Theatre
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy review
Ryan Calais Cameron’s exploration of race and masculinity is timely and has potent moments but this production feels underdeveloped
Arifa Akbar
18, Oct, 2021 @9:20 AM
Yellowfin review – shocking testimony from a world with empty oceans
Three senators at a hearing in Washington DC try to find out where all the fish have gone in Marek Horn’s smart but deliberately frustrating one-room play
Kate Wyver
18, Oct, 2021 @6:18 AM
Love and Other Acts of Violence review – mesmerising moments amid the darkness
A poet and a physicist begin a relationship under a fascist regime in Cordelia Lynn’s audaciously jagged play about the tipping point of tyranny
Arifa Akbar
17, Oct, 2021 @11:01 PM
Little Amal in Britain: giant puppet of Syrian girl reaches her journey’s end
Three-metre tall figure will land on Folkestone beach after walking thousands of miles across Europe
Harriet Sherwood Arts correspondent
17, Oct, 2021 @2:20 PM
The Gondoliers review – a picture-postcard Gilbert and Sullivan from Scottish Opera
The company celebrated its return to the Theatre Royal with some good old-fashioned – if not downright antiquated – fun and frivolity
Rowena Smith
17, Oct, 2021 @12:41 PM
The Enemy review – Ibsen goes digital
A powerful overhaul of An Enemy of the People weaves texts and emails seamlessly into the action
Clare Brennan
17, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM
The week in theatre: Maryland; The Tragedy of Macbeth; White Noise
Lucy Kirkwood’s raw response to the murders of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard captures a moment of terrible rage
Susannah Clapp
17, Oct, 2021 @9:30 AM
Road review – community spirit turns sour in Thatcher’s Britain
Little leavens the air of hopelessness in Jim Cartwright’s 1986 collage of awkwardly staged monologues
Mark Fisher
16, Oct, 2021 @9:30 AM
Braids/Cheer Up Slug review – lively double bill mines young identity
The Durham miners’ gala features in both these short plays exploring contrasting experiences of race and class
Mark Fisher
15, Oct, 2021 @7:00 PM
‘We know they can do it when it suits them’: theatre became more accessible during Covid. Will it last?
Doors may be open again, but some theatres remain inaccessible for disabled audiences. Online performances have helped – but many have already stopped streaming
Lucy Webster
15, Oct, 2021 @1:00 PM
The Dante Project review – Wayne McGregor moves heaven, earth and hell
The Divine Comedy is brilliantly reimagined by McGregor with music by Thomas Adès, sets by Tacita Dean and a poetic send-off for Edward Watson
Lyndsey Winship
15, Oct, 2021 @12:51 PM
The Good Life review – self-sufficiency sitcom loses the plot on stage
The much-loved TV show becomes a series of set-pieces rather than a satisfying drama in this adaptation
Brian Logan
15, Oct, 2021 @12:29 PM
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