Book Review: DRAMA GAMES FOR EXPLORING SHAKESPEARE, by Alanna Beeken
Must-have, dip-in, flick-through book to help make Shakespeare's plays fun for actors, students, directors and teachers
UK Regional Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK Regional.
Review: ASSASSINS, Chichester Festival Theatre
Blazing new production of strange and unsettling musical that leaves you with much to consider
Review: GYPSY, The Mill At Sonning
One thing is certain in the world of theatre: there will always be revivals of Gypsy.
Review: NOTFLIX THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL, Luna Park, Caravanserai, Brighton Fringe
Touting themselves as 'The Spice Girls of improv', the team behind Notflix the Improvised Musical certainly knew how to inject some zig-a-zig-ah into the Brighton Fringe as they took the stage in Luna Park at the Caravanserai site this week.
Review: MISCHIEF MAKERS: PETER PAN GOES WRONG - BROADWAY PART 1, Podcast
Who broke their foot the last time they were in Peter Pan Goes Wrong? What was it like to work with Neil Patrick Harris? What are American audiences like versus those in the UK? Mischief Makers: Peter Pan Goes Wrong - Broadway Part 1 answers all of these questions and more!
Review: HEAD FIRST ACROBATS: GODZ AND ARRR WE THERE YET?!, Brighton Fringe Spiegeltent
Nudity, profanity and hilarity: Head First Acrobats present a new holy trinity in Godz as well as an exciting children's show in Arrr We There Yet?!
Review: GLAD TO BE DEAD at R-Bar, Brighton Fringe
Each year Brighton Fringe is home to some of the UK theatre scenes wildest and most unique performances.
Review: GODOT IS A WOMAN, Old Fire Station, Oxford
In their Fringe hit Godot is a Woman, Silent Faces theatre company explore Beckett and his estate’s refusal to allow women or non-binary people to perform his most famous play through a series of skits and spoofs on the play itself.
Review: CYMBELINE, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Entertaining from first to last, this less well-known play sparkles for three hours and finishes with a heartfelt plea for harmony
Review: THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER, The Watermill Theatre
The ever enchanting Watermill Theatre in Newbury could hardly have hoped for more atmospheric weather to mark the opening night of their latest show, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.
Review: THE BOOK OF WILL, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Crowdpleasing production based on the printing of Shakespeare's plays (harder than you think!) makes for a diverting and pleasant couple of hours in the theatre
Review: WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Royal & Derngate
For what it's worth, I think Emily Brontë would probably love this new production of her then controversial 19th century novel, Wuthering Heights.
Review: THE SILENCE AND THE NOISE, Streaming
Raw, brutal, twisted, and full of rich wordplay, this play makes its political points and highlights a relationship which uses regret, mistakes, and teasing to hide what is really happening at its core.
Review: HAMNET, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
What’s in a name? That which we call William, Hamlet or Anne still smells as sweet when we see their historical origins in this adaptation by Lolita Chakrabarti of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel.
Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, Birmingham Hippodrome
The theme song to Nickelodeon's super-popular animated series SpongeBob SquarePants encourages you to tune in 'if nautical nonsense be something you wish', and nautical nonsense is definitely what's on offer in this madcap but good-natured musical.
Review: PETER PAN, Reading Rep Theatre
This new adaptation is a playful and charming take on a classic story, but its complexity may not be suitable for very young children
Review: JULIUS CAESAR, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Touring production of play that explicitly warns of the dangers of politics as practised today loses focus by adopting a curious set of priorities
Review: VISITORS, Watermill Theatre
Barney Norris wrote his debut play Visitors when he was only twenty years-old.
Book Review: MY SHAKESPEARE - A DIRECTOR'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE FIRST FOLIO by Greg Doran
Doran’s latest book gives a revelatory and revolutionary breakdown of the canon in a way that works for both the professional and uninitiated.
Review: HAY FEVER, The Mill at Sonning
A staple of the British stage, Noël Coward’s Hay Fever was inspired by the playwright’s travels in New York meeting an eccentric family.
Review: OF MICE AND MEN, Birmingham Rep
John Steinbeck's 1937 novel, set in California during the Great Depression, may be a period piece, but the parallels with current life in the UK are unmistakable.
Review: WISH YOU WERE DEAD (UK Tour), Theatre Royal Brighton
Aptly kicking off its UK Tour in James’ hometown – and that of his protagonist detective Roy Grace – this stage adaptation by Shaun McKenna is capably performed and authentically menacing in its simplicity, but a problem with pacing prevents it from fulfilling its full potential.
Review: MY FAIR LADY, Birmingham Hippodrome
Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady is blessed with the sort of songs that never grow old.
Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936, Watford Palace Theatre
A bold and accessible Merchant that commits to exposing the antisemitism that suffuses the play
Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Theatre Royal Winchester
This new production proves that Mike Leigh's classic black comedy is still as sharp and devastating as ever
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GETTING REKT (The Evening Star) The Union Theatre (9/21-9/24) |
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Simon Yates Of Touching The Void: My Mountain Life Victoria Theatre Halifax (11/10-11/10) |
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Mammy's House Upstairs at the Gatehouse (9/01-9/13) |
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The Celine Experience Victoria Theatre Halifax (9/12-9/12) |
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Trainspotting the Musical Hull New Theatre (11/16-11/21) |
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Car Park Shutter Roller Shutter Installers (6/10-6/10) |
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Albert's Boy Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds (2/26-3/20) |
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Future Makers The Royal Albert Hall (11/04-11/04) |
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Jasdeep Singh Degun x Claudio Monteverdi: Orpheus Barbican (4/22-4/22) |
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Reuben Solo: Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me [Revenge Edition] Fairfield Social Club (9/10-9/11) |