Monday, 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…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:24AMFriday, September 14, 2018
Ambassadors, LondonThe drama that made King’s name falls flat in Rachel O’Riordan’s revival starring Iwan Rheon and Paul NichollsFoxfinder starts in silence. A farmer and his wife sit …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:48AMWednesday, September 12, 2018
Orange Tree, RichmondThis tale of a 17th century duke trying to make Spain great again begins strongly but falters when things get weirdThere’s a whiff of Brexit about Losing Venice, which…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:32AMFriday, August 31, 2018
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonPhysical gags, interactive moments and a fairytale flourish combine in this revival of Shakespeare’s early comedyWhen does a desire to be funny start to feel…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:48AMThursday, August 30, 2018
Olivier, LondonThe first fruit of the National’s new community theatre programme was a richly sung version with brilliant performances from a cast of hundreds Has the National Theatre ever…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:33AMMonday, August 13, 2018
Regents Park Open Air theatre, LondonPerformers crank up the craziness in ever more outlandish costumes in Maria Aberg’s even darker take on the cult musicalIf you dig beneath the blood-so…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:36AMMonday, July 23, 2018
Polka, LondonRebecca Cobb’s original illustrations are elegantly woven into the design of this thoughtful yet unshowy adaptationThe Everywhere Bear sits on a shelf in Class One. He’s so …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:24PMMonday, July 16, 2018
Lost Gardens of Heligan, CornwallThis haunting outdoor show created by WildWorks fuses ancient myth with a tale of returning soldiersHidden among the roses, a soldier and his lover kiss good…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:54AMTuesday, July 3, 2018
The Yard theatre, LondonAn exercise-obsessed young woman sweats to become an online star in Joe Harbot’s anarchic playA lost young woman turns her life around, exercises like mad and is tr…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:12AMMonday, June 25, 2018
Storyhouse, ChesterGeraldine Alexander directs a slow-burning production of Arthur Miller’s play with a deeply unsettling performance by Leigh QuinnThe corruptive influence of power. The a…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, June 18, 2018
Finborough, LondonArthur Miller’s final play, inspired by the filming of The Misfits, offers a powerful view of the manipulation of Marilyn MonroeWhen Arthur Miller’s final play premiere…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:24PMMonday, June 11, 2018
Bernie Grant Arts Centre, LondonThe immersive theatre pioneers invite the audience into a gran’s pebbledash home and bring her memories to lifeI’m crouched down alongside a bunch of kids…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:18AMMonday, June 4, 2018
Bullish, gentle, broken, blazing: Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde and Scott Graham's interrogation of father-son relationships gets to you eventually.
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Omnibus theatre, LondonAdam Fuller directs a skilful adaptation of the children’s book about a boy whose sibling is born with a disabilityThis is a finely calibrated family show, based on …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:36PMTuesday, April 24, 2018
It's the little stuff that counts: Joe White's debut is another special play from a special theatre.
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Polka, LondonRosen’s epic is dished up for the stage in an adaptation that stirs in his poems about fried eggs and baked potatoesAll kids loves cake but Wilfred, aged four, is mad for it. …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:13AMFriday, April 6, 2018
What might've been: the ENB's Tchaikovsky for kids fails to spark the imagination.
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You lucky, lucky people: Michael Longhurst's Chichester production makes a triumphant London transfer.
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Self-aware and triumphantly obscure: Miriam Gillinson reviews Josh Azouz's new play involving a giant talking baby.
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Heart-ache: Miriam Gillinson reviews the West End transfer of Richard Eyre's production of Eugene O'Neill.
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Unicorn theatre, LondonStewart Melton’s gently earnest play, directed by Sarah Argent, helps children learn how to shareThroughout the beginning of Seesaw, which is about two children figu…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:32AMFriday, December 22, 2017
Albany, London The set is captivating and the standout moments are performed with swagger by Tutti Frutti, yet the heart of Hans Christian Andersen’s story feels lost The Ugly Duckling is …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33PMThursday, December 14, 2017
It’s mad. It’s ambitious. It’s silly and frightening and really annoying: Miriam Gillinson reviews the National Theatre's stage version of Pinocchio.
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