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Patriotism and myth from playwright Rory Mullarkey: Saint George and the Dragon brings an old story into a new age

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Birdsong, bongo drums and Brazilian beats: the Polka Theatre’s latest production is a multi-sensory experience for our tiniest theatregoers

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From a rambunctious Rat to a Toad with road rage, revisit your favourite childhood characters with this innovative production

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Double the fun: this raucous romp is one for kids, adults and fans of a rude joke or two

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A darkly whimsical yarn of a play receives new life thanks to Forced Entertainment's mastery

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Heading the How To Academy’s line-up for July, Dame Harriet Walter talks Shakespeare with Katherine Rundell

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Masculinity is in the spotlight at this potent play about conversations in a barbershop, which will return to the National Theatre in November after a sold-out run

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Spirited performances from some of our favourite actors can't save this over-stuffed, under-charged epic

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Stephen Jackson's debut jukebox musical Roller Diner brings 'the full English Brexit' to Soho Theatre

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Matt Hartley's drama Deposit is a provocative piece of theatre that will chime with millennials and anyone else despairing over house prices

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A personal account of the Srebrenica massacre is performed by an all-female cast of four singers and a dancer at Notting Hill's Print Room Theatre

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This heartfelt comedy about friendship and family breaks stereotypes by treating its characters with the compassion they deserve

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Director Yaël Farber brings her new vision of Salomé to the National Theatre

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Bertolt Brecht's satire about a fascist dictator's rise to power gets a timely revival at the Donmar Warehouse starring Lenny Henry

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Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear and David Morrissey lead a bold inaugural season at Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr's new London theatre

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Jamie Lloyd's highly anticipated handling of Rajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj exceeds expectations

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A sweeping, smart, and often funny drama about the force of two seemingly insignificant objects colliding — with superb acting from Olivia Colman

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Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece is revived starring Imelda Staunton: Follies brings modern-classic song and dance to the National Theatre for 2017

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Out of Joint theatre and writer Nina Raine unpack the controversial issue of consent in a thrilling new play about truth and justice

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Grammy-winning singer Sheena Easton leads a cast of 50 in this big-budget, all-singing, high-kicking musical revival

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Sir Ian McKellen in Shakespeare, Tolkien, Others & You guides audiences through a retrospective of his 50-year career. One week only

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West End transfer to Apollo Theatre: directed by Trevor Nunn, Terence Rattigan's Love in Idleness explores the clash of values in pre- and post-war Britain

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Andrew Garfield, Jude Law and Sam Mendes lead the charge of movie stars coming to London Theatres, April 2017

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Steve Waters shows how politics are coming full circle in this potent, pacy and all too prescient new play about the 1981 Labour Party split

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Rufus Norris and Carol Ann Duffy collaborate to bring verbatim post-Brexit conversations to the stage

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A new play about virtual reality therapy combines the talents of Kate Fleetwood and Es Devlin in a visually spectacular but emotionally flat story about recovery

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David Tennant is a sex addict, Damian Lewis is in love with a goat and the Labour Party is splitting: London theatres are not short of drama this March

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Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the Young Vic with a subversive, nightmarish version of A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Sandi Toksvig turns her talents to playwriting: Silver Lining tells the story of care home residents with a zest for life

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Watch the striking East End production of Philip Ridley’s first play, The Pitchfork Disney, at Shoreditch Town Hall

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This charming play about a once-feared Iron Man who saves the world and helps humanity find peace comes to the Unicorn Theatre this half term