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The Walworth Farce
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National Theatre
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Enda Walsh's south London set farce-within-a-farce.
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Girl With A Pearl Earring
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Theatre Royal Haymarket
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Adrian Dunbar stars in the stage adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's novel.
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The Girlfriend Experience
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Royal Court
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Alecky Blythe's production presents true tales of life in a brothel.
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Ivanov
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Wyndham's Theatre
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Kenneth Branagh leads a strong cast in the first Donmar West End production at Wyndham's.
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Six Characters In Search Of An Author
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Gielgud Theatre
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Rupert Goold's very free update of Pirandello's modernist classic transfers to the West End.
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Landscape/A Slight Ache
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National Theatre
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Simon Russell Beale and Claire Higgins star in a double bill of Pinter's one act plays.
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Now Or Later
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Royal Court
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Christopher Shinn's new play, set on the night of the US presidential elections.
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Well
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Trafalgar Studios
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Sarah Miles and Natalie Casey star in Lisa Kron's play about wellness and illness.
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Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision (Sarajevo)
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Novello Theatre
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Interactive Eurovision spoof starring Les Dennis and Mel Geidroyc.
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Liberty
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Globe Theatre
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The Globe stages Glyn Maxwell's new play set in revolutionary France.
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Gigi
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Open Air Theatre
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Topol stars in a summery staging of the Lerner and Loewe musical.
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Piaf
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Donmar Warehouse
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A superb Elena Roger stars as the iconic French singer in a revised revival of Pam Gems' play.
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The Threepenny Ring Cycle
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National Theatre
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Wagner condensed by French company Les Grooms at Square2, a new outdoors space at the National.
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Timon Of Athens
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Globe Theatre
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Simon Paisley Day stars in Lucy Bailey's production of Shakespeare's rarely staged play.
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Macbeth: Who Is That Bloodied Man?
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National Theatre
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Open air staging of Shakespeare's tragedy by renowned Polish company Teatr Biuro Podrozy.
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Her Naked Skin
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National Theatre
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Lesley Manville stars in Rebecca Lenkiewicz's sweeping play about the Suffragette Movement.
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...some trace of her
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National Theatre
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Ben Whishaw and Hattie Morahan star in Katie Mitchell's latest multimedia production, inspired by Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
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The Wizard Of Oz
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Royal Festival Hall
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Jude Kelly's staging of the classic musical fantasy at the South Bank.
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Gone Too Far!
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Royal Court
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Bola Agbaje’s potent play about black British identity returns to the Court.
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I, Lear
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Trafalgar Studios
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Affectionate spoof of all things theatre from Andrew Jones and Ciaran Murtagh, aka comedy duo Black Sheep.
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Under The Blue Sky
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Duke Of York's Theatre
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Catherine Tate and Francesca Annis star in a West End revival of David Eldridge's tripartite play.
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West Side Story
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Sadler's Wells
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The 50th anniversary production of Bernstein and Sondheim's New York musical.
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Street Scene
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Young Vic
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The Opera Group stage Kurt Weill's musical, unseen in London for nearly 20 years.
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The Female Of The Species
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Vaudeville Theatre
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Eileen Atkins and Anna Maxwell Martin star in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy.
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Zorro - The Musical
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Garrick Theatre
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The masked adventurer swings into the West End, in a new stage adaptation with music by the Gipsy Kings.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Open Air Theatre
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Dominic Leclerc directs a condensed kid-friendly staging of Shakespeare's comedy.
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The Frontline
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Globe Theatre
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Che Walker's sprawling urban collage set in modern day Camden Town.
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Free Outgoing
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Royal Court
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Anupama Chandrasekhar's play about a modern Indian family returns to the Court's Downstairs Theatre.
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High School Musical
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Hammersmith Apollo
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Troy and Gabriella do their thing in Hammersmith as the global musical phenomenon arrives in London.
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The Merry Wives Of Windsor
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Globe Theatre
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Christopher Luscombe directs a Shakespearean sitcom at the Globe.
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Relocated
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Royal Court
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Anthony Neilson's dark and unsettling new play of missing children and murders concealed.
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Twelfth Night
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Open Air Theatre
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Clive Rowe stars in Edward Dick's enchanting staging of Shakespeare's comedy.
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The Ugly One
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Royal Court
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Ramin Gray's production of Marius von Mayenburg’s satirical play returns to the Royal Court.
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The Chalk Garden
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Donmar Warehouse
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Penelope Wilton and Margaret Tyzack star in Michael Grandage's revival of Enid Bagnold's play.
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Afterlife
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National Theatre
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Roger Allam stars as Austrian theatre director Max Reinhardt in Michael Frayn's new play
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Dickens Unplugged
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Comedy Theatre
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New show on all thing Dickens from Adam Long, formerly of the Reduced Shakespeare Company.
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Romeo and Juliet
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Open Air Theatre
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Timothy Sheader's entertaining production of Shakespeare's love story
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The Revenger's Tragedy
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National Theatre
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Rory Kinnear stars as Vindice in Melly Still's production of Thomas Middleton's tragedy.
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Lifecoach
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Trafalgar Studios
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Phil Jupitus makes his West End debut as the titular lifecoach in Nick Reed's comic play.
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Never Forget
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Savoy Theatre
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Following a national tour, the musical based on Take That's back catalogue arrives in the West End.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Globe Theatre
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Siobhan Redmond stars in a crowd pleasing and colourful production of Shakespeare's comedy.
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The Pitmen Painters
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National Theatre
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Lee Hall's passionate and entertaining play abouut a group of miners who cause a stir in the art world.
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Marguerite
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Theatre Royal Haymarket
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Ruthie Henshall stars in Schonberg and Boublil's new musical set in wartime France.
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The Good Soul Of Szechuan
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Young Vic
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Jane Horrocks stars in Richard Jones's production of Brecht's parable.
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Chess - In Concert
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Royal Albert Hall
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Idina Menzel, Josh Groban and Marti Pellow star in a concert staging of Tim Rice's musical.
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Derren Brown - Mind Reader
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Garrick Theatre
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The devilish one brings his latest show, an 'Evening Of Wonders', to the West End.
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Oxford Street
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Royal Court
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Levi David Addai's nicely observed comedy, set in a West End sportswear store.
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That Face
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Duke Of York's Theatre
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Originally staged at the Royal Court, Polly Stenham's study in familial dysfunction transfers to the West End.
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King Lear
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Globe Theatre
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David Calder stars in the opening production of the Globe's 2008 summer season, directed by Dominic Dromgoole.
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Tell Me...Lies
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Arts Theatre
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New play combining physical theatre, drama and surrealism, by French playwright Carole-Anne Le Foll.
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The Year Of Magical Thinking
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National Theatre
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Vanessa Redgrave stars in the stage adaptation of Joan Didion's memoir of bereavement.
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The City
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Royal Court
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Benedict Cumberbatch and Hattie Morahan star in Katie Mitchell's production of Martin Crimp's latest play.
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Harper Regan
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National Theatre
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Lesley Sharp stars in Simon Stephens' play about a middle-aged woman who leaves her life behind.
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Gone With The Wind
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New London Theatre
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Trevor Nunn directs an epic musical version of Margaret Mitchell's novel of the American Civil War.
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Fram
National Theatre, London
The National stages Tony Harrison's epic verse play about arctic exploration.
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Small Change
Donmar Warehouse, London
Sue Johnston stars in Peter Gill's gently lyrical staging of his 1976 play.
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Visiting Mr Green
Trafalgar Studios, London
Warren Mitchell stars as a cantankerous widower in Jeff Baron's gentle comedy.
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Bliss
Royal Court, London
French Canadian writer Olivier Choiniere's unsettling play, in a translation by Caryl Churchill.
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Into The Hoods
Novello Theatre, London
Hip-hop and street dance feature in ZooNation's lively urban restaging of Stephen Sondheim.
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Jersey Boys
Prince Edward Theatre, London
The story of Franki Valli and the Four Seasons transfers from Broadway to the West End.
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Snowbound
Trafalgar Studios, London
Love and loss explored in Ciaran McConville's new play at Trafalgar Studios.
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Random
Royal Court, London
Nadine Marshall stars in Debbie Tucker Green's poetic play about an act of random violence.
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The Man Who Had All The Luck
Donmar Warehouse, London
Fortune smiles on a small town mechanic in Sean Holmes' production of Arthur Miller's early fable.
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Major Barbara
National Theatre, London
Nicholas Hytner directs Simon Russell Beale and Claire Higgins in a storming revival of Shaw.
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Ring Round The Moon
Playhouse Theatre, London
Jean Anouilh's late forties souffle rises again in the West End, directed by Sean Mathias.
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The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
National Theatre, London
James Macdonald and his team of 27 actors create theatrical magic with Handke's wordless play.
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Scarborough
Royal Court, London
The Royal Court stages a revised version of Fiona Evans' Edinburgh fringe play.
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A Prayer For My Daughter
Young Vic, London
Thomas Babe's intense four-hander set in a New York police station in the 1970s.
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The Lover/The Collection
Comedy Theatre, London
Gina McKee, Timothy West and Richard Coyle star in a Pinter double bill.
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Happy Now?
National Theatre, London
Olivia Williams stars Lucinda Coxon's new comedy about middle class marital woe.
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The Vertical Hour
Royal Court, London
Anton Lesser and Indira Varma star in David Hare's latest politically charged drama.
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The Sea
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Eileen Atkins and David Haig head the cast in Edward Bond's metaphysical play.
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Angry Young Man
Trafalgar Studios, London
Ben Woolf's inventive four-hander about the adventures of a Russian immigrant in London.
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The Tempest
Arts Theatre, London
Jatinder Verma directs Tara Arts' six-man staging of Shakespeare's late play.
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Much Ado About Nothing
National Theatre, London
A perfect pairing? Nicholas Hytner directs Simon Russell Beale and Zoe Wanamaker.
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Cinderella
Old Vic, London
Sandi Toksvig and Pauline Collins star in a postmodern panto, written by Stephen Fry.
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Absurd Person Singular
Garrick Theatre, London
Jane Horrocks and Lia Williams star in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy.
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King Lear
New London Theatre, London
Ian McKellen triumphs as Lear in Trevor Nunn's production for the RSC.
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The Seagull
New London Theatre, London
A West End transfer for Trevor Nunn's RSC production of the Chekhov play.
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The Family Plays
Royal Court, London
An intriguing double bill of new work from Sweden and Ukraine: The Good Family and The Khomenko Family Chronicles.
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Othello
Donmar Warehouse, London
Michael Grandage directs Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor in Shakespeare's tragedy.
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A Christmas Carol/The Magic Flute
Young Vic, London
Mark Dornford-May directs a visually inventive double bill of shows from South Africa.
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Women Of Troy
National Theatre, London
Katie Mitchell brings her distinctive directorial approach to bear on Euripides' tragedy.
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Some Kind Of Bliss
Trafalgar Studios, London
A woman takes a walk on the wild side - of South London - in Samuel Adamson's new play.
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Statement Of Regret
National Theatre, London
Don Warrington stars as a man losing his grip in Kwame Kwei-Armah's latest play.
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The Brothers Size
Young Vic, London
Tarell Alvin McCraney's electric new play places Yorouba myth into an Amercan setting.
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The Arsonists
Royal Court, London
To tie in with their staging of Rhinoceros, the Royal Court revives Max Frisch's dark comedy about the appeasement of evil.
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The Investigation
Young Vic, London
Peter Weiss's powerful verbatim play about the Holocaust is staged by a company of actors from Rwanda.
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Alex
Arts Theatre, London
Robert Bathurst stars as the Daily Telegraph's infamous merchant banker.
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War Horse
National Theatre, London
Marianne Elliott directs a moving staging of Michael Murpurgo's novel.
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Apollo Theatre, London
Jonathan Pryce stars in David Mamet's tough and cynical play about real estate.
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The Country Wife
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Toby Stephens and David Haig star in William Wycherley's bawdy Restoration romp.
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Present Laughter
National Theatre, London
Alex Jennings stars in Howard Davies' production of Noel Coward's comedy.
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Rhinoceros
Royal Court, London
Dominic Cooke directs a revival of Ionesco's black satire on the dangers of conformity.
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Macbeth
Gielgud Theatre, London
Patrick Stewart stars in the West End transfer of Rupert Goold's intense, involving production of Shakespeare's tragedy.
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Parade
Donmar Warehouse, London
Jason Robert Brown's powerful musical about murder in the American South.
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Fragments
Young Vic, London
Peter Brook directs a collection of lesser known short works by Samuel Beckett.
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The Ugly One
Royal Court, London
Ramin Gray directs a stripped down staging of Marius von Mayenburg's play.
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The Member Of The Wedding
Young Vic, London
Matthew Dunster directs Carson MacCullers' poignant play about a young girl growing up in the Deep South.
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All About My Mother
Old Vic, London
Dame Diana Rigg and Mark Gatiss star in the stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's best known film.
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The Emperor Jones
National Theatre, London
Thea Sharrock directs Paterson Joseph in Eugene O'Neill's intense early play.
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Ma Vie En Rose
Young Vic, London
Pete Harris directs a wordless staging of the cult French film about a young boy who wants to be a girl.
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Holding Fire!
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Jack Shepherd's epic new play at the Globe explores the revolutionary story of the Chartist movement.
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The Enchantment
National Theatre, London
Nancy Carroll stars in the first UK staging of Victoria Benedictsson's drama of obsession.
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Carmen Jones
Royal Festival Hall, London
Jude Kelly directs a new version of Oscar Hammerstein's musical at the refurbished Festival Hall.
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Absurdia
Donmar Warehouse, London
Douglas Hodge directs a trio of British absurdist playlets by N.F. Simpson and Michael Frayn.
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The Hothouse
National Theatre, London
Ian Rickson directs a revival of Harold Pinter's darkly comic early play set in an asylum.
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In Celebration
Duke Of York's Theatre, London
Orlando Bloom makes his West End debut in a revival of David Storey's drama.
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Love's Labour's Lost
Shakespeare's Globe, London
The Globe's summer season continues with Dominic Dromgoole's production of Shakespeare's comedy.
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Saint Joan
National Theatre, London
Marianne Elliott directs Anne-Marie Duff in George Bernard Shaw's classic play.
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Sweeney Todd
Royal Festival Hall, London
Bryn Terfel and Maria Friedman star in a concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's Grand Guignol musical.
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The Last Confession
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
David Suchet returns to the West End in Roger Crane's new play which explores events around the death of Pope John Paul I.
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The Merchant Of Venice
Shakespeare's Globe, London
John McEnry stars as Shylock in Rebecca Gatward's lively production of Shakespeare's 'problem play.'
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Kismet
Coliseum, London
Michael Ball stars in the ENO production of the frothy 1953 musical by Robert Wright and George Forrest.
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The Pain and The Itch
Royal Court, London
Matthew Macfadyen stars in Bruce Norris' satirical skewering of liberal American values.
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The Five Wives Of Maurice Pinder
National Theatre, London
Polygamy in Lewisham? Matt Charman's new comedy explores a very unusual family set-up.
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Gaslight
Old Vic, London
Rosamund Pike stars as a woman questioning her sanity in Patrick Hamilton's Victorian thriller.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Open Air Theatre, London
A joyous, summery staging of Shakespeare's comedy at the Open Air Theatre, with Ian Talbot as Bottom.
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The Drowsy Chaperone
Novello Theatre, London
Elaine Paige stars in an affectionate spoof of 1920s musicals in this West End transfer of the Broadway hit.
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Macbeth
Open Air Theatre, London
The new summer season at the Open Air Theatre kicks off with Edward Kemp's production of Shakespeare's tragedy.
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Kean
Apollo Theatre, London
Antony Sher barnstorms into the West End, in Jean Paul Sartre's play about the great English actor Edmund Kean.
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Philistines
National Theatre, London
Howard Davies directs Rory Kinnear in a polished production of Maxim Gorky's first play.
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Fiddler on the Roof
Savoy Theatre, London
Henry Goodman stars as Tevye in this revival of the popular musical, originally staged in Sheffield.
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Othello
Shakespeare's Globe, London
Tim McInnerny and Eammon Walker star in a powerful production of the bard's tragedy.
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Terre Haute
Trafalgar Studios, London
Edmund White's taut two-hander transfers to London's Trafalgar Studios.
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A Matter Of Life And Death
National Theatre, London
Emma Rice directs a stage version of Powell and Pressburger's classic love story.
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Vernon God Little
Young Vic, London
Rufus Norris brings DBC Pierre's Booker Prize-winning novel to the stage.
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Side By Side By Sondheim
The Venue, London
Guest narrators add spice to an entertaining revue through the works of Stephen Sondheim.
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Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Donmar Warehouse, London
Revival of Manuel Puig's intimate two-hander about cellmates in an Argentine prison.
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On The Town
Coliseum, London
Second London run for the ENO staging of Leonard Bernstein's classic New York musical.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Duchess Theatre, London
Peepolykus bring their three-man take on Arthur Conan-Doyle's classic tale to the West End.
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The Elephant Man
Trafalgar Studios, London
A new staging of Bernard Pomerance's play about the short life of Joseph Merrick.
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The Jewish Wife/A Respectable Wedding
Young Vic, London
A double bill of the playwright's early works kicks of the Young Vic's Big Brecht Fest.
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The Wonderful World Of Dissocia
Royal Court, London
A woman goes on a fantastic quest in Anthony Neilson's inventive play.
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The Rose Tattoo
National Theatre, London
Zoe Wanamaker stars as a Sicilian widow in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "love-play."
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Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
National Theatre, London
John Kani and Winston Ntshona star in the famous theatrical condemnation of apartheid.
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Attempts On Her Life
National Theatre, London
Katie Mitchell's theatrically daring production of Martin Crimp's experimental play.
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The Sound Of Music
Palladium, London
Competition winner Connie Fisher stars in Lloyd Webber's revival of the famous Rogers and Hammerstein musical.
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Monty Python's Spamalot
Palace Theatre, London
Tim Curry stars in Eric Idle's "loving rip-off" of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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Cabaret
Lyric Theatre, London
Kander and Ebb's classic musical, set in Nazi Germany, is revived in the West End.
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Wicked
Apollo Victoria, London
The spectacular musical that tells the untold story of the witches from Wizard of Oz opens in the West End.
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The 39 Steps
Criterion Theatre, London
John Buchan's classic thriller is brought back to life at the Criterion Theatre. Reviewed 9/2006.
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Avenue Q
Noel Coward Theatre, London
Sesame Street gets all grown up in the Tony award winning Broadway transfer. Reviewed 7/2006.
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Billy Elliot - The Musical
Victoria Palace, London
Stephen Daldry directs the musical version of his hit British film. With music by Elton John. Reviewed 5/2005
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Mary Poppins
Prince Edward Theatre, London
Richard Eyre directs a lavish stage version of this children's favourite. Reviewed 12/2004
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