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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: King Kong - A Comedy, The Vaults ✭✭✭✭
There are moments when we believe we are in fact watching The Marx Brothers at work, or following an off-cut from ‘Hellzapoppin’.
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain, Jermyn St Theatre ✭✭✭✭
A fond and affectionate parody, Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain guarantees laughs and nostalgia in spades.
Sophie Adnitt
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Sam Goodburn brings lo-fi circus show Dumbstruck to Edinburgh
Dumbstruck, a world premiere by multi-award-winning performer Sam Goodburn comes to Underbelly as part of the Edinburgh Festival.
Douglas Mayo
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Actors, Mimes and Musicians look at The Nature Of Forgetting
Theatre Re’s The Nature of Forgetting is a powerful, explosive and joyous piece about what is left when memory and recollection are gone.
Douglas Mayo
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Tamar Broadbent to Get Ugly at Edinburgh Festival
Fresh from a five-star-sell-out run in 2016 and a Best Comedy Award-nominated tour of Australia, Tamara returns to the Edinburgh Festival with Get Ugly.
Douglas Mayo
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The B*easts comes to the Edinburgh Festival
In The B*easts, BAFTA award-winning actress Monica Dolan explores how far one mum will go to put what her child wants first.
Douglas Mayo
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Sara Juli's Tense Vagina exposes motherhood taboos
Sara Juli’s Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis is about motherhood - its beauty, challenges, isolation, comedy and influence on the human experience.
Douglas Mayo
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Nicola Wren's play Replay comes to Edinburgh Festival
Replay, an intimate, moving and ultimately uplifting new monologue, by Nicola Wren will be presented by Dug Out Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Douglas Mayo
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Oskar's Amazing Adventure heads to Edinburgh Festival
Theatre Fideri Fidera will present Oskar's Amazing Adventure, an original, entertaining play for young children and their families at the Edinburgh Festival
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: The Mentor, Vaudeville Theatre ✭✭✭
Hampton's translation has a lightness of touch that brings a leisurely flow of laughter making this a pleasant if unexciting 80 minutes of well-made theatre
Mark Ludmon
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Cast announced for National Theatre's Pride readings
The cast has been announced for a series of rehearsed readings of seminal plays at the National Theatre exploring LGBT+ culture and history.
Mark Ludmon
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No Show exposes the humanity of circus performers at the Edinburgh Festival
No Show comes to the Edinburgh Festival with an all-female cast, No Show deconstructs superhuman circus performers and shows them as vulnerable and human.
Douglas Mayo
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Dance til you drop with No Miracles Here
The Letter Room bring No Miracles Here, a live and loud musical tale of a dance marathon with a Northern Soul to this year's Edinburgh Festival.
Douglas Mayo
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Kin - a new wave of modern British Circus comes to Edinburgh
The boys from the smash hit Bromance are back with KIN, an innovative and exhilarating five-star show about camaraderie at this year's Edinburgh Festival.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Cream, Canal Café Theatre ✭✭✭
Yes, this whole show – hastily put together in barely a week - might well shine a bit more with a little more rehearsal and polish, but the ending is full of…
Julian Eaves
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Cilla The Musical has found its star!
After auditioning hopefuls during several weeks of open auditions around the UK, producers of Cilla The Musical have found their star!
Douglas Mayo
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News Revue brings the best of British satire to Edinburgh Festival
News Revue will be presented as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Pleasance Courtyard (Beyond)
Douglas Mayo
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Manual Cinema return to the Fringe with Lula del Ray
After wowing all of Edinburgh with Ada/Ava in 2016, Manual Cinema return to the Fringe with another exciting UK premiere - Lula del Ray.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Superhero, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭✭
I am going to give nothing away about the ‘plot’, because it’s just so deliciously ingenious and I don’t want to rob you of a single moment’s pleasure
Julian Eaves
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Gutted - A shameless tale of love, laughter and lavatories
In her play Gutted coming to the Edinburgh Festival, Liz Richardson shares her experiences of living as a twenty-something with a chronic bowel condition
Douglas Mayo
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