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The latest theatre news, West End reviews, show guides, and behind-the-scenes features from British Theatre's editorial team.

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REVIEW: East Is East, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: East Is East, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭

East is East isn’t the searing feast of theatricality you might expect from Lloyd, but the hallmarks and flourishes of his Trafalgar Transformed season are p…

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Emily Hardy

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REVIEW: Damn Yankees, Landor Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Damn Yankees, Landor Theatre ✭✭✭

Like the Union Theatre, the Landor continues to bring new or largely overlooked musicals to London as well as encouraging and developing the skills of freshl…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: Love Story, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Love Story, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

Victoria Sierra as Jenny Cavilleri and David Albury as Oliver Barratt IV, as the young student couple share the warmth and passion of youth, determined to ma…

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Evita, Dominion Theatre ✭

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REVIEW: Evita, Dominion Theatre ✭

For my part, it is the worst production of a musical I have ever seen on a West End stage. It makes one pine for Too Close Too The Sun.

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: Ballyturk, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Ballyturk, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

This is a wild, original and unexpected evening of theatrical extremism. You do not need to be able to work out what Walsh’s point is to have a wonderful tim…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: As You Like It, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: As You Like It, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭

So, it’s a review of two halves for 'As You Like It' - a play that pendulums from bland to bold and bleak to bright - but is absolutely worth seeing, for, if…

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Emily Hardy

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