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Balfron Tower, LondonThis immersive production ranges over several floors of a tower block, ending around 8am on the roof with breakfast and the swearing in of Malcolm as the new king"M…
Nick Payne's refreshingly simple three-story monologue takes us to a place none of us want to goSometimes it's good to be reminded that theatre can be at its most effective and most layered …
This superb tribute to the NHS takes place in the back of a moving ambulance with surprising and moving resultsA tribute to the NHS was at the centre of Danny Boyle's brilliant and brilliant…
As his Olivier-nominated The Tiger Who Came to Tea roars back into the West End, the playwright and director on the 'other' Matilda and why failure is not an option in children's playsDavid …
The winners and losers can be totted up from today's NPO decisions by Arts Council England, but we will never be able to calculate the loss of potential, as grassroots groups lose outIf time…
Hampstead Downstairs, LondonGay and straight relationships alike provoke wine-soaked spite in a play that veers between soap opera and dismal Joe Orton black comedyLast year, Colin and Marcu…
Greenwich and Docklands festival, LondonThese two acrobatic pieces disrupt the spectacle of everyday life in hugely pleasing manner Streetwise theatre: the joy of shows in the great outdoors…
Grimm times afoot in the woods in Lancaster, join the herring lassies in Great Yarmouth, plus the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to the West EndThe week begins with a …
Arcola, LondonThis production may be beautifully sung and nicely choreographed, but its attempt to relocate the story to the second world war can't iron out the flaws in the musicalAll plays…
Great Llancayo Upper Wood, UskIn this fresh, visceral, time-bending piece, scripted by the Owen Sheers, the audience are cast as sightseers on a battlefield tour Reliving the horrors of Mame…
Greenwich and Docklands festival, LondonIn spite of a thin narrative, this large-scale outdoor show has a touching intimacyWith house prices and rents rising, this new outdoor show from Metr…
Audiences, critics and theatres can all seem suspicious of shows that don't charge but they're no less ambitious or worthwhileYou are probably reading this blog for free as it's not behind …
BAC, LondonThis show based on Agota Kristof's story strips away any sentimentality to present the diary of twins surviving warForced Entertainment have seldom strayed away from performance a…
Gate, LondonFate and stories are not fixed entities in the hands of Roland Schimmelpfennig's playful reworking of the Troy-era legendWhen Idomeneus set out to fight at Troy he had 80 ships, …
A sprawling new drama at Hampstead theatre explores how the 1980s industrial dispute changed BritainWhen Beth Steel sent her play Wonderland to theatres for their consideration, one of them …
Young Vic, LondonBelarus Free Theatre's impressionistic exploration of environmental catastrophe is too National Geographic to have any real political impactBelarus Free Theatre have won adm…
The battlefields of the Somme are recreated in Wales, Scotland considers what independence means and Richard Wilson does Beckett in SheffieldFrom 5pm tonight The Great Yes, No, Don't Know Fi…
Ovalhouse, LondonChristopher Brett Bailey's show is a mesmerising experience with a surprise ending that leaves you reelingTheatre often lays special claim to its liveness. Yet it's seldom t…
Bristol Old VicThis football show has plenty of family appeal, even if the action isn't as exciting on stage as it is on the pitch Carl Heap: finding the method in medieval theatre's madness…
Oval House, LondonWriter-performer Greg Wohead unsettles the audience by focusing on our fixation with goreHe stands before us in tennis whites. Clean-cut and boyish. A slightly goofy smile.…
Lola Arias brings together actors whose families were on opposing sides of Chilean regime in The Year I Was BornThe urge to know who we are and where we have come from is strong. It's the re…
We want to save our beautiful theatres, but they must also be practical. One solution is to knock them down and start againAmbassador Theatre Group's Howard Panter has said out loud what man…
Park theatre, LondonAko Mitchell and Sheila Atim bring vim and vigour to Ché Walker's tale of two people trying to rewrite their lives Omar Lyefook on scoring Klook, acting with Max Beesle…
Inspired by Danny Boyle's Olympics ceremony, 2012 was the year of open-air theatre across the UK. What is its legacy?The Guardian's best theatre of 2012 list didn't include Danny Boyle's Oly…
Hackney Downs studio, LondonRenato Rocha and Keziah Serreau's show captures the fury and despair of young people trying to square the gap between their dreams and realityIs the kid asleep on…
