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Park your cynicism! Michael McIntyre is a super-relatable well-oiled joke machine
The everyman standup delivers substantial comic payloads by itemising the oddity of human behaviour. A successful formula his new tour continues to exploit
Brian Logan
27, Oct, 2023 @12:54 PM
Mycelial review – underground community of sex workers fight for change
Stories from across the world intertwine through activism in an ambitious production, but the delicate threads never quite mesh
Catherine Love
27, Oct, 2023 @11:45 AM
Lyonesse review – Kristin Scott Thomas charms in messy #MeToo tale
Starry cast including Lily James and Doon Mackichan are tossed around in a plot that never gets hold of its many concerns
Arifa Akbar
26, Oct, 2023 @12:23 PM
Trueman and the Arsonists review – timely revival of 50s dystopia
Roundhouse, London
Simon Stephens’ adaptation of Max Frisch play about bourgeois indifference to a rising crisis should ring loud bells, but its absurdism fails to resonate
Simon Stephens’ adaptation of Max Frisch play about bourgeois indifference to a rising crisis should ring loud bells, but its absurdism fails to resonate
Arifa Akbar
25, Oct, 2023 @12:58 PM
‘His talent and enthusiasm never waned’: Blood Brothers and Evita producer Bill Kenwright
The Everton FC chairman and hands-on producer of dozens of stage hits, who has died aged 78, ceaselessly radiated the bonhomie of the actor he originally was
Mark Lawson
25, Oct, 2023 @12:26 PM
Clyde’s review – crunchy kitchen drama is a dish to be savoured
Clyde runs a mean sandwich shop, while Montrellous is the sensei of sourdough, in Lynn Nottage’s mouthwatering play
David Jays
25, Oct, 2023 @10:13 AM
Cowbois review – all guns blaze in wild queer western
Dream cast and exuberant staging brings the genre’s dusty rules to a whole new frontier
Ryan Gilbey
25, Oct, 2023 @9:51 AM
Bill Kenwright obituary
Producer of stage hits including Blood Brothers who took Medea to Broadway and served as the chairman of Everton FC
Michael Coveney
24, Oct, 2023 @9:02 PM
The Confessions review – dazzling drama drawn from a mother’s memories
Alexander Zeldin’s profoundly moving play grew from his parent’s reflections, which he uses to conjure an epic struggle for love and freedom
Arifa Akbar
24, Oct, 2023 @12:17 PM
Here We Are review – posthumous Stephen Sondheim musical is hit-and-miss
The legendary composer and lyricist’s take on two surrealist Luis Buñuel movies is a patchy satire
Gloria Oladipo
24, Oct, 2023 @9:02 AM
The Limit review – oppressed pair make words and steps count
Sam Steiner’s play, set in a world of rationed speech, lends itself to movement, and the dancers here also retain the dialogue, fusing the forms with quiet grace
Lyndsey Winship
23, Oct, 2023 @11:01 PM
Letter: Sir Michael Gambon obituary
Eoin Dillon writes: Michael Gambon gave a spontaneous demonstration of his agility and humour
Eoin Dillon
23, Oct, 2023 @3:24 PM
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