Monday, July 25, 2022
Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterThe friskiness of title characters Samuel Awoyo and Joëlle Brabban is matched by the punchy assurance of their delivery
Juliet is on her balcony in a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMWednesday, July 20, 2022
Eden Court, InvernessTensions run high and relationships are tested in this poetic tale of love, community – and the threat of final orders
Turns out the qualities that made Runrig one of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMSunday, July 17, 2022
Secret location, GlasgowAudacious interactive audio work puts participants in among the ordinary consumers in a shopping centre, but gives them a fuller view of the exploitation behind the f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PMThursday, July 14, 2022
Pitlochry festival theatre, ScotlandA touch more peril might help an otherwise playful retelling of the Jules Verne voyage with a cast full of bounce and brio
A big plus point in going outdo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMFriday, July 8, 2022
Johnstone town hallA 60s Scottish skiffle band aim for the big time in the Tutti Frutti writer’s tribute piece to Baker Street singer and teenage friend Gerry Rafferty
John Byrne is not a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, July 6, 2022
Òran Mór, GlasgowThis preposterous pun-laden panto gets everything just right with a lusty dame, a bad-tempered bear and a heroine who channels Kate Bush
If you must insist on a summer pan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMPhil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance
20 great Ed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMFriday, June 24, 2022
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeDirector Theresa Heskins adopts a larky tone as captured air force personnel attempt to tunnel their way to freedom
The writers of Tom, Dick and Harry ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThursday, June 23, 2022
Sheffield TheatresChris Bush’s audacious production, performed simultaneously by the same cast across three theatres, intertwines comedy, romance and political rage to dazzling effect
Thin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMThursday, June 16, 2022
Birmingham RepThis bright calypso musical, a feelgood reboot of Mustapha Matura’s play, features a tremendous cast and sweet duets
Is it a musical or is it a play with songs? It’s a moot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThe Lowry, SalfordThere are attractive performances and striking singing as sisters grieve in writer Matthew Bulgo’s drama
Anna is in her late mother’s attic brandishing a book. It is ca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, June 12, 2022
Pitlochry Festival theatreWhat starts as a straight Conan Doyle adaptation takes a surprising twist in this two-hander about the limitations of story
At first, you assume Lesley Hart’s pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMWednesday, June 8, 2022
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghStephen McNicoll and Barnaby Power make a consummate team as the comedy legends, delivering knockabout hilarity with a melancholy undertow
Movie director Leo McCarey h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMIn the first of our festival previews, we round up some of the best offerings we’ve already reviewed – including Tim Key, Liz Kingsman, La Clique and Hungry
This searing, sweaty disco is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMSunday, June 5, 2022
Pitlochry Festival theatreDespite the actors’ efforts and some wide-collared 1970s designs, Ben Occhipinti’s adaptation suffers from a lack of clarity
The actors in Noises Off have to pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, June 2, 2022
Pitlochry Festival theatreMusical built around the Proclaimers’ music is tear-jerking and joyful and awash with life
We’ve romped most of the way through Life With You, the title track f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMWednesday, June 1, 2022
Live theatre, NewcastleDespite lively performances the story of three 13-year-olds in 1980s Sweden skips by with nothing at stake and nothing to be resolved
You can see why Jack McNamara was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMWednesday, May 25, 2022
Hull Truck theatreUpdated for the era of remote learning, Godber’s 1987 work is still joyously energetic and bitter about systemic inequalities
The most topical joke of the night is about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMTuesday, May 24, 2022
Everyman, LiverpoolChloë Moss’s play about a female officer who joins an all-male crew on a cargo ship skims the surface of its issues
If you wanted to map the contours of the patriarchy,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMÒran Mór, GlasgowAn actor considers a move from Northern Ireland to London in this witty two-hander by Cyprus Avenue’s David Ireland
Matthew is nervously running through his lines as he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMFriday, May 20, 2022
Storyhouse, ChesterTim Firth pays tribute to his eccentric father with a cheerfully anarchic tale of cross-generational trust
The key moment in Tim Firth’s nourishing new musical would be …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMFriday, May 13, 2022
Leeds PlayhouseEithne Browne gives a superb depiction of the bewilderment brought on by Alzheimer’s in Francis Poet’s sharp-witted play
Frances Poet has form when it comes to dramatising…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMNottingham PlayhousePlaywright Nathaniel Price’s aim is true in a predatory pitch-side tale from the 1970s
If there is a victory in Nathaniel Price’s new play, it takes place in extra ti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMThursday, May 12, 2022
Belgrade theatre, CoventryDesdemona’s twins step forward to speak out against the racist tropes that led to their parents’ tragedy in this inclusive, urgent production
We are reaching th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterRuthie Henshall and Kelly Price shine in a sophisticated and intimate staging of Stephen Sondheim’s 1994 musical
Stephen Sondheim’s 1994 musical is about tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMMonday, May 9, 2022
Dundee RepThe staff at a betting shop, and their sole punter, find their hands forced in this quirky escapist comedy
Is it a sitcom? A Narnian fantasy? A Tarantino-esque bloodbath? This new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMFriday, May 6, 2022
Leeds PlayhouseEva Scott and Usman Nawaz deliver winning performances in this smart but ponderous tale of ill-fated love
The elephant in the room is a trinket. It is an animal ornament that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMThursday, May 5, 2022
Northern Stage, NewcastleClaudia Rankine’s tense and timely play about an art collector puts white liberalism under the microscope
Charles is a property developer who has built private pri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMMonday, May 2, 2022
Byre theatre, St AndrewsVicki Manderson choreographs a quietly intense show about a disorder that causes a group of girls to dance uncontrollably
Last time around it was called The Afflicted…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMFriday, April 29, 2022
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThis anarchic show casts off the corsets to capture just what made these literary sisters so striking
Those of us with a hatred of costume drama are in g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Octagon theatre, BoltonShamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley’s ‘East meets Wigan’ drama is at its best on the subject of cars and women’s independence
You would expect the most interesting…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM 
