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Stage Kiss at Hampstead Theatre: Amusing but lightweight backstage comedy

3/5 Sarah Ruhl’s theatrical comedy about two actors exes reigniting the spark entertains but lacks chemistry

Evening Standard

1536 at Ambassadors Theatre: Believe the hype, this is electrifying

5/5 Ava Pickett’s award-winning play set during Henry VIII’s reign transfers to the West End and retains every bit of its power

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A winningly sunny show at the Globe

4/5 Director Emily Lim’s version is one full of audience participation and a playful spirit

Evening Standard

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Our Town at Rose Theatre Kingston review: Michael Sheen twinkles in this warm hug of a show

4/5 Thornton Wilder’s paean to small-town life is transposed to Wales with more than a sprinkle of theatre magic

Evening Standard

Low-cost London: 10 fun ways to spend a day for £10

Champagne taste on a lemonade budget? Here are some ingenious ways to enjoy the capital for less

Evening Standard

Hedda at the Orange Tree Theatre: 'Super-smart but lacks tension'

3/5 Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is reimaged in Chelsea in the 40s, with Pearl Chanda’s title character an Anglo-Indian actress denying her heritage

Evening Standard

The Assembled Parties review: 'The show belongs to Tracy-Ann Oberman'

3/5 This adaptation of Richard Greenberg’s play struggles to find relevance in a new London setting but the performances are fun

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Troilus and Cressida review – history repeats as farce in Pythonesque takedown of ancient heroes

Achilles is a slob and Ajax is a meathead in Owen Horsley’s streamlined production, which is bursting with invention and comic inversions

The Guardian - UK

Troilus and Cressida at Shakespeare’s Globe: 'A study of toxic masculinity'

4/5 A triumphant and timely look at war, sex and masculinity at the Shakespeare’s Globe

Evening Standard

Shane Christie sustained multiple head injuries playing rugby. In death, he is still fighting for change

The former All Blacks Sevens player suspected he had CTE, a disease associated with head impacts, and has donated his brain to science to help understand the condition

The Guardian - AU

Interview at Riverside Studios review: glib, overcooked, and with zero chemistry

2/5 Robert Sean Leonard is a washed-up political journalist interviewing an influencer played by Paten Hughes in this glib two-hander

Evening Standard

Every Brilliant Thing review: 'a fascinating show with compulsory audience participation'

4/5 Lenny Henry brilliantly works the crowd in a show which examines mental health with wry humour, and comes with serious audience interaction

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Samira Wiley is revelatory in Intimate Apparel at Donmar Warehouse

4/5 Wiley totally inhabits the part of a spinster seamstress in Lynn Nottage’s portrait of 1905 New York

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1536 turns Anne Boleyn’s downfall into a witty, wrenching parable of girlhood

4/5 The themes of female friendships, misogyny and the trickle-down effects of patriarchy are as present today as they are in this play set 500 years ago

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Theo Barklem-Biggs on Dealer's Choice, SAS Rogue Heroes and masculinity

Theo Barklem-Biggs is best known for SAS Rogue Heroes and talks to us about taking on more extremes of masculine behaviour in a new production of Dealer’s Choice at the Donmar

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Dealer’s Choice at the Donmar: savagely comic study of male compulsion

4/5 Alfie Allen and Brendan Coyle star in this banter-filled play about a high stakes card game

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Victoria Smurfit on Rivals S2 and Ghosts: "it's 17 years since I've been on the stage!"

Victoria Smurfit tells us about hitting the Lyric Hammersmith for a new adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts and heading back to Jilly Cooper land

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Wolves on Road at the Bush Theatre: a sparky play about generational differences in London’s immigrant communities

3/5 There is plenty to like about this lively play though it’s headline-led fascination with cryptocurrency can sometimes be hard to buy

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‘I would never date a white person again’ – what Slave Play teaches us about interracial relationships

As Jeremy O. Harris’ new West End polemic lifts the lid on the uncomfortable reality of interracial relationships, Emma Loffhagen speaks to people about their experiences dating outside of their race

Evening Standard

Things to do in London this weekend (July 19 – 21)

From London’s best new all-day opening to an old school hangout worth a revisit, this is everything to eat and drink and see and do this weekend

The Guardian - UK

Dementia crisis puts New Zealand v England ‘collision’ in perspective

The death of the Māori All Black Billy Guyton has concentrated minds, with researchers racing to find answers

The Guardian - UK

‘Make them laugh – or they’ll kill you’: my riotous play about a dangerous drinking game

As her play about toxic secrets and old friends hits the stage, the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast explains how studying Wilde and Shaw showed her the subversive power of laughter

The Guardian - UK

Hope Has a Happy Meal review – dystopian comedy balances wit and nightmares

Set in a future police state, Tom Fowler’s play sees two women go on the run in a feverish reimagining of Thelma and Louise

The Independent UK

‘I can’t breathe’: New York air quality forces Jodie Comer to end Broadway performance after 10 minutes

Air quality in New York City was ranked number one for the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday afternoon

The Independent UK

‘I can’t breathe’: Jodie Comer halts Broadway show due to New York air quality

Air quality in New York City was ranked number one for the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday afternoon

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