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Shakespeare’s King Henry VIII comes in for a savage reappraisal in Hannah Kahlil’s radical rewrite of the play, now showing at the Globe Theatre
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Strong performances battle against poor acoustics in director Lucy Moss’s revival of Legally Blonde the Musical at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
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Playwright Sami Ibrahim and director Omar Elerian imagine the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 20 years from now in Two Palestinians Go Dogging at the Royal Court
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Japanese composer and musician Joe Hisaishi teams up with the RSC to bring Studio Ghibli’s 1988 movie My Neighbour Totoro to the Barbican stage
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Anne-Marie Duff stars in the world premiere of Beth Steel’s House of Shades, a family-cum-political saga observing six decades of working-class Britain
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SpitLip's Operation Mincemeat (a musical comedy for the stage, not the film!) has been honed to excellency and is deserving of its long run at Riverside Studios
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Esteemed American playwright Naomi Wallace's The Breach is built on a tantalising premise, but a patchy plot and lazy design fail to lift it from page to stage
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The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs at Soho Theatre is a much-needed queer narrative exploring intersectional lesbian lives
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Diane Page’s topsy-turvy take on Shakespeare's historical tragedy Julius Caesar, showing at The Globe, is consistently inconsistent
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Musicals
Despite losing its way in the second act, director Daniel Fish's Tony-winning revival of Oklahoma!, showing at the Young Vic, is probing, raw and gloriously gritty
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Theatre
In Middle, the second instalment of playwright David Eldridge's trilogy on love and relationships, attempts at relatability become distancing
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May's theatre sees some serious stars arrive on the London stage. There's also big musical revivals, daring new writing and fresh takes on Shakespeare
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Ivo van Hove returns to the Barbican with another epic trek through history. Age of Rage fuses the myths of ancient Greek dramatists Euripides and Aeschylus
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Director Lucy Bailey returns to the Globe with a playful, libido-fuelled take on Much Ado About Nothing that runs on Love Island-style drama and sexual tension
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Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle on the company’s major new London show, The Burnt City, an immersive extravaganza based on the fall of Troy
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Pulitzer-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury reunites with the team behind her 2018 play Fairview to tell the story of Mary Seacole and black caregivers today
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Pioneering immersive theatre company Punchdrunk returns to London with The Burnt City, an eerie, dance-led journey through the fall of Troy
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The culture wars are at the fore of Scandaltown, Mike Bartlett’s pastiche of a Restoration comedy, showing at the Lyric Hammersmith under director Rachel O’Riordan
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Playwright Mike Bartlett reunites with King Charles III director Rupert Goold on The 47th, a political satire set in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential race
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The 2022 Olivier Awards saw big wins for Cabaret and Life of Pi, with further recognition going to Back to the Future, Constellations and Moulin Rouge! The Musical
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Robert Icke's The Doctor, starring Juliet Stevenson, finally gets its West End after a stunning premiere at the Almeida
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Powerful and poetic: book now for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Royal Court Theatre
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Gare St Lazare Ireland returns to the Coronet Theatre with How It Is (Part 2), an abstract, musical voyage through Samuel Beckett’s final full-length novel
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Jeremy O. Harris makes his UK debut at the Almeida with “Daddy” A Melodrama, a play that lets designer Matt Saunders’ poolside set do the heavy lifting
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Between Mark Rylance reprising his role in 'the greatest play of the century' and Jodie Comer making her West End debut, April's theatre is brimming with excitement
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All rise for Aaron Sorkin's smash-hit stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, starring a masterful Rafe Spall as Atticus Finch
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Writer David Hare, director Nicholas Hytner and actor Ralph Fiennes return to the Bridge Theatre with Hare’s latest play, Straight Line Crazy
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While Mike Bartlett’s play Cock says nothing poignant about sexuality, this well-orchestrated revival is bolstered by performances from Jonathan Bailey and Taron Egerton
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Verbatim maestro Alecky Blythe returns to the National Theatre with Our Generation: a tour de force spotlighting the experiences of British teens today
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From new work by David Hare to a revival of an Olivier-winner by Mike Bartlett and the return of Punchdrunk, the London stage glitters with potential this March
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With February behind us, we look back on the month's stage highlights you can still catch – from the return of Cyrano to the revival of a French anti-play
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Debut playwright Sian Carter's Running With Lions, showing at the Lyric Hammersmith, is a tearjerker overflowing with grief and joy