Crucible, SheffieldWith few directorial flourishes and a compelling central performance, this bare-bones version of the domestic drama gives the story its full due Perhaps the best thing to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMThe Lowry, SalfordThe original magic that made the play the most successful in the National Theatre’s history still holds, with its visceral impact perhaps now more relevant than ever Joe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02PMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterJill Halfpenny and Rowan Robinson star in a revival of the 1958 play, staged near its setting of Salford Gather a group of writers together and they will soon be co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMCrucible, SheffieldDirector Anthony Lau brings his fiercely rigorous intellect to bear on this intensely felt love story, with standout performances from Simon Manyonda and Anoushka Lucas Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMA Colchester theatre is picking works out of a hat. In a defunded and exclusive sector, at least someone will get a chance Nick Ahad is a presenter for BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and the auth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMLeeds PlayhouseImitating the Dog follow their innovative Dracula and Night of the Living Dead with a version of Shelley’s classic that bolts on a contemporary story about impending parenth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMAdapting Onjali Q Raúf’s novel for the stage proved a challenge but her refugee story, which has a new nod to Harper Lee, is both urgent and unforgettable When I was young, my Bangladeshi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMThe organisation’s incoming artistic director shares plans to tour a ‘massive immersive experience’ to empty spaces across the country It might not have dominated the headlines quite l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMManchester Opera House Show built around Stock Aitken Waterman’s songs flies so long as the pop classics are playing Having been born at the end of the 1970s and come of age in the 1980s, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMCrucible, Sheffield It takes a while to get going but when it hits its straps, thanks to the cast’s skilful handling of farce, Sarah Tipple’s production from the Roger McGough translatio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMRoyal Exchange theatre, ManchesterTanika Gupta brings authority and nuance to her adaptation, exploring class, colonialism, partition and invasion – and finding unexpected resonance The So…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonTanika Gupta’s historical drama has only got more relevant since 2013, but there’s an awful lot of migration stories to get through in three…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMRoyal Exchange theatre, ManchesterAn updated version of Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s 1974 satire speaks to our times but also suffers from a lack of cohesion It is quite startling to witness…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMMaxine Peake and Christopher Eccleston among performers as venue put on final show after losing Arts Council funding In the end, if indeed it is the end (many on stage would have you believe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMCrucible, Sheffield Anthony Lau brings rich cultural authenticity to the stinging China-set capitalist critique – as well as slides and giant frogs The success of Everything Everywhere All…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AMCrucible, SheffieldDaneka Etchells is the most compelling Beatrice you might ever see in an exceptional production of the romantic comedy Post lockdown, theatres are looking for sure things …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMNottingham PlayhouseThis earnest musical, which features three sets of real twins across its cast, has a deeply moving pay-off This is an implausible musical, and you may spend the overlong …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMHope Mill theatre, ManchesterHeading to the Edinburgh fringe, Justin Huertas’s wildly original musical is sweet and likable but takes itself too seriously In 2004, the off-kilter American …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMHome, ManchesterSophie Anderson’s novel about a ‘yaga’ ushering the newly dead to the next world is put on its feet in this exuberant show Is the house going to grow chicken legs and r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMLeeds PlayhouseWhile unrefined, this show based on Tess Seddon’s failed attempt to stand for parliament, has a heart the size of at least one of the Ridings There is a neat irony here: had…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMHull TruckOne-liners and vernacular idiosyncrasies at the ready, the Hull-born One Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean takes us back to 1971 and the founding of a local institution Ori…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMCrucible, SheffieldWith hula hoops and a giant cake, this show bashes the narrative with disco glitz but keeps tragedy at its centre That the props department had to source a giant birthday …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMOctagon, BoltonThe regional premiere of Vinay Patel’s six-decade, three-continent story features a fantastic first professional performance from Saba Shiraz Early on in this three-act, two…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMStudio, SheffieldRyan Calais Cameron’s story of two young men who grew up together in care is flawed yet has a visceral rawness A writer singled out as a future star, Ryan Calais Cameron (…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMLeeds PlayhouseAfter a run at the Tokyo Olympics, this production arrives in Britain with every ounce of humour and verve exploited to the full A witty retelling of a classic that leaves no …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMCrucible, SheffieldThis story of loneliness and romantic disappointment is not obvious Christmas show material but has a lot to say about the season An attempted suicide, characters in the g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMDerby theatreJim Hawkins becomes a young woman (or two) in this joyous but flawed adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale While this is a sometimes flawed production, with an o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMThe Civic, BarnsleyProper Job’s staging of Kafka’s unfinished novel has a watchable lead and some cracking jokes, but leaves us short on connection There is a clue about what is to come …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMLeeds PlayhouseFor a tale of the undead, Imitating the Dog’s inventive blend of live theatre and tech is bursting with life Having tackled zombies in its most recent production, Night of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMCrucible, SheffieldA group of female prisoners come together for a concert in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s energetic and joyful play You wait three years for a new Morgan Lloyd Malcolm play and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMAs a boy, Nick Ahad idolised the wrestlers he saw on Saturday TV. Now he has revisited the sport’s northern heartland in Glory, a state-of-the-nation play that captures the thrill of the r…
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