Lyric Hammersmith
The week in theatre: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead; Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Berlusconi – review
Complicité’s masterly take on Olga Tokarczuk’s eco-thriller is unforgettable; Daniel Rigby excels in Fo’s all too timely classic; and Silvio Berlusconi is in dire need of some good tunes
Kate Kellaway
02, Apr, 2023 @9:30 AM
The week in theatre: Othello; The Unfriend; On the Ropes – review
Brute force speaks volumes in Frantic Assembly’s breathtaking Othello; Steven Moffat and co flirt with farce; and the story of Windrush boxer Vernon Vanriel hits home in song
Susannah Clapp
29, Jan, 2023 @10:30 AM
The best theatre of 2022
In a superb year for the stage, our chief critic gives 10 shows an extra round of applause. Plus, Guardian theatre reviewers each pick their 2022 standout
Arifa Akbar
15, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM
Jack and the Beanstalk review – sumptuously OTT panto has a big heart
A streetwise Jack sells his cow for a tin of baked beans in this sugar rush of a show, which is underpinned with an anti-greed moral about the collective good
Brian Logan
28, Nov, 2022 @8:00 PM
The week in theatre: Closer, The Tempest, The Darkest Part of the Night – review
Patrick Marber’s four-way passion play still adds up; Sean Holmes takes enjoyable liberties with his party island Tempest; and the heartfelt vies with the spelled out in Zodwa Nyoni’s new work
Kate Kellaway
07, Aug, 2022 @9:30 AM
Closer review – Patrick Marber’s daring drama turns 25
This intimate story of four-way romantic damage gains an extra edge in Clare Lizzimore’s slick revival
Arifa Akbar
21, Jul, 2022 @4:10 PM
The week in theatre: Britannicus; Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera); The Haunting of Susan A
Even Timberlake Wertenbaker can’t quite ignite Racine’s tyrannical hero; Harry Hill’s New Labour musical is a gag-filled joy; and the spirits move for Mark Ravenhill
Kate Kellaway
12, Jun, 2022 @9:30 AM
Britannicus review – political drama is deadly serious but full of sass
Timberlake Wertenbaker’s take on Racine’s version of ancient Rome is replete with power-crazed emperors, deadly poison and juicy family politics
Arifa Akbar
02, Jun, 2022 @1:00 PM
Actor Nathaniel Curtis: ‘I realised It’s a Sin was a hit when Elton John called’
The actor on breaking through in C4’s It’s a Sin, his title role on stage in Britannicus – and always being seen as ‘the tall one with the long hair’
Michael Hogan
22, May, 2022 @8:30 AM
Scandaltown review – smut and silliness in modern Restoration comedy
Mike Bartlett’s rambunctious capers with types including Lady Susan Climber and Matt Eton MP are great fun if not exactly stinging satire
Arifa Akbar
15, Apr, 2022 @1:43 PM
When Covid shut the theatres, I became my mother’s carer. Returning feels defiant
The pandemic closed the play I was starring in, the last my mum, Diana Rigg, ever saw. Two years on, staging a scandalous new play at the same theatre is cause for celebration
Rachael Stirling
20, Mar, 2022 @2:00 PM
The week in theatre: Two Billion Beats; Running With Lions; The Forest; The Chairs – review
A Hindu schoolgirl challenges all around her; Toby Stephens and Gina McKee star in Florian Zeller’s sketchy new play; and Kathryn Hunter excels in a frisky reworking of Ionescu
Susannah Clapp
20, Feb, 2022 @10:30 AM
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