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A lively stage adaptation of the children’s book opens at NST City, Southampton
Joanna Murray-Smith’s drama explores the relationship between the author and her work
Oliver Chris’s verbatim drama struggles to reconcile fidelity to history with contemporary immediacy
Patsy Ferran is glorious as the repressed daughter of a Mississippi pastor at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Robert Hastie’s production fully, wonderfully gets the measure of the play
Anaïs Mitchell’s musical retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth opens in London
Exhilaratingly diverse, intensely engaged — the city’s theatre scene is unlike any other
Stephen Sharkey’s adaptation creates a rich mix of multicultural family life and music
Jim Broadbent and Phil Daniels star in this fabulistic new drama at London’s Bridge Theatre
Polly Findlay’s Royal Shakespeare Company production comes to the capital
The central couple shine but this is a patchy production of Shakespeare’s drama
Nina Raine’s uneven new play follows a woman in pursuit of motherhood
Director Marianne Elliott’s revival successfully updates the show for a 21st-century audience
A play that defies explanation, yet still grips — thanks largely to its two central performances
Kwame Kwei-Armah’s first production as artistic director is a lively musical adaptation of Shakespeare
This community production featuring a cast of 120 is an impressive achievement
There’s stylised violence, but Michael Boyd’s staging focuses on the high-flown rhetoric of Marlowe’s drama
Fiona Laird’s production introduces new elements that chime deliciously with the spirit of Shakespeare’s play
Rory Mullarkey’s new drama depicts chaos through uncertainty and colliding genres
The humorist presides over an evening of long-forgotten music from Germany
This drama about the migrant camp is designed for maximum impact
The Poldark star revels in the insanity of Martin McDonagh’s darkly funny Troubles-set play
Jemma Kennedy’s play has many entertaining strands which don’t quite tie together
Keen is first-rate as Leontes and is matched by the underrated Sirine Saba as Paulina
Cordelia Lynn’s play challenges cleverly challenges a range of liberal assumptions
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