Theatre
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The Southbury Child review: this play feels almost ‘heaven-sent’
The Week Recommends The piece is deftly directed by Nicholas Hytner and stars three-time Olivier winner Alex Jennings
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That Is Not Who I Am: a play that divided opinion from the outset
The Week Recommends The Royal Court’s latest production is ‘brilliantly tricksy’
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The Gunpowder Plot at the Tower of London: an ‘exhilarating’ new experience
The Week Recommends This ‘camply thrilling’ adventure sets the ‘gold standard’ for immersive shows
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Legally Blonde on stage: ‘far wittier’ than the film
The Week Recommends Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is host to this ‘smart show about brains as well as beauty’
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My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum: a ‘daringly sumptuous’ show
The Week Recommends This ‘Rolls-Royce of a revival’ gives the classic musical a modern feel
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Oklahoma! at the Young Vic: a ‘stunning reinvention’ of a beloved classic
The Week Recommends Reinterpreted for a small band, the music has a homespun folksiness that works ‘brilliantly’
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Jerusalem review: Mark Rylance gives ‘the greatest performance of the century’
The Week Recommends Back in 2009, Jez Butterworth’s play took the world by storm. Now it’s back
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Prima Facie review: ‘Awards will follow’
The Week Recommends Jodie Comer's ‘ferocious yet forensic performance’ blows the audience away in Suzie Miller’s play
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The Corn is Green review: Nicola Walker’s performance is ‘unmissable’
The Week Recommends Emlyn Williams’s 1938 play has not been seen in London since 1985
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The 47th at the Old Vic: ‘rarely less than entertaining’
The Week Recommends Play is set in an imagined near-future – Biden has stepped down in favour of Kamala Harris
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To Kill a Mockingbird: a ‘powerfully uplifting’ theatrical event
The Week Recommends Aaron Sorkin’s script makes this 62-year-old literary classic ‘feel like it was minted yesterday’
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Straight Line Crazy: David Hare’s ‘most dramatically gripping’ play for decades
The Week Recommends Ralph Fiennes is a ‘triumph’ as the controversial urban planner Robert Moses
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Kes review: a play that’s both bleak and brilliant
The Week Recommends Atri Banerjee’s adaptation of the 1968 novel features just three actors on a simple set
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Persuasion review: a ‘frolicking, rollicking’ take on Jane Austen’s novel
The Week Recommends This romcom is full of mischievous fun and is joyfully silly
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