Theatre
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Viola's Room: a 'darkly alluring' gothic taleThe 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
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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 claimsIn 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 playThe Week Recommends Billy Crudup is 'hypnotic' but cannot 'paper over the defects'
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Nye: a 'rousing' drama about NHS founder Aneurin BevanThe Week recommends A 'cradle to grave' story starring Michael Sheen that is rich in 'poignant insights'
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
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Richard, My Richard: Philippa Gregory's 'nuanced portrait' of Richard III is heavy on the historyTalking Point Women are centre stage but play has 'something of a structural problem'
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
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Starter for Ten: 'very fun' musical adaptation of One Day author's debutthe week recommends 'Top-notch' cast combined with 'energetic and fun' songs makes for a 'feel-good' show
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An Enemy of the People: a 'blistering, modern-dress production'The Week Recommends Director Thomas Ostermeier's update of Ibsen's classic is 'shockingly fresh'
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: a 'chameleonic tour de force' from Sarah SnookThe Week Recommends Sarah Snook mesmerises in Kip Williams's stage adaptation of Wilde classic
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Best of the Bard in 2024: the Shakespeare plays everyone's talking aboutThe Week Recommends A handful of Shakespeare productions are making headlines in the theatre world and they haven't even opened yet
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