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]Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Theatre Royal, St HelensThe actor and raconteur is in his element in Asa Murphy's jolly Irish bar-themed patchwork production
Is that a look of delight or terror in the eyes of the cast when…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 13, 2022
Everyman, LiverpoolWith merciless invective and scatter-gun put-downs, Jonathan Larkin's comedy is black to the point of cruelty in a bleak but uplifting play about after-hours queer culture…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghZinnie Harris's bold drama is a funny, frequently disorienting look at the evasion and deceits that corrode relationships
Where do we draw the line between a white lie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 3, 2022
Belgrade theatre, CoventryA couple with disabilities find their witty dating-app personas are at odds with real life in this charming romcom
Online, Lucy and David are slick and witty. Meeti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 27, 2022
Leith theatre, EdinburghHope Dickson Leach relocates RL Stevenson's gothic chiller to its spiritual home in Edinburgh and gives it a modern format, but it's a verbose, old-fashioned work
Tw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 20, 2022
Tron, GlasgowInspired by stories of her father's youth, Eilidh Loan's vibrant debut tackles race, sexuality and illness " and is as funny in execution as it is serious in purpose
Here is a p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 9, 2022
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeLaurie Sansom's languid production of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy is all about appearances
A colourful cast of characters dance round the maypole at th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PM[SHARE]Monday, February 7, 2022
Northern Stage, NewcastleTroubled young man Simon Griffin is invisible to society even before the vanishing act, while his therapist has the opposite problem
The legacy of The Invisible Man …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 30, 2022
Summerhall and the Studio, Festival theatre, EdinburghMagical AR miniatures and a dream-like circus drama are among the impressive productions opening this celebration of visually led theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM[SHARE]Monday, January 17, 2022
Available onlineFrom a small studio in his family home, Thaddeus Phillips blends magician's tricks and object-theatre techniques to build a delightful story
In the infant artform of online t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 5, 2021
King's theatre, EdinburghThis year's edition of the annual King's panto is a slickly timed, high-spirited affair stuffed with daft jokes, and a moving tribute to the late company member Andy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PM[SHARE]Friday, December 3, 2021
Northern Stage, NewcastleA lovable orphan at a low-rent Hogwarts makes her impostor syndrome disappear in a lively reimagining with fun theatrical illusions
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is one …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM[SHARE]Octagon, BoltonFive actors take on all the parts in Lotte Wakeham's production, engaging our imaginations in an affecting reworking
JM Barrie was obsessed with the loss of youth. It was a th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 1, 2021
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeDirector Theresa Heskins might give us more beast than beauty but, even so, this dark, Disney-divergent adaptation is superb
The world described by writ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 28, 2021
Perth theatreButtons unleashes some magical social chicanery in this enjoyable egalitarian twist on the rags-to-riches tale
The modern adapter of Cinderella is faced with two questions. How …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 25, 2021
Alphabetti theatre, NewcastleWith the irony of a young Victoria Wood, Hannah Sowerby presents a love-hate relationship with Penrith in an inventive one-woman show
We talk of Damon Runyon's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Monday, November 15, 2021
Coliseum, OldhamGags, raps and forceful female energy boost this production, which has a huge sense of silliness and good cheer
It's not often you hear a good fart gag, but the Coliseum pant…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Monday, November 8, 2021
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickTaking refuge in nature helps a Londoner process the loss of a child in a production that, for all its charm, fails to convince
Urban life shields us from nature.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghWils Wilson's perception-bending production highlights the artifice of a prince's world, exposing the thin veneer of riches and respectability
Segismundo has just woke…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Monday, November 1, 2021
Tron, GlasgowThe climate-change summit inspires a production emphasising the land-grab aspects of Shakespeare's late play in an imaginative staging
The short-term forecast is for a storm …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 31, 2021
The pandemic-delayed staging of Yann Martel's novel is finally arriving in London, and the star of the show is a mesmerising puppet
Finn Caldwell is studying four performers perched in the b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Edinburgh PlayhouseA refreshed version of the Disney perennial begins a tour of the UK with some spectacular visual feasts and a heart-stopping performance by Courtney Stapleton as Belle
Thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Friday, October 22, 2021
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughJanice Okoh's version of the 2019 novel waters down the culture clash at its heart and suffers for the lack of the author's rich prose
After Benjamin Myers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 16, 2021
Northern Stage, NewcastleLittle leavens the air of hopelessness in Jim Cartwright's 1986 collage of awkwardly staged monologues
Angela Rayner would probably approve of the "Tory scum" slogan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM[SHARE]Friday, October 15, 2021
Live theatre, NewcastleThe Durham miners' gala features in both these short plays exploring contrasting experiences of race and class
What are the chances of the Durham miners' gala making …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 14, 2021
Dundee RepA conscientious citizen stands against the forces of fake news and self-interest in the National Theatre of Scotland's provocative adaptation
Lewis den Hertog's images have the sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Monday, October 11, 2021
Impact Hub Bradford and onlineStruggling zero-hours sisters risk everything as Kamal Kaan's angsty play transplants the action from Ancient Greece
There is a home secretary hell bent on prot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM[SHARE]Friday, September 17, 2021
Pitlochry Festival theatreLesley Orr and Jo Clifford's show about the lives of some who have died in the past 18 months is a necessary act of communal remembrance
We've read about it in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 16, 2021
Royal Exchange, ManchesterLiv Hill is brilliant as a wise-cracking teenager in Stuart Slade's play about cancer, sex and the mystery of life
For those of us with limited tolerance for play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Theatre Royal, WakefieldSet in a northern seaside B&B, John Godber's latest has a healthy dollop of political analysis beneath its very funny surface
According to John Godber's latest co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM[SHARE] 
