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Arabian Nights review – warming festive treat with bags of scrappy charm
Part panto, part Arabian version of EastEnders, writer Sonali Bhattacharyya, and a winning cast have cobbled together a fizzing modern-day fable about the power of storytelling
Arifa Akbar
30, Nov, 2023 @12:39 PM
Macbeth review – Ralph Fiennes’ monstrous monarch wages war in a warehouse
Staged in a hangar-like venue strewn with the charred remnants of battle, Simon Godwin’s intelligent production puts violent conflict to the fore
Arifa Akbar
30, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM
‘Is my play still relevant? I don’t care!’ Tom Stoppard on his Gaza quandary and reviving Rock ’n’ Roll
As his Velvet Revolution drama returns, the great writer talks about his mounting Israel-Gaza uncertainties, the epiphanies he has in every hot shower – and our one-star ‘corker’ review of The Crown
Claire Armitstead
29, Nov, 2023 @5:08 PM
The House of Bernarda Alba review – Harriet Walter rules as Lorca gets a refurb
Adapted by Alice Birch and directed by Rebecca Frecknall, this is a stylised study in control and daughterly disobedience
Arifa Akbar
29, Nov, 2023 @2:19 PM
Cinderella review – festive fairytale adds a sprinkling of socialism
Our heroine is a straight-talker who is not bothered about the ball but still finds romance in Annie Siddons’ lively musical version
Chris Wiegand
29, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM
Eddie Izzard: The Remix review – Noah’s Ark, jazz chickens and the Death Star canteen
Pausing her political campaigning to revisit the routines that made her name, Izzard seems to be enjoying herself as much as we are
Brian Logan
29, Nov, 2023 @1:27 PM
Pinocchio review – no wooden acting in an action-packed musical voyage
Eliza Blair plays the puppet-child on an adventure of self-discovery in this slightly muddled yet well-performed version of Collodi’s story
Mark Fisher
29, Nov, 2023 @11:50 AM
The Snow Queen review – bold, imaginative and richly musical
Young Gerda is sent on an epic quest across mythical Scotland by steam train, cross-country skis, fishing boat and unicorn in Morna Young’s version
Mark Fisher
27, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM
Royal Court theatre launches digital archive of every play performed there
London venue’s online collection of performances dating back to 1956 will be free to use for writers, directors and the public
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent
27, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM
‘I gasped when I read it’: Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland on Ulster American
The trio are about to fall out violently in the shocking yet hilarious play about misunderstandings over the Troubles and Brexit. They talk woke fever, big pharma and playing chimpanzees
Ryan Gilbey
27, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM
The week in theatre: The Witches; Ghosts; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – review
The youngsters steal the show in the National’s terrifying gothic Disney Roald Dahl; a fine cast are stranded in Ibsen by candlelight; and a bittersweet fairytale in New York hits the spot
Kate Kellaway
26, Nov, 2023 @10:30 AM
Cinderella review – pop-powered Hammersmith panto looks sharp
Vikki Stone’s playful fairytale is staged with fabulous costumes and high-energy songs but falls short of delirious comedy
Chris Wiegand
26, Nov, 2023 @10:13 AM
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