Royal Exchange Studio, ManchesterThis brilliantly witty show asks who the classics are for " and what Chekhov's play means for young women todayA woman in a wedding-cake dress twirls, a larg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AM[SHARE]Brighton festivalNoFit State's new show mixes skill, humour and physical poetry but sidelines the womenSwapping their trademark promenade-style circus for a retro seated show in a big top, N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM[SHARE]The festival season is upon us. The Brighton Festival is blooming on the south coast, Mayfest starts shortly in Bristol with a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Everyman, LiverpoolPlaying a female Othello who has bedded Desdemona, Golda Rosheuvel casts new light on both Shakespeare and societySamuel Taylor Coleridge famously talked of Iago's "motive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM[SHARE]London ColiseumEven Alexandra Burke can't save this lumbering story told with tracks by the Abba songwritersMusicals are the toughest of mediums, requiring the score, book and production to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AM[SHARE]Soho theatre, LondonKathryn Hunter is the patriarch in Hideki Noda's strange, yet ultimately moving, family tale that draws on Japanese traditionHideki Noda is a master of the theatrical end…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM[SHARE]On Friday, The Stage published two news stories reporting on different events, but I believe they are connected. One reported Madani Younis,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AM[SHARE]It has been a good year for first-time playwrights, which bodes well for the The Stage Debut Awards in 2018. First, at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Finborough, LondonMen openly tell rape jokes in Sarah Daniels' 1983 play, which has renewed impact in the era of #MeToo, even if this revival could be sharperWhen Trump was caught on tape jo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PM[SHARE]Theatr Clwyd, MoldAn inventive score and an intelligent script combine in this smart satire with nods to Jerry Springer: The OperaThe most provocative thing about this show is the title. Chr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM[SHARE]Hampstead Downstairs, LondonBlack Mirror meets Brave New World in a chilling debut play by Ella Road starring the terrific Jade AnoukaBea (Jade Anouka), a phlebotomist, falls head over heels…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM[SHARE]Royal Court Upstairs, LondonAnthony Neilson considers the male reaction to #MeToo in a well-meaning yet toothless two-handerJess and Jimmy are in their late 30s and have been together for ni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Orange Tree, Richmond Set in a Shropshire village, Joe White's tender and wise play is suffused with grief, loss " and unexpected laughsIt's cold comfort down on the pig farm in this heartbr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM[SHARE]Trafalgar Studios, LondonThere is much to enjoy and to squirm about in Joel Drake Johnson's dissection of the office politics of some highly manipulative, racist characters The meaning of it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM[SHARE]Many happy returns to William Shakespeare: 454 years after his birth the playwright still dominates British theatre and culture. He is one
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Curve, LeicesterThe hit movie romance has been adapted into a musical, but its gender politics have dated and it lacks gritThe 80s have already generated a slew of screen-to-stage hits inclu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM[SHARE]We've all been there. A friend has written, or directed, or has a role in a new production. You've been to see
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Theatre 503, LondonJohn Fitzpatrick's play about a family with a wonky moral compass swings between all-out farce and truth-telling dramaIt is possible to really enjoy a play without ever qu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Immersive hit the mainstream in the past decade with audiences flocking to work by pioneering companies such as Punchdrunk, Coney and Shunt.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM[SHARE]Nottingham PlayhouseAdult realism fuses with youthful fantasy in this rollicking adaptation of Louis Sachar's much-loved detention camp taleAdam Penford's tenure as artistic director at Nott…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AM[SHARE]With the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room reopening after refurbishment, Rupert Thomson tells Lyn Gardner how the Southbank Centre's eclectic events
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AM[SHARE]Last week, The Stage published an interview with UK Theatre president Fiona Allan to mark the organisation's publication of 10 principles designed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]UK Theatre's president tells Lyn Gardner how personal experience has informed her approach to harassment allegations and why theatre must no longer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PM[SHARE]Hope Mill, ManchesterThis rock-musical version of Frank Wedekind's 1891 play about sex, abortion, abuse and depression has some great tunes but never quite fliesHope Mill has staged one moul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AM[SHARE]The actor is set to play Shakespeare's army commander as a gay woman in Gemma Bodinetz's new production at Liverpool's EverymanWhen Golda Rosheuvel stars as Othello at the Liverpool Everyman…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM[SHARE]Even at my advanced age I quite frequently look around a theatre audience and feel relatively young and spritely. Of course, there
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Unicorn, LondonThe enterprising children in Tim Crouch's moving comedy learn that growing up is hard to doIf you've ever looked in the mirror and seen a glimpse of your 10-year-old self, or …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AM[SHARE]NST City, SouthamptonChelsea Walker's intriguing take on Tennessee Williams's play conjures illusions before cruelly dismantling themI don't want realism. I want magic!" cries Blanche Dubois…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AM[SHARE]Royal Exchange, ManchesterA lawyer adrift in Hong Kong summons the spirit of her Chinese grandmother to explore their shared history " and a passion for foodHelen is a Cambridge-educated law…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM[SHARE]Like many people, I find change hard. But I know that whenever change has been forced on me, it has turned out
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Ustinov, BathIn Trevor Nunn's handsome but stilted production, an Edwardian painter is caught between her art and the affections of three men'Only little bits of me are developed, and those …
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