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Hercules at Theatre Royal Drury Lane: 'chugs along agreeably enough'

3/5 This adaptation of the Disney film is slick with some fun songs but somewhat lacking in strength

Evening Standard

Mrs Warren’s Profession review: 'why does it feel so mechanical?'

2/5 Imelda Staunton stars opposite her real life daughter Bessie Carter in a George Bernard Shaw production that tends to drag even with huge cuts

Evening Standard

John le Carre’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold to be staged in West End

After a sold-out production at Chichester Festival Theatre, the stage adaptation will run for 14 weeks in London from November.

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The Fifth Step at @sohoplace: Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman have terrific chemistry in this slippery comedy

4/5 The two actors tackle challenging material with aplomb in this tight, thought-provoking two hander

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The Royal Ballet’s celebration of Christopher Wheeldon showcases the choreographer’s dazzling range

4/5 Four works show the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon

The Independent UK

Behind the scenes of Sabrage at Lafayette

Come with The Standard behind the curtain to see the acrobatic artistry behind Sabrage

Evening Standard

Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: 'there is no more urgent play in London right now'

5/5 Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant tackles Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in blistering style with a sublimely nuanced performance by John Lithgow

Evening Standard

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Ewan McGregor, Elizabeth Debicki and Kate Fleetwood: ‘There’s slight snobbery about film actors doing a play’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The garlanded trio are taking on marital and sexual politics in a radical modern update of Ibsen’s ‘The Master Builder’. They take on the hot potato of star power, annoying theatregoers and ‘why people call us luvvies’ with Annabel Nugent

The Independent UK

Three Sisters at the Globe review: Michelle Terry is riveting in this tale of suffering Russian gentlefolk

4/5 Chekhov’s aching subtlety and humanity finally finds an ideal home in Caroline Steinbeis’ production

Evening Standard

Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre review: This darker take on the classic musical is all killer no filler

5/5 A glorious evening of song and dance that doesn’t shy away from the subtext of this quintessential London musical

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Nutcracker at the London Coliseum review: ENB’s astoundingly pretty new production of the Christmas classic hits the sweet spot

4/5 This fun version delivers Quality Street levels of moreish pleasure

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Anne-Marie Duff is fascinatingly nasty in Lyndsey Turner’s uneven Little Foxes

3/5 Duff’s Regina is such a monster in this production that it’s hard to feel any kind of surprise or sympathy, as she manipulates and is manipulated in turn

The Independent UK

Carlos Acosta's guide to Havana: dancing, the seawall of the Malecón and the Meliá Cohiba hotel

The legendary dancer shares the secrets to his home city of Havana, from streetside discos to the best restaurants

Evening Standard

Kiss Me, Kate review: A supremely silly evening of summer escapism

‘Line of Duty’ star Adrian Dunbar teams up with Broadway legend Stephanie J Block for another perfectly pitched Cole Porter revival at the Barbican

The Independent UK

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‘We still haven’t cracked it!’ How much does a play change during previews?

It is a fraught time of cuts, rewrites – and alcohol. Our writer goes behind the scenes at The Divine Mrs S just as the official opening night looms and not everyone’s ready to face the music

The Guardian - UK

The Divine Mrs S review – larky and good-natured historical comedy

There are shades of Blackadder in April De Angelis’s play about the great tragedian of 18th-century British theatre

The Guardian - UK

MJ the Musical review – sterilised moonwalk through the King of Pop’s life

The jukebox musical has gravity defying dancing and all the megahits, but it’s hard to ignore the glaringly unpleasant biographical absence

The Guardian - UK

Shed: Exploded View review – love, loss and horrific male violence

Phoebe Eclair-Powell’s prize-winning play is about three related relationships which seem increasingly characterised by powerlessness, menace and dislocation

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Ulster American review – Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis perfectly awful in anarchic comedy

David Ireland’s explosive satire turns into farce as two buffoons parading as progressives team up with a dramatist played by Louisa Harland

The Guardian - UK

‘I gasped when I read it’: Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland on Ulster American

The trio are about to fall out violently in the shocking yet hilarious play about misunderstandings over the Troubles and Brexit. They talk woke fever, big pharma and playing chimpanzees

The Guardian - UK

Backstairs Billy review – anodyne comedy about the Queen Mother and her servant

Penelope Wilton plays the isolated royal and Luke Evans is her courtier in a light production that never gains much depth

The Guardian - UK

The Time Traveller’s Wife review – eternal romance is a bumpy ride

Joss Stone and Dave Stewart’s strangely forgettable score does little to lift this musical but there are some wonderful set pieces

The Guardian - UK

King Lear review – Kenneth Branagh’s fast and feverish tragedy

At two hours with no interval, the actor-director’s production hurtles past at such speed that the depths of the play are too rarely realised

The Guardian - UK

Romeo & Juliet review – slow jams, Asda bags and trackie tops in a Manchester love story

Nicholai La Barrie’s production edits out some of Shakespeare’s characters, but amps up the modern-day relevance of this play about a divided community

The Guardian - UK

Penelope Skinner on her #MeToo play: ‘We focus on perpetrators. I wanted to explore the life that was lost’

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James take centre stage in the playwright’s new drama Lyonesse, which explores power, abuse, and why things haven’t changed as much as people hoped

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