Shakespeare's Globe
The best theatre to stream this month: The Boys Are Kissing, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Hans Christian Andersen on skates, a verbatim play five years in the making and poems from Ukraine
Chris Wiegand
01, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
The Winter’s Tale review – the Globe’s two-venue telling loses its way
As this ambitious production switches between stages, and deaths pile up like dishes, neither the comedy nor the tragedy have room to breathe
Kate Wyver
23, Feb, 2023 @4:00 PM
Titus Andronicus review – a patriarchy hellbent on self-destruction
Heirs and spares fight under a sleazeball Roman emperor and candles take a hammering in a brilliantly provocative show with an all-female ensemble
Claire Armitstead
02, Feb, 2023 @10:49 AM
The week in theatre: One Woman Show; Hakawatis; Bugsy Malone
Liz Kingsman’s zinging take on Fleabag goes beyond parody. Elsewhere, a gutsy, all-female Arabian Nights, and splurge guns at dawn
Susannah Clapp
01, Jan, 2023 @10:30 AM
The best theatre to stream this month: Richard II, All of Us and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, a festival of mime and a rock’n’roll panto
Chris Wiegand
01, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
Are you bored yet? Let Gore Vidal, giant spiders and a talking nutcracker bring the drama back
Five absolute crackers for theatre-lovers, from streaming Shakespeare to a Neil Gaiman fantasy at the Lowry
Arifa Akbar
28, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM
The Fir Tree review – a must-see festive family fairy tale
Hannah Khalil’s lo-fi retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s 1844 story cleverly weaves in humour, carols and a contemporary lesson on woodland conservation
Arifa Akbar
22, Dec, 2022 @12:58 PM
Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights review – Scheherazade’s storytellers step out of the shadows
This co-production between the Globe and Tamasha gives voice to five fluent, witty and graceful women, allowing them to reshape the ancient tales as their own
Claire Armitstead
18, Dec, 2022 @1:07 PM
Candles take the brunt in gore-free production of Titus Andronicus
Shakespeare’s most violent play to be staged with actors’ candles being pummelled in scenes with bloodshed
Mark Brown
27, Nov, 2022 @6:17 PM
The week in theatre: Henry V; Vardy v Rooney; ¡Showmanism! – review
Oliver Johnstone mesmerises as Henry V, Vardy and Rooney go head to head, and Dickie Beau lipsyncs a swarm of voices, from Hitchcock to Fiona Shaw
Susannah Clapp
27, Nov, 2022 @10:30 AM
Henry V review – a troubled king reaches for foreign quarrels
In this coruscating production from Headlong and Shakespeare’s Globe, Henry’s grasp for power is cast in a stark light
Kate Wyver
24, Nov, 2022 @11:00 PM
Maybe a Ghost Story review – Daniel Kitson scares up a sparkling Halloween yarn
The comedian is as spontaneous as ever in this unadorned show featuring a one-ghost campaign to rewild the sanitised customs of All Hallows Eve
Brian Logan
27, Oct, 2022 @3:01 PM
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