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Lots to watch out for this week as Swallows and Amazons comes to Sheffield, and the CircusFest continues with Cirkus Cirkör at the Roundhouse in LondonScotlandNational Theatre of Scotland g…
It's not enough for theatres to rely on the same old programming, even the same old buildings. Which is why what's happening at Exeter is so exciting"We're stuck with them," said a leading i…
Is it time to end all-male Shakespeare, should children's theatre take more risks, and are ticket touts targeting theatre?Cross with cross-dressingIs it time to call a halt to all-male Shake…
Lots to catch this week, with the RSC season getting into gear and Saturday Night and Sunday morning playing in ManchesterCentral and EastI'll be hitting Birmingham tonight for Mette Edvards…
Every year someone suggests the West End is on its last legs, but at a panel to discuss its future we agreed that change is what keeps theatre evolving and thrivingWhat should we believe abo…
Lyn Gardner rounds up the latest stage news, from a shocking departure from Arts Council England to a debate about verbatim theatre at the Guardian's Open WeekendArt not just money"We don't …
Jacksons Lane, LondonThe expectation is rising. This is the comeback gig to end all comeback gigs " although there is something a tad tawdry about the stage, and the crowd is more than a lit…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsThe daughter of the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft and the radical philosopher William Godwin, Mary Shelley was brought up in a free-thinking household of…
David Suchet's turn in Long Day's Journey and Chris Goode's wonderful storytelling show The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley are just two of this week's theatre highlightsNorthThere was p…
Young Vic, LondonLike the Donmar, the Young Vic's Maria is a space in which there is nowhere for the actors to hide, and which requires absolute truthfulness. The only lies exposed in Natali…
Paul Kerryson's musical wins rave reviews and there's a Julian Fellowes film in the wings for Barbra Streisand. Plus, a producer gives me the thumbs down over fellow critic Michael Billingto…
She dreamed the dream "Â and now the Susan Boyle musical opens in Newcastle. Plus: Eve Best plays the Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic in LondonScotlandThe Steamie, Tony Roper's tales of wa…
BAC, LondonJess and Chris want us to be happy. They want to be happy, too, even though everyone is off somewhere else "getting wasted". I wish they hadn't told us that, because it raises the…
The 'world's leading classical theatre company' seems incapable of making Shakespeare feel innovative or relevant. Things have to changeAt Devoted and Disgruntled a few weeks back there was …
Hot tickets this week include the start of the Buzzcut festival in Glasgow, the Sprint festival in London, and the premiere of Helen Edmundson's Mary Shelley in LeedsScotlandLots of great st…
Hull TruckThere is less social mobility in the UK in 2012 than there was in the 1960s and 70s, so John Godber's 1997 play about Martin, a teacher turned would-be writer, who realises the gul…
BAC, LondonOn May Day 2004, Tristan Sturrock fell drunkenly off a wall in Padstow and broke his neck. He was paralysed from the neck down. His choice: 18 months in a neck brace, or radical s…
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The four London theatres collaborating with Wildworks on Babel will have to find new ways to tour internationallyOn Monday I wrote about Babel, the huge participatory London-wide project tha…
Gate, LondonGoldilocks and the Three Bears is the unlikely inspiration for this comedy thriller devised by Perrier winner Will Adamsdale, Neil Haigh, Matthew Steer and director John Wright. …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonThe story of the 33 trapped Chilean miners gripped the world for weeks during 2010, but over 80 years previously, and many miles away in Kentucky another story of …
When is kids' theatre not kids' theatre? Plus, the etiquette of booing and snoozing in Lyn Gardner's Monday roundup of theatre news and gossipBig plans for small peoplePurni Morell, the new …
How do you unite a modern metropolis? With 500 people and a song called Ah Poor BirdThe human urge to build cities with tall buildings is an ancient one. In the Book of Genesis, the generati…
Two festivals start in Glasgow this week, Behaviour and Buzzcut, plus a feast of work at Sprint in London " there's plenty to see all over the countryScotland and Northern IrelandIn Northern…
Drum, PlymouthVirgil has spent 10 years in a mental asylum being treated by Dr Levine for delusions about Sally's bottom. Now, clutching his certificate of sanity, he is returning home to hi…
