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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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    The Forest: a dreamlike thriller that struggles to take off

    The Forest, Hampstead Theatre review ★★★★★

    07 Feb 22 – 12 Mar 22

    Florian Zeller's latest play The Forest, which has its world premiere at Hampstead Theatre, is a dreamlike thriller that struggles to take off

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    The Chairs review: an ode to live theatre

    The Chairs, Almeida Theatre review ★★★★★

    05 Feb 22 – 05 Mar 22

    Acclaimed practitioners and L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq alumni Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni and Toby Sedgwick star in Omar Elerian’s The Chairs at the Almeida

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    Booking opens for the Globe's summer season

    Book now for The Globe Summer Season 2022

    Summer 2022 at Shakespeare's Globe includes the chance to watch Kathryn Hunter as King Lear, Sean Holmes's The Tempest, a feminist Henry VIII and more

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    Sean Holmes’s The Tempest at Shakespeare’s Globe

    Sean Holmes’s The Tempest, Shakespeare’s Globe

    22 Jul 22 – 22 Oct 22

    The Globe’s Sean Holmes transports audiences to the magical lair of Prospero and co with his fresh-air take on the Bard’s elemental comedy, The Tempest

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    Review: Emma Rice’s Wuthering Heights at the National

    Wuthering Heights, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    03 Feb 22 – 19 Mar 22

    A moody, folky take on Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights comes to the National’s Lyttelton Theatre in the hands of Emma Rice’s Wise Children

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    A Number: devastating and dystopian 20 years on

    A Number, Old Vic Theatre review ★★★★★

    24 Jan 22 – 19 Mar 22

    Screen stars Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu breathe fresh life into A Number, Caryl Churchill’s clone-fuelled father-son drama, at the Old Vic

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    Andrea Levy's epic returns to the National

    Small Island, National Theatre

    24 Feb 22 – 30 Apr 22

    Andrea Levy's epic tale of love, hope and sacrifice between Britain and Jamaica in the 40s returns after sold out premiere in 2019

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    Moulin Rouge! The Musical: a glorious, garish, glittery romp

    Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre review ★★★★★

    12 Nov 21 – 13 Jan 24

    Writer John Logan and director Alex Timbers’ Tony-winning, Broadway-charming Moulin Rouge! The Musical is ‘spectacular, spectacular’ – and worth the wait

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    Three new theatres to visit this year

    Behold, new theatres: London venues opening in 2022

    Park yourself on one of the least sticky seats in town and be among the first audiences at these brand-new London theatres

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    Review: Conundrum at the Young Vic

    Conundrum, Young Vic Theatre review ★★★★★

    20 Jan 22 – 04 Feb 22

    'The writing’s not on the wall, it’s on the floor' – Conundrum at the Young Vic disappoints

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    Seven Dials Playhouse opens with Steve

    Steve, Seven Dials Playhouse

    08 Feb 22 – 19 Mar 22

    The revamped, performance-focused Seven Dials Playhouse opens with the European premiere of Mark Gerard’s 2015 play Steve, directed by Andrew Keates

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    Things to look forward to in 2022

    An A to Z of things to look forward to in 2022

    On our radar in 2022 are so many exciting goodies and anticipated trends. Our editor-in-chief Eleonore Dresch organises them in alphabetical order

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    The Glow: a Victorian thriller at the Royal Court

    The Glow, Royal Court Theatre

    21 Jan 22 – 05 Mar 22

    Playwright Alistair McDowall returns to the Royal Court Theatre with The Glow, a Victorian-set thriller based in an asylum, directed by Vicky Featherstone

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    CW's top 10 plays of 2021

    The best plays of 2021: London's theatre highlights

    From superstar directors giving the classics a fresh spin to book adaptations delighting anew on stage, we round up the best London theatre of 2021

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    Spring Awakening: talented cast take on Tony-winning musical

    Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre review ★★★★★

    07 Dec 21 – 22 Jan 22

    The Almeida Theatre’s Rupert Goold directs a talented young cast in his revival of Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening, but misses a trick in leaving the story in the past

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    Stunning puppetry makes Life of Pi a worthy watch

    Life of Pi, Wyndham's Theatre review ★★★★★

    14 Nov 21 – 04 Sep 22

    Following a critically acclaimed run at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, Lolita Chakrabarti's adaptation of Life of Pi opens in the West End in a feat for puppetry and theatrics

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    Manor: a thriller-esque state-of-the-nation drama

    Manor, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    16 Nov 21 – 01 Jan 22

    Playwright Moira Buffini returns to the National Theatre with Manor, a thriller-esque state-of-the-nation drama starring Nancy Carroll and Shaun Evans

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    Review: Little Women the Musical

    Little Women the Musical, Park Theatre review ★★★★★

    11 Nov 21 – 19 Dec 21

    Director Bronagh Lagan presents a musical version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women that's sweet, sentimental and soft-boiled

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    Review: Rare Earth Mettle is a timely dark comedy

    Rare Earth Mettle, Royal Court Theatre review ★★★★★

    10 Nov 21 – 18 Dec 21

    Most Promising Playwright nominee Al Smith takes Royal Court audiences to the Bolivian salt flats with Rare Earth Mettle, a dark satire about a grapple to commodify lithium

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    Dates confirmed for The Southbury Child, Bridge Theatre

    The Southbury Child, Bridge Theatre

    12 Jul 22 – 27 Aug 22

    Alex Jennings plays a raffish vicar in this dark new comedy about family, faith and community

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    Review: Swamp Motel’s The Drop blurs fiction with reality

    The Drop, Swamp Motel review ★★★★★

    28 Oct 21 – 27 Feb 22

    Theatrical escape-game specialists Swamp Motel present The Drop: an intense, IRL cat-and-mouse chase to retrieve a missing book

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    Three reasons & Juliet is a must-see musical

    Three reasons to see Olivier award-winning musical & Juliet

    & Juliet re-writes history’s most famous love story, swapping tragedy for empowering feminist comedy and anthemic pop songs

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    Review: Brian & Roger – A Highly Offensive Play

    Brian & Roger – A Highly Offensive Play, The Mixing Room at Menier Chocolate Factory review ★★★★★

    22 Oct 21 – 18 Dec 21

    Dan Skinner and Harry Peacock’s hit podcast Brian & Roger is given a new life on stage, but impressive theatrics don’t enliven tired tropes

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    James McAvoy reprises his titular role in Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac, Harold Pinter Theatre

    03 Feb 22 – 12 Mar 22

    French classic Cyrano de Bergerac is revived by the Jamie Lloyd Theatre Company, with Scottish star James McAvoy shining in the titular role

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    Thrilling new theatre to see this month

    Live theatre in London: November 2021

    From Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne on stage in Cabaret to Ralph Fiennes’ take on TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, the best new plays to see in London

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    Brand-new musical, Punchy!, comes to Hoxton

    Punchy! The Musical, Courtyard Theatre

    02 Nov 21 – 21 Nov 21

    Composer-producer Jack Terroni and playwright Kevin McMahon present a musical uniting the soulful sounds of the 1950s with a character on a mission to right his wrongs.

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    Review: Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical

    Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Lyric Theatre review ★★★★★

    01 Oct 21 – 29 Jan 23

    Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical is driven by a magnetic lead performance from Arinzé Kene, but the narrative feels underdeveloped

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