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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: Sunset Boulevard, London Coliseum ✭✭✭✭✭
Glenn Close delivers the blockbuster songs from Lloyd Webber’s score with ease. This is 1000watt star-power and it makes for an intoxicating evening of theatre.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Bug, Found 111 Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Simon Evans’ production of Bug is a visceral and immersive piece, which lives up to Tracey Letts’ excellent script. Kate Fleetwood and James Norton deliver d…
Matthew Lunn
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REVIEW: Right Now, Bush Theatre ✭✭✭✭
A Freudian wet dream, the characters drink, dance and dare each other on further with party games and peculiar eroticism.
Helena Payne
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REVIEW: Jackie The Musical, Churchill Theatre (UK Tour) ✭✭✭✭
Dig out your seventies fashions, grab your friends and book your tickets for two hours of absolute joy in the theatre. You’ll be glad you did.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Hairspray, New Victoria Theatre Woking (UK Tour) ✭✭✭✭✭
Whilst Hairspray has a serious message of integration and understanding, it’s ultimately a musical full of joy and love, and those emotions poured off the st…
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Living With The Lights On, Young Vic ✭✭✭✭✭
Living With The Lights On, Mark Lockyer's brutally honest and searingly candid journey from promising actor at the RSC to meltdown, and subsequent path back …
Helena Payne
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REVIEW: Something Something Lazarus, King's Head Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Something Something Lazarus is something unusual, something unique, and bodes well for the future of musical theatre in the UK.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: The Painkiller, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Kenneth Branagh puts in a surprising masterclass in physical comedy as Ralph, getting big laughs despite spending most of the play unable to speak. He is, as…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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