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Sunday, December 1, 2024

The week in theatre: Tender; Expendable review – small provocations by Susannah Clapp

Bush; Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London An on-off romance is all tumbling dialogue and tiny details in Eleanor Tindall’s agile new play. Plus, a grooming scandal tale seen thro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM
Sunday, November 24, 2024

The week in theatre: The Red Shoes; Wolves on Road – review by Susannah Clapp

Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Bush, LondonThe shoes do the talking, eventually, in the RSC’s handsome yet overpolite take on Andersen’s grisly fairytale. And action outruns plot as two Bow …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM
Sunday, November 10, 2024

The week in theatre: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Burnt-Up Love; More… Ghost Stories – review by Susannah Clapp

Ambassadors; Finborough; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonJethro Compton’s folky Cornish musical sweeps into the West End with fiddles and fudge; writer Ché Walker plays a fiery ex-con on a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM
Sunday, November 3, 2024

The week in theatre: Dr Strangelove; Barcelona; Quiet Songs – review by Susannah Clapp

Noël Coward; Duke of York’s; Barbican Pit, LondonIn a week of underused talent, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley merely recreate Kubrick’s biting cold war satire; Lily Coll…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

‘You get more confident as the parts run out’: Harriet Walter on her stage career, Succession and Shakespeare’s women by Susannah Clapp

Her acting has seen her as the Roy family matriarch, an assassin in Killing Eve and in no fewer than 21 Shakespeare theatre roles. In her new book she imagines what the Bard’s female chara…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM
Sunday, October 27, 2024

The week in theatre: The Forsyte Saga, Parts 1 and 2; Othello – review by Susannah Clapp

Park theatre, London; Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonOver five hours, John Galsworthy’s family epic unfolds with intimate clarity on an almost bare stage. At the RSC, Emilia…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM
Sunday, October 20, 2024

The week in theatre: Oedipus; The Fear of 13; The Duchess (of Malfi) – review by Susannah Clapp

Wyndham’s; Donmar Warehouse; Trafalgar, LondonMark Strong and Lesley Manville transfix as Robert Icke wires Sophocles into the present; Adrien Brody excels in a sharp prison drama; and how…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AM
Sunday, October 6, 2024

The week in theatre: Giant; Roots; Look Back in Anger – review by Susannah Clapp

Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court; Almeida, LondonJohn Lithgow is magnificent as Roald Dahl in Nicholas Hytner’s production of an extraordinary debut play; Morfydd Clark finds her vo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM
Sunday, September 29, 2024

The week in theatre: Waiting for Godot; Coriolanus; A Face in the Crowd – review by Susannah Clapp

Theatre Royal Haymarket; Olivier; Young Vic, LondonBen Whishaw and Lucian Msamati add star power to James Macdonald’s thoughtful Beckett; David Oyelowo’s Coriolanus is dwarfed by epic st…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PM
Sunday, September 8, 2024

The week in theatre: G; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; The Real Thing – review by Susannah Clapp

Royal Court Upstairs, London; Minerva, Chichester; Old Vic, LondonReality is up for debate in Tife Kusoro’s rapid-fire new drama, David Eldridge’s nuanced take on John le Carré, and Tom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Sunday, September 1, 2024

The week in theatre: The History Boys; A Chorus Line – review by Susannah Clapp

Theatre Royal, Bath; Sadler’s Wells, LondonFresh talent shines, though nuance could try harder, in a 20th anniversary revival of Alan Bennett’s glinting schoolroom comedy, while the Broa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Edinburgh festival theatre 2024: The Fifth Step; The Outrun; I Wish You Well; Gwyneth Goes Skiing – review by Susannah Clapp

Royal Lyceum; Church Hill; Underbelly; PleasanceJack Lowden and Sean Gilder compel in David Ireland’s crackling new AA drama; Amy Liptrot’s wild addiction memoir somehow works on stage; …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM
Sunday, August 18, 2024

The week in theatre: Jennie Lee; Fiddler on the Roof; Antony and Cleopatra – review by Susannah Clapp

Boat Inn, Kidlington; Regent’s Open Air theatre; Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonGroundbreaking Labour MP Jennie Lee is given her due in Mikron’s vibrant new touring show; the 60-year-old m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AM
Sunday, August 11, 2024

The week in theatre: The Years; Pericles – review by Susannah Clapp

Almeida, London; Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonExtraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book. An…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AM
Sunday, August 4, 2024

The week in theatre: Death of England: The Plays; Grapes of Wrath; Please Right Back – review by Susannah Clapp

@sohoplace; Lyttelton, London; Gulbenkian Arts Centre, CanterburyThomas Coombes and Paapa Essiedu grip in an all too timely revival of Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’s state-of-the-nation mon…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AM
Sunday, July 14, 2024

The week in theatre: Slave Play; Skeleton Crew; Alma Mater – review by Susannah Clapp

Noël Coward; Donmar Warehouse; Almeida, LondonJeremy O Harris’s gloves-off Broadway hit is overladen yet thought-provoking; sound design speaks loudest in a wordy Detroit story; and a las…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM
Sunday, July 7, 2024

The week in theatre: Mnemonic; The Secret Garden; The Herds – review by Susannah Clapp

Olivier; Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonComplicité’s extraordinary 1999 play proves a little more forgettable second time round; an al fresco Secret Garden remakes the story in s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Sunday, June 30, 2024

The week in theatre: The Constituent; Kyoto; Mean Girls – review by Susannah Clapp

Old Vic, London; Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Savoy theatre, LondonJames Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin struggle for urgency in Joe Penhall’s drama about a threatened female MP; climate cris…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM
Sunday, June 23, 2024

The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Kiss Me, Kate – review by Susannah Clapp

Shakespeare’s Globe; Barbican, London The possibility of pleasure is everywhere in Sean Holmes’s summer crowd-pleaser, while Adrian Dunbar tackles his first musical role in Cole Porter�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Sunday, June 9, 2024

The week in theatre: Viola’s Room; A View from the Bridge – review by Susannah Clapp

One Cartridge Place; Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonPunchdrunk guide us through a gothic tale with ingenious lighting and Helena Bonham Carter’s whispers; while Dominic West is terrific as…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Sunday, June 2, 2024

The week in theatre: Bluets; People, Places & Things – review by Susannah Clapp

Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court; Trafalgar theatre, London Katie Mitchell directs and Ben Whishaw stars, while David Byrne’s new reign at the Royal Court gets off to a cool start. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Sunday, May 26, 2024

The week in theatre: Romeo & Juliet; Richard III; Passing Strange review – no fault in these stars by Susannah Clapp

Duke of York’s, Shakespeare’s Globe; Young Vic, LondonJamie Lloyd’s youthfully intense staging gives us a Juliet for the ages; Michelle Terry’s king rises above the disability row; a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AM
Sunday, May 19, 2024

The week in theatre: Withnail and I; Spirited Away; Mary Said What She Said; Boys on the Verge of Tears – review by Susannah Clapp

Birmingham Rep; Coliseum; Barbican; Soho theatre, LondonBruce Robinson’s new adaptation of his cult film is too theatrical by half; the latest staged Studio Ghibli fantasy is more effects …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Sunday, May 12, 2024

The week in theatre: The Cherry Orchard; Minority Report; Laughing Boy – review by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse; Lyric Hammersmith; Jermyn Street, LondonThe aged servant steals the show in a fast-paced 21st-century Chekhov, Max Webster’s dystopian sci-fi dazzles the eye but skips th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Sunday, May 5, 2024

The week in theatre: The Buddha of Suburbia; Love’s Labour’s Lost – review by Susannah Clapp

Swan; Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonA new era at the RSC opens with a potent staging by Emma Rice and Hanif Kureishi of his classic everyman tale and a clever take on Shakesp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM
Sunday, April 28, 2024

The week in theatre: Machinal; Blue Beard; The Cord – review by Susannah Clapp

Old Vic; Battersea Arts Centre; Bush theatre, LondonRichard Jones’s supercharged staging of Sophie Treadwell’s 1920s masterpiece hits like a fist; Emma Rice subverts a dark fairytale wit…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM
Sunday, April 21, 2024

The week in theatre: London Tide; The Comeuppance; Gunter – review by Susannah Clapp

Lyttelton; Almeida; Royal Court Upstairs, LondonAll of London life doesn’t quite materialise in an epic take on Dickens with music by PJ Harvey; a university reunion digs deep at the Almei…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Sunday, April 14, 2024

The week in theatre: Player Kings; Red Pitch; Underdog: The Other Other Brontë – review by Susannah Clapp

Noël Coward; @sohoplace; Dorfman; LondonIan McKellen reigns supreme in Robert Icke’s Henry IV mashup; Tyrell Williams’s coming-of-age football drama is bang on target; and the Brontë s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Sunday, April 7, 2024

The week in theatre: Long Day’s Journey Into Night; The Lover/The Collection; The Divine Mrs S – review by Susannah Clapp

Wyndham’s London; Ustinov, Bath; Hampstead, LondonBrian Cox and, especially, Patricia Clarkson shine as dysfunctional parents in Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play, David Morrissey…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Sunday, March 17, 2024

The week in theatre: Starter for Ten; Uncle Vanya review – fingers on buzzers, and samovars by Susannah Clapp

Bristol Old Vic; Orange Tree theatre, RichmondBamber goes to Bristol in a buoyant musical of David Nicholls’s University Challenge romcom, while Trevor Nunn’s impeccably traditional Chek…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Sunday, March 10, 2024

The week in theatre: Nye; The Lonely Londoners; Hadestown – review by Susannah Clapp

Olivier; Jermyn Street; Lyric, LondonLarkiness overtakes Tim Price’s hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s great Windrush novel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime