Theatre reviews

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Kurt Weill, Libretto by Bertolt Brecht

Teatro Regio di Parma

Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy

30 April–30 July 2022

Jeremiah

Co-composed by Jack Dean and Umayr Shaffi

Jack Dean & Company

The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

30 April 2022

Lucy Phelps as Beatrice and Ralph David as Benedick

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Globe

22 April–23 October 2022

Matthew Tennyson as Lyons, Vinnie Heaven as Easton and Hubert Burton as Harrison

The Misfortune Of The English

Pamela Carter

Orange Tree Theatre

25 April–28 May 2022

Kemi Awoderu ((Pea)), Mark Rylance (Byron), Ed Kear, (Davey) Charlotte O’Leary (Tanya) and Mackenzie Crook (Ginger)

Jerusalem

Jez Butterworth

Sonia Friedman Productions and Royal Court Theatre

Apollo Theatre

16 April–7 August 2022

Kostadin Andreev (Siegfried) and Atanas Mladenov (Gunther)

Götterdämmerung

Richard Wagner

Sofia Opera, Bulgaria

Released 20 May 2022

Jane Eyre

Chris Bush, adapted from the novel by Charlotte Brontë

Stephen Joseph Theatre and New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough

8–30 April 2022

Prima Facie

Suzie Miller

Empire Street Productions

Harold Pinter Theatre

15 April–18 June 2022

Little Soldier: Patricia Rodriguez and Mercè Ribot

Nothing Happens (Twice)

Mercè Ribot and Patricia Rodriguez with dramaturg Adam Brace

Little Soldier

The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth

26–30 April 2022

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Lyrics: Tim Rice; Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Michael Harrison, David Mirvish, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Crossroads Live, Adam Blanshay by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Limited

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

26–30 April 2022

Electric Rosary

Tim Foley

Royal Exchange Theatre

23 April–14 May 2022

Shake The City

Millie Gaston

Rachael Halliwell

Greenwich Theatre

26–28 April 2022

How It Is (Part 2)

Samuel Beckett

Gare St Lazare Ireland

The Coronet Theatre

20 April–7 May 2022

Faye Brookes as Roxie Hart and The Company

Chicago

Music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb; book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse

Crossroads Live

Bristol Hippodrome

25–30 April 2022

Luca Dall’Amico (Lorenzo) and Jessica Pratt (Giulietta)

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Vincenzo Bellini

La Fenice, Venice

Released 13 May 2022

If This is Normal

Lucy Danser

Chatback Theatre

53two, Manchester

26–30 April 2022

Tom Babbage as Reverend Green, Judith Amsenga as Mrs Peacock, Wesley Griffiths as Colonel Mustard, Michelle Collins as Miss Scarlett, Daniel Casey as Professor Plum and Etisyai Philip as Mrs White in Cluedo

Cluedo

Sandy Rustin, based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn

Kilimanjaro Theatricals, Gabriel Creative Partners, The Araca Group and Lively McCabe Entertainment

Theatre Royal Bath

25–30 April 2022

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

BBC Radio 4

BBC Sounds

23 April–21 May 2022

Dana Haqjoo (Ashraf) and Shamir Chalabi (Shazia)

Habibti Driver

Shamia Chalabi & Sarah Henley

Octagon Theatre Bolton & Tara Finney Productions

Octagon Theatre

21 April–7 May 2022

Marianela Nuñez and Matthew Ball, A Month in the Country

Scènes de Ballet, A Month in the Country, Rhapsody

Frederick Ashton

The Royal Ballet

Royal Opera House

23 April–2 May 2022

Reviews

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Jeremiah

Much Ado About Nothing

The Misfortune Of The English

Jerusalem

Götterdämmerung

Jane Eyre

Prima Facie

Nothing Happens (Twice)

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Electric Rosary

Shake The City

How It Is (Part 2)

Chicago

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

If This is Normal

Cluedo

Macbeth

Habibti Driver

Scènes de Ballet, A Month in the Country, Rhapsody