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The Traitors stage play coming to West End with five different endings

The unique show involves a series of distinct plays exploring alternative scenarios where different individuals are chosen as traitors

The Independent UK

The Traitors West End show will ‘do what TV series cannot’

The Traitors – Acts of Betrayal will feature a cycle of five brand new plays, which have been written by John Finnemore.

Evening Standard

Paul Chuckle ‘delighted’ to take part in National Theatre tour

The 78-year-old will star in The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice until January.

Evening Standard

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Summerfolk review: A stunning ensemble bring Gorky's satire to life

4/5 A stellar cast update Maxim Gorky’s bittersweet tale in a sumptuous production at the National Theatre

Evening Standard

Hamlet at National Theatre: the Prince has ADHD in uneven production

3/5 Hiran Abeysekera in Hamlet at the Lyttelton Theatre is a production with plenty of ideas even if it is hit and miss

Evening Standard

Chariots of Fire review – hugely enjoyable production that’s not just running on the spot

An excellent cast and clever use of movement add up to a fine revival of Mike Bartlett’s 2012 version of the film, directed by Robert Hastie in his final season as the Crucible’s artistic director

The Guardian - UK

Chariots of Fire review – breathless staging of classic Olympic dash

The perseverance of runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell is well conveyed with stage and auditorium becoming training ground and racetrack

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‘Dream come true’: Elizabeth Newman to be Sheffield Theatres’ artistic director

After six years at Pitlochry, the admired director known for ‘big-hearted theatre work’ takes reins at major producing centre

The Guardian - UK

‘Things were being thrown at us!’ Is booing at the theatre actually a good thing?

It is one of the most electrifying and unsettling sounds in theatre. Should we be encouraging crowds to do it more? Experts tell us about booing’s origins – and actors remember being on the receiving end of audience outrage

The Guardian - UK

‘The story tells itself’: Richard Hawley, Sheffield’s greatest export, gets city’s biggest honour

The acclaimed singer and composer is ‘mind-blown’ after receiving the coveted maker’s mark

The Guardian - UK

Safe pair of hands or time for a shakeup: who’s going to get the biggest job in UK theatre?

After Rufus Norris’s departure from the National Theatre, who is most likely to be the London powerhouse’s next artistic director? We look at eight potential candidates

The Guardian - UK

Operation Mincemeat review: ‘winning’ musical deserves to run and run

Based on a famously audacious wartime plot, “Operation Mincemeat” is “a brilliant spy thriller, a brilliant comedy, and a brilliant musical all rolled into one”, said Tim Bano in The Stage. This “exhilarating” production began life in 2019 at the tiny New Diorama Theatre in London, and has since enjoyed…

The Week

Olivier awards 2023: full list of winners

My Neighbour Totoro, A Streetcar Named Desire and Prima Facie were among the winners at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony

The Guardian - UK

Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre review: a stirring musical reinforced with Sheffield steel

Defiantly wedded to Sheffield, this uplifting musical has a universal message about community and gentrification

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To be or not to be cancelled: how directors deal with Shakespeare’s problematic side

Misogynist gags? Ancient puns? Unethical bed tricks? Theatre-makers discuss how they tackle the Bard’s trickier works

The Guardian - UK

Much Ado About Nothing review – hilarious, heartfelt show is everything

Daneka Etchells is the most compelling Beatrice you might ever see in an exceptional production of the romantic comedy

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Rock/ Paper/ Scissors; The Fellowship

Timing is everything in Chris Bush’s theatre-hopping trio of Sheffield plays; the same goes for Roy Williams’s ill-starred new Windrush generation drama

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