9 h. ago Ben and Imo at Orange Tree Theatre review: a small gem of a play

Erica Whyman’s efficient production retells the story of how Benjamin Britten’s catastrophic Coronation piece Gloriana was created

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40 h. ago PATRICK MARMION reviews Krapp's Last Tape at York's Theatre Royal: Gary Oldman's return to the stage after 37 years makes perfect sense

The Hollywood star has chosen to make his stage comeback - after 37 years - in Samuel Beckett's 50-minute monologue about a rueful old git, surveying the paltry wreckage of his life.

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56 h. ago Hot Chicks review: Powerful play an important message to parents on dangers of drug gangs

Cardiff-born playwright Rebecca Jade Hammond's 75-minute show issues a warning on the dangers for young people in society

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3 d. ago The Great Gatsby at the Coliseum: 'a little empty beneath the razzmattazz'

The award-winning Broadway musical version of Fitzgerald’s novel hits London as a lavish spectacle but lacking heart

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3 d. ago The Brightening Air at the Old Vic review: this slice of 1980s Irish life is hilarious and achingly moving

Conor McPherson is a singular writer and a phenomenal director

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3 d. ago The Great Gatsby at the Coliseum: 'a little empty beneath the razzmattaz'

The award-winning Broadway musical version of Fitzgerald’s novel hits London as a lavish spectacle but lacking heart

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4 d. ago Alice Snedden at Soho Theatre review: a wonderfully witty turn from the versatile Kiwi comic

This is Snedden’s first show in five years - not that you’d know it

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5 d. ago Personal Values review – shocks as sisters reunite for the first time since their father’s funeral

Hampstead theatre, LondonBea, a hoarder, is visited by Veda, who carries a secret, to fix the rift between them in Chloë Lawrence-Taylor’s debut play, full of vivid dialogue and foreboding rumblesObjects pile and tower as walls in Chloë Lawrence-Taylor’s debut play. Since their father’s funeral, when Bea scratched an obscene picture into Veda’s car bonnet, the two sisters have lost contact, and Bea has been isolated in an ever-growing haven of “stuff”. Old vinyl, books, crockery, bags for life and mountains of cutlery have turned her home into a graveyard of the past. To an outsider, it is the depths of hoarding; to Bea, every dusty item is a relic to be pored over and adored.But, now Veda has stopped by unexpectedly to “fix” things. Lawrence-Taylor’s vivid dialogue paints the sisters both as strangers, with years missing between them, and familiars, bound by their shared youth. They remember intimate details about each other; Veda drinks camomile tea, Bea loves bonsai trees. The ac...

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5 d. ago How to Fight Loneliness at the Park Theatre review: this assisted dying play is repetitive and reductive

Neil LaBute made a name for himself with brisk, electrifying plays. Where’s that spark now?

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1 week ago Scottish Ballet: The Crucible, Aberdeen review: 'prayer books wielded like weapons'

Choregraphy and score work in perfect tandem to evoke the hysteria and hatred engulfing Salem in Scottish Ballet’s revival of The Crucible, writes Kelly Apter

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1 week ago Ghosts is a fiercely witty reworking of Henrik Ibsen’s tale of incest and love

As the play’s sulky heir, Callum Scott Howells delivers a tour-de-force performance

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1 week ago Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith review: horribly funny and dark tale of incest

Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells star in this scorching update to Henrik Ibsen’s play

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1 week ago John Shuttleworth at Bloomsbury Theatre review: Graham Fellows' creation is still gloriously enjoyable

Sheffield’s never-ageing songsmith is pushing 60, but he still has plenty of mileage left in him

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2 w. ago The WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards Final at Bloomsbury Theatre review: hit all the right notes

It was a pity only one winner could be crowned: this strong line-up boasted so many potential victors

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2 w. ago Shanghai Dolls at the Kiln Theatre review: undeniably impressive

Two women across six decades of upheaval are covered in this astonishing true story of Mao Zedong’s revolution

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2 w. ago In Shanghai Dolls, Madame Mao’s life story of art, revolution and resentment is undone by clichés

This real-life tale of Mao’s wife and the first female director of China fails to meet its own potential

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2 w. ago Horse, Pavilon Theatre roof, Glasgow review: 'nothing could bring her back down to earth'

The suited and booted singer threw herself into arguably the most unusual gig of her life, writes Fiona Shepherd

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2 w. ago Review: Kym Marsh stuns in 'magnificent' Coronation Street reunion at Manchester theatre

Kym Marsh takes on the 'queen of suburbia' in Abigail's Party at the Royal Exchange

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2 w. ago Little Women at the Lowry review: an energetic take on classic tale of sisterly love

Hard to fault this energetic production, infused with emotional intelligence

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2 w. ago Manhunt at the Royal Court review: a terrifying lead performance

Manhunt seems to hedge its bets but has a terrifying lead performance by Samuel Edward-Cook as Moat

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