Theatre
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Red Speedo: a 'darkly comic' doping drama
The Week Recommends Lucas Hnath's play stars Finn Cole as a 'reptilian' swimmer determined to win at all costs
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The Constituent: a 'riveting' political drama starring James Corden
The Week Recommends Joe Penhall's 'moving' new play about an MP pulled into a dangerous situation
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Starlight Express: Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 'more preposterously OTT' than original
The Week Recommends 'Head-spinning' show about roller-skating trains is a lot of fun
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My Father's Fable: 'gripping' family drama that 'keeps you guessing' to the end
The Week Recommends Faith Omole's debut play explores complex relationships with 'flair'
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8 touring productions to see this summer before they end their runs
The Week Recommends Is four movie adaptations sufficient for one season?
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Bluets: an 'experimental and engrossing' production
The Week Recommends Ben Whishaw stars in this 'clever, culturally aware' adaptation of Maggie Nelson's prose poems
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Viola's Room: a 'darkly alluring' gothic tale
The Week Recommends Immersive theatre company returns with this eerie production narrated by Helena Bonham Carter
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Romeo & Juliet: 'all very clever, but to what end?'
The Week Recommends Jamie Lloyd's 'turbo-stylised' production is met with mixed reviews
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Fawlty Towers: The Play – a 'hugely entertaining blast of unadorned nostalgia'
The Week Recommends John Cleese scripted the adaptation, weaving together three favourite episodes from the classic comedy
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The Buddha of Suburbia: an 'orgiastic odyssey'
The Week Recommends Emma Rice brings Hanif Kureishi's 1990 novel to the stage
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The London Library and Elizabeth Winkler's female Shakespeare claims
In the Spotlight Critics say an event suggesting Shakespeare may have been a woman is 'wildly inappropriate'
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Opening Night: musical adaptation of Cassavetes film a 'travesty'
the week recommends An 'unsalvageable' disaster that 'squanders the talents of all involved'
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A Taste of Honey: 'wonderful' revival remains 'vital and relevant'
The Week Recommends The 'period-perfect' production features a 'universally excellent cast'
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Harry Clarke: an 'effortlessly engrossing' one-man play
The Week Recommends Billy Crudup is 'hypnotic' but cannot 'paper over the defects'
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