Young Vic

Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2022
Thirties Harlem and the siege of Troy rocked, along with Joan of Arc, Orlando and the Ladies of Llangollen, to be greeted by funding cuts across the board
Susannah Clapp
18, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM

The week in theatre: As You Like It; Mandela; Kerry Jackson – review
Rose Ayling-Ellis stars in a fresh As You Like It; a Mandela musical can’t do the great man justice; and April De Angelis slips into two dimensions
Susannah Clapp
18, Dec, 2022 @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

Mandela review – a Madiba musical with fridge-magnet philosophy
A strong cast cannot conceal the thinness of this superficial account of South Africa’s great liberator
Arifa Akbar
09, Dec, 2022 @1:14 PM

Play ‘born of rage’ over Asian female stereotypes lambasts Miss Saigon
Kimber Lee’s award-winning drama, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, will be staged at Manchester’s Royal Exchange while Miss Saigon opens at the Sheffield Crucible
Chris Wiegand Stage editor
22, Nov, 2022 @1:08 PM

‘I want people to walk away with a sense we can triumph together’: the making of Mandela the musical
Two South African brothers have spent seven years developing a show about Nelson Mandela’s younger, radical years. We talk to the makers and stars of the show
Sarah Crompton
13, Nov, 2022 @7:00 AM

‘Maybe you set the theatre on fire?’: directors on staging the unstageable
Scenes that skip between universes, 100 eyeballs emerging from the floorboards, whole plays set on a slope … The scripts for Constellations, Wonder Boy and other hits have provided instructions to unleash the imagination
Miriam Gillinson
11, Oct, 2022 @10:37 AM

The week in theatre: The Clinic; The Snail House; Who Killed My Father; Walking With Ghosts – review
Family celebrations go pear-shaped in Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s mischievous new play; Richard Eyre’s writing debut falls mysteriously flat; and Gabriel Byrne brilliantly channels his early Dublin years
Kate Kellaway
18, Sep, 2022 @9:30 AM

Who Killed My Father review – powerful study of class, cruelty and kin
Hans Kesting is spellbinding as an anguished man facing up to his abusive father in Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of the book by Édouard Louis
Arifa Akbar
09, Sep, 2022 @11:05 AM

Warhol and Basquiat to be reborn on screen in movie of hit Young Vic play
Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope star in The Collaboration, which shows the artists in 1980s New York
Dalya Alberge
21, Aug, 2022 @8:00 AM

Donald Sartain obituary
Other lives: Administrative director of the Young Vic from its foundation in 1970 until 1990
Yvonne Campbell
03, Aug, 2022 @5:10 PM

The week in theatre: Chasing Hares; 101 Dalmatians; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Globalisation’s effect on an Indian factory makes for touching drama; Douglas Hodge’s new Dodie Smith musical is spot on; and a new-look Narnia delivers deep magic
Kate Kellaway
31, Jul, 2022 @9:30 AM
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