The Bee in Me review – a bold, challenging tale of childhood fantasy
In Roland Schimmelpfennig’s play, three actors narrate a day in the life of a young person who uses imagination to escape a precarious existence
October 2017
The need for more diversity in opera
Letters: Equity insists that a diverse range of performers should be auditioned for every production, writes Hilary Hadley. The Golden Dragon was a poor choice of target for criticism, say Professor Sue Clegg and Derek Howl
January 2017
Winter Solstice review – liberalism is no match for a history of extremism
Nazism comes knocking: German playwright probes the lure of fascism
July 2016
The Golden Dragon review – taut, twisted tale of troubled lives
Music Theatre Wales brings Peter Eötvös’s moving piece to Britain in an inventive production that sees the cast of five swap roles and gender
June 2014
Idomeneus review – whip-smart questioning of Greek tragedy
Fate and stories are not fixed entities in the hands of Roland Schimmelpfennig's playful reworking of the Troy-era legend, writes Lyn Gardner
August 2011
The Golden Dragon – review
This Chinese restaurant-set play is like a bowl of deceptively spicy soup, writes Lyn Gardner
May 2011
What to see this week
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips
Lyn Gardner: A bumper week opens with the close of the NNF and features Tennant and Tate being much outdone by a rival pairing
March 2011
New Europe: Germany
Don't mention the phwoar: the future of German theatre
How does theatre in Germany compare with here? What are its obsessions? Who are its stars? For the Guardian's New Europe series, Michael Billington hits Berlin
May 2005
Some Girls
Gielgud, London
Affairs of the heart
Theatre: Nothing is what it seems in Roland Schimmelpfennig's play (in a translation by David Tushingham).
