The latest Roald Dahl musical to hit the West End proves that putting children's books on stage requires theatre-makers to think beyond what's on the pageThe Sam Mendes-directed Charlie and …
The latest Roald Dahl musical to hit the West End proves that putting children's books on stage requires theatre-makers to think beyond what's on the pageThe Sam Mendes-directed Charlie and …
Hampstead Downstairs, LondonDaisy (Alice Sykes) is almost 16. She should be taking her mock-GCSEs, experimenting with booze and fags with best friend, Alice (Candassaie Liburd), and trying t…
Soho theatre, LondonMax Eisenstein and Martin Schulse are German art dealers who have built up a successful business in San Francisco, selling paintings to rich Jewish matrons. But the …
It isn't always about the quality of the show " as The Book of Mormon proves. What are your ingredients for a fine night out?I was lucky enough to see The Book of Mormon again last week. I l…
It isn't always about the quality of the show " as The Book of Mormon proves. What are your ingredients for a fine night out?I was lucky enough to see The Book of Mormon again last week. I l…
Theatre Royal, BathAfter a whirlwind romance, Nigel, Earl of Marshwood, plans to marry. But upstairs and downstairs at Marshwood House are both in turmoil because His Lordship's intended is …
The river Tyne is celebrated at Live in Newcastle, Headlong's revival of The Seagull finishes its tour in Derby, and the brilliant Greenwich and Docklands festival is a whale of a time for a…
Two Degrees festival, LondonWhen the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, visited London last week, he faced activists protesting against tar sands, the world's largest energy project, w…
We no longer accept white actors blacking up " yet the able-bodied Daniel Radcliffe is playing a physically disabled character in the West End. How come?As I've written here recently, it's i…
Finborough, LondonNot for nothing has playwright David Storey been described as an English Chekhov. This sliver of a play, small in construction but big in heart, transposes some of the poet…
Am-dram is often used as a term of abuse, yet the boundary between the professional and amateur is increasingly blurredI recently picked up a theatre brochure. The shows being staged over an…
Park theatre, LondonDeborah Warner's startlingly modern 2011 Barbican revival of Sheridan's comedy certainly put the cat among the critical pigeons, but normal service resumes in Finsbury Pa…
Tim Firth's This Is My Family starts in Sheffield, Natalie McGrath's Oxygen celebrates the centenary of the 1913 suffrage pilgrimage from Land's End, and Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man opens i…
Rufus Norris, director of the NT's all-black revival of The Amen Corner, has spoken out about the lack of opportunities in the UK for black actors. Why is there still such a long way to go?A…
Ever been to a show where the cast outnumbered the audience? Or the performer was paralysed by stage fright? Tell allOn the Danny Baker Show on Radio 5 Live last week, there was a discussion…
AldeburghPunchdrunk's gift has always been the ability to make it feel as if you've been plunged into a parallel universe. The spooky beauty of this latest work is that they achieve it, not …
National, LondonA fine reason to make theatre is to probe who we are, and what our place is in the world. Since 2004, New York company the Team have been doing just that, with theatrically d…
Gate, LondonEdgar, an army captain, and former actress Alice reside alone in a fortified tower on an island. They have been married for almost 30 years and are imprisoned in a relationship h…
Udderbelly festival, LondonAs young company Pirates of the Carabina's name suggests, there's something larky about this circus show, in which a woman performs an aerial duet with an ironing …
The Royal Court's new season kicks off in London, raves and revolutions combine in Manchester, and Frank Cottrell Boyce presents an outdoor spectacle in DerryScotland and Northern IrelandLet…
London WondergroundA man in a bear suit attempts to climb a Chinese pole, sliding away before skill finally triumphs over absurdity. Two women wearing outsize white rabbit heads wi…
The fringe is back. And the theatre programme is bigger than ever. From David Greig to Summerhall, here are some of bestA record number of shows may have gone on sale before the 2013 fringe …
The power of theatre to take you unawares can often be lost " which is why a new Royal Court initiative with Caryl Churchill is welcomeThe box-office appeal of novel and film adaptations on…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe landscape is quiet and peaceful. Birds swoop across the sky; bees buzz dozily amid the flowers. In a field, a strange creature that looks a little like a …