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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: Memphis, Shaftesbury Theatre ✭✭✭✭
As Calhoun, Killian Donnelly is a revelation...His mania, energy and sheer talent explodes off the stage driven by some of the finest rock vocals that I have…
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Speed-The-Plow, Playhouse Theatre ✭✭
It's a mystery why Lindsay Lohan chose this play as her world stage debut. Perhaps she knew she would be the best thing about it? That would seem the only ra…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Our Town, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
This is a phenomenally effective and ambitious revival of a masterpiece. It restores one’s faith in the power and magic of theatre and shows, in a very clear…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris, Charing Cross Theatre ✭✭
The best aspect of this production is the musicianship on display from the gifted Dean Austin and the four members of his band who, with piano, accordion, gu…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: This Is My Family, Lyceum Sheffield ✭✭✭
This Is My Family is unlikely to win a Tony award for Best New Musical, but it is an engaging and very happy musical theatre experience. It's new, British th…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Electra, Old Vic Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
If the rest of Kevin Spacey's final season at The Old Vic is as remarkable as this Electra, it will be a crowning achievement.
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Here Lies Love, Dorfman Theatre At The National ✭✭✭✭✭
Timbers has put together an extraordinary piece of theatre, which is as innovative and thought-provoking as it is beautiful and joyous. It is no exaggeration…
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Stephen Collins
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