Friday, August 11, 2023
Her latest play, A Mirror, mixes her keen eye for human behaviour and her experiences in North Korea, but there's another influence that the writer has never spoken about " her autism diagno…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 10, 2023
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis adaptation of the classic musical is a joy, from the faded nightclub set to Carl Mullaney's showstopping I Am What I Am
Tim Sheader's revival of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM[SHARE]Monday, July 24, 2023
Lyric theatre, LondonThis show from Tall Stories brings children into the action with a gentle warmth, squeal-inducing gags and engaging puppetry
Tall Stories know a thing or two about adapt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 22, 2023
The Enron playwright felt her career was floundering when the call came from Jesse Armstrong's acclaimed series and changed everything. She talks about why writing is a lonely calling, and t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 18, 2023
Lyric Hammersmith theatre, LondonJocelyn Bioh's bitingly funny and sometimes heartbreaking play transposes relatable high-school movie tropes to 1980s Ghana to explore beauty standards and c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AM[SHARE]Monday, May 22, 2023
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonAmped-up visual gags and a cast that brings its own distinctive comic gifts to the Bard's dialogue ensure a contemporary feel to the classic comedy
Sean Holmes is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Unicorn theatre, LondonMusical for over-threes revels in belting solos, full-throttle yodelling and an operatic troll with a whiff of Lloyd Webber's Phantom
A mum sitting next to me whispers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AM[SHARE]Monday, March 20, 2023
The actor had just a week to rehearse for A Streetcar Named Desire. Fortunately, her turn as tragic belle Blanche DuBois has audiences enchanted
I nudge the recording device a bit closer to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Vaults, LondonPhoebe Batteson-Brown is archly comic as the clueless Perdita but it's the subplot about a queer teenager and the hypocrisy of politics that has real depth to it
This surpr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Jermyn Street Theatre, LondonIn historian Orlando Figes' rather too formal first play, the passionate romantic's friends try to persuade him to be a little more worldly
While researching hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 31, 2022
You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup " here's an event for each of the next 31 days
MUSIC Fl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2022
The Pit, Barbican, LondonFrom a control desk, director Rachel O'Mahony pushes buttons for songs, scenes and games in a fun, carefully crafted show staged by Zoo Co
Why can't more theatre be …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2022
Unicorn theatre, LondonMosquitos, cats and smartly defined morals feature in a complex and well-crafted reimagining of the beloved tale
Remember the blue fairy that toy-maker Geppetto wishes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Charing Cross theatre, LondonTim Rice's lyrics are the most striking aspect of a crisp production which can also feel heavy-handed
The members of G Company are going stir crazy in Hawaii. Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 3, 2022
Theatre Royal BathDirector James Grieve retains just enough of the rough-hewn power of the original sea shanties to offset the razzle-dazzle of the musical setting
Perhaps this charming real…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2022
Orange Tree theatre, LondonBrilliantly acted, designed and directed, Thorne's tender but brutally powerful portrait of a couple gets an overdue revival
After this play premiered in 2015, Jac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Scenes that skip between universes, 100 eyeballs emerging from the floorboards, whole plays set on a slope … The scripts for Constellations, Wonder Boy and other hits have provided instruc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2022
Rose theatre, LondonA striking score and expressive singing carry Christopher Haydon's production of the wartime classic
First there's the prologue. Then the play-within-a-play. Finally, a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 29, 2022
Felicity Kendal, Tracy-Ann Oberman and especially Joseph Millson are comic gifts in this 40th anniversary version that fits our times almost too well
Well, here's a surprise. Michael Frayn'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:49AM[SHARE]Friday, September 23, 2022
Bush theatre, LondonWill Jackson's endearing two-hander pairs a nervous learner driver with an overbearing instructor
Driving instructor extraordinaire Max has just three rules. No drinking.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The Yard, LondonVinay Patel's sci-fi adaptation boldly goes into the future on a rickety starship while exploring entrenched hierarchies and class
There is still a cherry orchard in this Che…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 8, 2022
Playground theatre, LondonFeaturing Keith Allen as a scheming PR man, this heartfelt comedy drawn from songwriter Grant Black's own experiences is often great fun
Opening with a song named W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AM[SHARE]Friday, September 2, 2022
Duke of York's theatre, LondonThis one-man, one-note show is a blandly sanitised history of Take That. While it won't thrill you with its drama, its slightly smug star does have one hell of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Everyman theatre, CheltenhamThe TV show invites a large helping of satire but Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary serve up a sugary plot with over-egged characters
The exquisite joy of Bake Off on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 31, 2022
Globe theatre, LondonSean Holmes's gleefully comic take is a riot of holiday colour and fun, featuring luminous lilos, stag do bantz and a playful Prospero in eyewateringly tight trunks
Come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 24, 2022
Leicester CurveNikolai Foster's new version is more like a play with dance and songs, giving ideas around love and loss, community and isolation, passion and violence room to breathe
In dire…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Theatre Royal BathWith charismatic performances and playful effects, Sean Holmes' slick touring production is escapist fun
Here is a chance to press pause on the difficult business of being …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Manual Cinema's stage version of Leonardo the Terrible Monster is heading for the Edinburgh fringe " and its adaptors hope it inspires audiences to create their own creatures
Mo Willems' chi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2022
Sophisticated productions of Life of Pi and 101 Dalmatians are pushing the art of puppetry into new and sometimes surprisingly dark directions
The Olivier-award-winning puppets in the new st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Jermyn Street theatre, LondonThe first winner of the Woven Voices prize for migrant playwrights is an open-hearted play that layers a Belarusian woman's past and present
Leather jackets and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AM[SHARE]Friday, July 1, 2022
Park theatre, LondonJoshua Collins is magnetic as a US soldier awaiting trial for murder in this hard-hitting drama hamstrung by its loose grip on reality
The title is a riff on Dante's Infe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33PM[SHARE] 
