Cottesloe; Hampstead; Arcola, all LondonTo celebrate his 80th birthday, Peter Hall has returned to the building he once ran and directed a sweetly autumnal Twelfth Night. His breeches-and-fa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMBridewell; Theatre Delicatessen; Roundhouse, all LondonFor once a production has earned the description "site-specific". To stage Steve Waters's new play about Olympic swimmers, the Bridewel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMBristol Old Vic; Royal Court, London SW1; Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11; Old Vic, London SE1The Christmas show grew up this year. Not into innuendo and violence – panto can take care …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThe Observer's theatre critic reflects on a year dominated by youth and Tennessee Williams2010 was a tremendous year for the Royal Court. With Tribes, Nina Raine established herself as a thr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMDonmar, London; RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon; Lyttelton, LondonIt's hard to remember a better week in the theatre. Three top-notch productions; three totally different dramas; three surprises: t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMYoung Vic; Cottesloe; Tragfalgar Studios; Little Angel, all LondonHe laughs like a hiccuping chicken, and when he eats toast regurgitates as if he were an owl. He perches on a kitchen chair …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMOlivier; Young Vic; Almeida; all LondonIt has got audiences on their feet applauding at the National. It has the stalls attempting, if not a full pelvic thrust, at least a flaccid twinge. An…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMPrint Room; Hampstead; Vaudeville, all LondonLike a good deed in a naughty, cuts-devastated world, a new theatre opened this week. Lucy Bailey and Anda Winters's Print Room, a privately fund…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMRobert Lindsay excels in John Osborne's state-of-the-nation attack on Fifties Britain Continue reading...
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