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    Globe production gives Henry VIII's women a voice

    Henry VIII, Shakespeare’s Globe Review ★★★★★

    26 May 22 – 25 Oct 22

    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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    Legally Blonde the Musical: strong performances, poor acoustics

    Legally Blonde the Musical, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review ★★★★★

    13 May 22 – 02 Jul 22

    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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    Two Palestinians Go Dogging review: bold and experimental

    Two Palestinians Go Dogging, Royal Court Theatre review ★★★★★

    07 May 22 – 01 Jun 22

    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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    The RSC does Studio Ghibli

    My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre

    08 Oct 22 – 21 Jan 23

    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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    Review: Anne-Marie Duff gives star turn in House of Shades

    House of Shades, Almeida Theatre review ★★★★★

    18 May 20 – 27 Jun 20

    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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    Operation Mincemeat: a whip-smart musical for the ages

    Operation Mincemeat, Riverside Studios review ★★★★★

    05 May 22 – 09 Jul 22

    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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    The Breach review: a grisly tale that's poorly executed

    The Breach, Hampstead Theatre review ★★★★★

    06 May 22 – 04 Jun 22

    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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    Review: The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs

    The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, Soho Theatre review ★★★★★

    06 May 22 – 11 Jun 22

    The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs at Soho Theatre is a much-needed queer narrative exploring intersectional lesbian lives

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    Julius Caesar review: all roads lead to a groan

    Julius Caesar, Shakespeare's Globe review ★★★★★

    12 May 22 – 10 Sep 22

    Diane Page’s topsy-turvy take on Shakespeare's historical tragedy Julius Caesar, showing at The Globe, is consistently inconsistent

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    Yeeow! Ayipioeeay! Oklahoma! at the Young Vic

    Oklahoma!, Young Vic Theatre review ★★★★★

    26 Apr 22 – 25 Jun 22

    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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    Review: Middle at the National Theatre

    Middle, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    27 Apr 22 – 14 Jun 22

    In Middle, the second instalment of playwright David Eldridge's trilogy on love and relationships, attempts at relatability become distancing

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    10 new plays opening in May

    London theatre: best plays, May 2022

    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 resurrects the ancient Greeks

    Age of Rage, Barbican Theatre

    05 May 22 – 08 May 22

    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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    Much Ado About Nothing for the Love Island era

    Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s Globe review ★★★★★

    22 Apr 22 – 23 Oct 22

    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 returns to London with The Burnt City

    Punchdrunk: The Burnt City, Woolwich Works

    22 Mar 22 – 28 Aug 22

    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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    Review: Marys Seacole at the Donmar

    Marys Seacole, Donmar Warehouse review ★★★★★

    15 Apr 22 – 04 Jun 22

    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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    The Burnt City review: an eerie free-roam through the fall of Troy

    Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City, Woolwich Works review ★★★★★

    22 Mar 22 – 28 Aug 22

    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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    Scandaltown review: spirited swipes at the culture wars

    Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith review ★★★★★

    08 Apr 22 – 14 May 22

    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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    The 47th: Mike Bartlett imagines the next presidential race

    The 47th, Old Vic Theatre review ★★★★★

    29 Mar 22 – 28 May 22

    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 Olivier-winning plays you can still see

    Olivier Awards 2022: winners in full and what's still on

    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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    Five-star play The Doctor (finally) transfers to West End

    The Doctor, Duke of York's Theare

    29 Sep 22 – 11 Dec 22

    Robert Icke's The Doctor, starring Juliet Stevenson, finally gets its West End after a stunning premiere at the Almeida

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    For Black Boys... is powerful and poetic

    For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court Theatre review ★★★★★

    31 Mar 22 – 30 Apr 22

    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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    Samuel Beckett at The Coronet Theatre

    How It Is (Part 2), The Coronet Theatre

    20 Apr 22 – 07 May 22

    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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    Review: “Daddy” A Melodrama is dull but dazzling

    “Daddy” A Melodrama, Almeida Theatre review ★★★★★

    26 Mar 22 – 30 Apr 22

    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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    Six new plays to catch this April

    London theatre: best plays, April 2022

    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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    To Kill a Mockingbird deserves to play the West End for years

    To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre review ★★★★★

    10 Mar 22 – 19 Nov 22

    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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    What we made of Ralph Fiennes' performance at the Bridge Theatre

    Straight Line Crazy, Bridge Theatre review ★★★★★

    16 Mar 22 – 18 Jun 22

    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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    Review: Mike Bartlett's play Cock in the West End

    Cock, Ambassadors Theatre review ★★★★★

    05 Mar 22 – 04 Jun 22

    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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    Our Generation review: a tour de force of verbatim storytelling

    Our Generation, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    23 Feb 22 – 09 Apr 22

    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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    The best new plays opening in March

    London theatre: best plays, March 2022

    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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    February's best plays you can still see

    London theatre: February 2022's best plays you can still see

    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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    Running With Lions review: overflowing with grief and joy

    Running With Lions, Lyric Hammersmith review ★★★★★

    10 Feb 22 – 12 Mar 22

    Debut playwright Sian Carter's Running With Lions, showing at the Lyric Hammersmith, is a tearjerker overflowing with grief and joy

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