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The Independent

Leicester: a new theatre and no boundaries
From its radically adaptable stage to its public make-up room, Leicester’s new theatre rewrites the script for dramatic design, says Jay Merrick

Fiancial Times

Tragedy played to the gallery
This latest RSC production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ fulfils its brief, telling the story clearly, but Ian Shuttleworth, surrounded by schoolchildren, has difficulty finding anything to recommend it over any other version

Cockroach, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
This play on the nature of evolution is best when it leaves us grappling for answers beyond our reach, writes Steve Cramer

Speed-the-Plow, Barrymore Theatre, New York
Much more than Mamet’s other plays, this is dependant on its actors, writes Brendan Lemon

The Times UK

The Caretaker, Citizens, Glasgow
Much is made, rightly, of Pinter’s language, but Max Jones’s junk-filled set, complete in every 1950s detail, is striking

The Guardian

DV8's To Be Straight With You: Dancing Against Prejudice
Twenty-two years ago, Lloyd Newsom founded DV8 to make theatre and dance that 'mattered'. Their new show uses verbatim texts to challenge intolerance, racism and homophobia

Cockroach, Traverse, Edinburgh
No one could accuse Sam Holcroft of lacking ambition, says Mark Fisher

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Andrew Haydon: Hamlet is the touchstone for our troubled world
Some have argued that the recession will lead to feel-good theatre, but right now the most resonant text seems to be Shakespeare's enduring masterpiece

The Stage UK Blogs

Mark Shenton: Reinventing theatrical perspectives and spaces…
I caught up with a couple of new productions on Saturday and Monday that both imposed something completely unexpected on the text, respectively creating environments and perspectives on the action that were not specified by either of the playwrights...

Whatsonstage.com Blogs

Michael Coveney: Critics give us a twirl in frock shock
It’s not every day of the year I sit through a show and end up trying on the costumes after the curtain call. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t hanging around on the off-chance of a free swagger in the silken schmatter.