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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: The Tempest, Eel Brook Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Director Brandon Force and movement director Liam Steward-George deserve great credit for creating such a dynamic and detailed production with continual visu…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Dames At Sea, Helen Hayes Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Dames at Sea, the work of George Haimsohn and Robin Miller (Book and Lyrics) and Jim Wise (Score), is well known as the off-Broadway hit from 1968 which laun…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Black Book, Sargent Theatre ✭✭✭✭
This is a dynamic, challenging and gripping piece of dramatic theatre. It's confronting in a number of ways, especially if you have known someone who took th…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Full Monty, Churchill Theatre (On Tour) ✭✭✭✭
The Full Monty is a masterclass of British writing and its energy and sensitivity transfers smoothly to the stage. It’s raucous and crude but also a lot of f…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: First Daughter Suite, Anspacher Theatre, The Public ✭✭✭✭✭
It would be unsurprising if First Daughter Suite constituted a significant hat-trick for the Public, following, as it does, in the footsteps of Fun Home (whi…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Wars Of The Roses: Richard III, Rose Theatre ✭✭✭
Maybe we were all weary at the end of a full day of theatre; maybe, and with ample justification, the cast were flagging after appearances in different roles…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Sunny Afternoon, Harold Pinter Theatre ✭✭✭✭
The Kinks frontman Ray Davies joined many famous faces at the Harold Pinter Theatre to celebrate the first birthday of his co-creation. Based on this showing…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: The Wars Of The Roses: Edward IV, Rose Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Suffice to say that Barton and Hall attempt to clarify the bewildering blizzard of switched allegiances, broken promises and inconclusive battles that form t…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Plaques and Tangles, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs ✭✭✭
As Young Megan, whom we first meet when she is recovering from the one-night-stand night before, is brought to complex, life-embracing realisation in a start…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Looking For Lansbury, St James Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Looking for Lansbury is a fitting tribute to one of the finest British actors of her generation. The show offers education and entertainment for everyone; wh…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: The Gin Game, Golden Theatre ✭✭✭
Both actors here are doing something quite different from a drawing room comedy. They are trying to make a point and, bravely, one that extends beyond the Ca…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: She Called Me Mother, Stratford Circus Arts Theatre ✭✭✭✭
There is a great deal to admire about She Called Me Mother, a play which gives a voice to the homeless and victims of abuse. Funny, poignant, and often distr…
Matthew Lunn
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REVIEW: Ripcord, New York City Centre Stage 1 ✭✭✭
Holland Taylor is in exceptional form as the coiled, steely Abby. She manages to humanise a thoroughly inhuman creature, making her likeable despite Abby's m…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Master Of The Macabre, The Vaults Waterloo ✭✭
Master of the Macabre, now showing at The Vaults Theatre until 1 November, is a curious and entertaining evening. There are some fun thrills and tricks along…
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REVIEW: What Am I Doing?, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Whilst I don’t think What Am I Doing?: Tales From a Worrying Actor quite fulfilled its promise of exploring the essence of worrying, Gregory Hazel’s easy cha…
Matthew Lunn
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REVIEW: The Bandstand, Papermill Playhouse ✭✭✭✭✭
Director Andy Blankenbuehler has achieved something remarkable and electrifying here. Together with David Korins (Scenic design), Jeff Croiter (Lighting desi…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: In The Heights, King's Cross Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
In sum this is a show that deserves all the plaudits that have come its way and should receive a long run both at the King’s Cross Theatre and in even larger…
Tim Hochstrasser
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Full Cast Announced For Funny Girl at Menier
Full casting has been announced for the sell-out season of Funny Girl being produced at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Douglas Mayo
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