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Othello at the National Theatre review: a ‘sensational’ production
The Week Recommends Clint Dyer has become the first black director to stage Othello at a major British theatre
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The Wizard of Oz at the Curve: a ‘sumptuous’ but frantic new show
The Week Recommends Leicester production features ‘incredible animated projections’
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A Christmas Carol review: a festive treat that combines ‘childish pleasures and grown-up ideas’
The Week Recommends RSC revival of David Edgar’s 2017 adaptation stars an excellent Adrian Edmondson
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Fisherman’s Friends on stage: the heartwarming story of an unlikely ‘buoy band’
The Week Recommends If you like sea shanties, you are very likely to love this musical
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Tammy Faye review: a ‘divinely delirious glitz-bomb’ of a musical
The Week Recommends Almeida Theatre’s ‘madcap’ play about televangelists features music by Elton John
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My Neighbour Totoro on stage: ‘just as enchanting’ as the film
The Week Recommends As a visual feast, this theatrical version of the 1988 Japanese animation is ’matchless’
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Good review: ‘fascinating psychological theatre’ starring David Tennant
The Week Recommends This quietly terrifying play offers a ‘surprising and perceptive psychological slant’ on the Nazis’ rise
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The Crucible at the National Theatre: a ‘visually sumptuous’ production
The Week Recommends Latest revival of 1953 Arthur Miller play is ‘masterly’ – but also rather on the ‘safe’ side
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Eureka Day at the Old Vic: a ‘sharp’ and ‘fiercely accurate’ comedy
The Week Recommends Jonathan Spector’s 2018 play focuses on a group of progressive parents and stars Helen Hunt
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Handbagged: a play that’s ‘more timely than it was ever meant to be’
The Week Recommends This revival of an Olivier-winning play focuses on the relationship between the Queen and Margaret Thatcher
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The rise and fall of Phantom of the Opera
Speed Read The longest-running show in Broadway history is closing. Why?
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The Glass Menagerie: ‘intelligent as it is adventurous’
The Week Recommends Adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play at the Royal Exchange is ‘powerfully heart-wrenching’
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I, Joan: a ‘stirring, questioning and incendiary’ play
The Week Recommends Shakespeare’s Globe production reimagines Joan of Arc as a nonbinary person
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