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
Monday, January 26, 2026

Sadiq Ali Company: Tell Me review – poignant tale of sex, revelry and glistening abs amid the 80s Aids crisis by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonSadiq Ali’s intimate dance piece follows a woman with an HIV diagnosis at a time when it was misunderstood and stigmatised In the programme note for Tell Me, its creator …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM

A Grain of Sand review – a child’s eye view of the horror in Gaza by Arifa Akbar

Arcola theatre, LondonBeguiling but deeply disturbing verbatim solo show is based on testimony of Gazan children and relates the confusion and tragedy of war Eleven-year-old Renad dreams of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM

The Traitors to get ‘bold and surprising’ adaptation for stage by Mark Brown

Makers of TV series to work with Sam Mendes’ production company on theatre show to open in London in 2027 There’s the wildly popular TV series, a two-hour immersive experience, a board g…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31AM
Sunday, January 25, 2026

‘I don’t go around telling people I love the Spice Girls’: Mo Gilligan’s honest playlist by As Told To Rich Pelley

The comedian’s dad got him into Bob Marley, and Jamiroquai takes him to another dimension. But which girl band classic does he secretly love? The first single I bought Rollout (My Busines…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM

‘She was a bitch in the best possible way’: the life and mysterious death of drag queen Heklina by Tom Faber

The performer was found dead in ‘unexpected’ circumstances in her London flat in 2023. Why are her loved ones still waiting for an explanation? In commemorations and memorials after her…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM

The Olive Boy review – a teenager’s love letter to mothers everywhere by Kate Wyver

Southwark Playhouse, LondonOllie Maddigan’s open-hearted solo show about a motherless 15-year-old is full of crude comedy and swaggering confidence – until it exposes the grief undernea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM

My Life With Kenneth Williams review – raconteur resurrected by an extraordinary mimic by Brian Logan

Circle and Star theatre, LondonTouring to mark the diarist and Carry On star’s centenary year, David Benson’s poignant show covers the full spectrum of what made Williams so funny, belov…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM
Friday, January 23, 2026

Guess How Much I Love You? review – shattering portrait of a pregnancy in crisis by Arifa Akbar

Royal Court theatre, London Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo excel as a couple reeling from an ultrasound scan in Luke Norris’s extraordinary play The trigger warnings are handed to us on a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM

Tell us your UK town of culture nomination by Guardian Community Team

We would like to hear your suggestions for the UK’s first town of culture With the search for the UK’s first town of culture under way, we would like to hear your suggestions. Guardian w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM

Beautiful Little Fool review – F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald musical needs jazzing up by Emma John

Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonDespite the vocal bravura of the cast, this show doesn’t capture the Jazz Age power couple’s dazzle or darkness For decades people have been seeking to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM

Pierre Novellie: You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here review – gags so good that resistance is futile by Brian Logan

Soho theatre, London The standup mines familiar comedy scenarios, but dazzling one-liners and shaggy dog stories elevate the set Pierre Novellie protests that life is getting harder for obse…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM

Keala Settle on life after the Greatest Showman: ‘I ran from fear – I drank, took pills, all of it’ by Deborah Linton

The Broadway performer shot to fame without a safety net in The Greatest Showman. The resulting public scrutiny was painful, she says, but it was the ideal grounding to step into the shoes o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Rotus: Receptionist of the United States review – spiky Maga satire with a seriously funny star by Hannah J Davies

Park theatre, LondonLeigh Douglas plays a sorority girl turned White House receptionist – as well as lecherous side characters – in a timely show This show arrives in London in a week th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off