2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
Rose, KingstonAdam is gone, presumed dead. He was last seen teetering on the grill of a deep, disused shaft, a group of bullying teenagers throwing stones at him. They may all be guilty…
Lyn Gardner rounds up the week's stage business, from a spine-tingling Romeo and Juliet to National Theatre Wales's quest for audience memoriesWe do like Mondays"Extraordinary how potent che…
Old Vic Tunnels, LondonOut of the darkness comes a voice: high-pitched, eerie, almost like a keen. That's the starting point for Kindle Theatre's 60-minute exploration of rage and revenge, w…
Barbican, LondonPunch and Judy are 350 years old this year " their first recorded performance in England dates from 1662 " and Improbable celebrate in style with Julian Crouch's down-at-heel…
Hot tickets this week include Zach Braff's All New People in Glasgow and Simon Callow reading Dickens in TauntonScotland and Northern IrelandIn Belfast, Mick Gordon revives Brian Friel's ver…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThere is a brilliant moment at the end of Spymonkey's spoof, an evening which proves that in every tragedy there is a comedy trying to get out. Jocasta is dead…
There is some fantastic acting to be seen on British stages, but why is it the barnstorming performances that are most admired?It's been an excellent few weeks for acting: David Haig triumph…
Jenny Sealey is staging the opening ceremony for the Paralympics " and it won't be much like Beijing's.When Jenny Sealey was 16, her school careers adviser said she should give up any though…
Nuffield, SouthamptonIf we're truthful, Shakespeare's young lovers are often a wee bit dull, and death doesn't come nearly quickly enough. Not so with Robert Icke's revival for Headlong, tho…
Salisbury PlayhouseTroilism turns out to be as tame as a bishop's tea party in Salisbury, where Caroline Leslie's revival of Noel Coward's 1933 comedy is handsome, frothy and frightfully gay…
It's a great idea for fringe theatres to share their spaces " but they need to share the financial numbers tooWhen the Park Theatre " a new 200-seat main house and smaller studio space " ope…
Lyn Gardner rounds up the weekend's stage business, from a jelly-smeared Changeling to austerity arts funding and snowy tweetsJelly bellyIt is probably too much to hope that when Lindsay Pos…
It's cold outside but theatre is hotting up this week with family drama The Gatekeeper in Manchester and Sex with a Stranger, starring Jaime Winstone and Russell Tovey, in LondonScotland and…
The theatre world's London bias particularly affects new writing, which seldom attracts much attention beyond the capitalOne of the best plays I saw last year was Lungs, an off-kilter love s…
With a touring binge-drinking drama and a play about the Champions League final, theatre lets loose as February beginsScotlandThe big news in Scotland is the Manipulate festival, a feast of …
Theatres are keen to advertise their own shows, but not events at other venues. Isn't it time to pool publicity for the benefit of all?There's much talk of collaboration in theatre at the mo…
Linbury Studio, LondonThere is something rather glorious about having a juggling show at that citadel of high art, the Royal Opera House. Even more so because this hour-long piece from Gandi…
The paper's annual parade of directors and impresarios ignores those waiting in the wings " particularly outside London. Who would you nominate?It's that time of the year when the Stage prod…
In difficult times, making an effort with the audience may mean the difference between a theatre's survival and failureThere's something exhilarating about being part of an audience which is…
From Mary Shelley in Yorkshire to Patrick Stewart playing Bingo in London, Lyn Gardner charts the country-wide theatrical happenings to take you through to springScotland and Northern Irelan…
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Were you transfigured by Michael Sheen's The Passion, blown away by Tender Napalm or tickled by One Man, Two Guvnors? It was a deficit-defying year in theatreTo be honest, I think it's a mit…
Curve, Leicester"You're going to go out there a youngster, but you've got to come back a star," director Julian Marsh (Tim Flavin) tells young Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. And there was high…
Crucible, SheffieldBobby is a New Yorker on the eve of his 35th birthday, and a man who thinks that marriage is not just a word but a sentence " a jail sentence.Despite girlfriends who are d…
Instead of closing productions during the 2012 Olympics, Andrew Lloyd Webber and fellow producers should use their entrepreneurial flair to ensure the show does go onIn a business like West …
