Anna Karenina " review by Kate Kellaway

Royal Opera House, LondonThe Mariinsky company " formerly the Kirov ballet " unveils the fifth production of its Covent Garden season (celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first visit to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on August 13, 2011[SHARE]

Treasure Island; Pericles; In the Penal Colony " review by Kate Kellaway

Bristol Old Vic; Regent's Park Open Air theatre, London; Young Vic, LondonPirates dominated this week " and because a pirate's life is emphatically not for me, I approached the shows with sp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on July 16, 2011[SHARE]

Road Show " review by Kate Kellaway

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonPursuing the American dream is hard work as the Mizner brothers (the story is based on real life) discover after their father dies. This Sondheim musical was …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on July 9, 2011[SHARE]

Government Inspector; Chicken Soup with Barley; Butley " reviews by Kate Kellaway

Young Vic, LondonRoyal Court, LondonDuchess, LondonGogol's comic classic, The Government Inspector (1836) is, in Richard Jones's hands, more than theatrical. His directorial approach is tire…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:06pm on June 11, 2011[SHARE]

Julian Barratt: 'Pain " that's what life is all about, isn't it?' by Kate Kellaway

The melancholic half of The Mighty Boosh reveals why he's terrified of his first stage role as the mayor in Gogol's The Government InspectorJulian Barratt is looking Russian. He has grown a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on June 4, 2011[SHARE]

Pygmalion " review by Kate Kellaway

Garrick, LondonOne thinks of Pygmalion as about the metamorphosis of Eliza Doolittle. But in Philip Prowse's thought-provoking production, Kara Tointon reminds us that what matters " and mov…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:06pm on May 28, 2011[SHARE]

A Delicate Balance " review by Kate Kellaway

Almeida, LondonThe pleasures of A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee's 1967 Pulitzer-winning play, are close to torment. If, by the end, you are not longing for freedom, the actors have not done…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:04pm on May 21, 2011[SHARE]

Pauline McLynn: 'For Winnie the rule is: I talk therefore I am' by Kate Kellaway

As a bit of a talker herself, Pauline McLynn finds plenty to say to about playing Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:02pm on May 7, 2011[SHARE]

Pauline McLynn: 'For Winnie the rule is: I talk therefore I am' " interview by Kate Kellaway

As a bit of a talker herself, Pauline McLynn finds plenty to say to about playing Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy DaysPauline McLynn knows she has a marathon ahead. Peggy Ashcroft once desc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:02pm on May 7, 2011[SHARE]

Wastwater; Hotel Confessions; Terminus; Wife to James Whelan " review by Kate Kellaway

Royal Court; Bermondsey Square hotel; Young Vic; New Diorama, all LondonFasten your seat-belts, as we are about to experience turbulence. Simon Stephens's new play, Wastwater, uses air trave…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:06pm on April 9, 2011[SHARE]

The Centaur and the Animal " review by Kate Kellaway

Sadler's Wells, London EC1Comte de Lautréamont's surreal, nihilistic 19th-century poetic novel Les Chants de Maldoror inspires The Centaur and the Animal: a dance involving four real horses…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:05pm on March 12, 2011[SHARE]

King Lear; Romeo and Juliet " review by Kate Kellaway

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonNever open a new theatre with a new production. This is said to be a thespian rule (the ultimate no-no would, presumably, be a new version of "t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:02pm on March 12, 2011[SHARE]

The Wizard of Oz; Million Dollar Quartet; Great Expectations; And the Rain Falls Down " review by Kate Kellaway

London Palladium; Noel Coward theatre, London; Watford Palace; Young Vic, LondonWe're off to see the Wizard, and whether he is wonderful or not is going to depend partly on Andrew Lloyd Webb…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:04pm on March 5, 2011[SHARE]

The 10 best love stories - in pictures by Kate Kellaway

On the eve of Valentine's Day, a selection of the best fictional romancesKate Kellaway

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:03pm on February 12, 2011[SHARE]

Cirque du Soleil: Totem " review by Kate Kellaway

Royal Albert Hall, LondonIn the beginning was the Big Top " alias the Royal Albert Hall. And in Totem, Cirque du Soleil's new production, Robert Lepage, the renowned Canadian theatre directo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:06pm on January 8, 2011[SHARE]

Anyone got a good story " and the nerve to tell it? by Kate Kellaway

Courageous storytellers from all walks of life are seizing the chance to relate true tales to a room full of strangersIt is 7.20pm. There are minutes to go and I feel speechless with nerves,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:02pm on January 1, 2011[SHARE]

A Dog's Heart; Nash Ensemble " review by Kate Kellaway

Coliseum, London WC2; Wigmore Hall, London W1Never accept salami from strangers " that must be the moral, at least from the dog's point of view, of Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical fantasy of a …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:06pm on November 27, 2010[SHARE]