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Tried and Tested
Theatre
Following its premiere at the Almeida, Sam Holcroft’s play A Mirror, about the tension of staging forbidden theatre in a totalitarian state, transfers to the West End
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Theatre
Harriet Walter is fittingly terrifying in Alice Birch and Rebecca Frecknall's revival of suffocating family drama The House of Bernarda Alba
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Theatre
In the candlelit confines of the Sam Wanamaker playhouse, the plight of the living in Ibsen’s Ghosts is current and oppressive
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Theatre
Powerful and poetic: book now for For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy on the West End
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Musicals
Lucy Kirkwood, Dave Malloy and Lyndsey Turner turn The Witches into a please-all musical with memorable songs, exceptional performances and clever magic
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Dance
The Mongol Khan brings a slice of Mongolian history and legend to the London Coliseum in a colourful, thoroughly theatrical spectacle
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Theatre
Following a favourably received run at the Donmar, mental health-tackling Broadway hit Next to Normal is getting a West End transfer
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Theatre
Steve Coogan reunites with frequent collaborator Armando Iannucci in the latter's stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s war comedy Dr. Strangelove
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Immersive
Embrace the silliness of the 70s with Swamp Motel’s Yuletide theatre dinner experience Velvet Pines
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Theatre
Fleabag meets Baby Reindeer in Marcelo Dos Santos’s intense and brilliant one-man play about a gay comedian navigating romance and existential dread
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Musicals
Save your seats for Sheridan Smith in Rufus Wainwright and Ivo van Hove's new musical adaptation of Opening Night, based on the 1977 movie
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Dance
BalletBoyz marked their return to the stage at Sadler’s Wells with England on Fire, a huge collaborative project, that falls short of its lofty ambitions
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Dance
Contemporary visual theatre returns to London this winter with a new collaborative project between MimeLondon and a number of venues in the capital
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Theatre
Marcelo Dos Santos delivers a humorous homage to the relationship between the Queen Mother and her footman Backstairs Billy, but fails to ground it in politics
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Theatre
Hollywood golden couple Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) and Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) star together in Plaza Suite
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Immersive
In her new immersive piece of dance-theatre, Lay Down Your Burdens, Rhiannon Faith turns the Barbican Pit into your local pub for a touch of community healing
Essential
Theatre
Woody Harrelson stars alongside Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland in Jeremy Herrin's new production of David Ireland's black comedy, Ulster American
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Dance
The Royal Ballet's principal dancer Reece Clarke talks to Culture Whisper about his coming debut in the 'fun' role of Basilio in Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote.
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Dance
November dance has an international accent
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Theatre
Kenneth Branagh returns to the London stage for the first time in almost a decade with a bizarrely melodramatic and abridged King Lear
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Theatre
From a stage prequel to hit sci-fi series Stranger Things to a stellar team taking on Roald Dahl's The Witches, these are the shows to book this month
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Theatre
Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas bring star prowess to Lyonesse, but Penelope Skinner’s story in Ian Rickson’s production is a jumble of ideas
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Theatre
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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Theatre
Playwright Alexander Zeldin returns to the National Theatre with The Confessions: a tender play following one woman's life over eight decades
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Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Company's enjoyable stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel Hamnet comes to the Garrick Theatre for a 14-week run
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Musicals
Jamie Lloyd's Sunset Boulevard revival, fronted by Nicole Scherzinger, is both a homage to the black-and-white movie and a thrilling feat for tech on stage
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Theatre
Doctor Who and The Crown star Matt Smith returns to the West End to star in a new production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People
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Theatre
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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Musicals
Thin and lolloping, Ben Elton’s Twiggy musical fails to capture the woman behind the photos
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Theatre
The Unfriend, a thriller-sitcom from Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven Moffat, returns to the West End
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Theatre
Western art’s grubby fixation with Asian stereotypes is in the crosshairs of this bombastic joyride of a play, starring Mei Mac. But does it pull the trigger?
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Theatre
Andrew Scott delivers a phenomenal performance playing all eight characters in this batty but brilliant one-man take on Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya