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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story at Alexandra Palace review — slick but not spooky enough

3/5 Mark Gatiss’ version of the Dickens classic is in a spectacular setting but fatally fails to deliver the scares

Evening Standard

Cinderella at London Coliseum: 'Hugely enjoyable contemporary spin'

4/5 The ENO have brought the classic story up-to-date while still keeping its heart and soul

Evening Standard

Reykjavik at Hampstead Theatre review: spooky, gritty and gripping tale of Hull fisherman during the Cod Wars

4/5 Richard Bean’s new play is part workplace drama part folkloric storytelling – but so much better than that sounds

Evening Standard

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The week in theatre: The Hills of California; Metamorphosis; Candace Bushnell: True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex in the City – review

Dreams of fame trap and inspire in Jez Butterworth’s female-centred, Blackpool-set new play; Lemn Sissay takes a personal approach to Kafka; and the Sex and the City creator is full of unsurprises

The Guardian - UK

The Hills of California review – Jez Butterworth’s fractious family of singing sisters

The Jerusalem playwright’s new drama, directed by Sam Mendes, follows four siblings coached as children to become stars and now reunited at their mother’s bedside

The Guardian - UK

Kim’s Convenience review – popcorn retail therapy spun from sitcom

Ins Choi’s comedy set in a Korean Canadian shop has an irresistible charm, despite at times feeling like a best-sketch montage from its TV forerunner

The Guardian - UK

After 60 years, when will the biggest job in UK theatre go to a woman? Why not now?

Only male artistic directors have run the National Theatre. It’s time to address that, says the Guardian’s chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar

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Housemates review – rip-roaring real-life story of a revolutionary experiment

Astounding tale of how a volunteer at a Welsh hospital changed the lives of neurodivergent people globally is dynamically directed and movingly told

The Guardian - UK

Othello review – three-headed Iago distracts from tragedy

Depicting the insinuating villain as a trio of manipulators is striking and gives the drama thrillerish momentum, but intimacy is lost

The Guardian - UK

The Shape of Things review – seductive sociopaths show cruel intent

The tension is raised in Neil LaBute’s dark comedy as entitled Evelyn sets about remoulding unworldly Adam from geek to good-looking boyfriend

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Motive and the Cue; A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction; Jules et Jim; Supernova – review

Sam Mendes reignites Gielgud and Burton’s Broadway Hamlet; a climate crisis play is powered by bikes (and eco-shaming); Timberlake Wertenbaker has fun with Jules et Jim; and Rhiannon Neads hits escape velocity

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Flynn: ‘rehearsal spaces can turn toxic’

The star of hot new Sam Mendes play The Motive and the Cue talks fame, fraught rehearsals and theatre’s big culture shift. By Alexandra Jones

Evening Standard

The Motive and the Cue review: Burton/Gielgud luvvie-off will give you goosebumps

Mark Gatiss is superb as Sir John Gielgud in Jack Thorne’s affecting play about Hamlet rehearsals with Richard Burton

The Independent UK

The Motive and the Cue review – Gielgud and Burton battle it out

Mark Gatiss and Johnny Flynn star in Jack Thorne’s play about the prickly pair’s 1960s Broadway production of Hamlet

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Taking the knees in Jerusalem

My mother’s contribution to perhaps the most overlooked British folk art of the past 90 years: the canvas-work church kneeler

Evening Standard

Jack Thorne on his new play about Richard Burton and John Gielgud’s Hamlet: “Rehearsals can be brutal”

Sam Mendes was inspired to commission The Motive and the Cue after finding a book on the tumultous 1964 staging of Hamlet on Broadway - now it’s at the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

The Lehman Trilogy review – Sam Mendes’ banking saga returns with dividends

Hadley Fraser, Nigel Lindsay and Michael Balogun are astonishing as the 18th-century bankers who helped to define the American dream

Evening Standard

The Lehman Trilogy at the Gillian Lynne Theatre review – the new cast shines in this tour de force production

This story charting 160 years of US capitalism still feels horribly relevant

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The Lehman Trilogy’s Michael Balogun on his extraordinary journey from prison to starring in the West End

Following an ‘epiphany’ while serving a prison sentence, Balogun decided to pursue a career in acting - and became a star. Now he is about to open in an acclaimed play in the West End

The Guardian - UK

A Christmas Carol review – glorious musical version of Dickens’s festive treat

Charles Dickens takes to the stage and Ebenezer Scrooge is a woman with a moving backstory in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Tales of the Brothers Grimm review – sparky journey through fairytale world

As the characters in the classic tales revolt against their narrative bounds, a zesty cast make this imaginative rewrite very nearly brilliant

Chronicle Live

10 North East shows offering an unmissable mix of comedy, tragedy, music - and murder - this September

Here's a pick of shows to suit all tastes as the North East lays on a feast of new season entertainment this autumn

The Guardian - UK

The End of the Night review – Himmler’s secret summit with a Jewish leader

A chilling portrayal of the tense encounter between the SS chief and Norbert Masur, a representative of the World Jewish Congress, works well on screen

Manchester Evening News

Audience left open-mouthed after a night of utter mystery - illusionist Derren Brown takes to the stage at The Lowry

Whether you're a believer of magic or more of a sceptic, there is no denying that Brown truly is a 'Showman' like no other

Manchester Evening News

Derren Brown promises 'rollercoaster' event as he brings mind-blowing show to Salford for two-week run

The master mentalist is heading back to the city for an epic run of 12 shows - and we should ALL expect the unexpected

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