Friday, April 19, 2019
From Loro to Stealing Sheep, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Linked From The Guardian at 05:33AMFriday, April 12, 2019
From Mid90s to Dave, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Linked From The Guardian at 06:42AMTuesday, April 9, 2019
Bush theatre, LondonThis gently uplifting play about child migration – performed in English and beautifully signed – delights in language
Child migration might sound like a difficult sub…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:18PMThursday, April 4, 2019
Hampstead Downstairs, LondonThe crumbling set mirrors the failed relationship of a couple in Kellie Smith’s heavy-going drama
Dilapidated walls fill the stage, with great big holes punctu…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:00PMWednesday, April 3, 2019
The Yard, LondonJay Miller’s reworking of Arthur Miller’s classic delivers tender chemistry, clever characters and a female John Proctor, but its quest for novelty loses focus
Arthur Mil…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:12PMFriday, March 22, 2019
Four Women and Frankenstein are among the mindblowing highlights of Homegrown festival’s four-week creative carnival
There’s always a festival vibe at BAC; a sense that young talent is n…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:03PMThursday, March 21, 2019
Old Fire Station, OxfordNear catastrophe in a back garden sparks up this heartfelt if over-signposted play strongly influenced by children’s theatre
A black hole is engulfing Claire and he…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:03PMFriday, March 15, 2019
With their coke-fuelled visions and weaponised guitars, these productions put a new spin on Shakespeare’s tragedy
Two new versions of Macbeth march to a very different beat but music pulse…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:12PMSunday, March 10, 2019
From Captain Marvel to Henry Moore, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Linked From The Guardian at 03:48PMTuesday, February 19, 2019
Southwark Playhouse, LondonGood puppetry lends rich humanity to the central character of this subtle if controversial production about a boy set to leave home for a residential schoolPlenty …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:24AMFriday, February 15, 2019
From Notting Hill to Fatboy Slim, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Linked From The Guardian at 03:04PMBristol Old Vic As the British civil rights movement gathers momentum, racial tensions threaten a family in 1960s Bristol in this locally-gestated new playAn angry mob surges forward, banner…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:42AMThursday, February 7, 2019
Ross, who has died aged 40, left two new plays – The Shy Manifesto and The Good Landlord – which are full of compassion and dark comedyThe news last month that the playwright Michael Ros…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:06PMTuesday, January 15, 2019
Arcola, LondonGabriel Gbadamosi’s oblique new play follows three encounters, but too many layers of intrigue throw it off courseThe title is misleading: this isn’t really a play about po…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:32AMMonday, January 14, 2019
Oxford PlayhouseSparky performances and multisensory skits make Oily Cart’s singing, dancing and rhyming show feel cheekyOily Cart barely miss a beat in Hippity Hop, a sensory theatrical p…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:32PMMonday, December 17, 2018
Curve, LeicesterStorytelling is secondary to spectacle in this chaotic retelling that features cakes, wigs and a fraught balancing actBefore Dr Seuss’s infamous Cat has made his entrance, …
Linked From The Guardian at 08:18AMDerby theatreThe classic tale plays out on a lusciously crafted eco-friendly set by a company gently pushing the boundaries of kids’ theatreWe’re deep in the woods and inside the three b…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:12AMMonday, December 10, 2018
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonChildren are given access all areas to explore the old town hall building in this story about Britain’s first female civil servant‘Why does it say ‘caution…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:18PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonJocelyn Jee Esien and Pauline McLynn are on glorious form and bring out the glee in Marlowe’s macabre classicWhen asked why she decided to make Doctor Faustu…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:32AMMonday, November 26, 2018
Various locations, St Helen’sThis site-specific immersive theatre piece about local women’s lives across the decades inspires kindness and debateANU Productions have been talking and lis…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:48AMMonday, November 19, 2018
The Yard, LondonThe latest from theatre company Made in China is an arresting monologue about an actor prone to panic attacks and phone addictionA woman in a frilly green dress stands centre…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:36AMFriday, November 16, 2018
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonPaul Ready and Michelle Terry work brilliantly to create a central relationship that feels intimate and believableCasting roles based on real-life relationship…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:18AMMonday, November 12, 2018
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe feelings that words create, rather than their meaning, come to the fore in this quietly revealing pieceFour peaceful-looking women sit on chairs in a cramped…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:36PMSunday, November 11, 2018
Bush Theatre, LondonThis initially charming and thoughtful take on a couple in trouble casts hobby-obsession as the villain of the piece Leah loves jigsaw puzzles. She loves them so much tha…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:18AMFriday, November 2, 2018
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonDead Centre take a wrecking ball to poor 18-year-old Chekhov’s first work, in this wildly playful piece about the elusiveness of meaningTake Chekhov’s first …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:36PMTuesday, October 23, 2018
Tristan Bates theatre, London Hazel Maycock is superb in a moving family tale crammed with feeling and insightDementia is a heartbreaker. It’s also a nightmare to stage: repetitive, meande…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:04AMThursday, October 11, 2018
Omnibus theatre, LondonTumbling poetry and lively dialogue power Lizzie Nunnery’s dynamic song-led show set during the Easter RisingTwo Irish men sit on opposite sides of a prison wall in …
Linked From The Guardian at 04:06PMTuesday, October 9, 2018
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonBryony Kimmings’ deeply personal show is an exhilarating ride via pop video, horror movie, art installation and therapy sessionWho’s up for an offbeat musica…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:42AMMonday, October 8, 2018
Polka, LondonDespite the ornate animal masks and traditional dancing, Jatinder Verma’s production fails to capture the thrill of the Panchatantra tales The Panchatantra might have been con…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:18PMTuesday, September 25, 2018
New Diorama, LondonSarah Kane’s play becomes an exploration of living with profound disability in Deafinitely Theatre’s productionSarah Kane’s gruelling last play feels doubly painful …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:42AMFriday, September 21, 2018
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonThis true story of a village facing down the plague ripples with potential but Matt Hartley’s play is blighted by a lack of focusOne hour into Matt Hartley’s…
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