's Last Ride, Bury St EdmundsIt's hard to sort the fact from the fiction in the life of highwayman Dick Turpin. The facts suggest that the man hanged at York Racecourse in 1739 wa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM
Friday, August 26, 2011

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Bristol Festival Of PuppetryEdinburgh 2011 has been the festival in which the puppet is king, but as the fringe takes its final breaths, the puppets move south to Bristol for a week of wide-…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM
Friday, August 19, 2011

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Invisible Show II, EdinburghIf this year's Edinburgh festival fringe is characterised by one thing, it is undoubtedly theatre's attempts to engage playfully with technology. Coney, Blast The…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PM
Friday, August 12, 2011

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

The Tempest/King Lear, EdinburghThis year's Edinburgh International Festival looks East, with an eye to the diverse cultures of Asia and their influences. It's likely to mean familiar storie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PM
Friday, July 29, 2011

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Labyrinth, St AustellTo celebrate its 10th anniversary, The Eden Project has imaginatively commissioned NoFit State Circus to devise a show for its biomes. The famous eco-attraction should p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM
Friday, July 15, 2011

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Loyalty, LondonThere should be a real whiff of authenticity about Loyalty, the debut play by Sarah Helm. Not only is she a journalist who has worked in Washington, the Middle East and Iraq, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PM
Friday, June 3, 2011

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Government Inspector, LondonThere's plenty to look forward to in the Young Vic's new production of Nikolai Gogol's comic, always timely, Russian masterpiece. Expect a striking version since …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13PM
Friday, May 27, 2011

This week's new theatre by Lyn Gardner, Mark Cook

Spring Awakening, StirlingHeading for London's Greenwich Theatre, the Lowry in Salford and Norwich Playhouse, Sell A Door's revival of the hit Broadway musical inspired by Frank Wedekind's s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM

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