Theatre
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Frozen the Musical: what the critics are saying
The Week Recommends Stage production is ‘breathtaking’ but film’s ‘weak story’ and gaping ‘plot holes’ have not been resolved
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks on stage: ‘a B-list Disney film, but an A-list adaptation’
The Week Recommends There are some odd tonal shifts, but this musical has ‘undeniable charm and wit‘
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Theatre in review: what the critics are saying about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella
The Week Recommends Oscar-winner Emerald Fennell’s rebooted storyline and dialogue have ‘heart’ as well as ‘barbed wit’
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2:22 A Ghost Story review: Lily Allen makes a triumphant stage debut
The Week Recommends People are snapping up tickets to see this ‘chilling romp’ at the Noël Coward Theatre
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Theatre in review: what the critics are saying about Anything Goes at the Barbican
The Week Recommends ‘I would give it six stars if I could’
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Theatre in review: Joseph, Oleanna and Hymn
The Week Recommends Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is ‘firing on all cylinders’, says The Guardian
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Theatre in review: Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors and Pride and Prejudice
The Week Recommends The opening night of Ian McKellen’s ‘age-blind’ Hamlet felt like an ‘act of defiance’, says The Daily Telegraph
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Theatre in review: South Pacific, Anna X and ‘country-comedy’ opera L’amico Fritz
The Week Recommends Just to see ‘a large cast dancing and singing its lungs out feels like witnessing an act of rebirth’
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Theatre in review: The Wind in the Willows, Falstaff and Romeo & Juliet
The Week Recommends ‘Enthralling’ outdoor theatre for children and staging that lifts the spirits
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Theatre reviews: what the critics are saying about Hairspray, As You Like It and A Little Night Music
The Week Recommends ‘Who would have thought that one of the highlights of the summer would be watching Les Dennis fondle Michael Ball?’
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Theatre of the week: Under Milk Wood, The Jungle Book and the Royal Ballet’s Beauty Mixed Programme
The Week Recommends Across the country, outdoor (and indoor) theatre is flourishing in these socially distanced times
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Theatre of the week: Copenhagen, Happy Days, and Amadigi
The Week Recommends What the critics are saying about these three acclaimed openings
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Theatre and summer opera: the reopening continues
The Week Recommends What are the critics saying about After Life, The Girl Next Door and Garsington Opera’s production of Der Rosenkavalier?
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The return of live theatre: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Four Quartets and Amélie
The Week Recommends Live theatre is ‘re-emerging from its long pandemic hibernation’ - and here's what the critics are recommending
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