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REVIEW: Weald, Finborough Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Weald is a very satisfying play, a compelling examination of the impact that changing circumstances may have on our sense of self. This is achieved via the d…

Matthew Lunn

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Newton Faulkner Heads Cast Of American Idiot On Tour

Douglas Mayo

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From Islington to Syria: Lucinda Burnett’s Correspondence

REVIEW: I Loved Lucy, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭✭

Lucille Ball once said about comedy, ‘you’ve either got it or you don’t’, but this amusing production falls somewhere in between. It is heavy on laughs and q…

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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Rough Haired Pointer stage child’s-eye-view of the world

Branagh, Brydon and Blakley in comedy The Painkiller

Rehearsal Images: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds

Douglas Mayo

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Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester announce major collaboration…and a string of musicals

Michael Crawford Returns To The West End In The Go-Between - On Sale Now

Douglas Mayo

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Glee's Amber Riley To Headline UK Premiere Of Dreamgirls

Douglas Mayo

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Dominic Cooper to star in The Libertine at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Douglas Mayo

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Savoy extends booking for Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith

The Ale House is back in town and open for business

Alexandra Wood’s Merit comes to the Finborough

FIRST LOOK: Rehearsal Photos For The UK Tour Of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Douglas Mayo

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New Cast Announced as Jersey Boys Celebrates 8th Birthday in London

Douglas Mayo

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Beautiful - Show Of The Month Offer

Douglas Mayo

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Edward Snowden’s story told with a ‘thriller-like momentum’

Arrows & Traps Theatre Company bring Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina to life

REVIEW: One Of Those, Tristan Bates Theatre ✭✭

As the lives from one carriage merge with the other, the play descends into farce and the promise to bring new understanding is lost.

Jessica Wretlind

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Three days of Drama and Literature at Hampstead Theatre

REVIEW: Yen, Royal Court Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Her characters are abundantly flawed while still empathetic, and their relationship with the modern world is a marriage of dark comedy and struggle. Her play…

Jessica Wretlind

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Round The Horne makes a comeback at the Museum of Comedy

Attenborough gives Hampstead Theatre Reasons to be Happy

Hangmen Proves To Be Financial Success

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Hangmen, Wyndham's Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

If you can trust anyone to execute a black comedy, it’s Martin McDonagh. The Irish playwright is an undoubted master of the genre, with an enviable back cata…

Matthew Lunn

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English premiere of Jo Clifford’s acclaimed Every One at Battersea Arts Centre

REVIEW: Alright Bitches!, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭

Director Andrew Beckett keeps the pace lively and ultimately makes Alright Bitches!, a sunny antidote to the bleak winter here in the UK.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: The Oliviers In Concert, Royal Festival Hall ✭✭✭✭

Over the past forty years, the Olivier Awards has marked the cream of London’s artistic talent. This anniversary concert brought together some showstopping s…

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: Seasons Of Larson, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭✭

They took firm hold of Larson’s lyrics and crescendoing rock melodies - every word, every beat, brimming with anger and exigency; his lyrics carry imperative…

The Lion King Tickets - No Booking Fee Offer

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Five Finger Exercise, The Print Room At The Coronet ✭✭✭✭

For as long as there are families, this poignant script will resonate with them. The music plays somewhat apologetically from offstage, but despite that, it …

Jessica Wretlind

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REVIEW: Shrek, New Wimbledon Theatre (UK Tour) ✭✭✭✭

Shrek is a great show for adults and children alike, but hurry it won’t be around for much longer. More’s the pity!

Douglas Mayo

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Strindberg’s Miss Julie made intimate for the Etcetera

REVIEW: The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

As the lights go down, and Rafiki begins summoning the animals to Pride Rock, it becomes obvious that Director Julie Taymor has created the greatest opening …

Douglas Mayo

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Hello Dolly! Broadway - The Divas That Didn't Make It

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Private Lives, Churchill Theatre Bromley (On Tour) ✭✭✭

However, while the pace of the comedy occasionally dips in the second half, this production of Coward's play is a gem, proving the enduring relevance of Priv…

New style of ‘broken’ musical premieres at the King's Head in March

REVIEW: The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Trafalgar Studios 2 ✭✭

Jessica Wretlind

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Bake Off’s Mel Giedroyc to star in UK premiere of Luce

Does oral sex constitute adultery? NotMoses, ‘a comedy of biblical proportions’, has the answer

The Rinse Cycle: An ‘unexpected' take on Wagner’s Ring Cycle

Eastenders’ Jamie Foreman to join the West End cast of new British Musical

Janis Joplin:Full Tilt hits Stratford East

REVIEW: 4000 Days, Park Theatre ✭✭✭

Peter Quilter’s script is spiced with sarcasm and bouts of wit that get loud laughs from the audience, however the comedy perches awkwardly on the edge of bi…

Jessica Wretlind

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Game director returns to the Almeida to take on world premiere

REVIEW: Daddy Long Legs, Off Broadway Cast Recording ✭✭✭✭

I have had four listens to Daddy Long Legs as I write this review and find that I’m discovering more and more from this romantic comedy as I go along. This i…

Douglas Mayo

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Full cast revealed for Nell Gwynn starring Gemma Arterton

Cast announced for Right Now by Catherine-Anne Toupin at the Bush Theatre