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Essential
Theatre
A sweeping, smart, and often funny drama about the force of two seemingly insignificant objects colliding — with superb acting from Olivia Colman
Tried and Tested
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Veteran actors play uncouth teenagers on the cusp of adulthood in an attempt to bring a sense of profundity to the stage
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debbie tucker green returns to the Royal Court with a densely poetic and wordily-named new play that pushes the limits of new writing
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Premiere of new play by Lucy Kirkwood: The Children is an enigmatic return for 'Britain's brightest young stage writer'
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Theatre
Marco Ramirez's knockout play about real life racism in boxing comes to the Tabernacle after a sellout premiere at the Bush Theatre
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Theatre
This story about Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X floats from lightness to profundity and stings with relevance
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Booker-nominated novel Pigeon English makes for an arresting and thought-provoking production by the National Youth Theatre
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Theatre
Pulitzer-winning Suzan-Lori Parks' play trilogy about slavery comes to the Royal Court after superlative reviews in New York
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Theatre
Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, poet W.H. Auden, novelist Carson McCullers and composer Benjamin Britten are the unlikely inhabitants of a bohemian New York apartment, in an ambitious new play
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Director Michael Longhurst returns to the Almeida for a provocative, politcal new play by Adam Brace
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Tamsin Greig stars the world premiere of new play by Pulitzer prize-winning writer Tony Kushner
In the Know
Theatre
A new musical inspired by the life of activist Rosa Parks is set to come to London
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Playwright Mike Bartlett brings black comedy to Hampstead Theatre with new play about the dramatic implications of technology
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Theatre
A new play by E V Crowe explores life in pre-industrial England at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
In the Know
Theatre
Jeff Bridges makes an e-appearance in a new West End play about an American businessman's self-discovery in London
Interview
Author of powerful new play Cuttin' It, Charlene James tells us about giving FGM a face, not treading on eggshells and making theatre that makes a difference
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Theatre
Zoe Wanamaker stars in the world premiere of Elegy, Nick Payne's new play about the repercussions of neurological advances
Interview
Playwright Ali McDowall tells us about setting a play on space, his meticulous writing process and finding his heroine
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Theatre
Prize-winning playwright Leo Butler brings world premiere of new play Boy to the Almeida Theatre
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After impressing at Theatre 503 and on the West End, Land of Our Fathers, Chris Urch's debut play, comes to FOUND111 Theatre for a short two week run
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Fresh voice Jake Brunger discusses the challenges of lukewarm monogamy as part of Theatre 503's season on sexual identity
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After a blaze of five star reviews The Father returns to London for short 5 week run. French playwright Florian Zeller's black comedy about dementia is unmissable
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Sophie Melville enthrals as a very modern heroine in Gary Owen's stunning, shatteringly relevant one woman show
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Theatre
Clickbait by Milly Thomas is an eloquent exploration of pornography, consent, exploitation and empowerment
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Theatre
New play by Wallace Shawn, Evening at the Talk House, is beguiling, horrifying and at times baffling
We love
Theatre
New Caryl Churchill play: Here We Go at the National Theatre, 2015 divides audiences and critics
In the Know
Theatre
Actor and playwright Nathaniel Martello-White premieres new play Torn at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
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Hamish Pirie directs new play by Stef Smith: Human Animals brings wild nature to the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
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A new play about masculinity in Post-Apartheid South Africa comes to the Royal Court in collaboration with Market Theatre Johannesburg
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Theatre
Visitors playwright Barney Norris returns to the Arcola with a gentle, affecting and poetic new play about three people in a pub garden
Interview
Ahead of new play Eventide, Barney Norris tells us about keeping it local, writing a novel, and finding inspiration hanging out in the pub
Interview
Things to do
Ahead of the world premiere of the Royal Court's Lela & Co., playwright Cordelia Lynn tells us about stories, muddling the monologue form and juggling a day job