853 stories by "Matt Trueman"
This production inside a dilapidated Manchester pub is too fierce to dismis, says Matt Trueman
This German production about inheritance and the demands of old age is tender but it veers towards sentimentality, says Matt Trueman
Leaving past controversies behind, Gupreet Kaur Bhatti's latest play is a beautifully nuanced, Indian family drama, says Matt Trueman
James Brining's production of Alan Bennett's Enjoy is a mongrel play, stitched together like Frankenstein's monster, but is smart too, says Matt Trueman
Symphony of a Missing Room takes you on an immersive fairytale quest is impressive, but its meaning is too banal for Matt Trueman
Director David Mercatali and actor Jack Holden explain how Dalton Trumbo's blistering diatribe has been brought to the stageAfter being hit by a shell towards the end of the first world war,…
This version of Beckett's classic is good fun but lacks any deep sense of despair, says Matt Trueman
Anya Reiss's contemporary version of Spring Awakening is a treatise on adolescence
Dmitry Krymov got the Brighton Festival off to a super start with his take on art's duty during atrocities, says Matt Trueman
Foreplay, at the King's Head Theatre, is basically a country house mystery with a highbrow slant and a dusting of salacious gossip
The 90-year-old writer takes on big ideas about science, sex and storytelling in Foreplay, written for readers as well as audiencesTheatre often makes grandiose claims about changing the wor…
As his play about single-father superhero Captain Amazing takes flight in London, Alistair McDowall talks about Lycra and lonersAlistair McDowall's debut play, Brilliant Adventures, looked l…
This Russian-language import misses Chekov's humour, says Matt Trueman
The RSC and the Royal Court are introducing schoolchildren to a different class of educational theatre with plays that are at the heart of their programmesMichael Fentiman can remember the …
His first play was based on a Tom Waits song and his latest work was inspired by Thom Yorke. Simon Stephens tells Matt Trueman why he just can't write without music Listen to Simon Stephens'…
Oh My Sweet Land is steeped in melancholy, but teeters dangerously close to indulgence, says Matt Trueman
When the story broke that a Banksy artwork had rendered a vagrant street performer homeless, it was in danger of turning the evictee into a commodity himself. But isn't a play detailing the …
Simon Dormandy's production is more cryptic than it needs to be
This new dance-theatre adaptation of the film is a terrific crowd-pleaser
For all its profound metaphors, Inner Voices is a bumbling comedy motored by a magnificent double act, says Matt Trueman
Richmond, LondonThis show sincerely explores military careers and never forgets that it's putting humans on stage, not heroicsThe stage fills up with men and women in uniform, falling in as …
Arnos Vale Cemetery, BristolHaunting and austere, but it never feels like the audience are trespassing on death's territoryArnos Vale is no drab, municipal cemetery, but a jumble of gravesto…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonSleeping Beauty chic meets the online generation for this plush stage version of Pullman's bestseller, but more love should have been lavished on the actingA muse…
From War Horse to The Weir, international success is surprising playwrights in a market that can be remarkably lucrativeDo you remember Tribes, Nina Raine's play about deaf seclusion? It pla…
Mercury, Colchester By playing the material with a bit of truth, Daniel Buckroyd and the cast make something of its heart, if not its cheekWho shot JFK? Where is Lord Lucan? Why did Betty Bl…
