Saturday, November 9, 2019
Boulevard; Turbine; Kiln, LondonTwo recently opened London theatres make their mark, with love and loss round the camp fire, and a sparky reworking of High Fidelity that just needs a few goo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMSunday, November 3, 2019
Royal Exchange, Manchester; Dorfman; Hampstead, LondonSarah Frankcom signs off in Manchester with elegiac Simon Stephens and a little bit of Jarvis Cocker. Plus, Annie Baker’s latest and t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMSaturday, October 26, 2019
Donmar Warehouse; Old Vic; Almeida, LondonAlice Birch searches for hope in the criminal justice system, Claire Foy and Matt Smith bring wit to eco angst, and Siobhan Redmond makes a fine Gor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMSaturday, October 19, 2019
Leeds Playhouse; Lyric Hammersmith; Royal Court, LondonA powerful verbatim portrayal of women’s lives during the Yorkshire Ripper years; a sci-fi classic reborn; and a musical imperialism …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSunday, October 6, 2019
Lyttelton; Young Vic, London; Chichester Festival theatreAthol Fugard’s masterly apartheid drama still shocks, while compatriot Yaël Farber is transfixed by Marina Carr’s lyrical Irish …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMSunday, September 29, 2019
Royal Court, London; Curve, LeicesterCaryl Churchill conjures four short, sharp, unconnected plays that add up to one remarkable whole. And a new spin on an 80s film classic
What a rapt, int…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSunday, September 22, 2019
Dorfman; Hampstead; Bush, LondonAusterity bites at the National in Alexander Zeldin’s intense community centre drama, while a Chinese whistleblowing thriller is lost for words
Alexander Ze…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMSunday, September 15, 2019
Old Vic; Lyric Hammersmith, London; Minerva, Chichester Lucy Prebble’s take on the Litvinenko murder swivels brilliantly between tragedy and farce, while Ibsen’s women still have much to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMSunday, September 8, 2019
Lyttelton; Duke of York’s; Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonAlex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan snipe to perfection as an 80s Tory MP and his wife in a debut play that isn’t quite so sharp. P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSunday, September 1, 2019
Wyndham’s; Donmar Warehouse, London; Queen’s theatre, HornchurchPhoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag returns in singularly brilliant fashion. Plus, more electrifying drama from Branden Jacob…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMSunday, August 25, 2019
Almeida, London; Festival theatre, EdinburghRobert Icke concludes his dazzling run at the Almeida with another masterstroke. Plus, Stephen Fry’s one-man Greek myths
Robert Icke’s time as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSunday, July 21, 2019
Two star performances breathe life into Tennessee Williams, Vanessa Redgrave’s memories could do with an edit, while Jasmine Lee-Jones is someone to watchTennessee Williams can make the st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMSunday, July 14, 2019
Manchester international festival; Olivier, LondonTree is less exciting than the row about its authorship, Lolita Chakrabarti works wonders with Italo Calvino’s tricky text, and David Hare…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMSunday, July 7, 2019
Donmar Warehouse; Royal Court, London; Curve, LeicesterDavid Greig’s play on continental movement still resonates, while the makers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child can’t summon the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSunday, June 30, 2019
Almeida; Old Vic; Barbican, LondonYoung performers shine in a riveting adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s film about a falsely accused teacher. And Andrew Scott is a Noël Coward natural
It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMSunday, June 23, 2019
Our critic reflects on the exciting developments sweeping our stages and below, some of the top new recruits share their stories and ways of working
British theatre is in the process of a ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMGarrick; Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; Bush, LondonJohn Malkovich cannot save David Mamet’s lame post-Weinstein satire. Thank heavens for Giffords’ groovy circus spectacular
Any sex play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMSunday, June 9, 2019
Ambassador, Bradford; Trafalgar Studios; Young Vic, LondonThe short but vibrant life of playwright Andrea Dunbar is vividly recreated by an all-female cast, while the joys and trials of 90s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSunday, June 2, 2019
Royal Theatre Stratford East; Lyttelton; Wyndham’s, LondonLenny Henry and Aaron Pierre are supercharged in August Wilson’s epic while Roger Allam excels as a stern Edwardian patriarch
Au…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSunday, May 26, 2019
Dorfman; New Diorama; Regent’s Park; Royal Court, LondonA startlingly innovative play turns the audience into East German snoopers and a clever musical tackles a wartime ruse
What a whirli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMSunday, May 19, 2019
Young Vic; Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonAn outstanding cast portray a family stuck together while falling apart in the Young Vic’s Death of a Salesman. At the Globe, enter Falstaff, Harry …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMSunday, May 12, 2019
Duke of York’s; Camden People’s theatre; Hampstead, LondonHayley Atwell excels in a dazzling new Ibsen adaptation, while Thomas Hardy has a hand in dramas about HS2 and a Syrian cleaner
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMSunday, April 21, 2019
Bridge; Donmar Warehouse; Almeida, LondonMaggie Smith makes a triumphant return to the stage as Joseph Goebbels’s former personal secretary, while Anne-Marie Duff hits the high notes
“Le…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, April 14, 2019
Royal Exchange, Manchester; Arcola; Lyric Hammersmith, LondonOut go the finger clicks but the knife crime stays in Sarah Frankcom’s vital reworking of West Side Story. And Little Miss Suns…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMSunday, April 7, 2019
Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Lyttelton; Barbican, LondonJohn Kani and Antony Sher are reunited in Kani’s powerful new drama. Plus, a timely revival of Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls and Enda …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, March 31, 2019
Hampstead; Menier Chocolate Factor; Vaudeville, London Debut playwright Ella Road conjures a potent dystopia, Penelope Wilton is perfection in a sharp David Hare revival, and Shakespeare’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSaturday, March 23, 2019
Crucible, Sheffield; National Theatre; Alexandra Palace theatre, LondonA new musical with songs by Richard Hawley is rooted in Sheffield but richly resonant for all, while Bruce Norris and J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMSaturday, March 16, 2019
Harold Pinter; Adelphi, LondonTom Hiddleston leads a fine Pinter revival, while a housewife’s flights of fondant fancy fail to rise
What a clever idea: to follow the triumph of Pinter at t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSunday, February 24, 2019
Young Vic; Almeida; Donmar Warehouse, LondonTwo prisoners confront each other and God in a vital revival, Trump gets off lightly, and a clever tale of a sound engineer packs some real reverb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSaturday, February 16, 2019
Noël Coward; Old Vic; Royal Court, LondonGillian Anderson is the steely centre of Ivo van Hove’s glitzy adaptation of All About Eve, while Nicôle Lecky’s Superhoe storms the Royal Cour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMSunday, February 10, 2019
Derby theatre; Barbican; Hampstead, LondonMalorie Blackman’s bestseller leaps off the stage in a fine new adaptation. Plus, Chekhov without the samovars and 2018’s Pulitzer prize winnerI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM 
