All the colours of the rainbow: Rosemary Waugh reviews Tamara Harvey’s visually beautiful production of Uncle Vanya.
Reviews
28 September 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Jane Eyre at the National Theatre
Until 21 October 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
Here is a woman who listens only to herself: Miriam Gillinson reviews the return of Jane Eyre to the National Theatre.
28 September 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Le Grand Mort at Trafalgar Studios
20 September - 28 October 2017
By Brendan Macdonald
“Le Grand Mort feels like the most petite of gestures”: Brendan Macdonald on a disappointing dinner party-based vehicle for Julian Clary.
27 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: The Shed Crew at Albion Electric Warehouse, Leeds
21 September – 1 October 2017
By Catherine Love
Thatcher’s children: Catherine Love reviews a stage adaptation of Bernard Hare’s Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew.
26 September 2017
Reviews • National • Reviews • Sheffield
Review: Desire Under The Elms at the Crucible, Sheffield
September 21 - October 14
By John Murphy
“It’s impossible not to be drawn into the atmosphere”: John Murphy reviews Sam Yates’ revival of Eugene O’Neill’s classic tragedy at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.
26 September 2017
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: The Best Man at the Theatre Royal Brighton
September 26 - September 30
By Tracey Sinclair
Remarkably fresh, depressingly relevant: Tracey Sinclair sees the contemporary parallels in Gore Vidal’s 1960 political thriller about a hard-fought race for The White House.
26 September 2017
Reviews • National • Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: Coriolanus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
September 15 - October 14
By Geoff Mills
“If Wesley Snipes did Shakespeare…”: Geoff Mills reviews Angus Jackson’s production of Coriolanus, the final instalment in the RSC’s up-and-down Rome season.
26 September 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: DeadClub at The Place
Until 30th September 2017
By Amelia Forsbrook
Requardt and Rosenberg’s Deadclub “clashes a children’s party with the ticking timebomb of our own inevitable demise”.
26 September 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Trouble in Mind at the Print Room
14 Sept – 14 October 2017
By Amy Borsuk
“Too long forgotten”: Amy Borsuk reviews the London transfer of Alice Childress’s play.
26 September 2017
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: Dido, Queen of Carthage at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Until 28 October 2017
By Geoff Mills
Never quite sets on fire: Geoff Mills reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of Christopher Marlowe.
25 September 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Ramona Tells Jim at the Bush Theatre
Until 21 October 2017
By Sally Hales
From self-aware 90s moshing to hastily resolved first sex: Sally Hales reviews a coming-of-age story set in the Scottish Highlands.
25 September 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Ink at Duke of York’s Theatre
By Alice Saville
A loving portrait of an unlovable industry: James Graham’s play about The Sun’s founding days transfers to the West End.
22 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: Woke at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
20 - 22 September 2017
By Catherine Love
‘We have to stumble along the way and admit to our mistakes’: Catherine Love reviews Testament’s show about feminism and becoming a father.
22 September 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Normal at the Dublin Fringe
19 - 23 September 2017
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews an “excellent and beguiling new play” about living with autism in contemporary Ireland.
20 September 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Our Town at Royal Exchange Manchester
By Catherine Love
Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play is a “giddily expansive” exploration of community and the passing of time.