2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
Shed, LondonFull of light, colour, movement and music, Ben Power's cut-down National theatre version of the tale of star-crossed lovers adds to a growing trend in taking Shakespeare for chil…
It's one of the quieter weeks of the year, but the Stockton international riverside festival has a terrific lineup of outdoor shows, The Legend of King Arthur starts in York and the Camden F…
It's one of the quieter weeks of the year, but the Stockton international riverside festival has a terrific lineup of outdoor shows, The Legend of King Arthur starts in York and the Camden F…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonSadly, not as the title might suggest, a new musical about our happy canine friends, but a vacuous trawl through the shopping habits of footballers' wives and gi…
Charing Cross Theatre, LondonSadly, not as the title might suggest, a new musical about our happy canine friends, but a vacuous trawl through the shopping habits of footballers' wives and gi…
The case of a disgruntled Australian playwright throws up the fascinating question of who's really in charge of a show Last week I went to a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at London…
The case of a disgruntled Australian playwright throws up the fascinating question of who's really in charge of a show Last week I went to a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at London…
Bristol Old VicIf you don't know the name Sally Cookson yet, you will. Any unfamiliarity is almost certainly due to the fact that this gloriously inventive director creates theatre for child…
When temperatures go up, audiences either melt or sit shivering in chilly auditoriums. Just how do you handle the heat?I asked a keen theatregoing friend if she wanted to accompany me to see…
When temperatures go up, audiences either melt or sit shivering in chilly auditoriums. Just how do you handle the heat?I asked a keen theatregoing friend if she wanted to accompany me to see…
National Theatre, LondonWe talk about going to "see a show." But theatre-makers from Melanie Wilson and Jo Bannon to David Rosenberg are increasingly investigating the possibilities of sound…
Park, LondonBrutality and tenderness are strange but seductive bedfellows in Gary Henderson's two-hander, which evokes a loamy sense of place " New Zealand's Canterbury plains and surroundin…
St James, LondonTwenty years ago, it wasn't hard to find lunchtime theatre. But while the Play, a Pie and a Pint seasons at Oran Mor in Glasgow have become a real creative force for new writ…
Cush Jumbo, Oliver Cotton and Rory Kinnear are the latest in a long line of actors to employ their stagecraft as writers tooPlaywrights don't always take kindly to being told by an actor tha…
A French company walks on water at Salford Quays, King Arthur and his knights are in York, and there's spectacular circus in NorfolkScotlandIt's still very quiet before Edinburgh fringe show…
A French company walks on water at Salford Quays, King Arthur and his knights are in York, and there's spectacular circus in NorfolkScotlandIt's still very quiet before Edinburgh fringe show…
Reaction is divided to The Drowned Man, Punchdrunk's vast Hollywood promenade show. Has it been overhyped? Or should audiences go prepared to dig deeper for their experience?The reviews are …
Reaction is divided to The Drowned Man, Punchdrunk's vast Hollywood promenade show. Has it been overhyped? Or should audiences go prepared to dig deeper for their experience?The reviews are …
Royal Exchange, ManchesterSergei Eisenstein's famed 1923 staging of Aleksandr Ostrovsky's satire featured clowning, performers swinging on ropes and acrobatics. Paul Hunter's revival, which …
Finborough, London"My loves, what are we to do? We won't do as they want any more, and they hate it." So runs the famous final line of Pam Gems's 1976 play, set in a London flat shared by fo…
London Welsh CentreIt is said that on midwinter's eve the devil holds a ceilidh, and at midnight the past and present kiss. This is the moment when unsuspecting revellers might be snared by …
Derby PlayhouseWe all want to do the right thing; we all want to go to the top of the class, and get the praise we feel is our due. Toot's slick, clever little show plays astutely on that de…
20th Century Fox plans to turn some of its movies into stage musicals. But Porky's 11, Die Hard and Avatar are unlikely to be on a stage near you soon. Or will they?Dirty Dancing is back in …
20th Century Fox plans to turn some of its movies into stage musicals. But Porky's 11, Die Hard and Avatar are unlikely to be on a stage near you soon. Or will they?Dirty Dancing is back in …
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonDespite the title, there's nothing wooden about Cirque Alfonse's joyous, homespun circus show. Originally created in a Quebec barn, it features three generations …
