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    Fantastically Great Women... is empowering for kids

    Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, Theatre Royal Stratford East review ★★★★★

    15 Jun 22 – 17 Jul 22

    A cast of former SIX queens bring to life Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, a musical homage to history's great women

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    Theatre 

    That Is Not Who I Am: multiple deceptions at the Royal Court

    That Is Not Who I Am / Rapture, Royal Court Theatre review ★★★★★

    10 Jun 22 – 16 Jul 22

    Seminal playwright Lucy Kirkwood, under the pseudonym Dave Davidson, presents a deeply chilling and hyper real thriller at the Royal Court Theatre

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    This A Doll’s House follow up struggles to make new points

    A Doll’s House, Part 2, Donmar Warehouse review ★★★★★

    10 Jun 22 – 06 Aug 22

    American playwright Lucas Hnath writes a follow-up to Ibsen's A Doll's House, imagining Nora calling in at the family home 15 years after her shock departure

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    Musicals 

    Bridge Theatre to stage immersive Guys and Dolls

    Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre

    27 Feb 23 – 02 Sep 23

    The Bridge announces its first musical: an immersive production of Guys and Dolls, directed by Nicholas Hytner

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    Theatre 

    Jitney review: a timely revival at the Old Vic

    Jitney, Old Vic Theatre review ★★★★★

    09 Jun 22 – 09 Jul 22

    Director Tinuke Craig gives August Wilson's 1979 play Jitney its first London revival in 20 years. Her Old Vic production reminds us how relevant its themes remain

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    Theatre 

    Closer gets a ‘radical’ revival on the London stage

    Closer, Lyric Hammersmith

    14 Jul 22 – 13 Aug 22

    Director Clare Lizzimore gives Patrick Marber's Olivier-winning play Closer a radical revival, starring Jack Farthing, Ella Hunt, Nina Toussaint-White and Sam Troughton

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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Musicals 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Immersive 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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    Theatre 

    London's best plays opening in 2022

    The best new plays of 2022: London's theatre highlights

    Stars making their West End debuts, award-winning collaborators reuniting and fresh takes on classic titles: the best new plays opening in London, 2022

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    Musicals 

    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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    Theatre 

    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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