Sunday, August 2, 2015
Platform theatre, Central Saint Martins, LondonThis clever co-production of Stevenson’s great story really is a tale of two halvesHow appearances can deceive. Jekyll and Hyde is an intrigu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:16AMSunday, July 19, 2015
Home, ManchesterCharlotte Rampling collaborates in a scare-free adaptation of the fairytaleThis year’s Manchester international festival has made striking tilts at fairytale and myths. Max…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSoho theatre, LondonAnders Lustgarten’s stories of injustice, delivered as first-hand testimony, are powerful but ultimately improbableIt is not easy to cry in a small theatre, especially …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMWyndham’s, LondonNeither Stephen Merchant nor Steffan Rhodri can elevate Richard Bean’s two-hander above the level of whimsyIt’s as if you turned up to Centre Court and found yourself …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSunday, July 12, 2015
Bristol Old VicOwen Sheers interviewed soldiers recently wounded in Afghanistan for his harrowing tale of young lives shattered by warPink mist is the spray of blood that hangs in the air wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterCaryl Churchill’s doom-wreaking Skriker, created 20 years ago, proves to be a primary figure of modern theatreShe would not be welcome as a member of the Garrick …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMSunday, July 5, 2015
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonDominic Dromgoole’s final staging as artistic director turns Shakespeare’s troubling problem play into something close to jolly, and is all the bolder for it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15AMYoung Vic, LondonNick Gill’s adaptation and Richard Jones direction conspire to flatten the novel’s tension and mystery, though Rory Kinnear shines throughKafka said he wanted his work t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15AMSunday, June 21, 2015
Royal Court, LondonDebbie Tucker Green directs her own intense crime and punishment dramaCataclysm in a small space. Explosion in lower case. Intensity and obliqueness are defining marks of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMLyttelton, LondonAn ex-con struggles to go straight in a vibrant New York dramaThe design alone makes it worth the visit. Robert Jones’s set declares the idiom of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMWhat’s inherited, what’s learned? The dialogue’s salty and the performances finely tuned in Gary Owen’s Royal Court debutViolence and Son by Gary Owen begins with an electronic sizzl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:20AMSunday, June 14, 2015
Dorfman, London Fine performances add clout to Patrick Marber’s changing-room three-handerIt is 20 years since Patrick Marber burst on to the stage of the National with his sharp-witted po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMFormer Fads shop, Archway Mall, LondonThree wordless studies of old men in a shop window make a surreal spectacle of ordinary lifeArtangel’s new show could hardly have a more suitable sett…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMSunday, June 7, 2015
Almeida, LondonAn exhilarating present-day reworking of Aeschylus gives free rein to female power“I felt so alive once I’d killed him.” As the husband-slayer Clytemnestra, a magnificen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:34AMTheatre Royal Haymarket, LondonCooper’s buzzy West End debut is impressive but performing without prostheses and makeup is both a considerable feat and a cop-outPeople have been hustling v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMSaturday, June 6, 2015
Old Vic; Lyttelton, both LondonVowel-torturing upper-class accents; ferocious feelings; a traditional scene performed in an abstract place. Thea Sharrock – who kick-started the Terence Rat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMSunday, May 31, 2015
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonAntonio and Bassanio are the revelation in Polly Findlay’s RSC production Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:40AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonSteve Waters’s recasting of events surrounding the Occupy protests is scrupulously balanced but lacks animation Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45AMMonday, May 25, 2015
From David Tennant's sardonic and volatile performance to John Gielgud's choked-up ferocity, Susannah Clapp picks the 10 best portrayals of Hamlet
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMRoyal Court; Old Red Lion; Regent's Park Open Air; Jellyfish theatre, all London
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMCan anyone fill the director's shoes at London's best off-West End theatre?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMSunday, May 24, 2015
King’s Head, London Richard Cameron’s sequinned serenade of a drama never quite finds its feet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMGlobe, London The wonderful Michelle Terry makes Rosalind her own in Blanche McIntyre’s intelligent staging of As You Like It Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMHome, Manchester Manchester’s new Home theatre offers a modern spin on a tale of 1920s Munich Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, May 17, 2015
Old Vic, LondonHigh Society isn’t short on quality, but it can’t shake off its glorious past Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFelbrigg Hall, NorfolkWildWorks ventures into the woods in an unforgettable tale of transformation inspired by real life and Greek myth Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59AMSunday, May 10, 2015
Apollo, LondonAn icily poised Kristin Scott Thomas faces an updated assortment of PMs in this cosy game of recognitionLast-minute tucks and additions had been prepared for The Audience. Audi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonA galactic cast excels in James Graham’s hugely impressive general election dramaHurrah for the stage. It has proved exceptionally nimble at responding imaginativel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSunday, May 3, 2015
Wyndham’s, LondonThis starry revival of David Mamet’s 1975 drama reveals Damian Lewis as a natural comedian Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonSean Holmes’s ebullient production avoids the pitfalls of staging Alan Parker’s film, offering a punchy opening show at the beautifully redesigned Lyric Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AM 
