Not every story needs to be turned into a musical, but Matthew Warchus’s 2014 film Pride seemed to be crying out for it. Based on the true story of a…
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Sinatra the Musical at Aldwych Theatre review: ‘Old Blue Eyes’ musical is frankly disappointing
by News Roomby News RoomOne problem is that Old Blue Eyes was in this period, and continued to be, a grade-A shit – selfish, temperamental, violent, compulsively unfaithful – so it’s kinda hard to…
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The Misanthrope at the National Theatre review: Sandra Oh kills it in an updated, mixed-bag Molière
by News Roomby News RoomSandra Oh is the saving grace of this slightly lost production that can’t decide whether it loves or hates the world it’s satirising, writes Nick Curtis
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Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe review: Deliciously detailed take on Shakespeare’s summer comedy
by News Roomby News RoomThere’s newfound depth and heaps of humour in Chelsea Walker’s stylish new staging of the beloved Shakespeare play
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One Day musical announces West End transfer to Garrick Theatre as full cast revealed
by News Roomby News RoomThe new musical based on David Nicholls’ bestselling novel One Day is transferring to London’s West End after a successful Edinburgh run
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Glengarry Glen Ross: All female staging feels compellingly new and strange
by News Roomby News RoomThen, boom, on comes Salazar’s Roma, blasting away the defences of Lingk (Mercedes Bahleda) with his rat-a-tat hustle. At first it feels like an aggressive, woman-on-woman pickup schmooze, then a…
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Hamlet Hail to the Thief coming to the Barbican! How to get tickets for Radiohead’s bold adaptation of Shakespeare tragedy
by News Roomby News RoomThe production premiered at Aviva Studios in Manchester last year before running at the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Under the Shadow review: Iranian chiller builds tension but the djinn is a let down
by News Roomby News RoomEventually, though, Latif is forced to resort to the same tactics. And after the first thrilling shock, the djinn – a Venom-style rubberized humanoid with clattering talons – is a…
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This debut by Martina Laird at the Kiln is set in Trinidad and Tobago as a black family are fragmented by British colonialism and American capitalism
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John Lithgow makes history and Death Of A Salesman triumphs at Tonys
by News Roomby News RoomBest new play went to Bess Wohl’s Liberation, which also won the Pulitzer Prize for drama earlier this year.