832 stories by "Susannah Clapp"
Young Vic Studio, LondonColin Teevan's adaptation of an account of Haile Selassie's reign by Polish journalist Ryszard KapuÅ›ciÅ„ski maintains a devastatingly light touch The Young Vic…
Wilton's Music Hall, LondonSadie Frost as Gypsy Rose Lee fails to enliven Zoe Lewis's play about a wartime gathering of Britten, Auden and McCullersThere is always an excitement at being in …
Soho theatre, LondonDespite some magnetic moments " and a Pussy Rioter " Belarus Free Theatre fails to catch fireIn their home country, the founder members of Belarus Free Theatre face deten…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonAntony Sher is a shade too controlled as the maddened king in Gregory Doran's fluent productionThe play that Dr Johnson thought too painful to b…
Found 111, LondonOwen McCafferty's sharp drama of sexual entanglement features a crackling performance from Niamh Cusack"We are still ourselves when we lie." Unfaithful is made up of ingeni…
Garrick, LondonJohn Osborne's venomous 1957 play lends itself well to the Brexit era, but Kenneth Branagh's farewell Garrick production fails to igniteIt seemed, John Osborne said, "as dange…
Old Vic, LondonMatilda maestro Tim Minchin and team have ingenious fun with his new musical adaptation of the movie classic " but would you want to see it more than once?Groundhog Day has al…
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonThere's method in the puppet mayhem of Emma Rice's Kneehigh musical adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's D-day taleAt the Globe, artistic director Emma Rice and Michae…
Young Vic, LondonPiper makes a shattering Yerma in Simon Stone's inspired present-day reworking of Lorca's tragic study of childlessnessIn one fell " but felicitous " swoop, Simon Stone has …
Lyttelton, LondonHis powerful female characters redeem this handsome but hackneyed revival of Seán O'Casey's great 1926 playThe Plough and the Stars is now most famous for causing a riot.…
Battersea Arts Centre, London A spoof on Victorian melodrama from the Little Bulb troupe makes a perfect debut for BAC's new outdoor arenaBattersea Arts Centre is the only theatre in London …
Royal Court, LondonCaryl Churchill takes just 15 minutes to skewer intolerance in Africa with a challenge to both prejudice and the conventions of political theatreOnce again Caryl Churchill…
Palace theatre, LondonEmotional punch, rich suspense and dazzling effects make for all-round magic in the latest twist in Harry Potter's taleOK, I'll keep the secrets. After all, I'm wearing…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonDanny Braverman conjures magic from a shoebox in his affectionate, unsparing portrait of a Jewish family in 20th-century east LondonIn Wot? No Fish!! at Batterse…
Minerva, ChichesterAnne Reid stars as a reluctant activist, but the plum role goes to the fracking company's 'horribly recognisable' PR manOutside the Minerva, a woman from the Chichester an…
Bush Hall, LondonDespite a lovely lead performance, this all-female satire of women's struggle to survive in a man's world is feebleThere is a neglected theatrical treasure in Boys Will Be B…
Young Vic, LondonThirteen Syrian women bring Euripides up to date with unforgettable personal testimoniesIt is not only irrelevant but impudent to give a star rating to Queens of Syria. This…
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonKneehigh's captivating production is both playful and sombre as it conjures up the Chagalls' intense relationshipMandolin, accordion, trumpet. Washes of mauve,…
Open Air theatre, Regent's Park, LondonMichelle Terry shines in Rob Hastie's muted productionThe important thing in cross-gender casting is not just the tremendous leads but the default comm…
Donmar Warehouse, London Stephen Dillane, Gina McKee and Ron Cook excel in Lyndsey Turner's tremendous revival of Brian Friel's 1979 playBrian Friel makes it look like the most natural thing…
Bristol Old Vic'Albion comes to great confusion' as Timothy West's thoughtful Lear presides over a nation dividedA map of the British Isles cracks into pieces. In front of it two tribes jost…
Hampstead theatre, London NW3This edgy tale of a Snowden-type whistleblower is over-reliant on its stagey finaleMike Bartlett is one of our most protean playwrights. On telly: Doctor Foster;…
Les Nuits de Fourvière, LyonRobert Lepage pulls no punches as he revisits the notorious marquis in the asylumRobert Lepage is the Marquis de Sade. In pigtailed perruque and high heels, turn…
Barbican, LondonIsabelle Huppert sparkles intermittently in an incoherent attempt to yoke together different versions of the Greek mythAs a showcase for the translucent talent of Isabelle Hu…
Almeida theatre, London N1Ralph Fiennes is a masterly, transfixing Richard, while Vanessa Redgrave curses with quiet convictionHe seduces like a basilisk. Sheer force of self-belief concentr…
