832 stories by "Susannah Clapp"
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThe lovers alone convince in Daniel Kramer's bewildering productionEmma Rice's last season in charge of the Globe opens with loud defiance. Daniel Kramer's product…
Barbican, LondonNo amount of writhing and roaring can enliven Ivo van Hove's self-absorbed take on ViscontiIn one corner David Hare: the least likely of dramatic Brexiters, suspicious of con…
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonA visually dazzling staging by 59 Productions is missing a human dimensionJames Fenton, trenchant former theatre critic of the Sunday Times, once described his job a…
Bush theatre, LondonBrilliantly designed, Rajiv Joseph's philosophical, whimsical play brings immensity to a small space at the refurbished west London theatreThe rejigged, refreshed Bush th…
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath; Trafalgar Studios, LondonPlaywright Christopher Hampton's talents are illuminated in two clever satires skewering the literary and academic lifeWho would…
Coliseum, LondonKatherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe sound as good as you might expect, but 'semi-staged' here signifies a woeful lack of acting talentThe English National Opera has said that to …
Barbican, LondonCheek by Jowl rise to Shakespeare's challenge, including a wonderful awakening for Hermione. But the beast scares no oneThe Winter's Tale is a series of dares for a director.…
Dorfman, LondonNina Raine adroitly tackles barristers' struggles with the truth as the audience becomes the jury in a rape caseMore than Consent. Heartfelt approval. It is hard to overemphas…
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonIf it's a real musical you're after, this is the one to watchForget La La Land. If you want to see hot hoofing, go to Mark Bramble's production of 42nd Street…
Theatre Royal, HaymarketDamian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo do their best with Edward Albee's provocative play, but it is too knowing for its own goodIn the seven months since Edward Albee died,…
Dorfman, London Rufus Norris and Carol Ann Duffy's verbatim drama includes a variety of voices but is already out of date in our bitterly divided nationOne of Rufus Norris's aims since he be…
Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesCatherine McCormack and Niamh Cusack ignite April De Angelis's five-hour staging of Elena Ferrante's Neopolitan sagaWhat a nerve. To think that Elena Ferran…
Garrick, London Heavily laboured jokes sink Griff Rhys Jones and Lee Mack in this 17th-century comedy of mannersIt may be that, all unwittingly, I have had a farsectomy. I " mostly " applaud…
Old Vic, LondonDaniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire's split-second timing ensures this well-judged production of Stoppard's classic fizzes with lifeWhen as a schoolgirl I saw Rosencrantz and …
Harold Pinter, LondonPrepare for a high-wire showdown in James Macdonald's fine production of Albee's caustic classicNo one is going to accuse Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? of being too sh…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonOutstanding performances, including Roger Allam as Roy Jenkins, enliven a timely drama about the birth of the SDPIt was an Alice Through the Looking Glass press night…
Hull Truck theatre, HullMark Addy and Caroline Quentin star in Richard Bean's gag-heavy satirical tale of a 17th-century city governor navigating the outbreak of civil warThere is exemplary …
Almeida, LondonScott brings total empathy to the title role in Robert Icke's inspired production Robert Icke is one of the most important forces in today's theatre. He blew the dust from Ore…
Tobacco Factory, BristolPowerful performances from fine young actors bring fresh power to this sensual, subtle reinventionRichard Twyman is not resident at the Tobacco Factory. Yet his marve…
Young Vic, LondonIt's all mire, ire and menace in Joe Hill-Gibbins's heavy-going productionMud sticks. The most immediately striking feature of Joe Hill-Gibbins's staging of A Midsummer Nigh…
Olivier, LondonTamsin Greig is a magnetic Malvolia in an extravagant production that gleefully refocuses Shakespeare's comedyShe is a 21st-century puritan: her religion is herself; her body …
Barbican, London Simon McBurney's fizzing take on the novel that inspired The Grand Budapest Hotel transcends language barriers… and can still be seen onlineBefore I was a theatre critic I…
Barbican, LondonLars Eidinger is a visceral, manipulative monarch in Thomas Ostermeier's explosive German-language productionThomas Ostermeier has been director of Schaubühne Berlin since 1…
Apollo, LondonTom Hollander proves wonderfully potty in Stoppard's 1974 play, given a startling new lease of life in this age of alternative factsEarly Tom Stoppard plays are having a stage …
Hampstead theatre, LondonDespite fine performances, Laura Eason's 2009 play about two writers having a fling is too rooted in its timeLaura Eason's Sex With Strangers was first staged by Ste…
