267 stories by "Kate Kellaway"
Royal Court, LondonKatie Mitchell directs this powerful riposte to all climate-change deniers. If only some drama had been injected into it too Continue reading...
Southwark Playhouse, LondonAn international cast share their own moving, first-hand accounts of Vietnam, Nagasaki and Treblinka Continue reading...
Barbican, LondonA dead body poses questions of absence and existence, but is at risk of leaving the audience cold too Continue reading...
Outstanding performances from a cast led by Eileen Atkins, but the play is a case of too many playwrights spoiling the plotEileen Atkins: Even today theres a resentment of old people Continu…
Shaftesbury theatre, LondonBeverley Knight and Killian Donnelly head the terrific London cast of the Tony-winning musical Continue reading...
Lyceum, EdinburghPeter Eyre is riveting as the would-be tragic hero in a brilliant revival of Thomas Bernhard's tremendous Minetti Continue reading...
Festival theatre, ChichesterSophie Thompson gives a masterclass in comic acting while Carlos Acosta brings Cuban flamboyance as choreographer Continue reading...
Royal Opera House, LondonCarlos Acosta's attempt to link his two homes doesn't quite work, but still he dances a dream Continue reading...
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; Hampstead theatre, Royal Court, LondonMaxine Peake puts Yorkshire cyclist Beryl Burton back in the saddle, but a play about the miners' strike sheds little n…
The Globe makes a fine, risky romance out of Antony and Cleopatra, but a play about art offers no fresh perspectivesI have never seen an Antony and Cleopatra in which I have been made more a…
Barbican, London; Minerva, ChichesterFiona Shaw is spellbinding as the traumatised mother of Christ, while Stevie Smith's life offers a whimsical return to 70s suburbiaBefore The Testament o…
Old Red Lion, LondonA warm and touching performance from Illona Linthwaite is at the heart of this ambitious new playAt the centre of this ambitious play is Ingrid, who suffers from dementia…
Olwen Fouéré's solo stage interpretation of Finnegans Wake at the Shed is a delightShe leans down to unlace her shoes, a tiny figure in a grey suit, her long hair tied back. And then she w…
Royal & Derngate, Northampton; Lyttelton; Southwark Playhouse, London Dickens moves smartly from page to stage, old junk jogs memories, and a musical explores the streets of LondonThere is a…
After 650 show-stealing turns as Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical, Bertie Carvel is about to star in Channel 4's new comedy drama Babylon. Though some of the Trunch's truculence remain…
The author tells how football nearly cost her the nannying job on which her hilarious memoir of 80s literary London is basedHow did you get the job as nanny to the sons of Mary-Kay Wilmers […
Old Vic, London; Orange Tree, RichmondThe Old Vic have struck gold with a brilliant production of a neglected country house satire by TurgenevIt is rare to come out of the theatre with a pre…
Hoxton Hall, LondonActor-director Ruth Wilson is terrific in three short Eugene O'Neill plays from the ragtime eraFrom the moment you step into Hoxton Hall, your spirits rise and you are rem…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonMatthew White's production of the challenging Candide is ambitious if somewhat over the topCandide ends with Voltaire's famous imperative: "Il faut cultiver n…
Wigmore Hall, London W1Even with Handel's wretched lovers at their lowest ebb, this was a concert to be treasuredThe Early Opera Company's sparkling concert performance of Handel's 1718 oper…
JW3, LondonFour actors listening through headphones recreate Jewish families exactly as they sound, with funny and moving resultsThe elegant new Jewish centre in north London's Finchley Road…
The actress talks about Mary Poppins, playing disturbed people and her move into directingCan you give us a quick sketch of your character in Saving Mr Banks?I play Margaret Goff who is…
Nina Stibbe was nanny to LRB editor Mary-Kay Wilmers's children in the 1980s. Her witty letters from 55 Gloucester Crescent provide a fascinating glimpse of 80s literary LondonGloucester Cre…
Young Vic; Orange Tree, Richmond; Hampstead, LondonBigotry is transformed into glorious song and dance as Broadway hit The Scottsboro Boys reaches LondonNine black boys in Alabama in 1931 we…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAn underground theme runs through Rambert's triple bill, but only Subterrain " a restless study of unravelling relationships " emerges fully formedOne of the pleasures …
