After years in development, Paddington: The Musical has finally opened in the West End to five-star reviews across the board. It is being dubbed “unmissable”. Except, a great many people…
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The Playboy of the Western World: A strong turn from Nicola Coughlan
by News Roomby News RoomThe Bridgerton star plays a feisty barmaid in this revival of JM Synge’s 1907 comedy that once caused riots
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Mischief makers: The story behind the funniest theatre company in town
by News Roomby News RoomWhen we were doing Edinburgh, we used to do these shows where we were really cheek by jowl with the audience, in a little tiny room, and it felt so…
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Disney’s Hercules the musical is making god-like moves on the West End, with Mae Ann Jorolan bringing the spark
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Spies, lies and men in ties: Agnes O’Casey reports from le Carré world
by News Roomby News RoomRidley Road and Black Doves star Agnes O’Casey on hitting the West End (and almost some audience members) in the sensational adaptation of The Spy Who Came In From The…
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The Museum of Austerity review: ‘Well-intentioned but flawed VR look at victims of benefit policies’
by News Roomby News RoomA unique but troubling immersive show at the Young Vic’s Maria Studio which uses VR headsets to tell the stories of victims of UK government austerity programmes
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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: Wickedly funny with a nightmare feel
by News Roomby News RoomHer tiger cranks out random noise on an electric guitar, cites Dante and muses on the ethics of eating children and the redemptive benefits of going vegetarian. Remarkably, this is…
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Daniel’s Husband: Decent cast, surface gloss — but too much melodrama
by News Roomby News RoomWe’re in the chi-chi home, that handsome, award-winning young architect Daniel (Joel Harper-Jackson) meticulously designed for himself. He and his partner Mitchell (Luke Fetherston), an equally good-looking and brilliant writer…
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Pinocchio at Shakespeare’s Globe: ‘Chaos addict puppet will delight children’
by News Roomby News RoomPinocchio is a whirlwind of chaos in this entertaining new musical which refuses to preach
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Paul Hilton on playing Scrooge at the Old Vic: ‘I feel genuine euphoria, it’s real’
by News Roomby News RoomThis latter aspect has struck a chord with Hilton. Born in Oldham in 1970, his was bitten by the bug doing his first school play, Oliver Twist, at 13, and…