832 stories by "Susannah Clapp"
Harold Pinter, London; Minerva, Chichester; Duke of York's, LondonJez Butterworth's Mojo returns in style, King Lear has never been less mad, and Jeeves and Wooster fizz in the West EndBefor…
Shed; Charing Cross theatre, LondonDebbie Tucker Green captures the pain and poetry of everyday speech in her powerful new playIt's a long time since I've seen such ecstatic smoking on stage…
Royal Court; Young Vic; Shaftesbury, LondonThe terrors of war-torn Kashmir are brought to spirited life, while an intriguing musical explores the Anders Breivik killingsMuch has been said a…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Little Angel, LondonDavid Tennant isn't the only reason to rush to Greg Doran's exceptional production of Richard IIIt has been promoted as Da…
The National Theatre showcases what is going on " and what should be going on " in theatres across the countrySusannah Clapp is the Observer's theatre critic.The National is the answer to th…
Donmar Warehouse; Lyttelton, London; Nottingham PlayhouseJessica Raine and Linda Bassett captivate in an essential Wesker revival. And The Light Princess needs to be darkerJames Macdonald's …
Almeida, London; Watford Palace; Menier, LondonRichard Eyre's powerfully intimate version of Ibsen's Ghosts is a triumph. And can you still make real drama out of the internet?Richard Eyre's…
Royal Court; Arts; Print Room, LondonRachel De-lahay returns with spiky tales of immigration and exile, while society florist Constance Spry blossoms anewIt's two years since Rachel De-lahay…
Old Vic; Noël Coward; Bush, LondonMark Rylance's Much Ado About Nothing positively creaks, while Rory Kinnear makes a promising debut as a playwrightIt's hard to believe that Mark Rylance…
Royal Court; Hampstead; Tricycle, London There's a surprising start for Vicky Featherstone's first season at the Royal CourtVicky Featherstone has started her reign as artistic director of t…
Trafalgar Studios, London; Theatre Royal, BathA drama about sexual liberation since the 50s leaves theatregoers giggling and wriggling"To Russia with Love", say the placards carried by the c…
International Climbing Arena, Ratho; Royal Lyceum; King's, EdinburghTechnology has been the watchword at Edinburgh, with varying fortunes for a large-scale sci-fi adventure, a hi-t…
Donmar; Lyttelton; Regent's Park Open Air, LondonNick Payne's insurance-fraud drama doesn't quite add up. And Pirandello in Irish guise can't compete with al fresco Von TrappsIs this the sta…
Theatre Royal, Bath; Southwark Playhouse; Welsh Centre, LondonIt does make sense. It doesn't make enough nonsense. Lucy Bailey's production of King Lear, set mostly in the 1960s " cocktail d…
Temple Studios, 31 London Street, London; Campfield Market Hall; Albert Hall, ManchesterI find it hard now to imagine the theatrical landscape without Punchdrunk. Stumbling upon The Firebird…
St Peter's church, Manchester; Rose Lipman Building; Corner of Leytonstone library, LondonMired in mud, smeared with blood, witchily gibbering and fighting so close to the audience that spec…
Palace, Manchester; Globe; Rose Lipman Building, LondonManchester international festival has always been theatrically lively. This year's programme looks the strongest yet. It opens with a c…
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonToo static, too visually blaring, too short on tunes, too mechanical, too unimaginative. I have not disliked a whopping show so much since Chitty Chitty Bang …
Minerva, Chichester Festival TheatreAccording to David Edgar, the coalition is a bit like Ikea. Yellow and blue and hard to put together. And the Tory party manifesto is done up to look like…
Noël Coward; Donmar; Royal Court, LondonThe Michael Grandage plan is working. Stars and cheap tickets are bringing new audiences to his West End season, with 25% of the tickets going to f…
It's high time we dragged theatres into the 21st century by introducing some long-overdue changesLast week, I suffered an unwelcome theatrical first. In 16 years as the Observer's theatre cr…
Dundee Rep; Olivier; Old Vic, LondonIt's hard to believe that the National Theatre of Scotland has been going only seven years. In an age of free-floating, out-of-building theatres, this com…
Lyttelton; Globe; Young Vic, LondonThe postcodes at the top of this column tell a theatrical story. The South Bank is the new West End. Over the past 10 years this strip has become essential…
Almeida; Hampstead, LondonRupert Goold doesn't take over as artistic director until August, but already there is a glimmer of him at the Almeida in this joint production with his Headlong co…
Young Vic; Park theatre; Trafalgar Studios, LondonIn the past year the Young Vic has staged a whirling Doll's House and a Three Sisters that danced to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Now …
