Rebecca Frecknall, whose “Cabaret” is heading to Broadway, steers Federico García Lorca’s play to its tragic finish with genuinely shocking force.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:08AMRoald Dahl adaptation is busy to a fault but lacks emotion The National Theatre these days seems to be going from hit-to-hit, with transfers aplenty and full houses at home. And there's eve…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:06PMHattie Morahan and Paul Hilton lead an astonishing cast in Joe Hill-Gibbins adaptation of 1881 Ibsen scorcher
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:43AMChristopher Eccleston is a Scrooge for the ages Familiarity has bred something quite fantastic with the Old Vic Christmas Carol, which is back for a seventh season and merits ringing all av…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:32AMTwo-time Tony nominee Samuel Barnett in roaring form in Marcelo Dos Santos's clever monologue
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:34PMCatherine Cusack and Kishore Walker in play about the biracial experience in the UK
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:38PMThe West End gets a much-needed shot in the arm Rarely has a play's opening been so opportune. Just when it looked as if the West End was slipping into decline, along comes the smart, shrewd…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:54AMAlun Armstrong and Marion Bailey shine in the latest from Richard Bean, author of One Man, Two Guvnors, and co-directed by Terry Johnson and the venerable Richard Wilson.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:50PMThe veteran actor directs and plays the title role in a brisk and curiously weightless London production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:37PMLynn Nottage's kitchen play finds a brilliant chef in director Lynette Linton and an astonishing cast, headed by Olivier winner Giles Terera (Hamilton) and Sweat alumnus Patrick Gibson
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:13AMIn London, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas do their best in a new play that careers between near-slapstick one minute and speechifying the next.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:43AMAlison Oliver plays the title role in director Carrie Cracknell's revival of the remorseless 1996 play from Irish dramatist Marina Carr
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:49AMSunset Boulevard is back, fresher than ever, but the new British musical is having its moment, too
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:32AMA stripped-back revival in London, directed by Jamie Lloyd, brings the classic musical into the present day, and gives Scherzinger a career-defining performance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:07AMThe brilliant Sharon Duncan-Brewster has stepped in, triumphantly, to the co-starring role in this delayed stage two-hander that completes a theatrical triptych.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:22AMFelicity Kendal returns to the role of Dotty Otley in Michael Frayn's comedy classic, opposite newcomers to the cast including James Fleet and an amusingly athletic Mathew Horne
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:17PMBernadette Peters in peerless, age-defying form heads an all-star tribute to her, and our, beloved Stephen Sondheim
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:51AMSimon Lipkin and Samuel Creasey in Derren Brown venture without the master mentalist actually in it
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:57AMThe tremendous Dublin-born, London-based actor has died, leaving an enormous legacy behind
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:26PMNathaniel Parker, of "Wolf Hall," and Jamie Bogyo, from the flop revival of "Aspects of Love," are amongst the all-male cast of Andy Sandberg's UK premiere of this decade-old American play.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:32PMIan McKellen, age 84, is as spry and welcome a stage presence ever opposite the equally invaluable Roger Allam
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:28AM2023 Olivier nominee Mei Mac stars in Kimber Lee play about Asian stereotyping over time
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:05AMLynn Nottage's 2018 Public Theater play gets a powerful London airing courtesy director Miranda Cromwell and leading player Ira Mandela Siobhan.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:29PMHenry Fraser's inspirational memoir is now a musical, directed by Luke Sheppard of "& Juliet" renown.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 05:55AMTyrell Williams's Olivier-nominated and Evening Standard Theatre Award-winning play returns for an encore engagement, fronted once again by the dazzling Francis Lovehall
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:18AMA London revival of the hit musical brings extra warmth to the story of a woman in psychological free fall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:55AMIan Hallard stars in his own play, directed by his husband, Mark Gatiss, and with a scene-stealing supporting performance from Sara Crowe.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:28PMJapanese anime continues to have its day onstage with this latest show coming in between London premieres of My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:30AMA ripped Max Bennett takes the title role in a play soon to be seen again in London with David Tennant and then Ralph Fiennes: Matti Houghton plays his Lady.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:21AMJodie McNee gives a superb performance in Olivier-winner Michael Wynne's eighth play for the Royal Court, this one all-female and directed by Vicky Featherstone
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:38AMKwame Kwei-Armah revisits his 2013 play, this time in London and with a rejigged second act - and superb leading lady
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