Sunday, 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 play …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 07:07AM[SHARE]In 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 a h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 play t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 09:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 pa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 11:24AM[SHARE]Òran 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 ea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 ill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Nottingham 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 time. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 the cl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 that mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 08:18AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 08:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 priso…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 05:24AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 08:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 charact…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2022
Alphabetti theatre, NewcastleThe possibility of trading bad memories for good drives tension in this disconcerting play by Ali Pritchard
When they talk about the pre-crisis times in Ali Prit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM[SHARE]Friday, April 15, 2022
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughChris Bush's gripping new adaptation " the centrepiece of a Brontë festival " adds an interesting psychological twist
Not content with staging Chris Bus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 14, 2022
As they prepare to bring the mesmerising How It Is to London, the actors reflect on performing a text with no characters and no punctuation
Two men are meeting on Zoom, as they have done twi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 10, 2022
Northern Stage, NewcastleCaroline Bird's play pays tribute to the leftwing firebrand Ellen Wilkinson, who led Jarrow march and as a Labour minister introduced free school milk
Director Wils…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Friday, April 8, 2022
SEC Armadillo, GlasgowFour adult siblings react to their mother's death in wildly different ways, in this raucous musical adaptation of Peter Mullan's 1998 film black comedy
If the idea of a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 7, 2022
Leeds PlayhousePulsing songs are the bedrock of this show as De Campo's larger-than-life stage presence is matched by an effortless vocal range
John Cameron Mitchell's grunge musical is the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Belgrade theatre, CoventryJamie McGough's play, based on the true story of a family of boxers, highlights a sporting defeat to discuss the politics of discrimination
It's hard to think of so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Monday, March 28, 2022
Perth theatreMagical illusions and mind-reading tricks add to the fizzy performances in a colourful production with clever parallels
If you're looking for narcissism, Rob Drummond offers it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM[SHARE]Friday, March 25, 2022
Tron, GlasgowImpossible ideals unravel in a demanding but funny two-hander with a standout turn from Eilidh Loan
It's the middle of the night and Murph has called her sister Jos for a chat. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 17, 2022
Octagon theatre, BoltonThis is a bold and adventurous version of Barry Hines's story about a boy finding respite in nature
Nishla Smith silences the theatre. She appears from on high and squ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 16, 2022
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeSeven actors portray the charming friend to archbishops and circus stars in this freewheeling show
The improbable story of Neil Baldwin gets more improba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE] 
