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Derren Brown: Only Human – a ‘mind-warping’ showThe Week Recommends The illusionist’s latest West End offering features ‘one gasp-inducing stunt after another’
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The Cherry Orchard: ‘quietly riveting’ staging of Chekhov classicThe Week Recommends Kristin Scott Thomas is ‘hypnotic’ alongside a ‘brilliant’ Stephen Mangan, in a production packed with elegance and insight
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The Party: a ‘juicy psychological thriller’The Week Recommends TV series, based on Elizabeth Day’s bestselling novel, set in world of ‘glittering hedonism’
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: ‘visceral, cerebral’ stage revivalThe Week Recommends Gayle Rankin is ‘extraordinary’ as ‘nightmare’ teacher at an all-girls boarding school
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: a ‘stone-cold masterpiece’The Week Recommends Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup star in a drama so scintillating, ‘you check yourself for bruises as you stagger out’
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Table 17: a ‘stylish and exhilarating theatrical experience’The Week Recommends A meeting between two exes flips from ‘laugh-out-loud hilarity to genuine tragedy in minutes’
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chichester Festival Theatre: a ‘punchy, techno delight’The Week Recommends Justin Audibert and Hannah Joss put an ‘ingenious spin’ on Shakespeare’s comedy
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It’s time to hit the road: The season’s brand-new touring theater productionsthe week recommends The country’s stages will be on fire
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
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Fences: a ‘phenomenally powerful’ tragi-dramaThe Week Recommends Ray Fearon and Madeline Appiah star in a ‘drama of family, masculinity and thwarted ambition’
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Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy – ‘full of spit, fire and brilliance’The Week Recommends Michelle Dockery brings ‘hire-wire intensity’ to Ava Pickett’s new play
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Present Laughter: an ‘expertly constructed’ Noël Coward rebootThe Week Recommends Tracy-Ann Oberman is ‘tremendous’, switching effortlessly between diva-ish theatricality and genuine loneliness
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Edinburgh hit shows to catch on tourThe Week Recommends The best shows from this year’s Edinburgh festivals – and where you can still see them
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Abigail’s Party: a ‘resonant’ show ‘you won’t want to miss’The Week Recommends Tamzin Outhwaite gives a ‘tour de force’ star turn in Nadia Fall’s assured revival of the 1977 comedy
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How the Other Half Loves: an ‘ingeniously crafted’ rebootThe Week Recommends Old Vic revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s inventive 1969 marriage farce
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