Friday, May 8, 2026
Everyman theatre, LiverpoolBeginning as a culture clash comedy with cups of tea and deadly intent, this two-hander becomes boldly arrestingIf you want someone to credit for the big laughs in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2026
Theatre Royal, York Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s story of high competition in a long family line of female stage tricksters loses its powers as it goes onSheila Gold, suppo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tron theatre, Glasgow Frances Poet’s music-driven drama reconstructs the Greenock dispute that saw 240 workers square up to bosses It was the early days of the Thatcher project. At the sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 25, 2026
Royal Court theatre, LiverpoolWriter-actor Aron Julius captures the sparkling charm of Liverpudlian fighter John Conteh in a punch-by-punch account of his careerDon King is singing the prais…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2026
Traverse theatre, EdinburghJess Brodie's monologue about life on the brink of parenthood is both witty and gripping
There are few transitions in life more profound than becoming a parent. Ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 11, 2026
Curve, LeicesterTwo prisoners escape their grim Buenos Aires jail into golden age fantasy sequences that elicit big belting showtunes from Anna-Jane Casey's baddie
Kander and Ebb's early-90s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]It was the play that rocked a nation. The makers of the devastating drama, which transported theatre-goers from a Fife pub to a war zone, recall how it grew and grew
Within six months of its…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeA residents' association fights to save its housing in Bob Eaton's jolly slice of social history, with a live band belting out the songs
At some point in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 5, 2026
Dundee RepCumming and Forbes Masson revive their cult 1994 TV sitcom with brilliant songs and a Beano-esque plot as budget Air Scotia is threatened with takeover
If someone tells you this mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2026
Tron, GlasgowThe life-and-death choices that a stressed-out nurse faces on a short-staffed weekend are taken to gothic heights in this intense, atmospheric play
The standard colour scheme fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 26, 2026
Production based on 1993 novel opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in July, with original songs co-written by the author
It has been a book, a play and a film. It has also spawned thr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Live theatre, Newcastle When Maeve becomes a sexagenarian she rethinks her identity " and her 40-year marriage " in this surprisingly breezy drama
You can imagine a Victorian melodrama in wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 8, 2026
Cast, DoncasterLaurie Sansom's bold decision to stage the literary classic with a cast of three pays off in parts thanks to compelling performances and an atmosphere of shadowy dread
You mig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 5, 2026
Òran Mór, GlasgowCovering friendship, addiction and death, this dark comedy from the team behind Dancing Shoes celebrates one man's life and his passion for film
The title is ironic. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
Citizens theatre, GlasgowEven the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill's post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett's classic
Productions of Samuel Beckett's modernist classic often evok…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Òran Mór, GlasgowAn anecdote about a trip to find Paul McCartney's Scottish retreat turns into a sweet-natured two-hander
Milly Sweeney is a young writer gaining traction. Staged in P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme The cast in this four-person capsule telling of the Conan Doyle thriller bring vigour and charm but it's hard to discern any point to the exercise
To get the m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PM[SHARE]Citizens, GlasgowNewcomer Mandipa Kabanda plays the Maid of Orleans from obscure teenager to army-commanding conqueror, tearing through dialogue with rare pace
When George Bernard Shaw's pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2026
Royal Exchange, ManchesterDirector Selina Cartmell delivers a giddily theatrical take on Jim Cartwright's slice-of-life portrait
Selina Cartmell's vision for Jim Cartwright's play is big. To…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Birmingham RepThe bands that came to symbolise a divided nation compete to top the charts in John Niven's jokey play but it is woefully short on drama
Apparently, they did a lot of sitting a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Comedians, theatre-makers and actors including Rachel Weisz, Sally Phillips and Simon Munnery recall the late teacher's alarming lessons
Philippe Gaulier, clown guru, dies aged 82
Louise Bre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2026
The Canadian performer visited hospices, mystics and cemeteries to research Age Is a Feeling. The show, which has now been performed in 10 languages, has reduced men in their 70s to tears
It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
Hull TruckIn a stark modern staging, Mark Babych frames the tragedy as a story of ordinary lives spiralling into catastrophe
For a play that ends so bloodily, Macbeth starts like an improvis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Cast, DoncasterThrough the eyes of two working-class teenagers, a legendary 90s Doncaster nightclub is brought back to life in Danielle Phillips's sparky but quietly perceptive play
If you w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2026
Cast, DoncasterA visually arresting adaptation trades Martian menace for Enoch Powell-era paranoia " technically dazzling, politically pointed, yet also confusing
'National emergency to repe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2026
Octagon, BoltonThree grownup daughters display childhood neediness in this well-acted production that explores unrequited desires as a mother comes back from the grave
The three grownup sist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Crucible, SheffieldThe supernatural is all-encompassing in Oladipo Agboluaje's reframing of Shakespeare's power play in 19th-century west Africa
Every time the court historian turns up, he h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York's venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Monday, January 19, 2026
New LGBTQ+ festival included McKellen in a fiery monologue and Norton in conversation, as well as a queer ceilidh and 'kilted yoga'
Sir Ian McKellen is on stage blowing up a red balloon. For…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Monday, December 22, 2025
Chadderton Town Hall, OldhamSet over the course of local village hall fundraiser, Jim Cartwright's play is charmingly performed and has a built-in sense of community
Yesterday it was the sal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
Citizens theatre, GlasgowLewis Hetherington's reworking of the 18th-century fable is creepy and creative, serious and scary
It is a rare for a family show to be both funny and spine-tingling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM[SHARE] 
