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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: Martyr, Unicorn Theatre ✭✭✭
This is an unsettling rather than disturbing night at the theatre that raises more questions than it can readily answer, and part of trouble lies in the way …
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Jane Eyre, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭
This is a fully compelling night at the theatre. You do not feel the time dragging and can only be impressed at the way the cast finds new meanings in materi…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Pomona, National Theatre ✭✭
I willing to concede that I have may have missed a great deal, and certainly the mainly youngish audience loved it on press night; but to me this was ultimat…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: The Book Of Mormon, Prince Of Wales Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
The Book of Mormon begins long before you step into the theatre. London is adorned with its posters, our offices echo with remembered jokes and songs. As you…
Matthew Lunn
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REVIEW: Bette Midler And Me, Upstairs At The Gatehouse ✭✭✭
This is certainly a must-see show for Midler fans and thanks to an energetic cast and some sparkling tunes there’s plenty to keep everyone else entertained a…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: The Cocktail Party, Print Room At The Coronet ✭✭✭✭
There are many more layers both to this play and to this production that deserve further comment, but which lie beyond the reach of a relatively brief review…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Dinner With Saddam, Menier Chocolate Factory ✭
When the climax to Act One involves a slapstick shovel-on-head knockout blow, a suit splitting across the central character's back, and Steven Berkoff finall…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The White Feather, The Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
The White Feather is everything musical theatre should be – it will make you think deeply about bravery, war and the nature of humanity all the way home. If …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Mr Foote's Other Leg, Hampstead Theatre ✭✭✭✭
The Hampstead season has all but sold out, if not actually sold out. Make every effort to grab a return. The production really ought to transfer to the West …
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Lennox is sensational as Lauren, the whacky factory girl who flirts with and eventually wins the heart of the Boss. It is a comic tour-de-force from Lennox w…
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Stephen Collins
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