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Guys and Dolls review: a ‘solid-gold’ revival at the Bridge Theatre
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The Comedy of Errors (more or less) review: Shakespeare with a fun twist
The Week Recommends Contemporary spin on the Bard’s comedy is ‘quite mad’, but has ‘plenty of laughs’
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Shirley Valentine review: Sheridan Smith is ‘dazzling’ in one-woman play
The Week Recommends Smith delivers a ‘continuously enrapturing’ performance at Duke of York’s Theatre
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Blaze of Glory! review: ‘emphatically Welsh’ opera is perfectly pitched
The Week Recommends This show tells the story of Welsh miners trying to raise spirits after a mining disaster
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Medea review: Dominic Cooke’s staging is subtle but brilliant
The Week Recommends @sohoplace is the ‘ideal’ setting for ‘this gripping new production’
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Phaedra review: a ‘gobsmackingly audacious’ spin on the Greek myth
The Week Recommends Janet McTeer leads a superb cast but the play is fatally flawed
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The Tempest review: Alex Kingston gives a ‘revelatory’ performance as Prospero
The Week Recommends Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s new production is ‘inspired’ in part, but has ‘rather clunky’ moments
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Noises Off review: a first-rate staging of a masterpiece
The Week Recommends The revival of this silly play ‘crackles’ with comedic genius – it is an ‘utter treasure’
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Cirque du Soleil: Kurios review – a ‘weird and wondrous‘ show
The Week Recommends This ‘steampunk‘ production is Cirque du Soleil’s 35th ‘world-conquering‘ spectacular
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Mother Goose review: a ‘cheerfully chaotic’ panto where Ian McKellen steals the show
The Week Recommends If this is McKellen’s swansong, then ‘what a happy and glorious way to go’
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Ticket Bank: London theatres take part in entertainment giveaway
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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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