Monday, October 26, 2020
Sparky solo play leaves you wanting yet more
Call him Ishmael, and the Zimbabwe-born, UK-based writer Zodwa Nyoni has done just that. That's the name of the solo character in Nyoni's slight…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:24AMThursday, October 15, 2020
Two young Black playwrights chronicle tales of the Nigerian diaspora in performances at the Bridge Theater, but only one digs deep.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54AMWednesday, October 7, 2020
Capacious biography pins down an elusive subject
"The older he got, the less he cared about self-concealment," or so it is said of Sir Tom Stoppard, somewhere deep into the 865 pages of …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:32AMTuesday, October 6, 2020
'The Last Five Years' revival is itself revived at Southwark Playhouse
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 04:00PMSunday, October 4, 2020
Essential series of Alan Bennett stage pairings comes to an end
Stillness works like a stealth bomb in Nights in the Garden of Spain, in which Tamsin Greig further confirms her status as on…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:54AMThursday, October 1, 2020
Masterclasses make up a mighty hour of theatre
"Getting dark," or so comments Irene Ruddock (a pitch-perfect Imelda Staunton) in passing midway through A Lady of Letters, and, boy, ain't th…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:24AMThursday, September 24, 2020
The Bridge theater in London has resumed performances after the coronavirus shutdown with a series of monologues by David Hare and Alan Bennett.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AMMonday, September 21, 2020
review of Old Vic In Camera presentation of the late Brian Friel's 1979 play 'Faith Healer'
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 05:22PMSaturday, September 19, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Maureen Lipman in fearless form in Martin Sherman's discursive solo play
Solo plays and performances are, of necessity, the theatrical currency of the moment, whether across an entire seaso…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:03AMFriday, September 4, 2020
The sheer brio of the endeavour proved irresistible, and one wasn’t surprised to see the performers’ eyes misting over
SOURCE: inews.co.uk at 07:50PMC-o-n-t-a-c-t — the letters are aptly distanced to suit the times — marks the English-language premiere of an alfresco theatre piece that premiered in Paris during lockdown.
SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:50PMWednesday, September 2, 2020
Based on the hit 1993 hit film “Sleepless in Seattle,” the production is London’s first fully staged indoor musical in months. Applause for that, at least.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMThursday, August 27, 2020
Traverse Theatre two-hander transfers well to the screen
In normal times, Edinburgh Festival audiences would now be packing into the city’s invaluable Traverse Theatre, home to some of th…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:12AMTuesday, August 18, 2020
For one night, we were part of a full-on theatrical experience once again
A lot of rain and untold bliss: those were the takeaways from Saturday night’s alfresco Opera Holland Park concer…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:32AMThursday, August 13, 2020
A New York duo celebrates Sir Noël and Samuel Beckett bewitches and bewilders once again
After months spent sifting amongst the virtual, I'm pleased to report that live performance looks t…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:42AMThe Donmar Warehouse is the first major playhouse in the city to reopen, with a socially distanced sound installation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03AMFriday, August 7, 2020
Profile of Young Vic artistic director could go still further
Filmed, as one would, well, imagine, prior to lockdown, Imagine .... My Name is Kwame hearkens to what now seems a bygone era …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:24AMThursday, August 6, 2020
Theatre comes to life, albeit gently, and some familiar names crop up online
After a weeklong hiatus due to an absence of noteworthy material, this column is back heralding the return, as w…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:06AMThursday, July 30, 2020
Streamed productions from the archive of the Royal Shakespeare Company show the development of some top-rank British performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32PMThursday, July 23, 2020
Empty playhouses caught on camera and an online 'Merchant' complete a typically varied week of theatrical fare
Theatres will begin gently unlocking their doors as we head into August. In the…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:18AMThursday, July 16, 2020
A Broadway legend in concert lends musical buoyancy to this week's ever wide-ranging theatrical array
We're easing out of lockdown, haircuts are being had, and the theatre continually shape…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:18AMThursday, July 9, 2020
Medeas past and present conjoin across a characteristically eclectic theatre week
Stop the presses! For the first time in nearly four months, The Arts Desk can point to the first of several…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:54AM“Staged,” a six-episode sitcom, and “Talking Heads,” a remake of a group of vaunted monologues, show what good can come of a bereft theatrical scene in Britain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54AMThursday, July 2, 2020
Nigel Slater is back, as is Richard Nelson's Apple family for a second time via Zoom
Can this weekly lineup really now be three months old? As we move towards at least some degree of rela…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:48AMThursday, June 25, 2020
Some celeb-heavy revivals and a kids-friendly showstopper feature amongst this week's lineup
Might we be nearing light at the end of the lockdown tunnel? It definitely seems that way, with t…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:06AMThursday, June 18, 2020
The state of Britain then and now gets a look-in, as do animals in human form
As lockdown continues, National Theatre at Home has announced its final sequence of plays, and several of the v…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:12AMTHEATRE LOCKDOWN SPECIAL 9: Alan Bennett revisited, and so is Oz
Some familiar titles, a 1913 rarity and a show in which the audience plays its part
The government may occupy shifting sands…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:12AMCaryl Churchill and Simon McBurney are among the British theater talents contributing to “The Lockdown Plays,” a series of new works you can listen to, but can’t see.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06AMThursday, June 4, 2020
Tom Hiddleston reminds us of his stage roots, as does Christopher Walken as Captain Hook
As we continue into a third month in lockdown, the arts continue to suggest ever-changing worlds beyo…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:48AMThursday, May 28, 2020
Early James Graham joins various Broadway legends, Irving Berlin and Jerry Herman amongst them
The live-ness of theatre seems further away with every passing week, but at least the art form…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:24PM 
