Sunday, 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 07:24AMMonday, October 10, 2016
Palace theatre, LondonDerren Brown begs us all, journalists included, not to reveal anything he has done in the course of two-and-a-half hours. Seeing him for the first time, however, I feel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17PMThe Royal Court hosted a moving celebration of Arnold Wesker. His early works such as Roots are well known – let’s rediscover the rest of his 44 playsIf there is an ideal place to stage …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:49PMJermyn Street theatre, London A strong cast imbue Lillian Hellman’s 1951 play with a keen malaise, though they are shackled by the author’s enervating attitude towards her charactersA gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:19AMFriday, October 7, 2016
Ustinov Studio, BathTwo nursing-home visitors watch their ailing parents strike up a romance in a play that explores the mysteries of the human heartIs sex the exclusive property of the unde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PMTheatre Royal, BathAs the complex chaperone Charlotte Bartlett, Kendal is a pleasure to watch, but her presence unbalances this rich tale of middle-class self-discoveryThe presence of Felici…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AMThursday, October 6, 2016
Director Ivo van Hove’s production has a sombre aesthetic beauty while Binoche avoids the easy path of pathosTeam Juliette Binoche with Ivo van Hove, director of A View from the Bridge, in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMWatford Palace theatreTwo soldiers square up over an heiress in Brigid Larmour’s production of this 1894 play that hints teasingly at Shaw’s mature styleWhy would most producers rather c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMWednesday, October 5, 2016
Menier Chocolate Factory, London Political and artistic revolutions collide in a sprightly revival, directed by Patrick Marber, highlighting the emotion as well as the erudition of this bril…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34AMTuesday, October 4, 2016
Old Vic, LondonDwan’s vocal range is astonishing in her adaptation of Beckett’s Texts for Nothing, but the ingenious staging still struggles to give physical life to mysterious proseLisa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16AMSunday, October 2, 2016
Finborough, LondonElmer Rice’s 1923 satire about a browbeaten wage slave gets added musical spice in this savagely comic adaptationEuropean expressionism had a big impact on American theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AMFriday, September 30, 2016
The French playwright’s comedy has been packing audiences in worldwide for 20 years. What is the secret of its success?Twenty years ago Yasmina Reza’s Art opened at the Comédie des Cham…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMThursday, September 29, 2016
The play that burned down the Globe theatre in 1613, after a stage cannon ignited the thatch, is a potent farewell to this seriesIt seems strange to end this series of favourite Shakespeare …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:28PMWilton’s Music Hall, LondonThere are some striking performances in this musical about an explorer stuck underground, but too many of the lyrics are incomprehensibleA musical about a hero t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMWednesday, September 28, 2016
Young Vic, LondonThe director’s new work based on the ancient text is one of aesthetic beauty and great skill, if less convincing as a parable of our times Three decades ago, Peter Brook�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26PMTuesday, September 27, 2016
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonCooper commands the stage as the Restoration rebel John Rochester in Stephen Jeffreys’ portrait of debauchery and self-destructionDominic Cooper follows in t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:55PMSunday, September 25, 2016
Shakespeare’s Globe, London EastEnders actor Maddy Hill brings gutsy toughness as the heroine of this refocused Shakespeare adaptation, but Matthew Dunster’s violent setting seems at odd…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50AMGarrick, London This 1950s courtroom drama is an efficient piece of entertainment but is beginning to show its ageReginald Rose's script has had an incredibly long life. It first surfaced on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:28AMFriday, September 23, 2016
Royal Court, LondonPerformed by an excellent cast, Suzan Lori-Parks’s trilogy about the US civil war is riddled with Homeric allusions and seamlessly incorporates songs into the action Rel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM 
