The Succession star moulds Bach into a warmongering king, but this play has too much padding
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The Last Laugh at the Noel Coward Theatre review: gags, gurning, and a supremely lazy script
by News Roomby News RoomImpressive impersonations of Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse are undercut by cheap lines
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Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror, Netflix; upcoming Mickey 17, Warner Bros directed by Bong Joon-Ho; upcoming Alien: Earth, FX produced by Ridley Scott) will play Hamlet, alongside Ami Tredrea (London Tide…
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Alan Menken suggests ‘challenging’ Disney live action Hunchback of Notre Dame could still happen
by News Roomby News RoomEGOT Menken – who also proudly points out that he has an Evening Standard Theatre Award (for Best Musical for Little Shop of Horrors in 1983) amongst his bursting awards…
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Alan Menken gives update on Disney’s Tangled live action movie and confirms stage adaptation in the works
by News Roomby News RoomEXCLUSIVE The legendary composer has discussed returning to the world of Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert in a rare interview ahead of his first ever UK solo shows
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Backstroke at the Donmar Warehouse review: the opposite of a good night out
by News Roomby News RoomI used to think I’d crawl over hard ground to watch Celia Imrie or Tamsin Grieg. Here, I felt I had
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Otherland at the Almeida Theatre review: this play about the trans experience is lively, humane and erratic
by News Roomby News RoomFeaturing a firecracker performance from Jade Anouka, Otherland tackles hot button issues with sensitivity and compassion
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Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell have potent chemistry in this rave-tastic Shakespeare production
by News Roomby News RoomJamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing proves stunt casting works when the stars have this much rizz
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East is South at Hampstead Theatre review: this AI thriller is a waste of acting talent
by News Roomby News RoomThis misjudged examination of AI buries potentially interesting ideas under a pile of meaningless jargon
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Richard II at the Bridge Theatre review: Jonathan Bailey is electric as the flawed king
by News Roomby News RoomYet when he challenges Richard – in this case, by training a massive field gun on the theatre’s balcony where Bailey stands spotlit in a white shift – he becomes…