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    The best theatre shows opening in October

    Best new theatre shows: London, October 2023

    From the chance to see Lily James opposite Kristin Scott Thomas, to a dose of Shakespeare from the maestro Kenneth Branagh, the hottest theatre to book now

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    Steven Moffat’s The Unfriend returns to West End

    The Unfriend, Wyndham's Theatre

    15 Dec 23 – 09 Mar 24

    The Unfriend, a thriller-sitcom from Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven Moffat, returns to the West End

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    Andrew Scott is exceptional in this original one-man Vanya

    Vanya, Duke of York's Theatre review ★★★★★

    15 Sep 23 – 21 Oct 23

    Andrew Scott delivers a phenomenal performance playing all eight characters in this batty but brilliant one-man take on Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya

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    Little Big Things: uplifting musical is moving and inspiring

    Little Big Things, @Sohoplace review ★★★★★

    02 Sep 23 – 25 Nov 23

    The memoir of Henry Fraser, a former rugby player paralysed from the shoulders down, becomes an uplifting musical about coping with adversity

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    Book for Kenneth Branagh's King Lear

    King Lear, Wyndham's Theatre

    21 Oct 23 – 09 Dec 23

    Shakespeare aficionado Kenneth Branagh directs and leads the cast in King Lear, coming to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre this autumn

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    The best new plays opening this month

    Best new theatre shows: London, September 2023

    Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger and Ian McKellen are just some of the stars descending on the London stage this month

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    See Ian McKellen on stage in Frank and Percy

    Frank and Percy, The Other Palace Theatre

    08 Sep 23 – 03 Dec 23

    Ian McKellen and Roger Allam reunite with director Sean Mathias to bring Ben Weatherill's Frank and Percy to the stage

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    James Graham’s Dear England transfers to West End

    Dear England, Prince Edward Theatre

    09 Oct 23 – 13 Jan 24

    Gareth Southgate’s reform of the England men’s football team is the subject of James Graham’s heartwarming play Dear England, transferring to the West End

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    The best new plays opening this month

    Best new theatre shows: London, August 2023

    From the long-awaited arrival of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical to, er, more musicals and the return of a Lucy Prebble masterpiece (not Enron, sorry!)

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    Mark Rylance is riveting in his own play, Dr Semmelweis

    Mark Rylance in Dr Semmelweis, Harold Pinter Theatre review ★★★★★

    29 Jun 23 – 07 Oct 23

    Mark Rylance’s play about Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, whose early discovery of bacteria was snubbed by his seniors, is compelling from start to finish

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    Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James star in new West End play

    Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James in Lyonesse, Harold Pinter Theatre

    17 Oct 23 – 23 Dec 23

    Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James swap screen for stage, starring in Jerusalem director Ian Rickson's production of Penelope Skinner's new play Lyonesse

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    Review: Crazy For You

    Crazy For You, Gillian Lynne Theatre review ★★★★★

    24 Jun 23 – 20 Jan 24

    Susan Stroman's Crazy For You revival takes up a seven-month residency at the West End's Gillian Lynne Theatre after impressing in Chichester

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    The best theatre shows opening in July

    Best new theatre shows: London, July 2023

    From eagerly awaited transfers to poignant new writing, we round up the best plays opening in London this July

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    Mrs. Doubtfire the musical: fuzzy family fun

    Mrs. Doubtfire, Shaftesbury Theatre review ★★★★★

    12 May 23 – 02 Jun 24

    Arriving from Broadway, Mrs. Doubtfire the musical is a cheeky, high-spirited family show, with the potential to tickle audience members of all ages

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    Lily Allen brings unusual fragility to The Pillowman

    The Pillowman, Duke of York’s Theatre review ★★★★★

    12 Jun 23 – 02 Sep 23

    Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman finally arrives in the West End – 20 years after its premiere – with Lily Allen in the lead role and Matthew Dunster directing

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    Our favourite plays and musicals opening in June

    Best new theatre shows: London, June 2023

    From the West End premiere of a Martin McDonagh classic to new work conceived by and starring the great Mark Rylance, June's best new theatre shows

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    Lynn Nottage's Clyde at the Donmar Warehouse

    Clyde's, Donmar Warehouse

    13 Oct 23 – 02 Dec 23

    The European premiere of Broadway hit Clyde's reunites Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage with director Lynette Linton at the Donmar Warehouse

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    Aspects of Love: gorgeously polished but still icky

    Aspects of Love, Lyric Theatre review ★★★★★

    12 May 23 – 11 Nov 23

    Gorgeous staging and near-perfect performances can’t mask the ick factor of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love, revived at the West End’s Lyric Theatre

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    Nicole Scherzinger fronts Sunset Boulevard revival

    Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre

    21 Sep 23 – 06 Jan 24

    The Jamie Lloyd Company brings Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard to a new generation with a production starring pop star Nicole Scherzinger

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    Brokeback Mountain: alpine romance leaves us chilly

    Brokeback Mountain, @sohoplace review ★★★★★

    10 May 23 – 12 Aug 23

    Brokeback Mountain looks the part and is fronted by two worthy stars, but this mechanical production fails to capture the intense longing of the story

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    Brian Cox stars in Long Day’s Journey into Night

    Long Day’s Journey into Night, Wyndham’s Theatre

    19 Mar 24 – 08 Jun 24

    Brian Cox returns to the West End for the first time in almost a decade to star in Jeremy Herrin’s starry revival of Long Day’s Journey into Night

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    Operation Mincemeat commandeers its West End stage

    Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre review ★★★★★

    29 Mar 23 – 04 Nov 23

    SpitLip’s World War II-set musical comedy Operation Mincemeat triumphs on the West End stage, coupling pre-loved performances with a design glow-up

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    David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth

    Cush Jumbo and David Tennant in Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse

    08 Dec 23 – 10 Feb 24

    David Tennant and Cush Jumbo star in Max Webster's production of Macbeth – the last in the Donmar Warehouse's 30th birthday season

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    RSC's Hamnet transfers to West End

    Hamnet, Garrick Theatre

    30 Sep 23 – 06 Jan 24

    Lolita Chakrabarti's adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel Hamnet comes to the West End for a 14-week run

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    Behind the scenes of Operation Mincemeat

    Interview: Operation Mincemeat's creators on breaking into the West End

    Operation Mincemeat creators SpitLip speak to Culture Whisper about the show's West End ascension and why, as musical theatre sceptics, they decided to write one

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    The best new plays opening this May

    Best new theatre shows: London, May 2023

    London's love affair with musicals shows no sign of abating, with beloved revivals and fresh arrivals landing this May. Elsewhere, outdoor theatres reopen!

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    Lyndsey Turner’s The Crucible transfers to West End

    The Crucible, Gielgud Theatre

    07 Jun 23 – 02 Sep 23

    From the National Theatre to the West End: Lyndsey Turner's production of The Crucible is back on stage with a new cast including Milly Alcock and Brian Gleeson

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    Private Lives: dark comedy dials up the violence

    Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse review ★★★★★

    07 Apr 23 – 27 May 23

    Michael Longhurst’s fresh look at Noël Coward’s Private Lives, playing at the Donmar, is a reminder of how far our views on gender equality have come in the last century

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    Vardy V Rooney review: frivolous but fascinating

    Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, West End review ★★★★★

    06 Apr 23 – 20 May 23

    Proving the public’s interest in the Vardy V Rooney trial still hasn’t waned, Liv Hennessy’s dramatisation of it returns to the West End, before tackling a national tour

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    James Norton is astonishing in A Little Life

    A Little Life, Harold Pinter Theatre review ★★★★★

    04 Jul 23 – 05 Aug 23

    Ivo van Hove’s A Little Life is as relentless and harrowing as you’d expect, but artfully staged and led by a breathtaking central performance from James Norton

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    10 new plays to see this month

    Best new theatre shows: London, April 2023

    It's a starry month on the London stage (see The Motive and the Cue and Private Lives in particular), and there's revivals aplenty celebrating the classics

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    Great British Bake Off musical rises surprisingly well

    The Great British Bake Off Musical, Noël Coward Theatre review ★★★★★

    25 Feb 23 – 13 May 23

    No soggy bottoms here: TV favourite The Great British Bake Off has been kneaded and rolled into a musical – and it rises pleasingly on the West End stage

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