10 h. ago Theatre reviews: Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack and the Beanstalk | Aladdin

Panto veterans Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Jordan Young are in their element in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Festival Theatre, writes Joyce McMillan

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15 h. ago Oh, Mary! at the Trafalgar Theatre review: a boozy glitter bomb of outrageousness

This show can’t see a top without going over it

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23 h. ago PATRICK MARMION reviews Into the Woods at the Bridge Theatre, London: Subversive, enchanting, Sondheim's fairytale is a real hoot

PATRICK MARMION: The Brothers Grimm will be dancing with glee on top of their Berlin graves.

Society

37 h. ago When We Are Married at Donmar Warehouse: This zesty revival is a joyful rediscovery

The pleasure is in the cast’s performance with Tim Sheader’s version of JB Priestley’s 1938 quietly radical comedy

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60 h. ago Christmas Day theatre review: Boldly tackles rising antisemitism

An ambitious new play in which a North London Jewish family comes together and discovers tensions within and without make for a difficult occasion

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63 h. ago Most Favoured review: A brief but provocative Christmas cracker

David Ireland’s new one-act comedy at Soho Theatre stars Lauren Lyle and Alexander Arnold as an odd couple dealing with the morning after a one-night stand

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3 d. ago PATRICK MARMION reviews Indian Ink at Hampstead Theatre, London: Felicity Kendal triumphs in this revived classic from the late Tom Stoppard

It must surely be an emotionally intense experience for her to be starring in the revival of a play by her former partner, Tom Stoppard, who sadly died just last month.

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3 d. ago Indian Ink review: Felicity Kendal adds poignancy to Tom Stoppard play

In the wake of Tom Stoppard’s death this lush adaptation of one of his lesser works is given new charge

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4 d. ago Review: ‘Paranormal Activity’ at the Ambassadors Theatre in London

Review: ‘Paranormal Activity’ at the Ambassadors Theatre in London  Time Out Worldwide

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4 d. ago Paranormal Activity at the Ambassadors Theatre: The scariest show on the West End?

Punchdrunk director Felix Barrett conjures frights aplenty with this stage adaptation of the supernatural film franchise

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4 d. ago Review: Jack and the Beanstalk panto reboot as a thinly veiled criticism of academy schools

The Hammersmith Lyric's Jack and the Beanstalk panto is four out of five stars, telling the classic tale where pupils are inmates at an austere school.

Culture

4 d. ago Christmas Carol Goes Wrong at the Apollo Theatre review: dynamite gags and expert slapstick

The veteran theatre company’s brash, obvious, knockabout humour is laced with moments of lightning-flash wit and invention

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4 d. ago Top Hat at Queen Elizabeth Hall review: the gossamer charm wears thin quickly

This celebration of a gilded interwar age is sluggish where it should sparkle, the pace slow

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6 d. ago Kenrex review: A true crime, high octane, extraordinary piece of work

Jack Holden gives an exceptional performance playing multiple characters in this true story of a one-man crimewave

Events

7 d. ago Review: Unfortunate at The Lowry is Ursula's filthy story that absolutely didn't make it to Disney

A musical parody based on Ursula the Sea Witch is a camp dream come true - just don't go signing any contracts

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7 d. ago Into the Woods review, Bridge Theatre – Stephen Sondheim revival is a thing of lush and arresting beauty

A lavish production that plays to the musical’s strengths

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7 d. ago The Red Shoes review, Sadler’s Wells – Matthew Bourne conjures the impassioned, hothouse world of ballet

This richly realised production packs a wealth of ballet history into deft parodies

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8 d. ago Into the Woods review at Bridge Theatre: Visually spellbinding

Into the Woods review at Bridge Theatre: Visually spellbinding  The Stage

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8 d. ago The Playboy of the Western World: A strong turn from Nicola Coughlan

The Bridgerton star plays a feisty barmaid in this revival of JM Synge’s 1907 comedy that once caused riots

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9 d. ago Daniel’s Husband at Marylebone Theatre: 'The whole thing feels phony'

This drama about the right of unmarried gay men is hampered by a contrived mawkishness

Culture