Friday, April 20, 2012
Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon: The party's over. Balloons festoon the stage, empty champagne bottles are strewn about the stage - and death comes creeping for the king.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AMMonday, April 16, 2012
The Oscar-winning actress gives a wonderfully compelling performance in Botho Strauss' fractured, difficult play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMCottesloe, National, London: This new solo show from Inua Ellams sees him develop both as a writer and a performer.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMFriday, April 13, 2012
David Suchet and Laurie Metcalf give superb performances in Anthony Page's excellent West End production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AMMonday, April 2, 2012
Riverside Studios, London: DogOrange's production of JM Barrie's infrequently performed play has been revised and tightened since it was staged last year at the Jack Studio Theatre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMThe Print Room, London: There's a feverish quality to Lucy Bailey's atmospheric production of Chekhov's melancholy masterpiece. Her staging heightens the claustrophobia of the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMThursday, March 29, 2012
Old Red Lion, London: Following close on the heels of the Southwark Playhouse premiere of Philip Ridley's new play Shivered and an acclaimed production of The Pitchfork Disney at the Ar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMMonday, March 26, 2012
Theatre 503, London: Craig Higginson's two-hander explores the increasingly intense relationship between an attractive young teacher of English and her charismatic French Congolese stud…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMFriday, March 23, 2012
Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton shine in Jonathan Kent's effective production of Stephen Sondheim's dark musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:01AMThursday, March 22, 2012
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Helen Edmundson's new play for Shared Experience takes Mary Shelley away from the creative frenzy of the Villa Diodati and instead examines the influenc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMWednesday, March 7, 2012
Zach Braff stars in his self-indulgent comedy abiout a man who tries to kill himself.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMThursday, March 1, 2012
Joely Richardson follows in her family's footsteps as the heroine of Ibsen's mysterious play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMMonday, February 27, 2012
Lindsay Duncan leads a strong cast in Howard Davies' slick revival of Noel Coward's 1925 play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMWednesday, February 22, 2012
Barbican Silk Street, London, February 16-March 10: A young woman's bed, crimson-sheeted, sits in the centre of the stage. Above it designer Nick Ormerod has hung a True Blood poster, w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMThursday, February 16, 2012
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Louise Rennison's witty, well-observed tales of teenage life make a winning transition to the stage care of Ryan McBryde's lively production.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMThursday, February 9, 2012
Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon: Helen Edmundson's new play for the RSC is based on the life of Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz, a 17th century Mexican nun who was also a poet and playwright. Si…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:17AMWednesday, February 8, 2012
Nuffield, Southampton: Time is of the essence in Romeo and Juliet - fuelled by youthful energy, their love burns hot, hard and fast. It's fitting then that a clock is a recurring image …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:52AMFriday, January 20, 2012
Nicholas Wright's intermittently entertaining new play looks at the early days of film-making.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:55AMMonday, December 12, 2011
Mitch Sebastian's 21st-century video game reimagining of the 1972 Broadway musical never quite gels.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMFriday, December 9, 2011
Peter Capaldi and Marcia Warren head a strong cast in this broad adaptation of the classic film about a criminal gang.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMThursday, December 8, 2011
Eddie Redmayne gives an intriguing performance as Shakespeare's king in Michael Grandage's elegant and polished production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMTuesday, November 29, 2011
Nicholas Kenyon was among theatre leaders debating the need for arts venues to evolve, open up and incorporate other facilitiesWhat will the theatres of the future look like? Will purpose-bu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMFriday, November 25, 2011
This musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel about a bookish young woman is truly delighrful and inventive.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMThursday, November 17, 2011
Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley give fine performances in Trevor Nunn's lumbering production of James Goldman's historical drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:15AMWednesday, November 9, 2011
Michael Sheen takes on the title role of Ian Rickson's controversial take on the Bard's classic, set in a psychiatric insitution.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, October 20, 2011
Douglas Hodge delivers an utterly mesmerizing performance in John Osborne's 1964 play about a washed-up London solicitor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10AMDouglas Hodge delivers an utterly mesmerizing performance in John Osborne's 1964 play about a washed-up London solicitor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10AMTuesday, October 4, 2011
This new stage adaptation of Donn Pearce's novel about a hard-boiled prisoner lacks atmosphere and intensity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AMTuesday, September 20, 2011
Anthony Sher delivers an impressive performance in the West End revival of Arthur Miller's play about an unhappy couple in the 1930s.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMWednesday, August 10, 2011
Julian Sands' affectionate tribute to the great playwright focuses primarily on Pinter's poetry.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMTuesday, August 9, 2011
Marc Almond gives a charismatic performnce in this hour-long song cycle about life during the plague at the Edniburgh Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM 
