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1,156 stories by "Judith Mackrell"

Follies and Acosta Danza: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Dominic Cooke's revival of Stephen Sondheim's beautiful musical continues its run at the National, while the celebrated choreographer returns to London1 FolliesStephen Sondheim's flawed but …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:48am on September 22, 2017[SHARE]

Dead Club " Poe meets Lynch in a wickedly deviant disco riot by Judith Mackrell

The Place, LondonThe performers morph from party kids to Victorians to hipsters in Requardt & Rosenberg's subversive, surreal spectacle of death and the afterlifeChoreographer Frauke Req…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:42am on September 18, 2017[SHARE]

Jane Eyre and Royal Ballet Gala: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Sally Cookson's witty, inventive take on Charlotte Brontë's novel comes to Hull, while the city's New theatre reopens with a visit from the Royal's dancers1 Living With the Lights OnEarli…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:12am on September 15, 2017[SHARE]

Hofesh Shechter: Grand Finale review " a wild waltz for the end of time by Judith Mackrell

Sadler's Wells, LondonThe choreographer squares up to our political anxieties " and his own demons " with grace and the defiant spirit of the band who played on the TitanicGrand Finale is as…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04am on September 13, 2017[SHARE]

Angels and demons: the unmissable theatre, comedy and dance of autumn 2017 by Michael Billington, Lyn Gardner, Judith Mackrell and Brian Logan

Hamilton hits London, Bryan Cranston's news anchor goes berserk, Wayne McGregor turns his DNA into dance, Mae Martin revisits her teen addictions and Toyah Willcox is a time-travelling queen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:12am on September 12, 2017[SHARE]

War Horse and Grand Finale: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris's staging of the children's novel returns, while Hofesh Shechter's new show imagines an anarchic apocalypse1 War HorseWith it becoming such a huge and deserve…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:36am on September 8, 2017[SHARE]

Me & Robin Hood and DeadClub: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Shôn Dale-Jones turns his attention to the increasing divide between rich and poor, while Requardt & Rosenberg deliver an intense performance about memory1 Me & Robin HoodIn his l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:06am on September 1, 2017[SHARE]

Lord of the Flies review " Bourne captures schoolboys' bloodlust brilliantly by Judith Mackrell

With its locally auditioned young dancers, Matthew Bourne's touring production vividly displays the children's descent from innocence to savageryTwo tribes: Matthew Bourne's Lord of the Flie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:36am on August 31, 2017[SHARE]

Oresteia and Rosalind: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Zinnie Harris's retelling of Aeschylus's drama adds muscle to the tale, while As You Like It is the inspiration for James Cousins' latest choreography1 Oresteia: This Restless HouseThe exper…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:18am on August 25, 2017[SHARE]

Touch and Sacrifice: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Fleabag director Vicky Jones's filthily enjoyable play enters its last week at Soho theatre, while Iceland Dance Company takes over Royal Festival Hall1 TouchVicky Jones's filthily enjoyable…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:18am on August 18, 2017[SHARE]

Skin review " brave attempt to dance gender transition by Judith Mackrell

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghDespite past form in translating complex emotion into dance, 201 Dance Company's attempt to navigate gender-reassignment intricacies feels too tidyThere was a t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:04am on August 13, 2017[SHARE]

Lady Macbeth: Unsex Me Here review " bold and haunting backstory to regicide by Judith Mackrell

Dance Base, EdinburghBy breaking Lady Macbeth's psyche down into three roles danced by men, Kally Lloyd-Jones fascinatingly fleshes out Shakespeare's underwritten antiheroineWhat kind of a p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:18am on August 12, 2017[SHARE]

From rural Taiwan to the frozen north via a great white whale: dance at the fringe spreads its wings by Judith Mackrell

The most exciting dance is on the fringe this year, dealing with epic themes and a common inspiration of being lost or set adrift in strange placesDance has had an uneven history at the Edin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:04pm on August 11, 2017[SHARE]

Much Ado About Nothing and Blak Whyte Gray: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Shakespeare's play gets a Mexican makeover in Matthew Dunster's revival, while Boy Blue Entertainment explores images of freedom in a turbulent world1 Much Ado About NothingShakespeare's pla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:54am on August 11, 2017[SHARE]

Jesus Christ Superstar and Tero Saarinen: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

One of the unexpected pleasures of last summer returns to Regent's Park, while the Finnish choreographer addresses masculinity and brutality1 The Flying Lovers of VitebskWhat is the cost of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:12am on August 4, 2017[SHARE]

Trajal Harrell " the dirty dancer voguing his way into history by Judith Mackrell

From the runway strut to the hoochie koochie, choreographer Trajal Harrell is turning outlaw dance forms into radical, booty-shaking spectacleThe voguing balls of Harlem, the hoochie koochie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:04am on August 1, 2017[SHARE]

Touch and Mariinsky Ballet: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Fleabag director Vicky Jones returns with a candid, honest play about sex, while Russia's finest enjoy a second week at the Royal Opera House1 TouchDee is living in chaos in a bedsit in Lond…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:24am on July 28, 2017[SHARE]

Ink and Mariinsky Ballet: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

James Graham takes on the Sun and Rupert Murdoch, while the great Russian troupe bring Don Quixote and Swan Lake to the Royal Opera House1 The FerrymanNow extended into 2018, Jez Butterworth…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:48am on July 21, 2017[SHARE]

10,000 Gestures review " a thrilling blizzard of movement by Judith Mackrell

Mayfield Depot, ManchesterWith capoeira kicks, pirouettes and the odd buttock scratch, Boris Charmatz's show tests the limits of how we experience danceBoris Charmatz's 10,000 Gestures can b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:04am on July 14, 2017[SHARE]

1972 and Latitude festival: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

The Wardrobe Ensemble looks back at the sexual fumblings of the baby boomers, while Matthew Bourne, Sisters Grimm and others visit Suffolk's arts jamboree1 1972: The Future of SexThe Wardrob…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:42am on July 14, 2017[SHARE]

Tap-dancing dynamo Michelle Dorrance stamps on a man's world by Judith Mackrell

In ETM: Double Down, the choreographer gathers breakdancers, musicians and giant electronic drum pads to hint at a thrilling future for the ever-evolving formMichelle Dorrance has been accla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:04pm on July 13, 2017[SHARE]

Available Light review " Lucinda Childs' minimalist movers weave through John Adams' music by Judith Mackrell

Palace theatre, ManchesterThis exhilarating revival reignites the alchemy that the choreographer and the composer found with Frank GehryThe last time that Lucinda Childs' Available Light app…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18am on July 7, 2017[SHARE]

Bat Out of Hell and Available Light: this week's best UK theatre and dance by Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

Revel in the over-the-top wackiness of the new Meat Loaf musical and take in Lucinda Childs's poetic classic of minimalist dance1 Bat Out of HellRomeo and Juliet meets Peter Pan in this dyst…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:18am on July 7, 2017[SHARE]

Voices of the Amazon review " water sprite's belting ballet rocks the rainforest by Judith Mackrell

Sadler's Wells, LondonBrazilian beats steal the show in this eco-fairytale about a water sprite battling human greed in the AmazonSisters Grimm, the young production company formed by compos…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:42am on July 5, 2017[SHARE]

Venice Biennale: Putin has a hot date as dance surrenders to orgasmic quivers and S&M taboos by Judith Mackrell

Marie Chouinard's sexually charged debut programme sees dancers locked up like zoo animals then unleashed, while Vladimir Putin is taunted with whips " and made to dance with a Nubian QueenA…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:54am on July 4, 2017[SHARE]
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