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Susannah Clapp

Susannah Clapp is the theatre critic of the Observer. She is the author of With Chatwin and A Card from Angela Carter and a regular broadcaster. Twitter
@susannahclapp

October 2024

  • John Lithgow sitting at a table reading a copy of the Literary Review.

    The week in theatre: Giant; Roots; Look Back in Anger – review

    John Lithgow as Roald Dahl towers over Nicholas Hytner’s production of an extraordinary debut play; Morfydd Clark finds her voice in a Wesker revival; and a John Osborne staging is a step backward

September 2024

  • Lucian Msamati and and Ben Whishaw as Estragon and Vladimir in Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London

    The week in theatre: Waiting for Godot; Coriolanus; A Face in the Crowd – review

    Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati add star power to James Macdonald’s thoughtful Beckett; David Oyelowo’s Coriolanus is dwarfed by epic staging; and an Elvis Costello-scored musical has too few high notes
  • Selorm Adonu in G,

    The week in theatre: G; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; The Real Thing – review

    Reality is up for debate in Tife Kusoro’s rapid-fire new drama, David Eldridge’s nuanced take on John le Carré, and Tom Stoppard’s most loving play
  • Archie Christoph-Allen and Curtis Kemlo laughing in the history boys

    The week in theatre: The History Boys; A Chorus Line – review

    Fresh talent shines, though nuance could try harder, in a 20th anniversary revival of Alan Bennett’s glinting schoolroom comedy

August 2024

  • Jack Lowden and Sean Gilder in The Fifth Step.

    Edinburgh festival theatre 2024: The Fifth Step; The Outrun; I Wish You Well; Gwyneth Goes Skiing – review

  • Jennie Lee, starring, from left, Eddie Ahrens, Georgina Liley, Lauren Robinson and Mark Emmons dancing and playing instruments

    The week in theatre: Jennie Lee; Fiddler on the Roof; Antony and Cleopatra – review

  • Romola Garai in the years

    The week in theatre: The Years; Pericles – review

  • Thomas Coombes in a suit, leaning over a coffin draped in a union flag

    The week in theatre: Death of England: The Plays; Grapes of Wrath; Please Right Back – review

July 2024

  • six actors on stage, two seated, a seventh, seated, obscured, looking at the central standing three – a woman gesturing to calm down as a man restrains another man

    The week in theatre: Slave Play; Skeleton Crew; Alma Mater – review

  • Richard Katz, Kostas Philippoglou and Sarah Slimani in Mnemonic

    The week in theatre: Mnemonic; The Secret Garden; The Herds – review

June 2024

  • James Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin in The Constituent at the Old Vic

    The week in theatre: The Constituent; Kyoto; Mean Girls – review

  • Amalia Vitale, centre, as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe

    The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Kiss Me, Kate – review

  • An audience member wearing headphones listens to the narration for Viola's Room

    The week in theatre: Viola’s Room; A View from the Bridge – review

  • Denise Gough (Emma) and Sinéad Cuack (Doctor/ Therapist/Mum) in People, Places And Things by Duncan Macmillan @ Trafalgar Theatre.

    The week in theatre: Bluets; People, Places & Things – review

May 2024

  • Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet, with Kody Mortimer (camera operator) in Romeo & Juliet.

    The week in theatre: Romeo & Juliet; Richard III; Passing Strange review – no fault in these stars

  • Withnail & I W&I Production Pic 067 - Morgan Philpott (Wanker), Adonis Siddique (Marwood) and Robert Sheehan (Withnail). Credit Manuel Harlan

    The week in theatre: Withnail and I; Spirited Away; Mary Said What She Said; Boys on the Verge of Tears – review

  • Nina Hoss and Adeel Akhtar facing each other on stage

    The week in theatre: The Cherry Orchard; Minority Report; Laughing Boy – review

  • Dee Ahluwalia, arms outstretched, as Karim, in 70s clothes in The Buddha of Suburbia.

    The week in theatre: The Buddha of Suburbia; Love’s Labour’s Lost – review

April 2024

  • Buffy Davis (Mother) and Rosie Sheehy (Young Woman) in Machinal at The Old Vic

    The week in theatre: Machinal; Blue Beard; The Cord – review

  • Bella Maclean (Bella Wilfer) in London Tide

    The week in theatre: London Tide; The Comeuppance; Gunter – review

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