Thursday, February 5, 2026

Arcadia review – love, gardening and Euclidian geometry collide in Tom Stoppard’s cosmic masterpiece by Arifa Akbar

Old Vic, LondonStuffed with knowledge and often regarded as the playwright’s finest work, this drama’s sheer cleverness gleams in an exuberant production When Tom Stoppard was asked what…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM

All Is But Fantasy review – Lady Macbeth, Juliet and the girls belt out their grumbles as the witches let rip by Catherine Love

The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonWhitney White’s thrilling, song-filled show flips Shakespeare’s great characters and asks why we still lap up these tales of sexy men killing sexy wom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

The Memory of Water review – blackly funny look at sisters fighting for a dead mother’s love by Mark Fisher

Octagon, BoltonThree grownup daughters display childhood neediness in this well-acted production that explores unrequited desires as a mother comes back from the grave The three grownup sist…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM

The Ophiolite review – a family at war over patriarch’s dying wishes by Arifa Akbar

Theatro Technis, London In Philip de Voni’s ambitious debut play, a clash over funeral rites exposes deep divisions in a British-Cypriot extended family Ancient Greek literature teems with…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Crown of Blood review – Macbeth’s deadly hurly-burly rooted in mythic Yoruba landscape by Mark Fisher

Crucible, SheffieldThe supernatural is all-encompassing in Oladipo Agboluaje’s reframing of Shakespeare’s power play in 19th-century west Africa Every time the court historian turns up, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM

‘We didn’t make it for a white audience’: how black theatre took centre stage in Australia by Dee Jefferson

In the last five years, African diaspora theatre has swept from the fringes on to the country’s main stages – fuelled by artists like Zindzi Okenyo Get our weekend culture and lifestyle …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Men Behaving Badly: The Play review – boorish flatmates prattle like it’s 1999 by Mark Lawson

Barn theatre, CirencesterSimon Nye brings back the characters from his hit TV series for a misconceived comedy set on millennium eve In a nervy theatre economy, with familiar material most l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31PM

Maggots review – tragic tale of a death undiscovered for more than a year by Arifa Akbar

Bush theatre, London Farah Najib’s play tells the story of an isolated woman who dies at home and considers the community’s responsibility The opening quote to Farah Najib’s drama tell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM

Paul Elliott obituary by Michael Coveney

Prolific and successful producer of star-laden pantomimes, musicals and West End shows The ebullient and engaging West End producer Paul Elliott, who has died aged 84, was one of a group of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PM

The Rat Trap review – teenage Noël Coward’s jaundiced marital portrait by David Jays

Park theatre, LondonBill Rosenfield reimagines the playwright’s early work about the souring relationship between newlywed artists Hell is other people – especially if you’re married t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AM

‘It’s a fun cocktail!’: the Wooster Group’s head-spinning blend of high and low art by Mark Fisher

In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York’s venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM

Bridget Christie: Jacket Potato Pizza review – how menopause set the standup free by Brian Logan

Bristol BeaconIf the comic’s political fervour is dialled down, there is much to enjoy in a show delivered with flair and 10-ton sarcasm Inner peace and contentment are not always gifts to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM
Monday, February 2, 2026

‘I was on stage and she started kicking!’: Lucie Jones on Les Mis, performing pregnant and defying gravity at Glastonbury by Interview By Chris Wiegand

After playing Elphaba in Wicked, packing out a tent at Worthy Farm and returning to Les Misérables, the star is headlining the Palladium with songs that sum up her life Congratulations on y…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AM
Sunday, February 1, 2026

American Psycho review – yuppies making a killing offers a chilling origin story for our corrupt times by Arifa Akbar

Almeida theatre, LondonIn a bloody, brilliant, full circle Rupert Goold bows out as artistic director of the Almeida with a timely revival of the musical he first staged here in 2013 The ter…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PM

My Brother’s a Genius review – neurodivergent twins’ dreams take flight in poetry, grime and dance by Arifa Akbar

Playhouse, SheffieldTwo siblings growing up in a high-rise search for escape and liberation in this idiosyncratic and infectious drama with a beautiful script by Debris Stevenson Debris Stev…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM

Stephen K Amos: Now We’re Talking! review – convivial good fun keeps the laughter flowing by Brian Logan

Leicester Square theatre, LondonThe veteran standup deconstructs the science of laughter before scrolling back to his youth and a 1970s brought pungently back to life ‘We’re here, folks,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM

Private Lives review – fizzing chemistry boils over into something more ugly in Noël Coward revival by Catherine Love

Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterAmy Gavin’s production amps up the dangerous dance of desire and violence between these troubled ex-spouses but loses the delicate balance between comedy and m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM

The best theatre to stream this month: big and bold Bacchae ushers in new era at the National by Chris Wiegand

Nima Taleghani’s debut play brings a raucous Greek chorus to the Olivier theatre, while Judi Dench has an enchanting Twelfth Night reunion The National Theatre’s new artistic director, I…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Ockham’s Razor: Collaborator review – roll up for a real circus power couple by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonCharlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey deliver a mesmerising and intimate ode to their performing lives together Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey fell in love 24 years ago when th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM
Friday, January 30, 2026

The Tempest review – Tim Crouch’s high-concept treatment roughs up the magic by Arifa Akbar

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Some spells are cast by this show, in which the director stars as Prospero, but it wearingly replays the same tricks The Tempest seems like the perfect Shakes…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM

Ballad Lines review – heartbreaking, full-throated folk music for the ages by Emma John

Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonComposer Finn Anderson and director Tania Azevedo have created a powerful generational journey through the history of Appalachian song Much of the music of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM

Andrew Jarvis obituary by Rohan McWilliam

My friend Andrew Jarvis, who has died aged 78, was an actor and drama teacher dedicated to the stage and, especially, to performing Shakespeare. Although never a star, he was a stalwart of b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM

‘At first I was horrified by it!’: the Royal Ballet brings back 60s cult classic Pierrot Lunaire by Lyndsey Winship

Glen Tetley’s fantastical ballet, set to an atonal Schoenberg score, is finally returning to Covent Garden. Dancers Marcelino Sambé and Joshua Junker discuss how they came under its spell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM
Thursday, January 29, 2026

From incel culture to the White House: American Psycho’s dark hold on modern masculinity by Tim Jonze

As the musical version of the notoriously gory book returns to the stage, its tale of 80s yuppie nihilism feels more relevant than ever in the era of Andrew Tate, Trump and tech bros I have …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Placebo make theatre debut with score for Brecht production by Royal Shakespeare Company by Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Alt-rockers will score Hitler allegory The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, with Mark Gatiss in the title role Alt-rockers Placebo are set to collaborate with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM

Shrinking potion: two-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to become single show in London by Chris Wiegand

Olivier award-winning West End production will follow US example and be trimmed to make it ‘more accessible than ever before’ For almost a decade it has been the most epic fixture in Wes…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM

Paul Taylor Dance Company review – hail to the athletes of the gods! by Lyndsey Winship

Linbury theatre, LondonFull of postcard moments, Taylor’s choreography harks back to a more straightforward, analogue age – and is all the better for that Paul Taylor is not a choreograp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM

David Andrews obituary by Laurie Andrews

My father, David Andrews, who has died aged 90, was an actor and director whose career in theatre, film and television spanned six decades. As an actor he performed multiple roles in the BBC…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM

‘It turned out I had a brain tumour …’ Six standup comics on what spurred them to get on stage by Georgie Wyatt

When it comes to origin stories, comedians have some of the strangest – from performing for a £5 bet to getting back at their boss to making an unlikely pact with a friend Not all standup…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

‘Let’s get raunchy!’ Gentleman Jack, the TV hit about an audacious lesbian landowner, is back as a ballet by Lyndsey Winship

She has based ballets on Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel and Eva Perón. So Annabelle Lopez Ochoa was well placed to take on the passionate, complicated figure of Anne Lister A couple dance across …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PM

Letitia Wright, Cate Blanchett and Sandra Oh to star in National Theatre shows by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Lineup for 2026 includes a Molière adaptation and a mash-up of Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman Cate Blanchett, Sandra Oh and Letitia Wright will form part of the National Theatre’s starry, f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AM

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