BWW Review: THE UPSTART CROW, Gielgud Theatre
Born out of the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 2016, Ben Elton's sit-com Upstart Crow went on to have three series and multiple Christmas specials.
Born out of the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 2016, Ben Elton's sit-com Upstart Crow went on to have three series and multiple Christmas specials.
Three years after the National's enthralling revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, the playwright returns with his new adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's tragicomic 1956 parable a?' which has also been turned into an Ingrid Bergman-starring film and a Kander and Ebb musical.
In just 45 minutes, Caryl Churchill's Far Away walks a tightrope between tricksy surrealism and dystopian warning but stays upright due to its sheer theatricality.
Far Away is now playing at The Donmar Warehouse.
The Visit plays on the Olivier Stage at The National Theatre until 13 May.
The Taming of the Shrew is arguably one of Shakespeare's most controversial comedies.
The first performance of Matthew Bourne's contemporary Swan Lake was performed at the Sadler's Wells Theater, London, in 1995.
Far Away begins previews from 6 February 2020 at The Donmar Warehouse
This is an Vanya for 2020 that loses nothing in Conor McPherson's sublime update.
Sir Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' has a reputation as a beloved, fascinating, and powerful ballet.
In 2018, Elmhurst Ballet School, the vocational school in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet, championed their home city of Birmingham in a photographic campaign that presented students dancing in and around Brum.
'Europe was pushing against me, so I just kept pushing back,' writes Selina Thompson in her autobiographical solo drama of cultural discovery, salt.
In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten.
Sonia Friedman Productions have today released rehearsal images for Conor McPherson's (The Weir, Girl from the North Country) new adaptation of Uncle Vanya directed by Ian Rickson (Rosmersholm, Jerusalem, The Seagull) which begins previews at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 14th January.
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BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue highlights her favourite theatre productions and performances of 2019.
It's fitting that Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes returns to London to finish up another year of reviewing dance.
The Crucible takes us to New York's bustling backstreets in this joyous revival.
Few English reigns have been quite as theatrical as that of Elizabeth I; from her fine gowns and jewellery to the youthful (or so she thought) wigs and makeup, she preserved her position as monarch by creating the characters of Gloriana and the Virgin Queen.