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Friday, July 24, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Dear Lupin | Splendour | 946 | The Deliverance | Oliver! | For Services RenderedIn 2012, Dear Lupin, Letters To A Wayward Son won the Sunday Times’ humour book of the year accolade for fat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM
Friday, July 17, 2015

This week’s new live theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Bristol Shakespeare Festival | Songs For A New World | Bakkhai | DEparture Lounge | Enniskillen International Beckett Festival | The Lone Pine ClubThe Bristol Shakespeare festival continues …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AM
Friday, July 3, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Volpone | Camelot: The Shining City | Silent | Orson’s Shadow | She Stoops To Conquer | Oliver TwistThe critic Harold Hobson once described Ben Jonson’s 17th-century comedy about the lus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM
Friday, June 26, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

The Mentalists | Around The World In 80 Days | Theatre at Manchester International Festival | The Invisible | Hijinx Unity Festival | Pink MistAfter co-creating The Office and Extras with Ri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41AM
Friday, June 19, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

In Fog And Falling Snow | The Effect | Hoard Festival | An Oak Tree | BE Festival | Greenwich+Docklands International FestivalIn 2013, York Theatre Royal produced a terrific community produc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AM
Friday, June 12, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Kafka’s Monkey | Luna Gale | The Trial | Educating Rita | The Lady Of The Lake | The Driver’s SeatHome’s artistic director Walter Meierjohann got off to a distinctive start in the new …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AM
Friday, June 5, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Othello | The Motherfucker With The Hat | Bianco | The Solid Life Of Sugar Water | An Audience With Jimmy Savile | Noises Off Some of the cast from Polly Findlay’s current RSC production o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13AM
Friday, May 29, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Shelter Me | Current Location | The Hook | The Red Lion | Great Expectations | A Damsel In Distress Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AM
Friday, May 22, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Watch Out Festival | Temple | Pulse Festival | Dusty | Assemble Fest | Suddenly Last Summer Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, May 15, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre | Constellations | Every Brilliant Thing | Sexology season | The Mother | Crouch, Touch, Pause, EngageTime to get out the umbrellas and blankets: the Regent�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, May 8, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

McQueen | The Rehearsal | Bend It Like Beckham | The Hudsucker Proxy | Mayfest | The FunfairYou would have been hard pushed to miss the name of Alexander McQueen recently: there’s been And…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, May 1, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Beyond Bollywood | Wolf’s Child | Rites | The Angry Brigade | Mother Courage And Her Daughters | U DecideWho doesn’t love a bit of Bollywood? It’s a vibrant and exuberant genre, partic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, April 24, 2015

This week’s new theatre by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Carrie | A Good Clean Heart | Bugsy Malone | The Ancient Secret Of Youth & The Five Tibetans | Brighton Fringe | Early Days (Of A Better Nation)The 1988 RSC musical adaptation of Stephen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, July 4, 2014

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

Invincible | Hat Fair | The Comedy Of Errors | Kafka's Dick | Richard III | Cox & Box: Mrs Bouncer's Legacy Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Saturday, June 14, 2014

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

Midsummer Mischief | Kindness Of Strangers | Night Watch | Greenwich + Docklands International Festival | World Cup Final 1966 | Be Here Now Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Friday, June 6, 2014

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

LIFT Festival | London Road | Summer | Fathers And Sons | Tender Loving Care | Angel Meadow Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, May 23, 2014

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

In The Vale Of Health | Intimate Apparel | Dealer's Choice | The Life Of The Party | STAND | The Winterling Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, May 16, 2014

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

Khandan (Family) | Miss Saigon | Tomorrow | Enjoy | John Ferguson | The Roof Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, May 2, 2014

In The Heights, Opus No 7, Raw Material: what to see at the theatre this week by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

In The Heights | Opus No 7 | Raw Material: Llareggub Revisited | Fings Aint Wot They Used T'Be | I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire | Imaginate Festival Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Friday, April 25, 2014

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

Wolf Hall | Stevie | Water Babies | The Testament Of Mary | Uncle Varick | Dear Scotland Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Uncle Vanya, Catch 22, Buzzcut Festival: what to see at the theatre this week by Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner

Uncle Vanya/Three Sisters | Catch 22 | Buzzcut Festival | The Life And Times Of Mitchell & Kenyon | Debris | Tonight At 8.30 Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM
Friday, April 4, 2014

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

A Steady Rain | HighTide Festival | Privacy | Maudie's Rooms | The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith | The Roaring Girl

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM

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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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