Patsy Ferran anchors a radiant coming-of-age taleThat this 1948 Tennessee Williams play is rarely performed seems nothing short of a travesty, thanks to the awe-inspiring case made for it by…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:19PM★★★★★ SUMMER AND SMOKE, ALMEIDA THEATRE Exquisite renaissance of Tennessee Williams's neglected playPatsy Ferran anchors a radiant coming-of-age taleThat this 1948 Tennessee Willia…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:19PMWe begin and end with a grisly decapitation. And that's rather the problem with this intermittently engaging Macbeth, which starts in the throes of some unspecified dystopian hellscape, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PMLondon is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams to a new epic and a lush romance, here are…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMNo, it's not that Frozen - although the immortal words 'Let it go' do appear in the second half. Otherwise this is a far cry from the Disney juggernaut. Bryony Lavery's 1998 play deals with …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AM'It just seems to be a thing that we do, this incomprehensible violence thing.' So says the narrator of Dennis Kelly's new one-woman play, performed in a staggering tour-de-force by Carey Mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:13PMLondon is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From O'Neill and flamencoto punk and Pippin, here are some of this month's most ey…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMThough a long journey indeed, Richard Eyre's is a vital revival, giving vigour to Eugene O'Neill's mighty, semi-autobiographical work and making all the more poignant this tormented but fast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57AMInequality is a hot topic for dramatists, but Sarah Burgess's deliciously dark comedy comes at it from a surprising perspective allowing those high-finance gorgons to have their say. Of cour…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AM'Heads.' One word, and one coin toss, decides which roles Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams will play on the night the titular Mary, or her rival Elizabeth I. Last night Williams took the la…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:34AMPulitzer-winning American playwright Annie Baker returns to the National where The Flick was a quiet triumph in 2016 with another work that is epic in form three hours and change, but si…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59AMIt's 60 years since Harold Pinter's play premiered - and flopped - at Lyric Hammersmith, baffling critics with one exception and audiences alike. Now, we expect the sinister subversion of bo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20AMActor Peter Wight's career varies from Robert Icke's recent Hamlet to a range of classical and contemporary work with the National Theatre, Royal Court and RSC, plus multiple Mike Leigh film…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:01AMConor McPherson's latest play is blowin' in the windThe rolling stone is now at home in the West End, as Conor McPherson’s inimitable dramatic take on Bob Dylan transfers from th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:50PMLondon is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a major Pinter revival to Wilde, Schiller and some exciting transfers, here a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50AMDoes Hamilton live up the hype - and will it appeal to British audiences Yes, and yes again. It's not like America has a monopoly on national identity crisis, leadership, immigration, parent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMThe puppet who wants to be a real boy is all grown up in this new musical version very much the darker side of Disney. Book writer Dennis Kelly went back to the original 19th-century Itali…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMOffstage drama infamously hijacked the 1995 premiere of Simon Gray's play, with star Stephen Fry walking out mid-run - hastening the production's early closing. Here, then, is a chance to pu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31AMThe Menier has a superb track record with breathing new life into classic musicals, but falls short with their latest revival Cy Coleman's 1980 portrait of P.T. Barnum, creator of The Great…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14AMHamilton finally makes its UK debut at the Victoria Palace Theatre tomorrow night. Need a quick primer on the musical phenomenon Here's the lowdown
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08AMActress Lucie Shorthouse stars in new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie, which transferred from Sheffield to the West End's Apollo Theatre - garnering rave reviews, including plenty of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AMLondon is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a feverishly anticipated musical to sci-fi and Shakespeare, here are some of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMLizzy Connolly's past work includes On the Town, The Wild Party, Once in a Lifetime and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She's now tackling Anne Washburn's adaptation of TV classic The Twilight Zone…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMIt's a triumphant West End transfer for this big-hearted British musical Everybody’s been talking about Everybody’s Talking About Jamie since its Sheffield Crucible debut earlier th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:06PMNicholas Hytner, former Artistic Director of the National Theatre in London, discusses his memoir BALANCING ACTS and new Bridge Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10AMNews as showbiz, entire networks and even a reality TV President fuelled by articulating popular rage, and gradual corporate dehumanisation we are now living Paddy Chayefsky's satirical dyst…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16AMChristmas is upon us, and the capital, as usual, is serving up a veritable feast of festive offerings. Here are some of London's finest
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15AMJosie Walker's work ranges from Matilda the Musical to Husband amp Sons and War Horse. She's now starring in a new musical based on the real story of 16-year-old Jamie Campbell, who wanted t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AMDavid Mamet's Pulitzer-winning play, which premiered at the National in 1983, in back in London in a star-studded, pugilistic revival from Sam Yates. Though kept firmly in period, it's not h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56AMBased on Daniel Wallace's novel and Tim Burton's 2003 film adaptation, this musical is quite the oddity. Screenwriter John August has tinkered with the book since its brief Broadway run in 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16AMLondon is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a new British musical to starry Mamet and cheeky burlesque, here are some of …
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