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

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It's a bumper month for London theatre, with farces through to gory tragedies offering thrilling entertainment for just about everybody. Here are 11 highlights not to miss

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Broadway imports, star-fronted revivals and classics explored through a contemporary lens are among the highlights coming to the London stage in 2023

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Stars making their West End debuts, award-winning collaborators reuniting and fresh takes on classic titles: the best London theatre shows of 2022

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Director Josie Rourke’s overtly musical take on the Bard's As You Like It @sohoplace proves the pastoral tale can be just as cheery in winter

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Emma Corrin is compelling as Virginia Woolf’s time-travelling androgyne in Michael Grandage’s timely production of Orlando

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Fresh from Broadway (via Manchester), a new musical based on hit 1993 movie Mrs. Doubtfire comes to the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre

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From a one-night-only chance to see the Wagatha Christie saga unfold on stage to dramas celebrating historical figures: the best new plays to see this month

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Neil Baldwin’s life story Marvellous is a charming choice to open new West End theatre @sohoplace

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Starring David Tennant as the liberal intellectual seduced by the Nazi cause, Dominic Cooke’s Good is an abstract and at times confusing take on the famous Holocaust play

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From the return of The Doctor starring Juliet Stevenson to Erin Doherty in The Crucible at the National Theatre, September's theatre shows are looking starry

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Dear Evan Hansen prepares to take its final West End bow. Here's how it became the landmark musical all teens, their parents and everyone in between should see.

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From a charming children's show to urgent pieces about the climate and austerity, plus two bumper festivals, August's best theatre covers all bases

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July's theatre shows are transporting audiences back in time or taking them on far-flung adventures: here are the new plays in London to book this month

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The Jamie Lloyd Company has done it again: The Seagull is a minimally dressed take on the classic brought vividly to life by a skilled ensemble

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Screen titans Bill Pullman and David Harbour star in Theresa Rebeck's new play Mad House, a festering family drama that's predictable but entertaining

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Amy Adams makes a vibrant West End debut in Jeremy Herrin's insightful and atmospheric production of Tennessee Williams’s most autobiographical play

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Jack Holden’s Aids drama Cruise captivated at the West End's Duchess Theatre in 2021. Now it returns for a second West End run

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Director Bartlett Sher’s My Fair Lady is a traditional take on the classic musical, but with loyalty to Pygmalion hidden up its puff sleeve

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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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Jodie Comer delivers a compelling stage debut in Prima Facie, Australian playwright Suzie Miller’s award-winning play about a criminal justice system stacked against rape victims