Saturday, November 5, 2016
Minerva, ChichesterThis return to star-driven Shakespeare has in Frank Langella a commanding Lear still driven by a craving for loveWe are used to director’s Shakespeare. This production, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMFriday, November 4, 2016
Theatre Royal, BathDavid Haig, like the late Nigel Hawthorne, follows an acclaimed performance in Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III by playing Shakespeare's deranged monarch. But, alt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12PMOld Vic, LondonJackson ends a 25-year absence with a ferocious, unflinching performance that transcends gender and puts her among the best LearsHelp fund our journalism by becoming a Guardia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMThursday, November 3, 2016
Vaudeville, LondonKatherine Parkinson is hilarious in Terry Johnson’s revival of his 1994 drama about a group of emotionally deficient comedy obsessivesImages of Frankie Howerd, Tommy Coop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
Donmar Warehouse, LondonWhat are the hottest tickets in London theatre? Patrick Stewart's Macbeth, Ian McKellen's Lear and what will now be known as Chiwetel Ejiofor's Othello. For director …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PMBirmingham RepMcDiarmid delivers the paradoxical politician’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech in Chris Hannan’s new play which switches between the 1960s and the 90sThe Rep seems the right …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMTuesday, November 1, 2016
Donmar Warehouse, LondonPatrick Marber is not the first person to give Molière's comedy a makeover. Only two years ago Neil Bartlett transposed the action to a belle-époque hotel. But, whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMWyndham's Theatre, LondonArt is not a competition. Since, however, this is the second Much Ado in five days, comparisons are inevitable. And, while Jeremy Herrin's version at Shakespeare's G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31PMThe Boston Globe’s initiative to fund a classical music critic by nonprofit groups raises troubling questions for arts critics on both sides of the AtlanticAll critics cherish their indepe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PMFound111, London Shepard’s 1983 play about incestuous love – revived with Adam Rothenberg and Lydia Wilson – has lost something of its visceral powerSome plays grow richer with time. I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMonday, October 31, 2016
Finborough, LondonHoward Brenton’s play about the ringleader of a chaotic squat is given a timely revival by Josh RocheHoward Brenton’s play dates from 1973: a period when Britain was ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThursday, October 27, 2016
Olivier theatre, London Musicians are thrust centre stage to epic effect in Michael Longhurst’s revival, and Lucian Msamati is excellent as the composer locked in battle with the divinePet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMHoward Davies, who has died aged 71, was one of the great post war theatre directors, teasing new messages from old plays and drawing career-defining performances from Alan Rickman, Helen Mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:01AMWednesday, October 26, 2016
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonGreer’s play adds modern politics to Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, following the divided, upper-class black owners of a Michigan hotel during the US e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AMAfter drawing up a long list of names, I've picked my candidate. Can you guess who it is? And which director would you nominate?And the winner is ... Who would you place in the spotlight? Ph…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31AMTuesday, October 25, 2016
Olivier Theatre, LondonForget Boris Karloff with a bolt through his neck. Forget even Peter Boyle as the new, improved monster singing Puttin' On The Ritz in the Mel Brooks pastiche. What yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02PMMonday, October 24, 2016
Actor who excelled at playing women of strength, wit and charmSheila Allen, who has died aged 78, was an actor of extraordinary range and power, and a delightful, independent-minde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28PMArcola, London Five actors take turns to portray a woman with schizophrenia in this imaginative, disquieting Belarus Free Theatre adaptation of a bold memoirJust over a decade ago, Belarus F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMSunday, October 23, 2016
Bristol Old Vic Circus freaks, puppets and soaring songs collide in a new adaptation that deftly walks a tightrope between romantic and grotesqueYou can see why Victor Hugo attracts the make…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AMFriday, October 21, 2016
Garrick, LondonFirst seen in Edinburgh two years ago, Dale Wasserman's version of the Ken Kesey novel keeps coming back. Clearly that has a lot to do with the star-presence of Christian Slat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AMThursday, October 20, 2016
Dorfman, LondonBryony Kimmings, Brian Lobel and Tom Parkinson have created an ebullient show that follows the stories of a group of cancer patientsA musical about cancer? I see no reason why…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, October 19, 2016
Orange Tree, RichmondThis long overdue revival of Churchill’s 1997 plays captures the fragility and savagery of family relationships Related: 'Her work haunts me': Caryl Churchill by those…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMTuesday, October 18, 2016
The Shed, LondonChinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang uses humour to look at the implications of being racially hyphenated in this peach of a playWhat exactly is racial identity? Doe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23PMLyttelton, LondonHare’s adaptation of 1968 novel La Main features subtle performances from Mark Strong and Elizabeth Debicki, but the cinematic design upstages the dramaThere is a palpable…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMSunday, October 16, 2016
Almeida, LondonAnne-Marie Duff time travels from 1800s Cornwall to 70s Libya in Ella Hickson’s remarkable new play about empire, energy and parenthoodThe old idea that women dramatists ten…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonI have never much warmed to Enid Bagnold's play: what others call its high comic style sounds to me arch, precious and exhibitionist. But, if this 1956 Haymarket hit …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48AMFriday, October 14, 2016
Young Vic, LondonBased on the book by Jonny Steinberg, Isango Ensemble’s powerful music-theatre production tells the true story of an eight-year-old refugee’s journeyCape Town’s Isango…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AMThursday, October 13, 2016
Duke of York’s theatre, LondonReece Shearsmith is a waspish factotum to Ken Stott’s earthy, contradictory Shakespearean actor in Ronald Harwood’s grot-behind-the-greasepaint drama Ken…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58PMFo combined a profound love of humanity with a detestation of the abuse of power. He was also a performer of extraordinary physical plasticity and vocal skillDario Fo, who has died at the ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AMFrom the archive: The Guardian’s review, published on 16 October 1979, for the London production of Fo’s classic play, starring Alfred Molina at the Half MoonWe tend to associate politic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Donmar Warehouse, LondonThe acting is outstanding and the issues are timely in Kwame Kwei-Armah’s production of Kemp Powers’ passionate playIt may be a flawed play, but it is still a gre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM 
