832 stories by "Susannah Clapp"
New London theatreLloyd Webber delivers a rabble-rousing musical with a big heart and the best drilled young actors this side of MatildaHere is the family Christmas outing solved. Andrew Llo…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonPeople from elsewhere who have made London their home speak openly in an immersive experience that touches heartsThe young woman serving home-made coconut cake i…
King's Cross theatre, LondonDavid Bowie's creative end note feels like a stylish, trance-like pop videoDavid Bowie called it "a play with my songs". When Lazarus opened off-Broadway at the e…
Old Vic, LondonLess is more as Glenda Jackson exudes command in Deborah Warner's fitfully brilliant productionSandpaper voice; gliding movement; complete, ferocious concentration. Glenda Jac…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonChastity, family guilt and fairyland antics make a rich brewIn the uproar about the Globe, little has been said about its offshoot, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse…
Young Vic, LondonFranz Xaver Kroetz's tale of a struggling couple is given added force by Ian Rickson's staging and PJ Harvey's musicThe director Ian Rickson has an exceptional gift for tran…
Birmingham Repertory theatreIan McDiarmid is uncanny as Enoch Powell in a timely examination of his controversial 1968 speech on immigrationI was brought up with such a visceral hatred of En…
Bristol Old VicTom Morris combines macabre fairytale, musical and puppetry in this ingenious tale of twisted loveI first saw the delicate Audrey Brisson sparkle in The Flying Lovers of Viteb…
Hampstead theatre, London The personal and the political are inexorably entwined in Tony Kushner's fierce examination of a family at war with itselfAfter a faltering first scene or two, Tony…
Olivier, LondonAdam Gillen's Mozart and Lucian Msamati's Salieri share the honours as Peter Shaffer's 1979 hit returns to the NationalPeter Shaffer, who died in June, wrote plays fuelled wit…
The ousting of the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe shows a fundamental failure to appreciate what makes the place uniqueIt has been a rotten week for the theatre. One of London's mo…
Lyttelton, LondonDavid Hare's adaptation of a Georges Simenon novel is a tense affair featuring a mesmeric Elizabeth DebickiHow do you put on stage someone who is bored with being themselves…
Dorfman, LondonThough Bryony Kimmings's extraordinary musical is overlong and a little messy, it delivers an essential message about the experiences of real peopleMusical theatre has been a …
Young Vic, LondonIsango Ensemble's musical about a Somali boy fleeing from terror has marvellous songs and breathtaking actingA Man of Good Hope is not a story set to music. Music is the sto…
Almeida, LondonElla Hickson's new play about our relationship with 'black gold' is hardly subtle, but has a star turn at its heartYou could steer your way through Oil by Lucy Carter's lighti…
Donmar Warehouse, LondonFine performances carry Kemp Powers's dramatisation of a momentous meeting between Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam CookeStanding ovations have recently bec…
Duke of York's, LondonKen Stott and Reece Shearsmith go to town in a very funny revival of Ronald Harwood's terrific backstage tragicomedyRonald Harwood thinks it is a mistake for a woman to…
Royal Court, LondonSuzan Lori-Parks's ambitious trilogy marries black history to a classical structure but suffers from static stagingThe London stage has always been a very white place. The…
Shakespeare's Globe, London EastEnders's Maddy Hill stars in Matthew Dunster's taut, intelligent reimagining of Cymbeline in an urban gangland settingAnyone who takes on the Globe gets it in…
Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonTerry Johnson gives Stephen Jeffreys's 1994 tale of Restoration depravity the full rumpy-pumpy, but Cooper's Rochester is stuck in surly modeOn stage, everythi…
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court theatreForm mirrors content in this fraught play full of tension, secrets and fractured dialogueEverything is shredded in Nathaniel Martello-White…
Wyndham's theatre, LondonOnly Ian McKellen flourishes in a lacklustre production of this beloved, strange and rich playThe legacy of No Man's Land is overwhelming. In 1975, John Gielgud and …
Rose theatre, Kingston upon ThamesFreya Mavor excels in Zach Helm's compelling tale of a woman trapped in addiction The Rose at Kingston has suddenly bloomed. John Malkovich's production of …
Hampstead theatre, LondonBeth Steel's play aims to underline the cyclical nature of crash and austerity, but compares poorly to similarly themed worksWe have been here before it seems. Swagg…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterMaxine Peake's creative partnership with the Royal Exchange hits another high in Tennessee Williams's classicMaxine Peake and the Manchester Royal Exchange. There i…
