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REVIEW: Breeders, St James Theatre ✭✭

It is blessed with four genuinely good performers who elevate the entire proceedings way above the level the writing achieves.

INTERVIEW: Richard Marsh - Author and Actor

Love Story at The Union Theatre

REVIEW: Breeders, St James Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Breeders is a humorous take on a complicated and oft-times deeply emotional subject but one that should be on your must see list.

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Interview: Vicky Graham on Breeders at the St James Theatre

REVIEW: Fully Committed, Menier Chocolate Factory ✭✭✭

Bishop is immensely charming, with a great comic sense and the ability to twist and turn on a needlepoint. He has a great singing voice to boot and the capac…

Great Britain Trailer Released

First Look At Last Five Years The Movie

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REVIEW: The Dreaming, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

It is a mystery why the National did not exploit it rather than pour millions into the waste of time that was The Light Princess. If this got the care and la…

Pre-Order The Miss Saigon 2014 Cast Album

Wicked Extends Its Booking Period

REVIEW: The Return Of The Soldier, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭✭✭

If you want an exquisite, beautifully conceived piece of musical theatre which successfully evokes a particular historical period, tells a fabulous story ful…

Helen Baxendale Returns To The Stage In New Play The Distance

Casting Announced For Warde St at Park Theatre

Ben Forster to appear in Evita as Magaldi

La Soiree Returns To London's Southbank

INTERVIEW: Tim Driesen on the UK Tour of Jersey Boys

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REVIEW: Little Revolution, Almeida Theatre ✭✭

The trouble is that it has no really coherent purpose, no through line and very little heart. Snatches of conversations out of context build a general pictur…

Shrek UK Tour Trailer Released

Anything Goes National Tour Announced

OPINION: Do We Need More Dogfights?

Cast Announced for David Hare's The Vertical Hour at The Park Theatre

Jamie Lloyd Exits Back To The Future Musical

The West End Goes Ice Bucket Mad

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Meet The Altar Boyz

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Jamie Lloyd To Direct Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory

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Meet The Cast Of Twickeham's Sweeney Todd

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Marry Me A Little Returns To St James Theatre Studio for One Week Only

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Composer and Lyricist Sandy Wilson Passes Away Aged 90

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Simon Lipkin leads cast of As You Like It at Southwark Playhouse

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REVIEW: Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeares Globe ✭✭✭

Eve Best might not be the greatest actress to have played Cleopatra, or the one with the greatest voice. But she created an indelible, voraciously sexual, po…

Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Gala Sells Out

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REVIEW: Guys and Dolls, Chichester Festival Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Whatever people may say, Guys and Dolls is not foolproof. It can be done very badly. This is not one of those occasions...You would be silly to miss seeing t…

REVIEW: Anything Goes, Cadogan Hall ✭✭

As a whole experience, this was the equivalent of the local school end-of-year concert. If you were friendly and forgiving, you could have a good time. If yo…

REVIEW: Lady Celeste: A Star Is Reborn, Camden Fringe at the Phoenix Artist Club ✭✭✭

Get in at the ground level - see Lady Celeste now before she is propelled into the stratosphere. It's always good to say "I was there when it started". And m…

REVIEW: My Night With Reg, Donmar Warehouse ✭✭✭✭✭

It’s poetic and achingly sad in some moments, stupidly silly in others. But it has a resonant and vibrant pulse which throbs louder and truer now than it did…

REVIEW: Go!, Camden Fringe at The Phoenix Artist Club ✭✭✭

This is the kind of production which would be a cause célèbre at Edinburgh. It's not perfect, but it is performed and directed with passion, skill and true c…

REVIEW: The White Devil, RSC, Swan Theatre ✭

It's like watching a censored propaganda film: you have a clear idea what to expect, but it is presented in a way which dumbfounds those expectations.

REVIEW: Two Gentlemen Of Verona, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre ✭✭✭✭

It's wonderful seeing a little play, virtually unknown, on the main stage at Stratford. An auspicious debut for Godwin and another good sign about Gregory Do…

REVIEW: Epstein, Leicester Square Theatre ✭✭✭✭

As Brian Epstein, Andrew Lancel turns out a stunning portrayal of a complex man who is as strong and charismatic as he is emotionally frail and weak. It’s an…

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REVIEW: Richard III, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭

Shakespeare's vision and insight into the psychology of schizophrenic megalomania was never more potent than it is in Richard III. Jamie Lloyd's production d…

REVIEW: Medea, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

McCrory achieves that almost impossible feat - she makes you understand, care for and empathise with Medea's situation. You feel her pain and fear and disgus…

REVIEW: Marry Me A Little, St James Theatre ✭✭✭✭

This is engaging musical theatre at its most optimistic: marrying talented singers with clever lyrics and tunes to create a wholly new experience. Bravo to a…

REVIEW: The Nether, Royal Court Theatre ✭✭✭

At ninety minutes, it's worthwhile time in the theatre. But better casting would have resulted in an experience that might have matched Es Devlin's extraordi…

REVIEW: Great Britain, Lyttleton Theatre ✭✭

Because there is no coherent overall style, the audience is left uncertain what it is watching and why. It's a pity, really, because there are so many good a…

REVIEW: Forbidden Broadway, Menier Chocolate Factory ✭✭✭

This is a very good time at the theatre - but it does partly depend upon an intimate knowledge of Musicals of recent years and the stars who made them popula…

Teaser trailer for Into The Woods Movie Released

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A Beginner's Guide To Dogfight The Musical

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REVIEW: Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies, Aldwych Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

In most respects, it is better and more vibrant, more deftly detailed, than it was in Stratford Upon Avon. It's an unrivalled spectacle of theatrical ingenui…