Theatre

Albarn's odyssey

LAURA KING is dazzled by the ex-Blur frontman's Chinese opera that's based on an ancient Tang dynasty manuscript.

The Bard for A-level students

HAVING seen a production of Romeo And Juliet in which the lovers didn't die, I was well prepared for anything that Frantic Assembly's artistic directors Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett might offer.

This isn't about Blair, honest

EVERYBODY loves a good scandal and David Hare's new play is full of it.

Ambitious storyline delivered with charm

A NEW piece of theatre can sometimes be so ambitious that it can turn out to be too much for the story underneath to carry.

A comic trio

ROBERT TANITCH finds Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy of plays surprising, clever and often hilarious.

A masterful display of high kicks

ACROBATIC monks are go! This production delivers exactly what's expected of it, with luminous costumes, beautiful sets and incredibly skilled and athletic martial arts masters who perform perfectly timed group displays.

Survival in a seedy city

IT'S 1928 and the graveyard shift in a seedy New York hotel. Night clerk Charlie Hughes (Jack Courtney) is whiling away the lonely hours until he can knock off and resume some semblance of life when Erie Smith (Eric Colvin) steps into his life.

Breaking the barriers

ROBERT TANITCH sees a challenging production that blurs the lines between dance, theatre and personal politics.

Nigerian mythology in Louisiana

AFRICAN-AMERICAN playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, is the author of The Brothers Size, which made a big impression at the Young Vic last year. 

Surreal mischief from pioneers of chaos

THE surreal, gothic world created by Edward Gorey has met its match in Hoipolloi as the company's loose adaptation of The Doubtful Guest ably captures the US illustrator's sense of mischief and nonsense.

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