Australian actor Daniel Monks has realised a dream of playing both Joseph Merrick and Richard III. As Teenage Dick, an adaptation of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AMHaving worked wonders on Tennessee Williams’ under-appreciated and pretty flawed play Summer and Smoke, director Rebecca Frecknall works a similar magic on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMBreach made its name with a series of shows exploring the idea of re-enactment, most notably It’s True, It’s True, It’s True,
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWords are everything in Jamie Lloyd’s stripped-down and shaken-up Cyrano. Martin Crimp’s adaptation plays fast and loose with Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59PMOf all the many versions of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas fable being staged this winter, this is one of the most inventive.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PMReturning to the Old Vic for the third year running, Jack Thorne’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic morality tale manages to be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:41AMStrange Tales – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Grid Iron’s new show for the Traverse is based on the stories of Chinese writer Pu
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Snow Queen – Sherman Theatre, Cardiff The Sherman Theatre’s festive show is Tessa Walker’s production of Hans Christian Andersen’s seasonal favourite,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMLast year, a writer introduced me to the term ‘cul-de-sac-ing’. She used it to describe her frustration at the fact that, having
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMThe Arrival – Bush Theatre, London Olivier-winning director Bijan Sheibani – whose past productions include the majestic Barber Shop Chronicles – helms
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMShakespeare’s Globe continues its cycle of history plays – which kicked off with an all-female version of Richard II in the Sam
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMDear Evan Hansen – Noel Coward Theatre, London Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s hit Broadway musical, about a teenage boy who writes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe vertical often gets overlooked in theatre. Tom Morris’ production of Joe Simpson’s 1988 memoir about his against-all-odds survival of a mountaineering
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMHis plays have brought threats, vandalism – and international acclaim. Now the fearless dramatist is retooling Ibsen to lay bare corruption in his homeland Jeton Neziraj has clear views ab…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMThere’s a tendency when writing about theatre to bandy about words like ‘necessary’ and ‘bold’, in a way that can dilute their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMJohn Webber’s intriguing debut play bides its time. Esther (Lia Burge) and former cab driver Keith (Matt Whitchurch) sit across a table
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMThe Voila! Festival in London, now in its seventh year, provides audiences with an opportunity to see an eclectic range of work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMSpiderfly – Theatre503, London Theatre503 has had an impressive hit rate of late when it comes to new writing. Next up is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMDeath of a Salesman – Piccadilly Theatre, London Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell’s acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s play transfers to the
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMCanadian writer Jordan Tannahill’s 2016 play is an intriguingly anachronistic mash-up that splices Renaissance Italy with the 21st-century art scene. The characters
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AM“Am I unnatural?” Hedda Gabler herself asks in tones most women will recognise. Chelsea Walker’s production of Ibsen’s play cuts to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMIan Rickson’s atmospheric staging of Brian Friel’s intricate and lyrical 1980 play about language, communication and colonialism returns to the National Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:28AMVassa – Almeida Theatre, London Tinuke Craig directs Mike Bartlett’s new adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s play about a family unravelling. A late
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAs a text Alice Birch’s [Blank] is a phenomenal thing. The play began as a co-commission between National Theatre Connections and theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMThis, to be clear, is not a play about the Yorkshire Ripper. That story has been told often enough, his name is
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