1,125 stories by "Natasha Tripney"
BAC, London: There's a pulse in the air, palpable, as Kate Tempest circles the stage. For this, her first full length, solo theatre piece - a modern parable cooked up in collaboration w…
Edinburgh International Festival: Deborah Colker's modern dance version of Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin is full of striking imagery. During the first act the stage is domina…
Mark Rylance delivers a captivating if idiosyncratic performance as the title character in this Shakespeare's Globe production.
Theatre on the Fly, Chichester: The second production to be staged in Chichester's pop-up Theatre on the Fly demonstrates just how versatile a space it is. The slatted back doors have b…
Finborough, London: "It's not a war, it's a massacre." Zoe Lafferty's verbatim production, a compilation of stories from the people of Syria, is designed to cut deep…
Edward Hall's stage version of the Oscar-winning film about two very different runners is physically exciting, but too slick to be genuinely uplifting.
Theatre on the Fly, Chichester: Anna Ledwich's production of the 1973 television play by Dennis Potter launches Chichester's ambitious Theatre on the Fly project. A temporary space…
Southwark Playhouse, London: Sebastian Barry's 1995 play - here receiving its UK premiere - is episodic in structure, unfolding in a series of short scenes, its narrative fragmented and…
Riverside Studios, London: Monadhil Daood's reworking of Romeo and Juliet - presented by the RSC in collaboration with the Iraqi Theatre Company, and brought to London as part of LIFT 2…
Soho, London: A series of blueprints for the future adorn the walls. Steve Marmion and Max Roberts' new production takes the form of a collection of riffs on the idea of a perfect world…
BAC, London: There are six performers on stage - and a single microphone. In Forced Entertainment's latest devised work - presented as part of LIFT 2012 - each performer takes turns to …
Playhouse Studio, Liverpool: What remains after a child is lost? How do those left behind survive, how do they continue to live? Frank McGuinness's new play, here receiving its world pr…
Malthouse Estate Warehouse, Brighton: It takes a while for your eyes to adjust to the dark. Following its ambitious and inventive rethinking of The Cherry Orchard in Brighton's old Co-o…
Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court, London: Vivienne Franzmann's second play sees her comfortably exceed the potential shown in her award-winning debut, Mogadishu.
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Donmar Warehouse, London: When Friedrich Durrenmatt's satiric play was written, in 1961, the nuclear threat was terrifyingly real and the questions the play raised - about the rapidity …
Barons Court, London: A sense of disquiet and creeping dread underscores Neil LaBute's early and oft-performed trilogy of short plays. Violence and atrocity are never far from the surfa…
Polly Findlay's new production of the classic Greek tragedy is potent and powerful.
Soho Theatre, London: Ella Hickson's compelling new play is no less ambitious than her earlier work but it is bigger in scale if not sweep, and more determined than ever to explore what…
Soho Theatre, London: Baggage plays a central role in Janice Okoh's occasionally overstuffed comedy.
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Finborough, London: An air of futility permeates John McGrath's play. Based on his own national service experience, it convincingly depicts the affections and tensions that arise when a…
Charing Cross, London: Steven Berkoff's latest play explores what happens to a group of actors after the director shouts 'cut'. It's a waiting game, a limbo-like existenc…
King's Head, London: Following revivals of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen and Chicken Soup with Barley, marking the playwright's 80th birthday, the King's Head presents the Londo…
Danny DeVito gives an impressive and energetic performance is this surprisingly stately revival of Neil Simon's comedy.
Lyric Hammersmith, London: The Lyric's trilogy of one-act works by Edward Bond concludes with a production directed by the playwright. Familiar preoccupations run through the piece whic…
Various venues, Norfolk, May 11-26: There's something undeniably magical about waking up surrounded by the sounds of the forest, the glory of the dawn chorus - and this is one of the ch…
