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A new presentation of Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler has been preceded by tweets from its heroine " an example of how digital media draws in theatre audiences in ingenious waysThis week, Hedda Ga…
Calm Down Dear, the festival of feminist theatre, begins in Camden, there's a rare Brian Friel play in Bristol and Great Yarmouth hosts the Out There festivalTanya Ronder's new surreal famil…
The Other Room, Cardiff All-female company otherMother tackle football, fighting and family life in their first showThere's definitely something stirring in Cardiff where the amount of theat…
Royal Court Upstairs, LondonLela's monologue about her journey from the mountains into a warzone is constantly interrupted by the voices of men in a harrowing but surprisingly playful look a…
A new theatre show explores the impact of erectile dysfunction on men's physical and mental health. Its creator, Mark Storer, says he is terrified of the responsibility: 'If we fail, we have…
Artistic directors are not often playwrights too. The venerable Edinburgh theatre's smart move to put David Greig in charge should pay exciting dividends " as long as he can keep writingThe …
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe audience are cast as new recruits at Aldous Huxley's Hatchery in James Dacre and Dawn King's stage versionGeorge Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was recently…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonThis jukebox musical is a clumsy, opportunist show with bad wigs, ill-fitting costumes " and nothing new or meaningful to say about Dusty SpringfieldDusty, a new…
Theatre 503, LondonBea Roberts' two-hander about male friendship and a dying way of life is small but beautifully observedIt's 2001 and in a barn on a south Devon farm Michael and local vet …
The veteran actor has complained of young actors being homogeneous, and ignorant of the likes of Laurence Olivier " but in today's diverse landscape the profession is richer than everBrian C…
From brilliant Edinburgh transfers to the start of the High Tide festival, here are the essential shows opening this week across the UKOne of the best shows of the Edinburgh festival, Made i…
Young Vic, LondonIvo van Hove directs this quiet, coolly controlled monologue about a man returning home after the death of his younger brother"We all die interrupted," says Willem, a Dutch …
Showcasing the best in independent theatre, the BBC's live event will show that the stage isn't just for Hollywood stars and old-fashioned playsKenneth Tynan's memorable theatre review of Lo…
Shoreditch town hall, LondonTristan Sharps' exquisite promenade installation leads theatregoers down the deserted corridors of an imaginary hotel into a mysterious, maze-like underworldThere…
Solo shows can be an excuse for cost-cutting, showing off or solipsism " but new examples are building conversations with audiences, and showing us who we areI suspect I'm not alone in feeli…
Former Sanofi factory, DagenhamGeraldine Pilgrim's community-cast production brings a factory back to life in Dagenham with a dose of medical historyThe May and Baker factory (subsequently t…
Simon Stephens and Ivo van Hove collaborate at the Young Vic, Iphigenia in Splott returns to the Sherman in Cardiff, Elizabeth Newman opens her first season in Bolton, and Nicole Kidman retu…
Forest Fringe, EdinburghSometimes lacking focus, this piece celebrates the quiet, unsung heroism of exhausted parents raising children in circumstances far from those of royal statusSearch P…
King's, EdinburghThis crack ensemble perform the single word of Dieter Roth's text in such varied forms it is like watching somebody's repressed unconscious run riotDieter Roth's 1974 text, …
The latest debate in the Guardian and BAC's A Nation's Theatre strand looked at the fringe's place in the theatre ecology " here's what we discussedEdinburgh is the biggest open access arts …
Underbelly, EdinburghMiddle Child's piece about twentysomething slacker lifestyles works up a sweaty energy and has a tender soulIs it a gig? Is it a storytelling piece? Is it a play? Middle…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA young graduate addresses the myths around learning disabilities with humour and panacheSo you think you know everything about high functioning autism? Of cour…
Pleasance Grand, EdinburghAshes hero hits the audience for six in a show full of laughter, cricketing anecdotes and indiscretionsThere is a picture of cricketer Andrew Flintoff flashed on a …
Pleasance, EdinburghThe unlucky draw of life is given an unflinching but positive examination in Olivia Hirst's affecting showTime is ticking for 26-year-old Olivia Hirst. She has the BRCA 1…
Forest Fringe, EdinburghThis clever show steps lightly over the cracks in how we present ourselves to the world both individually and as a coupleIs there anyone in a long-term relationship w…
