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The Independent

Child prostitution: suitable material for a musical?

Antigone, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
We're all Thebans in Greg Hersov's audience-friendly production of Antigone. Urged to applaud the entry of Creon – a slightly glib, brown-suited politician surrounded by the military – the onlookers are swept

The Times UK

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
What should be a full-blooded romance turns into welter of juvenile sniggering in a pedestrian production

Lola, Riverside Studios, London
Georgina Roberts plays Lola Montez as a flamboyant, fiery flirt of unwavering confidence and saucy wit

Faces in the Crowd, Royal Court
Leo Butler’s play is certainly topical, and it comes with decent dialogue and more than decent acting, but it's predictable

The Guardian

Miami Voice
Tarell Alvin McCraney has known heartache, so why are his plays so uplifiting? He talks to Maddy Costa

Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello
Obituary: Gifted actors, both stars of cult movie Black Orpheus

Romeo and Juliet, Theatre Royal, Brighton
Bartlett takes his time, but he builds a real sense of place and oppressive family values, writes Lyn Gardner

Independent Means, Library, Manchester
This reminds us of the debt British theatre still owes to its female pioneers, writes Michael Billington

The Caretaker, Citzens, Glasgow
Phillip Breen's careful production draws us quietly into this sad portrait of male loneliness, writes Mark Fisher

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Chris Wilkinson: Noises off: The politics of theatre
This week, stage blogs are debating the shortage of right-wing theatre in America and asking whether Egypt's experimental festival is truly free

Daily Telegraph

Harold Pinter's The Caretaker at Glasgow Citizen's Theatre
Mark Brown says Pinter's 'weasel' still has bite.

Alex cashes in on the credit crunch
As the hit show based on the cartoon character embarks on a UK tour, Jasper Rees talks to its creators.