62 stories by "Jonathan Lovett"
Old Red Lion, London: This is an extremely fresh and funny show.
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King's Head Theatre, London: Punctuated with contemporary songs, written for the stage in 1935, based on the novel of 1859, it's no wonder that this production induces a slightly queasy…
Park Theatre, London: It's still in its infancy but Park 90 - the smaller space in the relatively new Park Theatre - should probably review its quality control.
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17-20 Parr Street, London: "Sooner or later you have to cross boundaries..." from comedy to menace, light to dark, real to surreal and commonplace to bold, imaginative theatre.
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Park Theatre, London: The new season at Park90 - the smaller of the two spaces in the daily buzzing Park Theatre - opens in unspectacular fashion with Rosalind Adler's light comedy dire…
Various venues, Henham Park, Suffolk: Fewer big named theatre companies, perhaps, but more bespoke shows and more premieres suggest Latitude's theatre element is growing in confidence a…
Park Theatre, London: A 'lark in the park' is promised at one of the newest theatres in town in a sparky production of Sheridan's effervescent comedy of manners.
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White Rabbit, London: Note the title � not The Picture of Dorian Gray but A Picture. Too subtle by half this will be a crashing disappointment for any lovers of Oscar Wilde's only …
Pleasance Theatre, London: A black farce in blank verse sounds an intriguing prospect - especially from the pen of poet Murray Lachlan Young - him of the £1m record deal and the Br…
Arcola, London: A beautiful simplicity is the hallmark of the UK premiere of Ostrovsky's 1878 Russian play.
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Rosemary Branch theatre, London: Six actors, six chairs, six books and a little piano music are all that's needed to evocatively create the gothic world of Charlotte Bronte's novel…
Arcola, London: Twenty-five years ago the SAS shot three unarmed IRA terrorists in Gibraltar.
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Duke of York's, London: Even the usually irritating noises outside now seem to conspire serendipitously to create a pitch perfect production of David Hare's 1998 play.
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Tricycle, London: It's still a surprise to walk into the Tricycle and see a living room on stage.
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King's Head, London: Ancient Greece meets malignant Gothic in Jamie Birkett's mesmeric performance as Martha in Camus' rarely performed play.
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Finborough, London: Is fhearr Gaidhlig bhriste na Gaidhlig sa chiste - it is better to have broken Gaelic than dead Gaelic.
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Jacksons Lane, London: "Elves!" scream the youthful north London audience with one voice, "Elves in the cupboard!"
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King's Head, London: Two colourful individuals, well versed in using the arts of deception to profit from a willing public, dance around each other on the night of March 24, 1895.
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Old Red Lion, London: Watching Kurt Vonnegut's only published play, two thoughts kept occurring - why did he not write more of them and why is this so rarely performed?
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Hoxton Hall, London: Black comedy rather than out-and-out horror seems to have hallmarked productions of Middleton's gore fest over the last 25 years or so.
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Shoreditch Town Hall, London: What's invigorating about the Roundabout portable auditorium is not so much that it can pop up anywhere but its enforced intimacy ensures a laser like focu…
Gate Theatre, London: A robust inaugural season at the Gate from artistic director Christopher Haydon ends a little under the weather.
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Old Red Lion, London: Following Henry V Part 1 of the Old Red Lion's first repertory season comes bloodier fare, first performed seven years after the Shakespeare.
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Old Red Lion, London: As Team GB fever sweeps the nation a high-concept version of this most sinew stiffening of plays aims to punctuate the patriotism.
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Lyttelton, London: In his preface to a damning satire on the medical profession Shaw labelled it a "murderous absurdity".
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