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MondayMonday
Ellen McDougall’s impressive staging of Anna Karenina keeps the Royal Exchange in Manchester very much on the boil. It’s your last chance this week to catch Blanche McIntyre’s revival of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia which concludes its tour at Oxford Playhouse. Bucket Club’s Lorraine and Alan charms at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol. There’s explosive stuff at the Cockpit in London where The Bombing of the Grand Hotel tells of the bomb that almost killed Thatcher and its aftermath.Ellen McDougall’s impressive staging of Anna Karenina keeps the Royal Exchange in Manchester very much on the boil. It’s your last chance this week to catch Blanche McIntyre’s revival of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia which concludes its tour at Oxford Playhouse. Bucket Club’s Lorraine and Alan charms at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol. There’s explosive stuff at the Cockpit in London where The Bombing of the Grand Hotel tells of the bomb that almost killed Thatcher and its aftermath.
TuesdayTuesday
Missed the brilliant Golem at the Young Vic? There’s a second chance at Trafalgar Studios from tonight. Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness, an account of family life in Connecticut in 1906, is revived by Natalie Abrahami at the Young Vic. Headlong’s timely revival of David Hare’s The Absence of War stops off at the Rose in Kingston from tonight. Chekhov’s The Seagull gets a radical makeover and becomes Seagulls in Volcano’s radical rethink at the Iceland Building in Swansea. Song of Riots at the North Wall in Oxford has an international cast that includes four members of Song of the Goat and tells a story of woods and wildmen. Circus company Circolombia are back at the Roundhouse with a new show, Acelere. Luther and Bockelson and Drunken Chorus kick off the very tasty looking Now 15 season at the Yard in Hackney Wick. An 11-strong teenage cast are at Jermyn Street for Jonathan Lewis’s A Level Playing Field, which is about bright, privileged kids under pressure.Missed the brilliant Golem at the Young Vic? There’s a second chance at Trafalgar Studios from tonight. Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness, an account of family life in Connecticut in 1906, is revived by Natalie Abrahami at the Young Vic. Headlong’s timely revival of David Hare’s The Absence of War stops off at the Rose in Kingston from tonight. Chekhov’s The Seagull gets a radical makeover and becomes Seagulls in Volcano’s radical rethink at the Iceland Building in Swansea. Song of Riots at the North Wall in Oxford has an international cast that includes four members of Song of the Goat and tells a story of woods and wildmen. Circus company Circolombia are back at the Roundhouse with a new show, Acelere. Luther and Bockelson and Drunken Chorus kick off the very tasty looking Now 15 season at the Yard in Hackney Wick. An 11-strong teenage cast are at Jermyn Street for Jonathan Lewis’s A Level Playing Field, which is about bright, privileged kids under pressure.
WednesdayWednesday
The Money is exhilarating and fascinating too, and it’s at BAC from tonight. Also at BAC for the rest of the week is Chris Thorpe’s Confirmation. Lyndsey Turner’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, set in the aftermath of the English civil war, starts previewing at the National. Mark Thomas’s terrific story of activism and betrayal, Cuckooed, is at the Traverse in Edinburgh from Tonight. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley is the subject of Lucy Rivers’ family show Little Sure Shot at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds where you can also see Jonathan Miller’s King Lear this week. The Scots language and how it is taught and subdued is explored in Ishbel McFarlane’s O is for Hoolet at the Arches in Glasgow. Cheek by Jowl’s Russian language version of Measure for Measure is at the Barbican’s Silk Street theatre from tonight. Will it be another hit for the Orange Tree with a rare revival of Doris Lessing’s Each His Own Wilderness set among disillusioned youth in 1958?The Money is exhilarating and fascinating too, and it’s at BAC from tonight. Also at BAC for the rest of the week is Chris Thorpe’s Confirmation. Lyndsey Turner’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, set in the aftermath of the English civil war, starts previewing at the National. Mark Thomas’s terrific story of activism and betrayal, Cuckooed, is at the Traverse in Edinburgh from Tonight. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley is the subject of Lucy Rivers’ family show Little Sure Shot at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds where you can also see Jonathan Miller’s King Lear this week. The Scots language and how it is taught and subdued is explored in Ishbel McFarlane’s O is for Hoolet at the Arches in Glasgow. Cheek by Jowl’s Russian language version of Measure for Measure is at the Barbican’s Silk Street theatre from tonight. Will it be another hit for the Orange Tree with a rare revival of Doris Lessing’s Each His Own Wilderness set among disillusioned youth in 1958?
ThursdayThursday
Damian Lewis, John Goodman and Tom Sturridge star in American Buffalo at Wyndham’s. Steve Thompson’s Feed the Beast at Birmingham Rep considers spin doctors, Leveson and politics. Custardtown, a fable about conformity inspired by Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, sounds fun at the Unity in Liverpool. Also in Liverpool, it’s your last chance for Nick Bagnall’s dark A Midsummer Night’s Dream which is at the Everyman until Saturday. John Patrick Shanley’s tale of conflict in rural Ireland, Outside Mullingar, gets its UK premiere at the Ustinov in Bath. Check out Theo Clinkard’s double bill at the Place, which has a terrific season of work that crosses the boundaries.Damian Lewis, John Goodman and Tom Sturridge star in American Buffalo at Wyndham’s. Steve Thompson’s Feed the Beast at Birmingham Rep considers spin doctors, Leveson and politics. Custardtown, a fable about conformity inspired by Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, sounds fun at the Unity in Liverpool. Also in Liverpool, it’s your last chance for Nick Bagnall’s dark A Midsummer Night’s Dream which is at the Everyman until Saturday. John Patrick Shanley’s tale of conflict in rural Ireland, Outside Mullingar, gets its UK premiere at the Ustinov in Bath. Check out Theo Clinkard’s double bill at the Place, which has a terrific season of work that crosses the boundaries.
Friday and the weekendFriday and the weekend
Friday sees the start of Amy Sharrocks’ fascinating installation, The Museum of Water, at the Arches in Glasgow. Also on Friday Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror is revisited in the world premiere of sequel Shock Treatment at the King’s Head. The big gig on Saturday night is BAC’s Phoenix Fundraiser at the Royal Festival Hall. Stewart Lee, Mackenzie Crook, Forced Entertainment and more. It’s your last chance on Saturday to catch Martin Bonger’s exceptional one-man show, Fat Man, a story of Greek myth and grief at Harrogate theatre. Saturday also sees the first performances of Into That Darkness at the Citizens in Glasgow. Blythe Duff plays journalist Gitta Sereny interviewing Franz Stangl, who oversaw the deaths of nearly one million people in Nazi camps. Rhum and Clay set out on tour with A Strange Wild Song, a story of finding light in dark places. At the Cornerstone in Didcot tonight and then touring. Info here.Friday sees the start of Amy Sharrocks’ fascinating installation, The Museum of Water, at the Arches in Glasgow. Also on Friday Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror is revisited in the world premiere of sequel Shock Treatment at the King’s Head. The big gig on Saturday night is BAC’s Phoenix Fundraiser at the Royal Festival Hall. Stewart Lee, Mackenzie Crook, Forced Entertainment and more. It’s your last chance on Saturday to catch Martin Bonger’s exceptional one-man show, Fat Man, a story of Greek myth and grief at Harrogate theatre. Saturday also sees the first performances of Into That Darkness at the Citizens in Glasgow. Blythe Duff plays journalist Gitta Sereny interviewing Franz Stangl, who oversaw the deaths of nearly one million people in Nazi camps. Rhum and Clay set out on tour with A Strange Wild Song, a story of finding light in dark places. At the Cornerstone in Didcot tonight and then touring. Info here.