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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Angels and demons: the unmissable theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2017 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner, Judith Mackrell and Brian Logan

Hamilton hits London, Bryan Cranston’s news anchor goes berserk, Wayne McGregor turns his DNA into dance, Mae Martin revisits her teen addictions and Toyah Willcox is a time-travelling que…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AM

Sunday, September 1, 2013

The best theatre of autumn 2013: from Richard II to Let The Right One In by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

A hard-hitting musical about a notorious Alabama rape case has contemporary resonance, a vampire play is guaranteed to produce gasps of terror, and David Tennant returns to ShakespeareThe Sc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM

Sunday, May 26, 2013

The best theatre for summer 2013 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

At the Young Vic, Chiwetel Ejiofor is Patrice Lumumba in Aimé Césaire's play about the Congo leader. Elsewhere Michael Morpurgo's versions of Aesop's fables are staged in the open and Rich…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:20PM

Monday, April 1, 2013

The best theatre for spring 2013 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

Othello and Titus Andronicus are the pick of the spring Shakespeare productions, while elsewhere there is a musical set in a pyjama factory, a postmodern pop opera and a guided tour of an Ed…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM

Sunday, September 2, 2012

The best theatre for autumn 2012 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

The River, Jez Butterworth's follow-up to Jerusalem, is one of the highlights of a season that also features Rachael Stirling in Medea and Lucy Prebble's new collaboration with Rupert GooldT…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM

Monday, April 9, 2012

The top plays for spring by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

From Lorca and Euripides in a festival of chaos to breathtaking circus in a cathedral, our critics pick the best theatrical experiences of the springA Marvellous Year for PlumsLong before Ir…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PM

Sunday, September 4, 2011

The top plays for the autumn by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

From Edward Bond and John Osborne to Hamlet done two ways, our critics pick the best theatrical experiences of the autumnSavedEdward Bond's play caused a huge kerfuffle when first staged in …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:46PM

Monday, November 22, 2010

The best theatre for Christmas 2010 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

The finest plays over the festive period, for children and adultsRomeo and JulietThe hot blood stirs in Rupert Goold's dark revival of this sometimes tricky tragedy, which opens a bulging RS…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM

The best pantomimes for Christmas 2010 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner

There's nothing like a Dame in December, so indulge your children, and your inner child, with our pick of the pantosBeauty and the BeastThis tiny theatre is best known for its annual pantomi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM

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