2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
British theatre has changed radically during the past 20 years, mostly for the better. Curiously one of the things that has not
The Bush, LondonProceedings turn violent when a mother in law arrives in Chris Thompson's overloaded play about nature, nurture, abuse, parenting and gay history A play can be thoroughly enj…
Sherman theatre, Cardiff The red-hot team of playwright Gary Owen and director Rachel O'Riordan relocate the Russian classic to 1980s WalesPlaywright Gary Owen and director Rachel O'Riordan …
From a junior Brexit parable to a stadium-gig version of the Anglo-Saxon epic, children's theatre is tackling grownup themes in striking fashion 'After nourishment, shelter and companionship…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonThe Game of Thrones star takes control of David Ives' playful two-hander about sexual politics that veers between comedy, campness and mild eroticaGame of Thro…
Ovalhouse, London Angela Clerkin's tale of the burden of keeping secrets has political relevance but in spite of the creepy atmosphere, it needs more urgency and clarity The townsfolk suspec…
Several weeks ago, I interviewed Adam Penford, Nottingham Playhouse's incoming artistic director, for The Stage. During our conversation, he mentioned how important
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonA crack cast perform Simon Stephens' punchy new version of the Russian dramatist's early play, which shifts between reality and fakeryCreativity and destruction, and…
"Wasn't that amazing!" said a smiling young woman as we were both leaving Dreamthinkspeak's One Day Maybe, a commission for Hull City
Updating the covert living-room theatre of protest in 1977 Czechoslovakia, an interactive trilogy shows how easily our own freedoms can be dismantledOn the corner of a suburban Richmond stre…
Barely a week goes by without a theatre company announcing they are participating in a project with refugees or people from migrant
Sam Steiner's play about the second coming of a rap star and Nessah Muthy's intriguing soldier's story lead an ambitious London pop-up festivalIn Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa wa…
New artistic director Adam Penford is looking forward to putting the Nottingham Playhouse back on the map. He tells Lyn Gardner about
The BBC's overall cultural output has often been impressive in recent years. But its coverage of contemporary arts and culture, particularly theatre,
Royal Exchange, Manchester Sarah Frankcom stages Thornton Wilder's 1938 drama with tenderness, bleak honesty and a community choirEdward Albee loved Thornton Wilder's 1938 paean to ordinary …
Byass Works, Port TalbotThe community speaks out about the fight to save its steelworks in a kaleidoscopic promenade-style production that is laced with earthy humour'This town is ours. They…
Gate, LondonAdapted from José Saramago's short story, Ellen McDougall's grownup fairytale draws spectators into a circle of bread, wine and storytellingThe Gate's new artistic director, Ell…
Camden People's theatre, LondonA crack cast of trans and gender-fluid actors deliver a playful and often moving version of the Greek mythGender fluidity and the trans experience were highly …
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonSam Holcroft's comedy, which debuted at the National and is now directed by Simon Godwin on a UK tour, begins in Ayckbourn mode then turns vicious'Too much, …
It's terrific that the for the Royal Shakespeare Company's summer 2018 season, the directorial line-up will be all female for both the
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThis story of reclusive research and rock'n'roll is at its best when communicating through music and songThe 52-hertz whale has been called the loneliest whale i…
Bristol Old VicChristopher Haydon updates the 1960 play about the machinations of a homeless houseguest into a piece about paranoia and the migrant experienceEntering the theatre, it looks a…
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonWalking the audience through the struggle between the monarchy and the people during the English civil war, this show chimes with our own timesGemma Brock…
The good news is that Punchdrunk is doing a new show, it's called Kabeiroi and is based on fragments of a lost
Richmond theatre, LondonShared Experience's modern update of the Little Mermaid has a seductive dreaminess, but there's far too much going on to successfully re-empower the characterThere is…
