Bristol Old Vic; Royal Court, London SW1; Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11; Old Vic, London SE1The Christmas show grew up this year. Not into innuendo and violence " panto can take care of…
The Observer's theatre critic reflects on a year dominated by youth and Tennessee Williams2010 was a tremendous year for the Royal Court. With Tribes, Nina Raine established herself as a thr…
Donmar, London; RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon; Lyttelton, LondonIt's hard to remember a better week in the theatre. Three top-notch productions; three totally different dramas; three surprises: t…
Young Vic; Cottesloe; Tragfalgar Studios; Little Angel, all LondonHe laughs like a hiccuping chicken, and when he eats toast regurgitates as if he were an owl. He perches on a kitchen chair …
Olivier; Young Vic; Almeida; all LondonIt has got audiences on their feet applauding at the National. It has the stalls attempting, if not a full pelvic thrust, at least a flaccid twinge. An…
Print Room; Hampstead; Vaudeville, all LondonLike a good deed in a naughty, cuts-devastated world, a new theatre opened this week. Lucy Bailey and Anda Winters's Print Room, a privately fund…
Robert Lindsay excels in John Osborne's state-of-the-nation attack on Fifties Britain Continue reading...