2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
Roundhouse Studio, LondonPhilip Osment's brave, funny and helter skelter of a play, Inside, offers a glimpse of young men in prison, all of them fathers. Cleverly staged by Osment and his co…
Darlington Arts CentreBreaking the unwritten rule that theatre for the over-sevens has to send young audiences out on an upbeat note, Noël Greig's final play is an engaging and often dark…
Print Room, LondonLike an overripe cheese that's been left out too long, Pier Paolo Pasolini's play about a father's obsession with his teenage son's penis is a maggoty old thing, writhing w…
It's last-chance week for a string of excellent productions, from Blasted to Punk Rocks. Bring on the Christmas season!There's plenty to see this week, though not much that's brand new. Neve…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterDon't mess with the gods: good advice, seldom heeded by humans in Greek tragedy. Enter Pentheus, King of Thebes, who laughs when his cousin Dionysus returns home wi…
Gate, LondonThings are looking good for banker Joseph K. A promotion is in the offing and he's in control of his life. But on his 30th birthday, a takeaway order of sushi arrives with two me…
Drum, PlymouthImagine you could see the world afresh through the eyes of someone else, perhaps someone from another century or a faraway place. Anton Chekhov, in Dan Rebellato's sharply sati…
Slashing the Darlington arts budget will not only hit culture, but hurt wider society " especially when it comes to young peopleLast Thursday I had the rare pleasure of meeting a happy taxi …
For the Best, an award-winning play created by kidney dialysis patients couldn't be more poignant, finds Lyn GardnerOn the fourth floor of the landmark Gostin Building on Liverpool's Hanover…
Riverfront, Newport"A great big, sad, beautiful joke," was how Welsh writer Gwyn Thomas viewed Valleys' life, and it's exactly what Told by an Idiot deliver in this theatrical patchwork quil…
From Euripides in Manchester to Mark Storor on Merseyside, the north-west is leading the build-up to the Christmas show seasonTheatre seems to be taking a deep breath this week and next befo…
Nottingham PlayhouseEsme is a middle-aged West End actor, and a successful one. She has long left the classics behind and makes a nice living starring in boulevard comedies. Despite the earl…
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Young Vic, London"Something big and meaningful condensed into small space," is how the coxswain describes a haiku towards the end of Kursk, a remarkable piece of theatre inspired by the disa…
Lighting is integral to create interesting productions it is the secret language of theatre Continue reading...
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Increasingly, the technology has become the show, rather than in service of the showBack in the 1980s as new technologies began to make their mark in theatre we still marvelled at West End s…
Plenty of plays have been set in hotels, and now Sarah Kane's Blasted is being staged in oneA couple of years ago, I stayed at the Adelphi hotel in Liverpool. The lifts were broken, and leav…
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Unicorn, LondonSam is a know-it-all teenager who dreams of the celebrity and big wage packets of professional football as he kicks a ball around the local park and boasts that he has been si…
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A theatre culture that fears to give offence is a theatre culture that is bland and moribund. Continue reading...
Ursula Martinez doesn't just take her clothes off on stage. She takes her parents' off, too. Lyn Gardner on a fearless performer finally coming of age Continue reading...
Would you go to see a 15-minute version of The Godfather commissioned by Pizza Express? Lyn Gardner on why theatre companies are taking the corporate shilling Continue reading...
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