Bridge; Old Vic, LondonSimon Russell Beale is doubly commanding as Ibsen’s charismatic banker in a problem-raising revival, while a new anti-vax satire needs more than a shot of Helen Hunt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMShakespeare’s Globe, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester; Donmar Warehouse, LondonIsobel Thom’s non-binary Joan of Arc blazes on to the stage in Charlie Josephine’s eye-opening new play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:43AMMinerva, Chichester; Theatre Royal BathChristopher Shinn’s new play of post-Trump politics finds complex characters lost in ego and addiction, while Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman’s take…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMFestival theatre; the Hub; Leith Academy; Studio, Potterrow, EdinburghThe hurt is all too real in Ivo van Hove’s visceral staging of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller; Liz Lochhead’s Scots…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonThe ‘dinosaur’ generation is put on trial in Dawn King’s near-future new play, graced by some nicely nuanced performances from its youthful cast The Trials is f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMDorfman; King’s Head, LondonDisablism, austerity and therapy-speak fuel Francesca Martinez’s jolting drama, while Mark Farrelly channels Derek Jarman in a rush of memories There are star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMLyttelton; Olivier, London; Chichester festival theatreShakespeare’s comedy is the gift that keeps on giving; Mrs Malaprop’s a loose cannon in Richard Bean’s Battle of Britain take on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMAlmeida, London; Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath; Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonTom Hollander excels in Peter Morgan’s incisive oligarch drama; Deborah Warner directs a fine Tempest; an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMHarold Pinter; Bridge, London; RSC, Stratford-upon-AvonThe action’s all in the detail in Jamie Lloyd’s spellbound Chekhov; Alex Jennings excels as a vicar refusing to find the common tou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMCrucible/Lyceum/Studio theatre, Sheffield; Hampstead theatre, LondonTiming is everything in Chris Bush’s theatre-hopping trio of Sheffield plays; the same goes for Roy Williams’s ill-sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMDonmar; Old Vic, LondonLucas Hnath’s sequel to the Ibsen classic is intriguing rather than revelatory; but August Wilson’s taxi-stand drama has developed new flavour with age Ibsen’s A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMRoyal Court, London; Orange Tree, RichmondA revelatory drama about identity theft is let down by its thriller plot, while translator Martin Crimp adds wit to an outsized Marivaux comedy The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMDuke of York’s; Kiln; Arcola, LondonAmy Adams’s star power fails to illuminate underpowered Tennessee Williams; Eileen Walsh burns bright as Clytemnestra; and Barbara Flynn and Robin Soa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMOlivier, London; Theatre Clwyd, Mold; Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonGandhi’s murderer turns on the charm in an extraordinary production; the ladies of Llangollen come to vibrant …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMAlmeida; Coliseum; Hampstead, LondonAnne-Marie Duff’s aspiring singer transfixes in a didactic family saga; My Fair Lady feels strangely vacant. Plus, a stifling tale of dysfunctional sibl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMYoung Vic, London; Brighton festival; Bush, LondonRodgers and Hammerstein’s first musical is roughed up; dreamthinkspeak amble around Brighton; and a first for Amharic on the British stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMDorfman; Harold Pinter; Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonA couple struggle to connect – or touch – in David Eldridge’s latest; Jodie Comer owns the courtroom; and Lucy Bailey directs a spa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMApollo; Lyttelton; Donmar Warehouse, LondonSpellbinding Mark Rylance returns as the anarchic Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron; Nicola Walker hits the mark in Dominic Cooke’s brilliant Emlyn Will…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMOne Cartridge Place; Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThe immersive theatre trailblazers return with an all-consuming vision of the siege of Troy, while Mike Bartlett’s neo-Restoration farce can�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMVarious venues, Coventry; Old Vic; Royal Court, LondonA site-specific quest gets to the heart of George Eliot’s novel; Mike Bartlett makes a Shakespearean tragedy of Trump; and six young b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMAlmeida; Kiln; Hampstead, LondonJeremy O Harris’s trance-like study of power play sizzles; Chinonyerem Odimba tells a complex sibling story; and Robert Lindsay stars in a predictable famil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMGielgud, London; Barn, Cirencester; Park, LondonRafe Spall is a fine Atticus in Aaron Sorkin’s somewhat awkward spin on Harper Lee; Jessica Daniels steers a sublime adaptation of Michael M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMBridge; Harold Pinter theatre, LondonRalph Fiennes is firing on all cylinders in David Hare’s new play about a New York highway builder; and Ruth Wilson is beguiling in an unsubtle staging…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMDonmar Warehouse; Dorfman, LondonKit Harington’s a natural as Shakespeare’s military monarch, while Alecky Blythe’s long-awaited new verbatim play captures five years of teenage intros…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMYoung Vic; King’s Head, LondonWarhol and Basquiat prove fertile inspiration for writer Anthony McCarten, while a rare airing of an early play by Victoria Wood reveals more than a glimpse o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:13AMOrange Tree, Richmond; Lyric Hammersmith; Hampstead; Almeida, LondonA Hindu schoolgirl challenges all around her; Toby Stephens and Gina McKee star in Florian Zeller’s sketchy new play; an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThough standup George Fouracres brings pugnacious energy to the role, Shakespeare’s tragedy is rendered way too glib The best thing about Sean Holmes’s cha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMOld Vic; Royal Court, LondonLennie James and Paapa Essiedu illuminate Caryl Churchill’s great cloning play, while a fine cast lift Alistair McDowall’s wordy new dystopia It is proving to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMBristol Old Vic; Riverside Studios, LondonMark Rylance mines more drama from the 19th-century doctor driven mad by his work on hygiene than Elizabeth McGovern finds in the faded glamour of A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMPiccadilly theatre; Young Vic, LondonA razzle-dazzle take on Baz Luhrmann’s Parisian pop jukebox triumphs through force of glitz, while a new play about race gets lost in abstraction There…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMLittle Amal stirred hearts, Chaucer hit Willesden, Cush Jumbo was a perfect prince, and once again James Graham said it all Read the Observer critics’ review of 2021 in full here It was a …
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