Sunday, September 13, 2026

Theatre news:

“The Children” at Lyric Hammersmith
Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy by Ava Pickett
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at Yard Theatre
“1984”, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
“Krapp’s Last Tape”, Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

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Mother Courage and Her Children at the Globe Theatre

Neil Dowden on the South Bank ★★★★☆ 18 May 2026 Bertolt Brecht is usurping Shakespeare in the two places most

“Romeo and Juliet”, Harold Pinter Theatre

Jeremy Malies in the West End ★★★☆☆ 2 April 2026 Robert Icke has his trademark digital clocks again here. They

Milan round-up
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“King Lear” at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

John Murphy in North-East England ★★★★☆ 6 September 2026 There’s a rich tradition of Shakespeare at the Crucible Theatre, one

“As You Like It” at the Globe Theatre

“The Winter’s Tale” at the Delacorte Outdoor Theatre, Central Park

“Love’s Labour’s Lost”/“Much Ado About Nothing” at Thomas’s College, Richmond

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“New British Drama in 15 Scenes: Adventures in Theatre Criticism” by Aleks Sierz (Methuen Drama)

Book review by Maryam Philpott New playwriting and innovative revivals are driven by questions of who we are, why do

“The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano Willoughby”, Irene Coslet

“Dark Renaissance”, Stephen Greenblatt

“Female Playwrights and Applied Intersectionality in Romanian Theater” by Catalina Florina Florescu

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“Krapp’s Last Tape”, Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

Mark Brown at the Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★☆ 9 September 2026 It speaks to the resonance of Samuel Beckett’s monodrama Krapp’s

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