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    Mark Rylance returns to West End in Dr Semmelweis

    Mark Rylance in Dr Semmelweis, Harold Pinter Theatre

    29 Jun 23 – 07 Oct 23

    Dr Semmelweis, a play originated by and starring Mark Rylance, comes to the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre following a critically acclaimed run at Bristol Old Vic

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    Musicals 

    Brokeback Mountain musical premieres in West End

    Brokeback Mountain, @sohoplace

    10 May 23 – 12 Aug 23

    Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges star in a new musical adaptation of Annie Proulx’s seminal short story Brokeback Mountain, opening in the West End

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Booking announced for Stranger Things the play

    Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Phoenix Theatre

    Writing royalty Jack Thorne and the Duffer Brothers, together with Kate Trefry, bring Netflix's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to the West End stage

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Review: Accidental Death of an Anarchist

    Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Lyric Hammersmith review ★★★★★

    18 Mar 23 – 08 Apr 23

    A well-timed revival of the Italian satire, riddled with contemporary references to the ongoing scrutiny of London’s Metropolitan Police

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  • Essential

    Theatre 

    Review: Further than the Furthest Thing

    Further than the Furthest Thing, Young Vic theatre review ★★★★★

    09 Mar 23 – 29 Apr 23

    Strong performances manage to bring home the Young Vic's revival of Zinnie Harris's Further Than the Furthest Thing, which feels burdened by narrative cargo

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    Theatre 

    Dear England: James Graham's ode to football

    Dear England, National Theatre

    13 Jun 23 – 11 Aug 23

    Playwright James Graham turns his attention to football, exploring the struggles of the England men's team through their manager Gareth Southgate at the National

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    Theatre 

    Sam Mendes, Johnny Flynn and Mark Gatiss at the National

    The Motive and the Cue, National Theatre

    20 Apr 23 – 15 Jul 23

    Sam Mendes directs Jack Thorne's new play The Motive and the Cue. The National Theatre production stars Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton

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    Musicals 

    Guys and Dolls: immersive theatre at its best

    Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre review ★★★★★

    27 Feb 23 – 02 Sep 23

    Director Nicholas Hytner, designer extraordinaire Bunny Christie and a team of tip-top musical theatre talent make this immersive Guys and Dolls a rip-roaring sensation

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    Kids 

    Six shows to book at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    Summer at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre: 2023 season

    From musical revivals to quality kids' shows, here's what you can see at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer

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    Musicals 

    La Cage aux Folles revived at Regent's Park

    La Cage aux Folles, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    19 Jul 23 – 16 Sep 23

    Director Timothy Sheader helms a long-awaited revival of Olivier and Tony-winning musical La Cage aux Folles at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

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    Kids 

    A Robin Hood for our divided times

    Robin Hood, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    17 Jun 23 – 22 Jul 23

    Writer Carl Grose and director Melly Still promise to send arrows flying in a bold new direction with their production of Robin Hood for Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

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    Kids 

    The Tempest for kids in Regent's Park

    The Tempest, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    30 Jun 23 – 22 Jul 23

    The Tempest has been reimagined to give little ones aged 6+ their first taste of Shakespeare at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer

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    Kids 

    Ben Okri's Every Leaf A Hallelujah on stage

    Every Leaf a Hallelujah, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    22 May 23 – 10 Jun 23

    Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri's first kids' novel Every Leaf A Hallelujah has been adapted for the stage, hoping to delight little theatregoers at Regent's Park this summer

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    Musicals 

    Once On This Island musical revived at Regent's Park

    Once On This Island, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

    10 May 23 – 10 Jun 23

    A fresh take on Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Olivier-winning coming-of-age musical Once On This Island opens the 2023 season at Regent's Park

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    Theatre 

    A Little Life extends stage run by five weeks

    A Little Life, Harold Pinter Theatre & Savoy Theatre

    25 Mar 23 – 18 Jun 23

    James Norton heads the cast of Ivo van Hove’s A Little Life, running at the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre in 2023

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  • Book Now

    Musicals 

    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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    Theatre 

    London's best new plays to see this March

    Best new theatre shows: London, March 2023

    From award-winning revivals to fresh work from Complicité and a new musical pitched as 'Evita on acid', we round up the best new theatre opening in London this month

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Women, Beware the Devil review

    Women, Beware the Devil, Almeida Theatre review ★★★★★

    11 Feb 23 – 25 Mar 23

    Lulu Raczka’s period play parody brims with bright ideas, but too many ingredients prevent this potion from leaving us spellbound

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Romeo and Julie: a working-class love story for modern Wales

    Romeo and Julie, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    14 Feb 23 – 01 Apr 23

    Callum Scott Howells and Rosie Sheehy are riveting in playwright Gary Owen’s new play Romeo and Julie, a Bard-inspired story of working-class love in Wales

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    Theatre 

    Trouble in Butetown: heartwarming and heartbreaking

    Trouble in Butetown, Donmar Warehouse review ★★★★★

    10 Feb 23 – 25 Mar 23

    Showing at the Donmar, playwright Diana Nneka Atuona’s Trouble in Butetown is both a heartwarming and heartbreaking look at WWII life in multiracial Tiger Bay

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    Theatre 

    Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels are stunning in Medea

    Medea, @sohoplace review ★★★★★

    10 Feb 23 – 22 Apr 23

    Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels are stunning in Dominic Cooke’s stripped-back and static take on the ancient Greek tragedy of Medea

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    Theatre 

    Graceland review: sweet-turned-sour relationship drama

    Graceland, Royal Court Theatre review ★★★★★

    09 Feb 23 – 11 Mar 23

    Ava Wong Davies’ sweet-turned-sour relationship drama Graceland is compellingly written but leaves too much unsaid to pack a proper punch

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    Theatre 

    Cheryl stars in 2:22 – A Ghost Story at the Lyric Theatre

    2:22 – A Ghost Story, Lyric Theatre review ★★★★★

    21 Jan 23 – 23 Apr 23

    Cheryl makes her West End debut in 2:22 – A Ghost Story: a hair-raising, contemporary take on a classic dramatic genre, directed by Matthew Dunster

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Standing at the Sky’s Edge review

    Standing at the Sky's Edge, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    09 Feb 23 – 25 Mar 23

    Playwright Chris Bush, with former Pulp and The Longpigs band member Richard Hawley, has written a vital musical about Sheffield's giant housing estate, Park Hill

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    Theatre 

    Simon Stone presents a Phaedra for contemporary Britain

    Phaedra, National Theatre review ★★★★★

    01 Feb 23 – 08 Apr 23

    Writer-director Simon Stone (Yerma), with a top-notch cast led by Janet McTeer, transposes the Greek myth of Phaedra to contemporary Britain

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    Theatre 

    The Lehman Trilogy remains a stage highlight

    The Lehman Trilogy, Gillian Lynne Theatre review ★★★★★

    24 Jan 23 – 20 May 23

    Sam Mendes’s production of the familial finance saga returns from Broadway and is performed with aplomb by Nigel Lindsay, Hadley Fraser and Michael Balogun

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    Theatre 

    Review: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

    Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Harold Pinter Theatre review ★★★★★

    18 Jan 23 – 18 Mar 23

    In director Josie Rourke’s production of this dystopian two-hander, Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman star as the couple confined to using just 140 words a day

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    Theatre 

    The best new plays to see this February

    The best new theatre shows: London, February 2023

    Ancient works in exciting hands, West End transfers for winning productions and new writing in major venues are among February's theatre offerings

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    Theatre 

    Sound of the Underground: political theatre meets cabaret

    Sound of the Underground, Royal Court Theatre review ★★★★★

    19 Jan 23 – 25 Feb 23

    With Sound of the Underground, Travis Alabanza delivers a vital examination of the queer performance landscape, fusing spectacle, comedy and hard-hitting facts

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  • Book Now

    Theatre 

    Noises Off: a solid revival of Frayn’s superlatively funny farce

    Noises Off, Phoenix Theatre review ★★★★★

    19 Jan 23 – 11 Mar 23

    Director Lindsay Posner takes on Michael Frayn’s superlatively funny farce (again!), fronting it with screen stars Felicity Kendal, Matthew Kelly and Tracy-Ann Oberman

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  • Essential

    Theatre 

    Steven Moffat’s The Unfriend: thriller sitcom loses pace

    The Unfriend, Criterion Theatre review ★★★★★

    15 Jan 23 – 16 Apr 23

    The Unfriend, a new thriller-sitcom from Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven Moffat, has a winning premise but gets bogged down by toilet humour

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    SOLT’s guide to getting cheap theatre tickets

    SOLT interview: budget cuts, West End changeovers and finding cheap theatre tickets

    Feeling the pinch? SOLT’s head of marketing Emma De Souza on pocket-friendly hacks for seeing more theatre

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