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This play gave its cast nightmares and had audiences fainting. Now it’s back

INTERVIEW: The late playwright’s violent, sexually explicit drama is often regarded as one of the most ‘hardcore’ pieces of modern British theatre. Director Rebecca Frecknall and star Leo Bill speak to Louis Chilton about the Almeida’s new revival, and why there’s so much more to ‘Cleansed’ than just the sensational…

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The Misanthrope review – Sandra Oh’s London stage debut could have been, should have been, so much better

3/5 The ‘Killing Eve’ star plays an acerbic novelist in a gender-swapped adaptation of Molière’s 1666 comedy

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The Misanthrope at the National Theatre review: Sandra Oh kills it in an updated, mixed-bag Molière

3/5 Sandra 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

4/5 There’s newfound depth and heaps of humour in Chelsea Walker’s stylish new staging of the beloved Shakespeare play

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Under the Shadow review: Iranian chiller builds tension but the djinn is a let down

3/5 This adaptation at the Almeida of the 2016 film has a mother and daughter haunted in a war-torn Tehran

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Driftwood review: Atmospheric but ungoverned debut play

3/5 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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Dame Maureen Lipman to return to West End stage as star of Allegra

Tony Award-winner Peter Quilter’s play, which is currently embarking on its UK tour, is set to take the stage in London this July.

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Mother Courage and Her Children: Big, bold populist political theatre

4/5 Michelle Terry gives a bravura performance in this first staging of Brecht at Shakespeare’s Globe

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Nicola Coughlan: Interesting challenge to play character ‘very different to me’

Coughlan starred in The Playboy Of The Western World as the spirited, independent and sharp-tongued Pegeen Mike.

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Copenhagen review: Dazzling but mind-boggling play about quantum theory

3/5 Alex Kingston stars in this look at the universe, physics and human behaviour

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The Authenticator: The legacy of slavery tackled head-on, with humour

3/5 This play at the National Theatre features two historians investigating slavery documents in a country house and features enjoyable performances

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The return of pioneering playwright Winsome Pinnock: ‘New plays are always a risk’

INTERVIEW: The celebrated British playwright speaks to Louis Chilton about her new play ‘The Authenticator’, her precarious optimism about original writing, and why she was interested in this country’s ‘untold history’

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American Psycho in London: Arty Froushan on playing Patrick Bateman

Arty Froushan on taking up serial killing in American Psycho: The Musical, the smash hit satire that takes on Trump, toxic masculinity and Phil Collins

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American Psycho review: Cold, hard, sharp musical perfect for era of looksmaxxing misogynists

4/5 Patrick Bateman arrives at the Almeida Theatre for this coolly disturbing musical satire on big money bros

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The Tempest review: Caliban wears a Gazza shirt in fascinating and fresh take

3/5 Tim Crouch’s take on Shakespeare’s final play doesn’t always come together but is filled with plenty of magical moments

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The Playboy of the Western World: A strong turn from Nicola Coughlan

3/5 The Bridgerton star plays a feisty barmaid in this revival of JM Synge’s 1907 comedy that once caused riots

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Diana Vickers on witches, toxic exes and why 'women finally have a voice'

Diana Vickers is coming into her own in a new era where she can be everything - actor, singer, writer - all tied together with her ‘funny bones’

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The Standard Theatre Awards Shortlist 2025 revealed

Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Zegler are shortlisted as the Standard’s historic celebration of the stage returns

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End at National Theatre: 'Performed with great subtlety by Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves'

4/5 Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves reunite to complete David Eldridge’s trilogy about couples

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Coven at Kiln Theatre review: 'Witchcraft musical needs work'

2/5 The songs work in this musical about witch trials in the 1600s but not a great deal else

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The Maids at Donmar Warehouse: 'If you're prepared to surrender, it's a wild ride'

4/5 This adaptation of Jean Genet’s play by Kip Williams makes use of phones to project the fantasy world of two sisters wishing to murder a terrible mistress but the true power is in the performances

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Clarkston at Trafalgar Theatre review: 'Joe Locke is fine but this is pure American cheese'

2/5 The Heartstopper star will bring the crowds but the play is too generic and static to go anywhere

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Bacchae at the National Theatre: 'Anarchic activism set to rap and dance'

3/5 The first play under new National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham is production of wild mood swings that ticks off issues but loses the plot

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Nima Taleghani on Bacchae: 'You’re invited for a good time, not for homework'

Nima Taleghani is becoming the first debutant playwright to have a play on at the National Theatre’s Olivier stage... and he’s not freaking out at all

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Emma at the Rose Theatre: Jane Austen will be laughing in her grave

3/5 Ava Pickett’s new adaptation is not for purists, but it is very funny

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