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Friday, May 15, 2026

Letter: Michael Pennington obituary by Joe Unsworth

I was lucky enough to catch Michael Pennington’s performances in RSC productions visiting Newcastle in the last decades of the 20th century. I still recall his lacerating self-disgust at t…

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Little Shop of Horrors review – a mixed bouquet of kooky romance, doo-wop and wild B-movie by Holly O'Mahony

Northern Stage, NewcastleThis revival of the carnivorous plant caper showcases strong voices, incorporates playful designs and splits Audrey II in twoSure, it would be possible to deliver a …

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‘The nuance of being a Black woman in America’: Is God Is turns righteous rage into gory horror by Brittany Spanos

Actors Vivica A Fox, Kara Young and Mallori Johnson on subverting revenge tropes as Aleshea Harris’s play storms on to the screenKara Young remembers the fervor around Is God Is’s off-Br…

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‘Frailty and terrible rage’: Linda Bassett on Call the Midwife, her crap-free CV and selling ice creams at Olivier’s Old Vic by David Jays

Best known as Nurse Phyllis in the TV hit, the actor is a peerless interpreter of Caryl Churchill and is starring in Alexander Zeldin’s ‘Shakespearean’ play about dementia. She looks b…

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An Ideal Husband review – Oscar Wilde’s comedy gets the gleefully camp glow-up it deserves by Arifa Akbar

Lyric Hammersmith, London The dissolute aristocrats from 1895 remain sharply funny, and bitingly relevant, in this flamboyant new spinOscar Wilde’s comedy was billed as a “play of modern…

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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil review – a daughter waits to fulfil her football fan father’s final wish by Mark Fisher

Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDawn Steele stars in Ron Ferguson’s warm-hearted tale of a town whose fortunes are tied to those of its coal mine and local teamBlack diamonds are what they used to …

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Tulsa Ballet: Made in America review – fantastically flexible Oklahoman squad are A-OK! by Lyndsey Winship

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonThe first UK visit for the company showcases the dancers’ elegance and versatility across three pieces of varying impactThis small Oklahoman dance…

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‘There was a lot of addiction and trauma in my family’: why Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon plays a perfect Judy Garland by Emma Brockes

As she takes on the icon in musical drama End of the Rainbow, Monsoon recalls a childhood spent watching Wizard of Oz on repeat – and explains why audiences are ready for trans performers…

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Fit for a king: Ian McKellen to play Lear at newly rebuilt Yard theatre in east London by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Role marks a major return for the actor after falling off the stage in 2024 and is a coup for the forward-thinking theatreIan McKellen is to play King Lear in his first major theatrical role…

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Sherlock Holmes review – the game is afoot, a stone’s throw from Baker Street by Mark Lawson

Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonThe detective and his sidekick return for a new case by Joel Horwood in an alfresco setting that playfully refers to nearby attractionsOutdoor drama i…

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Forgiveness of a Monster review – psychodrama jostles with standup in foggy autofiction by Arifa Akbar

Sherman theatre, Cardiff Connor Allen’s autobiographical show is a twister that winds in everything from gothic mystery to therapy sessions in an ambitious, r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:35PM[SHARE]

‘What’s this groove becoming?!’ How The Harder They Come captured 70s Jamaica and blazed on to stage by Chris Wiegand

The monumental soundtrack of Perry Henzell’s film, starring Jimmy Cliff, powered the best musical of 2025. Its creators discuss bringing their hit back after the reggae giant’s deathOn a…

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A leak at No 11: Rachel Reeves and the satire about the urinal she couldn’t get rid of by Brian Logan

When she broke through the glass ceiling and became chancellor, Reeves found her office had its own latrine. Rosie Holt reveals why she turned the story into a play called Churchill’s Urin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Matching Gary Oldman’s Krapp with a teenager’s take on Godot is a masterstroke by Chris Wiegand

The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifullyWhere does the t…

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Paying in sweat! How Debbie Allen went from stardom in Fame to conquer Hollywood by David Smith

She played the world’s coolest dance teacher and has had big success as an actor, director and choreographer, winning a Golden Globe, Emmys and an Olivier. Now, she is back on Broadway. Sh…

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Sunset Boulevard: The Backstage Cut review – does Norma Desmond really need another closeup? by Mark Fisher

Perth theatreAside from a brief pre-shoot ‘discussion’, this take on Billy Wilder’s classic 1950 film has little to offer – despite some fine performancesOver the past decade or so, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10AM[SHARE]
Monday, May 11, 2026

Albatross review – Antarctic researcher finds frosty reception back home by Emma John

UEA Drama Studio, Norwich A scientist sees the climate crisis in action when she returns to her mother’s flooded home, while the mum just fancies a trip to see the penguinsIn these days of…

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Michael Pennington was an actor of astonishing range, a wise writer and witty company by Michael Billington

Over his kaleidoscopic career, the great Shakespearean was a stalwart of the RSC, co-founded a ‘rock’n’roll’ theatre company and excelled at Chekhov and PinterMichael Pennington was …

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Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurousTheatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not…

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Lenny Henry: Still at Large review – comic brings back greatest hits for a victory lap by Nick Ahad

Dudley Town HallWith bits about Prince, Tiswas, his Jamaican family and his long career, the standup treads familiar ground and the home-town crowd love itIn this new standup show – his fi…

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‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut by Owen Myers

The French actor steps into unfamiliar – and bracingly raw – territory with In-I In Motion after four decades reigning the international arthouse. You have to go out of your comfort zone…

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‘Being offended isn’t the worst thing. Being poor is’: how Robby Hoffman became a controversial comedy sensation by Lucy Knight

She has suddenly become one of the world’s most successful comedians, with a hit Netflix special, an Emmy-nominated role in Hacks and another opposite Steve Carell. But many of her jokes r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM[SHARE]
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Foal review – British Asian’s search for belonging ripples between tenderness and rage by Miriam Gillinson

Finborough theatre, London Titas Halder’s raw solo play relays one young man’s feverish struggle in the face of racism, deftly played by Amar Chadha-Patel in his stage debutTitas Halder�…

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‘My dad cannot see me on stage doing this’: will the stigma around boys who dance ever shift? by Lyndsey Winship

As the pioneering BalletBoyz company celebrates its 25th anniversary and Billy Elliott returns to the stage, the male dance landscape appears transformed from where it was at the turn of the…

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Bank of Dave: The Musical review – ebullient local hero story bursts into song by Mark Fisher

Lowry, Salford The tale of a Burnley businessman who gives his town a financial leg-up overeggs the north-south cultural divide, but Pippa Cleary’s bright musical numbers propel the positi…

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Party Season review – kids’ birthday marathon pumps up parental anxiety to bursting point by Brian Logan

Connaught theatre, Worthing Balloons meet the sharper points of competitive parenting over a weekend of back-to-back kids’ parties, in this broad comedy of social mannersSome of my most tr…

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The Wasp review – tormented reunion with school bully lacks sting by Arifa Akbar

Southwark Playhouse, London Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s revenge drama has plenty of rug-pulling twists, but stilted presentation leaves little sense of jeopardyAs a revenge fantasy between a f…

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Friday, May 8, 2026

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher review – Hilary Mantel tale is provocative, powerful theatre by Mark Fisher

Everyman theatre, LiverpoolBeginning as a culture clash comedy with cups of tea and deadly intent, this two-hander becomes boldly arrestingIf you want someone to credit for the big laughs in…

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Bullyache: A Good Man Is Hard to Find review – banking bros face their reckoning in grim gameshow by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells East, LondonCourtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel conjure a bleak world of excess, ritual and power in a visually striking but limited piece of dance-theatreIt’s like the afterma…

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Fourteen Again review – make a new musical out of Victoria Wood’s warmly witty songs? Let’s do it! by Arifa Akbar

The Victoria Wood theatre, Bowness-on-WindermereMarking 10 years since the late comic’s death, this affectionate show blends her songs with a time-slip tale of friendship, regret and middl…

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Thursday, May 7, 2026

The objects that escaped from the museum: magical spectacle Return to the Forest – in pictures by All Photographs By Tristram Kenton

A trip to a museum becomes an unexpected adventure in a new immersive family show by Theatre-Rites and Factory International Continue reading...

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Dec 08, 2025: Marjorie Prime - Hayes Theater
Jan 08, 2026: Bug - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
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Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Mar 30, 2026: Dog Day Afternoon - August Wilson Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 07, 2026: Cats: The Jellicle Ball - Broadhurst Theatre
Apr 09, 2026: Death of a Salesman - Winter Garden Theatre
Apr 12, 2026: Titanique - St. James Theatre
Apr 15, 2026: The Fear of 13 - James Earl Jones Theatre
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 19, 2026: Fallen Angels - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 20, 2026: Schmigadoon! - Nederlander Theatre
Apr 21, 2026: The Balusters - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 22, 2026: Beaches A New Musical - Majestic Theatre
Apr 23, 2026: The Rocky Horror Show - Studio 54
Apr 25, 2026: Joe Turner's Come and Gone - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: The Lost Boys - Palace Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: 2025-2026 Tony Awards Eligibility Cut-Off
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off
Apr 29, 2026: Drama Desk Nominations
May 05, 2026: 2025-2026 Tony Awards Nominations Announced
May 17, 2026: The 70th Drama Desk Awards - The Town Hall
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