Battersea Arts Centre, LondonA couple confront impending death with bawdy humour and burgeoning sadness in Ridiculusmus’s unsettling two-hander Let’s call this endurance clowning. Like a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMFrom High Life to Joy for Ever, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMCamden People’s theatre, London The community railroaded by Britain’s high-speed transport project turn their ire into a sparky protest show Sixty-three thousand. That’s how many bodie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMFrom Vox Lux to Stanley Kubrick, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMOrange Tree, RichmondThe nature of identity is explored with compassion in Cooper’s play which features brilliant performances Whatever it is that distinguishes rare writing talent, Zoe Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18PMTheatre 503, LondonThe peaceful behind-the-counter romance of two young women is disturbed by the arrival of an outsider The shelves are crammed with wine bottles, colourful tins, cereal box…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48PMFrom Avengers: Endgame to Mary Quant, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMFrom Loro to Stealing Sheep, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMFrom Mid90s to Dave, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMBush 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMHampstead 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMThe 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMFour 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMOld 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMWith 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:29PMFrom 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...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSouthwark 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 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMFrom 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...
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMRoss, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMArcola, 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMOxford 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMCurve, 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, …
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMBattersea 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMVarious 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMThe 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMSam 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMBattersea 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMBush 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…
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