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Critic's Choice 2018 - Sophie Adnitt

BritishTheatre.com reviewer Sophie Adnitt selects her 2018 Theatre Highlights.

Sophie Adnitt

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REVIEW: Caroline Or Change, Playhouse Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews Caroline, or Change at The Playhouse Theatre in London starring Sharon D Clarke

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: Rumpelstiltskin, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre London ✭✭

Douglas Mayo reviews Windmill Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia's production of Rumpelstiltskin now playing at the Queen Elizabeth Ha…

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: One Jewish Boy, Old Red Lion London ✭✭✭✭

Mark Reed reviews Stephen Laughton's play One Jewish Boy which is now playing at the Old Red Lion Theatre.

Tom Gates UK Tour

Birmingham Stage Company presented Liz Pichon's Tom Gates UK Tour. Tom Gates Live On Stage tickets are now on sale. Full schedule here.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: The Tragedy Of King Richard The Second, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews The Tragedy of King Richard the Second at the Almeida Theatre starring Simon Russell Beale

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: A Christmas Carol, LMTO, Lyceum Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews London Musical Theatre Orchestra's A Christmas Carol in Concert starring Gryff Rhys Jones at London's Lyceum Theatre.

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Brigadoon - New York City Centre 2017 Cast Recording ✭✭✭✭✭

Douglas Mayo reviews Kelli O'Hara and Patrick Wilson in the new cast recording of Brigadoon featuring the New York City Centre 2017 Cast.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Doctor Faustus, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Globe London ✭✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews Paulette Randall’s production of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at The Globe in London

Mark Ludmon

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Casting announced for Rutherford and Son at Sheffield Crucible

Casting announced for revival of Githa Sowerby's Rutherford and Son directed by Caroline Steinbeis at Sheffield Crucible.

REVIEW: Switzerland, Ambassadors Theatre ✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews Joanna Murray-Smith's play Switzerland now playing at the Ambassadors Theatre London.

Mark Ludmon

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Casting announced for Violet the musical at Charing Cross Theatre

Casting has been announced for Violet the musical by Jeanine Tesori, and Brian Crawley which has its UK Premiere at Charing Cross Theatre in January 2019.

Douglas Mayo

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Southwark Playhouse receives funding from Mayor Of London

Southwark Playhouse has recieved a grant for £750,000 from the Mayor Of London

Vote for Show Album Of The Year with the Curtain Up Show

Nominees have been announced for The Curtain Up Show Album of the Year 2018. Cast your vote now!

Caroline Routh steps down as Executive Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres

Caroline Routh is to step down as Executive Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres.

REVIEW: The Convert, Young Vic Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Sophie Adnitt reviews The Convert by Danai Gurira now playing at the Young Vic Theatre.

Sophie Adnitt

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Michael Ball UK Tour

Multi-platinum recording artist and national treasure Michael Ball will hit the road in April 2019 until the end of May. Michael Ball UK Tour tickets are on …

Douglas Mayo

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Nigel Slater's Toast transfers to The Other Palace

Nigel Slater's Toast will transfer to The Other Palace following acclaimed seasons at The Lowry in Salford and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Nice Work If You Can Get It, Upstairs At The Gatehouse ✭✭✭✭

Julian Eaves reviews Nice Work If You Can Get It by Joe DiPietro featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin presented by Ovation Productions Upstairs at …

Julian Eaves

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Tom Stoppard's Rough Crossing UK Tour

Bill Kenwright presents Tom Stoppard's comedy Rough Crossing UK Tour in 2019.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Rubbed, Royal Vauxhall Tavern London ✭✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews the Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s panto Rubbed! starring Topsie Redfern, Robert McNeilly, Faye Reeves, Alan Hunter and Rich Watkins

Mark Ludmon

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MT Fest UK - New Musicals Festival Announced for February 2019

REVIEW: The Cane, Royal Court Theatre ✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Mark Ravenhill's The Cane now playing at the Royal Court Theatre.

Paul T Davies

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REVIEW: A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow, Arts Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Jennifer Christie reviews Simon Callow in Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol at the Arts Theatre.

Douglas Mayo

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FIRST LOOK: Sharon D Clarke in Caroline or Change at Playhouse Theatre

Cher UK Tour Tickets - Now On Sale

Cher has announced that she’ll be returning to the UK and Ireland for a headline tour in October & November 2019, taking to London, Manchester, Birmingha…

REVIEW: Nine Night, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Natasha Gordon's Nine Night now playing at the Trafalgar Studios.

Paul T Davies

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REVIEW: The Messiah, The Other Palace ✭

Julian Eaves reviews The Messiah by Patrick Barlow now playing at The Other Palace Theatre, London.

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Uncle Vanya, Hampstead Theatre ✭✭

Sophie Adnitt reviews Terry Johnson's new production of Chekov's Uncle Vanya now playing at Hampstead Theatre.

Sophie Adnitt

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Matthew Barker completes cast of D H Lawrence's The Daughter-In-Law at Arcola Theatre

Matthew Barker – star of the National Theatre’s Husbands and Sons – returns to D H Lawrence, completing the cast of The Daughter-in-Law at Arcola Theatre.

Douglas Mayo

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Casting announced for Donmar Warehouse production of Berberian Sound Studio

The Donmar Warehouse today announces full casting for Berberian Sound Studio conceived for the stage by Joel Horwood and Tom Scutt.

Douglas Mayo

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One-woman romantic comedy In Search Of Applause comes to Old Red Lion Theatre

One-woman romantic comedy In Search Of Applause starring Maroussia Vladi comes to the Old Red Lion Theatre in February 2019.

Douglas Mayo

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Shane Richie joins the cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Shane Richie will join the cast of the award-winning new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie in the role of Hugo from January 2019.

Douglas Mayo

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Hair UK Tour - 50th Anniversary Tour - Book Now!

Douglas Mayo

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Kiln Theatre fundraiser to be hosted by Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter

Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter are to host a special one-off cabaret event to raise funds for the Kiln Theatre in March 2019.

Douglas Mayo

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Hope Mill Theatre Manchester Announce 2019 Musicals Season

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: National Youth Theatre Monologues, Nick Hern Books ✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews National Youth Theatre Monologues compiled by Michael Bryher and published by Nick Hern Books.

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Critic's Choice: Shows We Are Looking Forward To In December 2019

Casting announced for encore season of Follies at the National Theatre

Casting has been announced for the return season of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's musical Follies at the National Theatre in February 2019.

Douglas Mayo

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Broadway's Laura Benanti to perform at Cadogan Hall

Tony Award-winner and five-time Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti, the highly celebrated stage and screen actress, makes her London debut performance in 2019 …

New Production Of Joseph Announced For London Palladium in 2019

Michael Harrison and The Really Useful Group announce that Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will be re-imagine…

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Hole, Royal Court Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Mark Ludmon reviews Ellie Kendrick’s debut play Hole at the Royal Court directed by the team behind RashDash theatre company

Mark Ludmon

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Hugh Jackman World Tour Tickets Now on sale

Hugh Jackman has announced details of his first ever world tour taking in Manchester, Birmingham and London. Hugh Jackman tickets are now on sale.

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Hot Gay Time Machine, Trafalgar Studios 2 ✭✭✭✭

Sophie Adnitt reviews Hot Gay Time Machine starring Zak Ghazi-Torbati and Toby Marlow now playing at Trafalgar Studios 2.

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Star Trek's Marina Sirtis makes West End debut in Dark Sublime

Making her West End debut, Star Trek: The Next Generation star Marina Sirtis will take the lead in the world premiere of Dark Sublime at Trafalgar Studios 2 …

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Cinderella The Rock N Roll Panto, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Paul T Davies reviews Cinderella, The Rock N Roll Panto at The New Wolsewy Theatre, Ipswich.

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Michelle Collins joins cast of new Park Theatre comedy

Mark Ludmon

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New 'secret' arts theatre festival in London's West End

Musical theatre, cabaret, comedy and drag feature in a new "secret" arts theatre festival in London this month, with a line-up including Louise Dearman, Mark…

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: A Christmas Story, Waterloo East Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Douglas Mayo reviews A Christmas Story, a musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Joseph Robinette now playing at Waterloo East Theatre.

Douglas Mayo

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