Theatre
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Paddington: The Musical – a ‘funny, feel-good, family-friendly’ showThe Week Recommends The cast take a ‘well-known story’ and ‘melt your heart’ with this triumphant production
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The rapid-fire brilliance of Tom StoppardIn the Spotlight The 88-year-old was a playwright of dazzling wit and complex ideas
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All My Sons: ‘epic and timeless’ theatre starring Bryan CranstonThe Week Recommends Ivo van Hove’s production of Arthur Miller’s classic play assumes the ‘grim yet towering momentum’ of a Greek tragedy
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The best Christmas theatre shows across the UKThe Week Recommends Tip-top festive ballets, plays and comedies to book up now
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Othello: a ‘deeply nasty tale of murder and manipulation’The Week Recommends Toby Jones and David Harewood star in Tom Morris’s take on Shakespeare’s tragedy
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Dead Man Walking: searing contemporary opera is a ‘triumph’The Week Recommends Death row drama ‘deals with the very essence of morality, judgement and conscience’
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Wendy and Peter Pan: an ‘intelligent’ spin on the classic taleThe Week Recommends Jonathan Munby’s entertaining production with great visuals and ‘swashbuckling sword fights’
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Macbeth: a ‘genuinely scary’ productionThe Week Recommends Daniel Raggett’s nightmarish modern-day staging is set in a boozer in gangland Glasgow
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Ragdoll: a ‘riveting’ dilemma playThe Week Recommends Nathaniel Parker and Abigail Cruttenden star in a play of ‘great theatrical confidence’
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Cyrano de Bergerac: a ‘huge-hearted’ productionThe Week Recommends This ‘playful’ and ‘poignant’ rendition brings new life to the ‘gilet-sporting, verse-spouting’ titular soldier
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The Harder They Come: ‘triumphant’ adaptation of cinema classicThe Week Recommends ‘Uniformly excellent’ cast follow an aspiring musician facing the ‘corruption’ of Kingston, Jamaica
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Lord of the Flies: William Golding’s modern classic is brought to ‘thrilling life’The Week Recommends Anthony Lau’s ‘searing’ staging is anchored by an ‘extraordinary’ cast
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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The Lady from the Sea: a ‘thrillingly contemporary’ Ibsen adaptationThe Week Recommends ‘Luminous’ cast dazzle in Simon Stone’s ‘hugely enjoyable’ production
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Tosca: thrilling new Puccini staging has ‘tremendous emotional force’The Week Recommends Controversial Russian soprano Anna Netrebko returns to the stage with ‘white-hot passion’ in starring role
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