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Of All the Beautiful Things in the World review – Lorca moves to Moss Side
Writer-director Yusra Warsama relocates The House of Bernarda Alba from Andalucía to Manchester
Mark Fisher
31, Mar, 2023 @11:56 AM
Song from Far Away review – Will Young acts with melodic grace in poignant monologue
The star performs with a musician’s sense of rhythm in this alternately arch and elegiac piece by Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel about a bereaved brother attempting to reconnect with his former life
Mark Fisher
26, Feb, 2023 @11:16 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
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World review – a theatrical revelation
Javaad Alipoor’s meditation on the grim fate of Iranian singer Fereydoun Farrokhzad develops into a thrilling investigation of the internet
Catherine Love
04, Nov, 2022 @10:16 AM
Oh Mother review – clever collage on the messy truth of parenting
Combining music, dance and drama, RashDash’s latest show attempts to find meaning in the mayhem of birth and family
Catherine Love
23, May, 2022 @9:04 AM
The House With Chicken Legs review – inventive folk tale is in fine feather
Sophie Anderson’s novel about a ‘yaga’ ushering the newly dead to the next world is put on its feet in this exuberant show
Nick Ahad
01, Apr, 2022 @9:07 AM
‘It all feels very, very fragile’: theatres face summer of risk and chaos
After weeks of Covid-related cancellations, the industry is braced for what could be its most challenging period. Theatres in Glasgow, Manchester and London give their view
Tosin Thompson
19, Jul, 2021 @8:00 PM
Manchester to open a new outdoor theatre for summer
The socially distanced 400-seat venue will stage Alice in Wonderland with contemporary Manchester songs
Chris Wiegand
08, Apr, 2021 @12:05 PM
On my radar: Jackie Kay's cultural highlights
The Scottish poet laureate on the joy of Bridgerton, her lifelong love of Ella Fitzgerald, and an inventive Shakespearean memoir
Kadish Morris
06, Feb, 2021 @3:00 PM
10 UK theatre shows to see in October
As plays return to the stage here are some of the best – from Rent in Manchester to James Graham’s Bubble in Nottingham
Chris Wiegand
01, Oct, 2020 @5:00 AM
Edgy and elated: how theatre workers feel about curtain-up during Covid
As more venues begin to welcome back audiences, casts and crew are returning to live performance but many are considering leaving the stage industry
Tosin Thompson
14, Sep, 2020 @9:00 AM
Parks, pubs and pitches: where to watch UK theatre in September
Shakespeare at a cricket ground, a festival in a bombed-out church and park-bench drama – plus more socially distanced shows to enjoy this month
Chris Wiegand
01, Sep, 2020 @11:28 AM
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