832 stories by "Susannah Clapp"
The Other Palace, LondonKelsey Grammer plays a father recovering from a stroke in this soppy, short-lived Broadway showJohn August and Andrew Lippa's musical Big Fish, adapted from Daniel Wa…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterWith its 'no future' message, Chris Goode's riotous update of Derek Jarman's punk film Jubilee rings trueOf course it is meant to be a mess. A coherent, rational or…
The Yard, London E9Jay Miller directs an exemplary production of Rita Kalnejais's bittersweet love story set in occupied FranceWhen people grumble about theatre being middle-aged they aren't…
Hampstead theatre, LondonFenella Woolgar excels in an adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's wartime tale that doesn't quite capture the novel's subtletiesEmbarrassment and anxiety shiver through …
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonRice bows out as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in bravura style with a touching musical about two painfully shy chocolate-makersEmma Rice ends at th…
Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr's intimate new South Bank theatre, where the focus will be on new writing, opens in riotous, melancholy style at home with Karl MarxLondon's newest theatre has…
Almeida; Vaudeville; Donmar, all LondonMike Bartlett conjures a potent state of the nation address while Wilde and Ibsen's wronged heroines still resonateRarely has so baggy a play burned so…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonLesley Sharp's Irina moves from delight to despair in Simon Stephens's incisive 21st-century versionSo Masha has become Marcia. She is not subjected to the most famo…
Everyman, LiverpoolKneehigh are on top form in Carl Grose's audacious Günter Grass adaptationA grand old place has been ransacked. In the background, faded ochre walls and windows precariou…
Wyndhams, LondonSimon Stephens's May-to-September love story is beautifully played by Anne-Marie Duff and Kenneth Cranham in Marianne Elliott's inspired productionSimon Stephens's new play i…
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonFlorian Zeller's tricksy, philosophical new play finds two couples debating the ethics of falsehoodFlorian Zeller and his translator Christopher Hampton broug…
Noël Coward theatre, LondonJames Graham's new play, starring Martin Freeman as a Blairite MP and Tamsin Greig as his old-school constituency agent, cleverly illuminates party divisionsFiv…
Miverva, ChichesterAlongside Sinéad Cusack, Dervla Kirwan and Phil Daniels, McKellen is deftly authoritative as Lear in a production full of fine performances and clever touchesSome of the …
Gate; Barbican, LondonAn exciting rising star and imaginative production make for an enthralling trip to The Unknown Island, and a take on Bergman is stylish but slow-movingIf I were a casti…
Young Vic, LondonThe actor gives an extraordinary performance, but even she cannot quite convey the turmoil of a woman who has suffered a strokeSometimes Juliet Stevenson looks like a parach…
Hampstead theatre, LondonRobert Lindsay plays the role of the late cinematographer Jack Cardiff with astonishing skill, but the play lacks focusTerry Johnson has given himself a hard task wi…
National Theatre, LondonA riveting reimagining of the secret talks that set up the historic Oslo peace accordsI went into Oslo expecting to be informed, and fairly confident of being interes…
Orange Tree, RichmondSue Wallace and Ian Gelder are outstanding as a bickering elderly couple in David Storey's play about a family reunionIt is a long time since I have seen a tasselled lam…
Globe, LondonGina McKee is a brave, bloody-minded queen of the Iceni in Tristan Bernays's vigorous and earthy playOutside the House of Commons stands one of the few London statues of a woman…
King's theatre; Church Hill theatre; Traverse, EdinburghA six-hour Alan Ayckbourn epic is outdone by some tiny model figures, a true-life transgender tale and two marooned women with a secre…
Trafalgar Studios, LondonA caustic Channing battles gamely to save Alexi Kaye Campbell's cliched family bust-upStockard Channing gives a good withering. It's hard to tell whether her physica…
Finborough; Royal Court, London Cicely Hamilton's forgotten feminist drama hits home, while John Tiffany delivers rage and vaudeville in a bravura revival of Jim Cartwright's RoadHistory on …
Old Vic; Dorfman; Apollo, LondonConor McPherson weaves magic with Bob Dylan's songs, Olivias Colman and Williams ignite Lucy Kirkwood's new play, and Sienna Miller's Cat fails to sizzleKnock…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonA Tale of Two Cities mashup nearly does for Dickens in a rare flop at Regent's ParkEvery couple of years someone writes a column saying how she has been…
Royal Court, LondonVivienne Franzmann examines the economics and human cost of surrogacy in this thought-provoking dramaVivienne Franzmann has made her name with dramas " Mogadishu, The Witn…
