Stage
Transverse Orientation review – beauty and disgust from Dimitris Papaioannou
Fake babies waving to the audience, an imposing puppet bull and an optical illusion of entwined limbs combine in a cocktail of contradictions
Lyndsey Winship
22, Oct, 2021 @9:25 PM
Wuthering Heights review – Emma Rice’s audacious riff on Emily Brontë’s classic
Retelling the gothic novel with intelligently charming humour and a live band, this is a bold and ingenious production
Arifa Akbar
22, Oct, 2021 @12:02 PM
The Offing review – soft-pedalled adaptation of Benjamin Myers novel
Janice Okoh’s version of the 2019 novel waters down the culture clash at its heart and suffers for the lack of the author’s rich prose
Mark Fisher
22, Oct, 2021 @10:32 AM
The Shark Is Broken review – biting drama about the making of Jaws
Ian Shaw plays his film star father Robert in this behind-the-scenes tale of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster
Ryan Gilbey
21, Oct, 2021 @10:59 PM
The Body Remembers review – powerful exploration of trauma
Heather Agyepong uses improvised movement, set to a soundtrack of real women’s testimonies, to search for equilibrium amid pain
Lyndsey Winship
21, Oct, 2021 @7:30 PM
The Lemon Table review – Julian Barnes’ stories of mortality and musicality
Ian McDiarmid is outstanding in two pieces, one as an angry audience member and one a composer’s coda, directed by Michael Grandage
Brian Logan
21, Oct, 2021 @5:43 PM
‘A form of mass portraiture’: 12-hour theatre event explores different jobs
12 Last Songs at Leeds Playhouse brings people together to talk about what they do
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
21, Oct, 2021 @2:38 PM
‘It’s going to be bigger, stranger’: Neil Gaiman on the return of The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Two years after its first staging, Neil Gaiman’s dark fairytale has returned, this time to the West End. The author, cast and creative team discuss bringing the eldritch magic of childhood to life
Kate Wyver
21, Oct, 2021 @1:00 PM
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical review – a powerful spirit
It’s the music that carries the emotional weight in this tale of love, loss and roots rock, starring the superb Arinzé Kene
Arifa Akbar
21, Oct, 2021 @12:22 PM
Jitney review – August Wilson’s subtle dissection of the American dream
Wilson’s play eavesdrops on the lives of an African American taxicab crew in a quietly compelling snapshot of men on the margins in the 1970s
Catherine Love
21, Oct, 2021 @10:22 AM
Lanre Malaolu: ‘I asked myself: what will you pass on?’
The creator of the show Samskara on how race, masculinity, psychology and emotion have shaped his work for stage and screen – and why he never wants to be put in a box
Sanjoy Roy
21, Oct, 2021 @9:32 AM
‘Joy matters’: UK theatre festival tackles hard-hitting issues with a sense of fun
HighTide’s Inventing the Future weekender will feature six new scripts that playfully consider serious subjects, says artistic director Suba Das
Chris Wiegand
20, Oct, 2021 @2:45 PM
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