Arts & Culture: Theatre
Lead Feature
Going, going . . . gone
Trevor Nunn slips up with this tuneless assault on the English language
Gone With the Wind
New London Theatre, WC2
In theatre
We are all Cretans
- By Rick Jones
- 24 April
Birtwistle's new work is austere and challenges human nature head-on
The Minotaur
Royal Opera House, London WC2
Keeping it real
- By Steve Waters
- 17 April
Modern theatre is all about stripped-back, empty spaces. But is naturalism, with its clutter of teacups and French windows, making a comeback?
Happy days
- By Rebecca Davies
- 17 April
Shedding the miserabilist tag, Mike Leigh has cheered up on film and in person.
Battle of the petty bourgeoisie
- By Andrew Billen
- 17 April
A satire on middle-class niceties works well as both comedy and philosophy
God of Carnage
Gielgud Theatre, London W1
The last Edwardian
- By Andrew Billen
- 03 April
An overly cautious portrait of Harold Macmillan fails to win our sympathy
Never So Good
Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1
Feature
Northern exposure
It’s not just Black Watch – new Scottish theatre is going through a golden age
More in theatre
The show must go on
- By Alice O'Keeffe
- 27 March 2008
Pubs and football, a writer's raw material
- By Roy Williams
- 19 March 2008
The Polish invasion
- By James Hopkin
- 19 March 2008
Bathetic in Bangkok
- By Andrew Billen
- 19 March 2008
A day to remember
- By Daniel Trilling
- 19 March 2008
Terrifying beauty
- By Guy Dammann
- 13 March 2008
Reggae revolution
- By Justine Henzell
- 06 March 2008
