Theatre
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Best family-friendly West End shows
The Week Recommends The pick of theatre aimed at a younger audience, from Frozen to Mrs Doubtfire
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Manon review: Royal Ballet raises the bar with superb cast
The Week Recommends 'Thrilling, grown-up entertainment' for ballet lovers
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Unfortunate review: a 'biliously funny' musical parody
The Week Recommends This 'infectious' retelling of 'The Little Mermaid' is packed with 'constant camp delight'
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Theatre tickets to book in 2024
The Week Recommends Including Jez Butterworth's latest work, a 'life-affirming' musical and theatrical adaptations of popular films
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Celebrities and global icons who died in 2023
In Depth The world said farewell this year to high-profile people including Tina Turner, Betty Boothroyd and Bobby Charlton
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6 touring theater productions to catch this winter
The Week Recommends These shows are unmissable for theater lovers
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
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Pacific Overtures review: 'thrilling' musical is a 'revelation'
The Week Recommends This is one for Stephen Sondheim's many fans – and the 'intellectually curious'
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Oliver! review: a superb staging of a 'glorious' musical
The Week Recommends The 'universally excellent cast' will leave audience's arms 'above their heads applauding'
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Shakespeare's First Folio: 400 years in print
The Explainer First published in 1623, seven years after his death, the weighty tome includes Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar
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The Witches review: a 'stunning' adaptation of Roald Dahl's tale
The Week Recommends National Theatre's 'bewitching' musical is 'the Christmas show to beat'
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The surprisingly successful world of Broadway musical reboots
The Week Recommends The latest renditions of these classic musicals demonstrate just why they've had such long legs
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
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Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) review
The Week Recommends The Kiln Theatre's 'sweet treat' of a musical is a clever and instantly loveable romcom
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Backstairs Billy review: a witty new comedy about the royals
The Week Recommends Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans are superb as the late Queen Mother and her favourite Clarence House steward
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King Lear review: 'less King Lear and more King Ken'
Feature Kenneth Branagh's new West End production feels like an accomplished rhetorical exercise
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