Guildford
Review: Twelfth Night at the Yvonne Arnaud
5 STARS, Aug 31 – Sep 1. Don’t miss a glittering, fast-paced romp of a performance by this talented group of players and creatives from Oxford, at the Mill Studio this week more
The ballad of Dónall Dempsey
Poetry is alive and well in Guildford thanks to Dónall Dempsey who runs a monthly open mic night for aspiring poets. Suzanne Antelme visits The 1000 Monkeys at The Keep and discovers a thriving community of scribes more
Folk Mistress: Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega has been a music icon for 30 years. Ahead of this month’s Surrey gig she talks to Fiona Adams about self-belief, touring and the English summer more
Review: Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton
5 STARS, July 25-28. A brilliant evening of riveting theatre; thought-provoking, witty and beautifully staged in a stunning landscape, says Janice Windle more
Review: Love's Labours Lost by the Guildford Shakespeare Company
5 STARS, July 13-28. An atmospheric setting, beautiful costumes, lovely songs, hilarious clowning and Shakespeare’s eloquent wit throughout make this performance an unmissable summer evening's entertainment, says Janice Windle more
Review: An Evening With Sinatra at the Guildford Fringe Festival
4 STARS. Ol’ Blue Eyes lives on in an intimate cabaret setting for the Guildford Festival Fringe, says Andrew Morris more
Review: Talking Heads at the Guildford Fringe Festival
5 STARS, July 6. Go to the beautiful Clandon Wood Natural Burial Reserve to see a wonderfully innovative performance of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads in a unique setting, says Andrew Morris more
Sex is Another Language at the Guildford Fringe
5 STARS, July 6. Make sure to get yourself down to the back room of Guildford's Star Inn tonight to see an unbelievable piece of original theatre, says Janice Dempsey more
Review: Bugsy Malone at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
5 STARS, June 29-30. An absolute cream pie to the senses, The Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre's production of Bugsy Malone is a toe-tapping, splurge gunning, gangster grilling musical spectacular, says Alan Long more
Review: Robin Hood by the Guildford Shakespeare Company
4 STARS, June 14-30. You know summer has truly begun when the GSC starts its season of open-air theatre. This year they perform Robin Hood and Alison Hunt finds plenty of merriment to be had in Sherwood Forest/Rack's Close chalk quarry more
Review: The Producers by the PPA
3 STARS, June 5-9. While there are plenty of enjoyable moments in the PPA’s amateur production of The Producers, Richard Davies finds it a strange choice of show for a graduation performance more
Local talent at the Guildford Fringe
The Guildford Fringe returns for another year of incredible entertainment. William Gadsby Peet meets the Surrey locals performing at the festival this year more
Battle lines
From sneaking into Iraq with George Galloway to dodging Russians in Afghanistan, Paul Moorcraft’s life has never been dull. William Gadsby Peet hears a war tale or two more
Johan Persson
Review: This House at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
4 STARS, May 22-26. A dazzling piece of darkly comic political satire, rooted in the 1970s but with continuing relevance today, says Andrew Morris more
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Curtain call
Theatre and television favourite Robert Powell visits the dark side for his latest role as Sherlock Holmes more
Review: Merrily We Roll Along at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud
3 STARS, May 16-19. Merrily We Roll Along is one for the Sondheim diehards, says Sondheim novice Richard Davies more
Review: Monogamy at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud
3 STARS, May 8-12. A dark new comedy about the state of the nation and the thin veneer of contemporary life, says Andrew Morris more
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A story of ambiguity and ghostly going ons at the Yvonne Arnaud
4 STARS. Con Crowley reviews Henry James's classic The Turn of The Screw, showing at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre until Saturday April 28th more
Betty Zapata
Review: The Kite Runner at the Yvonne Arnaud
5 STARS, April 16-21. The Kite Runner at the Yvonne Arnaud this week is a superb tour de force. This is an absorbing dramatic narrative, utterly compelling more
Jonathan Constant
Review: All My Sons at Guildford's Electric Theatre
5 STARS, April 11-14. Personal, family and patriotic honour, truth and loyalty – timeless themes in a brilliant production by the talented Guildburys more
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