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The week in brief (w/e September 2)

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Latest news, reviews, podcasts and more from London & Broadway, including Prince Harry at HAMILTON & Lin-Manuel Miranda at Southwark Playhouse.

Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c March 7)

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Top ten of the week, but there are lots of dark theatres, too, in London at the moment.

Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c Feb 22)

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Top ten of the week, with new addition for Simon McBurney’s phenomenal The Encounter.

Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c Feb15)

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Top ten of the week, including a wonderful new play Nell Gwynn and a revelatory Uncle Vanya – both of which got five-star raves from me!

Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c Feb 1)

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Top ten of the week, including Florian Zeller’s The Mother that has followed his play The Father (soon to return to the West End) to London from Bath.

Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c Jan 25)

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Top ten of the week, including Bend it Like Beckham, Close to You and In the Heights, three shows I’ve already re-visited again and again, and intend to yet again!

Theatre Openings and My Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c Dec 7)

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What’s opening in London and beyond this week, plus my personal Top Ten of the Week including Bend it Like Beckham and The Winter’s Tale

Recent Articles

  • January 19: The changing critical landscape — and my own latest chapter in it
  • January 18: Diary items: the malignant narcissism of Laurence Fox, the extraordinary generosity of Jack Thorne, & Andrew Lloyd Webber staying positive
  • January 17: The journey from stage to film: sometimes a hit, sometimes a miss
  • January 16: Simon Rattle Leads the Brexit Brain Drain
  • January 15: ShenTens: My Top Ten Favourite Musicals
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