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Theatre

  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Review
    The Grapes of Wrath, National Theatre — epic journey to the west from a world in crisis

    This adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel, starring Cherry Jones and Harry Treadaway, is brutally beautiful

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    A young man writing in a book turns and talks to an older woman. Both are wearing simple, worn clothes
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Review
    Five stars for The Years, Almeida Theatre — Annie Ernaux’s book takes on a visceral new life

    The part of ‘Annie’ is taken by five actors who carry the audience from youth onwards

    A woman in a black dress shouts into a megaphone as a woman in an old-fashioned white nightdress walks round waving a white flag that says whore
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Six theatre shows to see in London
    Death of England, Soho Place — tough monologues test the state of the nation

    ‘Michael’ and ‘Delroy’ are the first two instalments of the trilogy

    A man in a white shirt stands on a stage consisting of a large red cross against a blackground
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Review
    Job, Hayes Theatre — social-media meltdown turns into therapy drama

    A tech employee’s crisis prompts reflections on a soul-sick world in Max Wolf Friedlich’s play

    A young woman looks intently at a man whose grey hair is seen from behind
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Six theatre shows to see in London
    Fangirls, Lyric Hammersmith — fandom and fantasy in a fantastic new musical

    A trio of teenage girls have all the growing pains of modern adolescence, including a pop-star heart-throb

    A group of teenagers in bright clothes jump for joy on a stage in front of a purple screen
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    My English Persian Kitchen brings Iranian cuisine to theatre’s onstage cooking trend

    Writer Atoosa Sepehr and dramatist Hannah Khalil want the audience to see the country in a new way

    Two women in a kitchen cutting food
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Six theatre shows to see in London
    Red Speedo, Orange Tree Theatre — all eyes on the prize in swimming drama

    Lucas Hnath’s black comedy revolves around a man trying to qualify for the American Olympic team

    A young man sits on the side of a pool wearing red speedos and holding a bag of mini carrots
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Olympic Games
    How Olympics opening ceremony director Thomas Jolly found himself in a culture war

    Ahead of Paris 2024, French theatre’s showman has been criticised for being both too highbrow and too lowbrow

    A man with stubble wearing a white T-shirt and black and white striped open shirt against a red background looks somewhat fiercely at the camera
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Review
    Echo, Royal Court Theatre — a different actor every night, the same surreal story

    Nassim Soleimanpour’s ‘cold read’ play means the star never knows the script

    A man’s smiling face on a large monitor above a blond woman sitting at a desk
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Six theatre shows to see in London
    The Hot Wing King, National Theatre — spicy drama embraces family, friendship and chicken

    Katori Hall’s play focuses on Cordell, who is trying to win a culinary competition while keeping his life together

    A man in a blue and white striped apron holds up a chicken wing like a thing of beauty
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Interview
    RSC’s Tamara Harvey: ‘Shakespeare was in the business of entertainment — as are we’

    The company’s co-artistic director on staging ‘Pericles’, late works and why every play doesn’t have to have a ‘forsooth’

    Tamara sits on a ledge with parkland behind
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Review
    Galway arts festival serves up a range of classy theatre

    Classic Beckett, sound-work by Enda Walsh, plus an interactive piece from Tania El Khoury and more

    Three men and a woman raise their glasses in a toast at a long dinner table
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Six theatre shows to see in London
    Hello, Dolly! — Imelda Staunton delights in an old-fashioned extravaganza

    Dominic Cooke delivers musical comedy at its bonkers best at the London Palladium

    A large cast of people in colourful 19th-century costume stand beneath a sign reading “Yonkers, NY”
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Review
    The Baker’s Wife — a story of kneading and needing

    The Menier Chocolate Factory production starring Lucie Jones whisks the audience to a sleepy village in France

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Review
    Fuerza Bruta’s Aven — dazzling stunts that ask you to be ecstatic

    At London’s Roundhouse, the Argentinian group’s latest circus-clubbing crossover has a party atmosphere

    Several figures fly on wires across a theatre stage in dramatic lighting
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Review
    Visit from an Unknown Woman — noirish, elusive and unsettling

    Christopher Hampton’s latest play at Hampstead Theatre is based on Stefan Zweig’s 1922 novella

    A woman clutches the front of a man’s shirt in a tense moment
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Review
    Oh, Mary!, New York — Lincoln’s first lady gets a bawdy comic makeover

    Cole Escola writes and stars as Mary Todd Lincoln in a rampant production that is both dumb and brilliant

    A woman in black dress sinks to the floor with her arms outstretched while a bearded man in a waistcoat hops about
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Review
    Chariots of Fire, Sheffield Crucible — treadmills and turmoil as epic race film comes to stage

    The competition between Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, known from the 1981 movie, has been turned into a breathless play

    A man in white T-shirt and shorts looks breathless
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Six theatre shows to see in London
    Slave Play, London — scorching satire laced with sex games and racial trauma

    Jeremy O Harris’s drama about interracial couples undergoing painful group therapy comes to the Noël Coward Theatre

    A man in a blue tracksuit restrains another man as he tries to go for a woman who looks like she is taunting him
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Review
    Five stars for Skeleton Crew, Donmar Warehouse — instant classic of work, hope and dignity

    Dominique Morisseau’s play set in a Detroit car factory features four outstanding performances

    A man wearing a suit and tie and yellow hi-viz jacket holds out one hand warningly as he stands before an office bulletin board
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Interview
    Playwright Christopher Hampton: ‘What really happened is more interesting than what people invent’

    His new work ‘Visit from an Unknown Woman’ deals with sexual obsession at a time of political turmoil

    An elderly man with white-ish grey hair and beard looking at the camera
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Review
    Alma Mater, Almeida Theatre — culture wars flare up in college harassment drama

    Kendall Feaver’s new play tackles misogyny and microaggressions in the world of academia

    A young woman sits forward on a bench, the painting of another woman resting on the floor behind her
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Review
    Mnemonic, National Theatre — the Iceman cometh once again in captivating Complicité revival

    Twenty-five years on, this landmark show seem more relevant than ever with its themes of home, history and technology

    A naked man lies on a table, bottom facing the viewer, in front of people clad in black holding up a picture frame
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Review
    Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre — Tina Fey musical is plastic and a little bit fantastic

    Selfies and sexting feature in this update of the cult 2004 comedy about feuding high-school queen bees

    Four young women in pink and purple outfits sit on stage, talking
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Review
    The Secret Garden, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre — adaptation of classic novel blooms outdoors

    This is the perfect setting for a modern take on family, loss and nature’s healing power

    A young woman in a peach dress looks mournful as she sits on a wooden seat surrounded by festoons of red and lavender paper
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