BWW Interview: Alice Hamilton
November 23, 2020
The director discusses her 60th-anniversary production of Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter at Hampstead Theatre.
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Roundup: Check out these socially distanced shows
October 15, 2020
From the return of The Last Fives Years and the Les Mis staged concert to new productions and Christmas goodies.
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BWW Interview: James Clutton
September 20, 2020
The Director of Opera at Opera Holland Park talks pandemic programming and his hopes for 2021.
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A Little Night Music
August 17, 2020
Don’t you love farce? Despite a torrential downpour, the show goes on at Opera Holland Park.
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BWW Interview: Janie Dee
August 11, 2020
The actress discusses lockdown life, the London Climate Change Festival, and mounting a Sondheim musical at Opera Holland Park.
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Our favourite outdoor theatre memories
June 19, 2020
From Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe to dedicated festivals, BroadwayWorld reviewers share their faves.
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Watch these fantastic musical theatre documentaries
May 24, 2020
From the making of iconic shows to fascinating backstage tales and industry insight, these documentaries help to fill the stagey void.
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BWW Interview: Dick Bird
April 21, 2020
The designer shares his process and discusses Scottish Opera’s Nixon in China.
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BWW Interview: Anthony Alderson
April 16, 2020
The Artistic Director of the Pleasance discusses his time at the helm and dealing with the cancellation of this year’s Festival.
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BWW Interview: Natalya Romaniw
April 13, 2020
The opera star discusses her work, upcoming album and lockdown listening.
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Favourite Olivier Awards memories
April 2, 2020
BroadwayWorld reviewers recall Oliviers winners, nominees and performances from past years – plus 2020 nominees we would have loved to see honoured.
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BWW Interview: Kumiko Mendl
March 31, 2020
The Artistic Director talks 25 years of Yellow Earth Theatre.
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Happy 90th! Why we love Stephen Sondheim
March 22, 2020
BroadwayWorld reviewers share some of the reasons why we adore the great man’s work.
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Come From Away
March 12, 2020
It’s the mark of a great long-running show that it speaks to our present moment – as this 9/11 musical certainly does.
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Blithe Spirit
March 11, 2020
Jennifer Saunders is a hoot in this otherwise effortful Noel Coward revival at the Duke of York’s Theatre.
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City of Angels leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
February 26, 2020
From a musical with old Hollywood glamour to starry Chekhov and Coward.
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The Visit
February 14, 2020
Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s tragicomic parable at the National is an unwieldy epic.
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Leopoldstadt
February 14, 2020
Tom Stoppard’s latest, and most personal, play at Wyndham’s Theatre has immense accumulative power .
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The Visit leads February’s Top 10 new London shows
January 27, 2020
From a new Tony Kushner adaptation to an epic musical and Shakespeare sitcom.
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The Welkin
January 23, 2020
Lucy Kirkwood’s superb new history play at the National is a feminist courtroom drama with searing social commentary.
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BWW Interview: Joe Iconis
January 21, 2020
The creator of Be More Chill discusses bringing the hit musical to London.
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Les Miserables
January 17, 2020
The new production, in the revamped Sondheim Theatre, emphasises the human drama.
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BWW Interview: Sam Tutty
January 3, 2020
The actor discusses tackling the lead role in hit musical Dear Evan Hansen.
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Endgame leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
December 28, 2019
From a starry Beckett revival to Tom Stoppard and magical mishaps.
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End of the 2010s: BroadwayWorld’s Best Shows of the Decade
December 8, 2019
Our picks from an incredible 10 years of theatre.
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The Boy Friend
December 4, 2019
A simply ripping revival of Sandy Wilson’s Roaring Twenties musical at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Cyrano de Bergerac leads December’s Top 10 new London shows
November 25, 2019
From a starry revival to musical comedies and an incendiary Pulitzer winner.
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& Juliet
November 21, 2019
Shakespeare meets Nineties and Noughties pop hits in this irresistible new musical at Shaftesbury Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Martin Fenton
November 20, 2019
The dancer discusses playing the title role in The Snowman, back at the Peacock Theatre this Christmas.
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Touching the Void
November 15, 2019
Climber Joe Simpson’s story of survival is imaginatively translated to stage – now playing at the Duke of York’s Theatre.
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The Antipodes
October 31, 2019
The National hosts Annie Baker’s latest: a spry, surprising, funny and monstrously clever dissection of storytelling.
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& Juliet leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
October 28, 2019
From highly anticipated musicals to mountaineering and Welsh apocalypse.
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Fright Night: The Best Scary Plays for Halloween
October 23, 2019
From Ghost Stories and The Woman in Black to the zombies of Variant 31.
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Lungs
October 22, 2019
Claire Foy and Matt Smith’s established chemistry powers this Old Vic revival.
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BWW Interview: Dave Malloy
October 7, 2019
The writer, composer and actor talks Preludes, Ghost Quartet, The Great Comet and Moby-Dick.
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“Master Harold”…and the boys
October 2, 2019
Roy Alexander Weise helms a searing revival of Athol Fugard’s apartheid-era play at the National Theatre.
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The Watsons
October 1, 2019
Laura Wade’s witty, ingenious and philosophical take on Jane Austen comes to Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.
September 27, 2019
Caryl Churchill returns with a formally daring, thought-provoking quartet of shorts at the Royal Court.
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Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock
September 26, 2019
A beautifully crafted companion book to Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s award-winning musical.
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BWW Interview: Yaman Okur
September 26, 2019
The b-boy discusses creating a longer work for Breakin’ Convention Presents at Sadler’s Wells.
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Mamma Mia! The Party
September 24, 2019
This new immersive dining experience at The O2 offers serious ABBA escapism, but at steep ticket prices.
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The Antipodes leads October’s Top 10 new London shows
September 24, 2019
From Annie Baker to Ealing comedy and a royal reunion.
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The Best Theatre Drinks, Snacks and Souvenirs
September 24, 2019
BWW reviewers recommend their favourite nibbles and merch.
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A Very Expensive Poison
September 6, 2019
Lucy Prebble’s phenomenal new work at the Old Vic is unquestionably the play for today.
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Hansard
September 4, 2019
Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan relish Simon Woods’ political play at the National Theatre.
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Fleabag
August 28, 2019
Phoebe Waller-Bridge performs her one-woman show for a final time at Wyndham’s Theatre.
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Falsettos leads September’s Top 10 new London shows
August 28, 2019
From a landmark musical and Caryl Churchill to Wall Street and ABBA immersion.
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BWW Interview: Dr Daniel Sokol
August 27, 2019
The medical ethicist discusses his consultation on Robert Icke’s The Doctor.
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The Doctor
August 21, 2019
Juliet Stevenson is the memorably wounded soul of Robert Icke’s incisive Almeida production.
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BWW Interview: Steph Parry
August 20, 2019
The actress discusss her role in Mamma Mia! The Party at The O2.
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Prom 35: Enigma Variations
August 15, 2019
Conductor Martyn Brabbins celebrates his 60th with new variations – plus Vaughan Williams, Brahms, and of course Elgar.
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The Doctor leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
July 21, 2019
From Robert Icke’s latest to Fleabag, Evita and witchy adventures.
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The Night of the Iguana
July 17, 2019
Clive Owen, Lia Williams and Anna Gunn impress in this atmospheric Tennessee Williams revival at Noel Coward Theatre.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
July 11, 2019
Sheridan Smith’s vaudevillian Narrator leads a fresh, family-friendly revival at the London Palladium.
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London’s best post-theatre places to eat and drink
July 11, 2019
From brasserie grandeur to Chinatown and spectacular South Bank views – all with handy set menus and late openings.
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BWW Interview: JoAnn M Hunter
July 8, 2019
The choreographer discusses her work on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Palladium.
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Adam Kay: This is Going to Hurt Live
July 5, 2019
The doctor-turned-comedian and author brings his candid tales and passionate advocacy to the Vaudeville Theatre.
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the end of history…
July 4, 2019
Jack Thorne reunites with John Tiffany at the Royal Court for an underwhelming drama about a politically conscious family.
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Noises Off
July 3, 2019
Michael Frayn’s sublime backstage farce gets a triumphant (if surprisingly meta) homecoming at Lyric Hammersmith.
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Laura Benanti Live in London
June 30, 2019
Delivering part concert, part stand-up set, the Tony-winning actress is delightful company at Cadogan Hall.
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Present Laughter
June 26, 2019
Andrew Scott is irresistible in Matthew Warchus’s inspired romp of a Noel Coward revival at the Old Vic.
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The Bridges of Madison County leads July’s Top 10 new London shows
June 26, 2019
From Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to riotous comedy.
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BWW Interview: Laura Benanti
June 17, 2019
The Tony-winning actress on making her London concert debut at Cadogan Hall.
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Theatre loos: The best and the ones to avoid
June 13, 2019
BroadwayWorld reviewers share their wisdom – and offer tips to escape queuing…
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BWW Interview: Amy Ellen Richardson
June 17, 2019
The actress on the stage musical version of Sue Townsend’s beloved Adrian Mole, now in the West End.
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BWW Interview: Doon Mackichan
June 8, 2019
The actress discusses David Mamet’s controversial new Harvey Weinstein-inspired play Bitter Wheat.
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The Starry Messenger
May 29, 2019
Matthew Broderick returns to Kenneth Lonergan’s tailor-made play in this new production at Wyndham’s Theatre.
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Rutherford and Son
May 28, 2019
Roger Allam is a beguiling monster in Polly Findlay’s Gina Sowerby revival at the National.
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London’s Top 10 Family-friendly Theatres
May 28, 2019
In our latest Theatre Guide: the capital’s best venues for young audiences and aspiring artists.
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BWW Interview: Charles Bausch
May 27, 2019
The writer, actor and cabaret entertainer discusses his latest, Native New Yorker, at Live at Zedel.
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Europe leads June’s Top 10 new London shows
May 26, 2019
From a resonant drama about Europe to immersive Shakespeare and open-air opera.
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ANNA
May 22, 2019
Ella Hickson teams up with sound designers Ben and Max Ringham for an innovative drama at the National.
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BWW Interview: Tim Howar
May 22, 2019
The actor/musician discusses taking on the lead role in the West End’s Phantom of the Opera.
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No Laughing Matter: The challenges of reviewing comedy
May 14, 2019
BroadwayWorld reviewers share their experience.
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Travelling to London’s South Bank
May 12, 2019
In our latest Theatre Guide, transport and navigation tips for venues like the National Theatre and Shakespeare’s Globe.
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Death of a Salesman
May 10, 2019
Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell provide a shattering Arthur Miller revival at the Young Vic.
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London’s best pre-theatre outdoor places to eat and drink
May 6, 2019
Continuing our Theatre Guides: take advantage of the sunny spell with these alfresco hotspots.
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Rosmersholm
May 4, 2019
Duncan Macmillan makes Ibsen’s work the play for today, in this vivid Hayley Atwell-led production at the Duke of York’s.
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Small Island
May 3, 2019
Helen Edmundson and Rufus Norris beautifully translate Andrea Levy’s novel to stage at the National.
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All My Sons
April 24, 2019
Sally Field is electrifying in this starry Arthur Miller revival at the Old Vic.
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The Starry Messenger leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
April 25, 2019
From timely plays to the beginning of open-air theatre season.
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Travelling to the West End
April 17, 2019
In the first of our new series of theatre guides: transport tips and how to navigate London’s West End.
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Three Sisters
April 17, 2019
Rebecca Frecknall supplies a creative but slightly muted take on Chekhov at the Almeida.
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Top Girls
April 4, 2019
Caryl Churchill’s ground-breaking work gets a flawed but still welcome revival at the National.
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All My Sons leads April’s Top 10 new London shows
March 31, 2019
From Arthur Miller and Caryl Churchill to Don Quixote and zombie gore.
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BWW Interview: Debbie Kurup
March 28, 2019
The actress talks a new production of Sweet Charity at Donmar Warehouse.
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Emilia
March 22, 2019
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play, transferred from the Globe to the Vaudeville Theatre, has raw, feminist, revolutionary power.
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Downstate
March 21, 2019
Bruce Norris’s play about sin, trauma and justice makes a provocative UK debut at the National.
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Admissions
March 12, 2019
Real celebrity scandal adds a frisson to Joshua Harmon’s incendiary play at Trafalgar Studios.
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CD Review: Follies, National Theatre Cast Recording
March 11, 2019
A sensational record of a musical theatre triumph.
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Waitress
March 7, 2019
Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s musical, now at the Adelphi Theatre, is a tasty treat.
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Alys, Always
March 6, 2019
Harriet Lane’s superb novel gets a middling stage version at the Bridge Theatre.
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Betrayal leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
February 28, 2019
From a starry Pinter and tasty musical treat to a portrait of grief.
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Shipwreck
February 20, 2019
Anne Washburn’s Trump-era play at Almeida Theatre captures the present fear, confusion and outright weirdness.
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Come From Away
February 18, 2019
This heartfelt Canadian musical, now at Phoenix Theatre, is a triumph of ensemble storytelling.
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BWW Interview: The cast of Six
February 19, 2019
The Queens discuss the show’s success – and who is most like their royal alter ego…
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9 to 5 The Musical
February 17, 2019
More tipsy office party than meaningful workplace drama in this musical adaptation at the Savoy Theatre.
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All About Eve
February 12, 2019
Ivo van Hove’s stage adaptation at Noel Coward Theatre is stylish but lacks purpose.
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BWW Interview: Justine Mitchell
February 8, 2019
The actress talks Anne Washburn’s new Donald Trump play Shipwreck.
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The best plays for Valentine’s Day
February 7, 2019
BroadwayWorld reviewers share their suggestions for romantic dates or a fun night out.
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Pinter Seven
February 7, 2019
Martin Freeman and Danny Dyer, plus a gem of a rediscovery, bring Jamie Lloyd’s Pinter Season to a triumphant close.
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Jenna Russell with Seth Rudetsky
February 3, 2019
A debut Leicester Square Theatre concert makes ideal Sunday (in the park) viewing for musical theatre fans.
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BWW Interview: Natalie McQueen
February 3, 2019
The actress discusses inhabiting Dolly Parton in new musical 9 to 5.
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Come From Away leads February’s Top 10 new London shows
February 2, 2019
From a hit Canadian musical to showbiz satire and a classic sitcom reborn.
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BWW Interview: Matthew Croke
February 1, 2019
The Aladdin star discusses his debut album.
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Cost of Living
February 1, 2019
Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer-winning play at Hampstead Theatre strikes right at the heart.
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When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other
January 23, 2019
Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane are wasted in this muddled National Theatre production.
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Pinters Five and Six
January 6, 2019
Vibrant entertainment with a pointedly resonant undertow in Jamie Lloyd’s Pinter Season latest.
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Aspects of Love leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
January 3, 2019
From Cate Blanchett’s UK stage debut to a reborn Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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True West leads December’s Top 10 new London shows
December 1, 2018
From Sam Shepard and Fiddler on the Roof to the return of Curious Incident.
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Book Review: Dramatic Exchanges
November 26, 2018
A riveting insider’s history of the National Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Robert North
November 22, 2018
As it returns to the Peacock Theatre, the choreographer looks back on the creation of The Snowman.
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BroadwayWorld’s top Christmas picks for London theatre
November 19, 2018
From pantos and plays to opera and dance.
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BWW Interview: Hayden Tee
November 13, 2018
The actor on playing Miss Trunchbull in Matilda.
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Pinters Three and Four
November 12, 2018
Powerful tragicomedy, subversive staging and Lee Evans’s irresistible return in the latest crop of Jamie Lloyd Pinters.
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White Teeth
November 6, 2018
A vibrant but messy adaptation of Zadie Smith’s novel at the Kiln Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Gugwana Dlamini
November 5, 2018
The South African actress talks representation in The Lion King.
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BWW Interview: Andrew Burnap
October 29, 2018
The actor talks Matthew Lopez’s acclaimed The Inheritance.
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Hadestown leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
October 27, 2018
From new musicals to Shakespeare, Pinter and Magic Mike.
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter
October 26, 2018
Martin McDonagh’s provocative Hans Christian Anderson play is too scattershot.
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Stories
October 18, 2018
Nina Raine’s frank but flawed new work at the National tackles sperm donation.
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Measure for Measure
October 12, 2018
Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden swap roles in Josie Rourke’s #MeToo-era experiment at the Donmar.
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BWW Interview: Miranda Larson
October 10, 2018
The writer/director talks children’s favourite Baby Bum Live.
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I’m Not Running
October 10, 2018
David Hare’s Labour Party drama at the National fails to speak to the present.
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The Height of the Storm
October 9, 2018
Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce lead Florian Zeller’s latest puzzle box of a play at Wyndham’s Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Daniel Rigby
October 1, 2018
The actors talks A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Sheffield Crucible.
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Company leads October’s Top 10 new London shows
September 29, 2018
From gender-flipped Sondheim to David Hare and Martin McDonagh.
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Pinter One and Pinter Two
September 28, 2018
Jamie Lloyd’s remarkable Pinter at the Pinter proves vital programming for the here and now.
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BWW Interview: Lucas Rush
September 26, 2018
The actor and singer discusses the UK tour of Rock of Ages.
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Holy Sh!t
September 12, 2018
The Tricycle-turned-Kiln Theatre reopens with a promising but flawed piece from Alexis Zegerman.
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Dance Nation
September 5, 2018
Clare Barron’s electrifying play, currently at the Almeida, is a candid female portrait.
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Sylvia leads September’s Top 10 new London shows
September 2, 2018
From a new hip-hop history lesson to Pinter and Shakespeare.
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Bring It On: The Musical
August 7, 2018
A dynamic British Theatre Academy production at Southwark Playhouse of a work that includes music from Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
August 3, 2018
It’s Wilde gone wild in this frenzied take on the great comedy at Vaudeville Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Jeremy Swift
August 2, 2018
The actor discusses The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Home, I’m Darling
August 1, 2018
Laura Wade’s superb new play at the National Theatre uses the dream of the past to provide real insight into the present.
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Othello leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
July 30, 2018
From starry Shakespeare and a new musical to family entertainment.
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Spamilton
July 25, 2018
Musical juggernaut Hamilton is affectionately spoofed in Gerard Alessandrini’s revue at Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Allelujah!
July 20, 2018
Alan Bennett’s new play at the Bridge Theatre is witty but too polemical.
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Why we return to long-running shows
July 18, 2018
BroadwayWorld reviewers discuss the enduring appeal of West End long-runners.
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BWW Interview: Damian Humbley
July 17, 2018
The actor discusses Hamilton spoof Spamilton at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
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The Lehman Trilogy
July 13, 2018
Sam Mendes helms a spellbinding portrait of capitalism and the American Dream at the National Theatre.
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The Lehman Trilogy leads July’s Top 10 new London shows
July 5, 2018
From a new theatrical epic to Shakespeare and musical spoof.
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BWW Interview: Emily Lim
July 4, 2018
The director discusses the Public Acts project and Pericles at the National Theatre.
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Kiss Me, Kate
June 21, 2018
Opera North’s big, bold and bawdy production of Cole Porter’s classic musical comes to the London Coliseum.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
June 12, 2018
Lia Williams is magnetic in Polly Findlay’s thoughtful production at Donmar Warehouse.
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Julie
June 8, 2018
Polly Stenham’s Strindberg update at the National Theatre struggles to retain the play’s sense of transgression.
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Translations
May 31, 2018
Language is vital in Ian Rickson’s exquisite production of Brian Friel’s masterpiece at the National Theatre.
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Fun Home leads June’s Top 10 new London shows
June 17, 2018
From a ground-breaking musical to a mighty modern classic.
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As You Like It/Hamlet
May 18, 2018
Michelle Terry’s new tenure at Shakespeare’s Globe finds a decent middle path, but doesn’t yet yield exceptional theatre.
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Central School issues new statement
May 16, 2018
The Governing Body has released a statement following student protestes.
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Central students organise walk out
May 10, 2018
The protest is in response to the President’s comments on diversity at a recent event.
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Describe the Night
May 10, 2018
Rajiv Joseph’s ambitious but baggy play at Hampstead Theatre shows the vulnerability of truth.
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An Ideal Husband
May 6, 2018
The latest in the Wilde Season at Vaudeville Theatre has double the Foxy charm.
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Mood Music
May 3, 2018
Joe Penhall’s new play at the Old Vic is topical but stubbornly discursive.
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Chess
May 1, 2018
A star-studded revival at London Coliseum shows this is still a great score in search of a book.
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Red leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
April 30, 2018
From meaty revivals to the open-air theatres opening their doors.
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Gavin Henderson clarifies #MeToo and student diversity comments
April 30, 2018
The Principal of Central School and students respond to comments at a Dear White Central event.
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Absolute Hell
April 26, 2018
Rodney Ackland’s provocative work gets an intriguing if not entirely convincing National Theatre revival.
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Strictly Ballroom The Musical
April 24, 2018
Drew McOnie’s new take on Baz Luhrmann’s film at Piccadilly Theatre is flawed but feel-good.
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Chicago
April 19, 2018
The razzle-dazzle musical returns to the West End, with both stunt casting and triple-threat stars.
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BWW Interview: Emma Williams
March 30, 2018
The actress discusses a new musical version of An Officer and a Gentleman.
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Tina leads April’s Top 10 new London shows
March 27, 2018
From a buzzy new musical to returning favourites.
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BWW Interview: Bunny Christie and Tony Grech-Smith
March 16, 2018
The designer and director discuss the NT Live broadcast of the Bridge Theatre’s Julius Caesar.
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BWW Interview: Jonny Labey
March 14, 2018
The dancer and actor talks the West End premiere of Strictly Ballroom The Musical.
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BWW Interview: Adrian Lester
March 13, 2018
The actor discusses his role in Mike Bartlett’s TV drama Trauma.
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Crazy for You
March 8, 2018
A genial touring production, now at New Wimbledon Theatre, provides Gershwin hits and a star turn from Charlotte Wakefield.
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Macbeth
March 7, 2018
Rufus Norris’s National Theatre production drowns Shakespeare in a dystopian conceptual muddle.
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Macbeth leads March’s Top 10 new London shows
February 28, 2018
From Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams to a new epic and a lush romance.
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Frozen
February 21, 2018
Jonathan Munby’s heavy-handed Theatre Royal Haymarket production highlights the weaknesses in Bryony Lavery’s play about grief and evil.
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Girls & Boys
February 15, 2018
Carey Mulligan is sensational in Dennis Kelly’s new meditation on gender and violence at the Royal Court.
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night leads February’s Top 10 new London shows
February 14, 2018
From O’Neill and flamenco to punk and Pippin.
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night
February 7, 2018
Richard Eyre gives vigour to Eugene O’Neill’s mighty work at Wyndham’s Theatre.
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Dry Powder
February 2, 2018
At Hampstead Theatre, Sarah Burgess’s dark comedy – starring Hayley Atwell – takes on high finance.
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Mary Stuart
January 26, 2018
Robert Icke’s production, now at Duke of York’s Theatre, presents history as gripping political thriller.
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John
January 25, 2018
Annie Baker returns to the National with another spellbindingly intimate epic.
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The Birthday Party
January 19, 2018
A starry revival at the Harold Pinter Theatre proves Pinter’s play still has the power to unsettle.
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BWW Interview: Peter Wight
January 17, 2018
The actor discusses the 60th-anniversary revival of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party.
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The Birthday Party leads January’s Top 10 new London shows
January 4, 2018
From a major Pinter revival to Wilde, Schiller and some exciting transfers.
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Hamilton
December 21, 2017
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s game-changing musical is a blisteringly great night out at Victoria Palace Theatre.
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Pinocchio
December 14, 2017
A new National Theatre version is best leaning into its dark source material, but not a fully-fledged musical drama.
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Cell Mates
December 8, 2017
The spy never really comes in from the cold in this revival of Simon Gray’s play at Hampstead Theatre.
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Barnum
December 6, 2017
Marcus Brigstocke is bizarrely miscast as the great showman in this Menier Chocolate Factory revival.
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Hamilton: The Ultimate Guide
December 5, 2017
Everything you need to know about the hit musical ahead of its West End opening.
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BWW Interview: Lucie Shorthouse
December 3, 2017
The actress discusses her role in new hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
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Hamilton leads December’s Top 10 new London Shows
November 29, 2017
From a feverishly anticipated musical to sci-fi and Shakespeare.
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BWW Interview: Lizzy Connolly
November 23, 2017
The actress discusses a new stage adaptation of TV classic The Twilight Zone.
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Top Christmas picks for London theatre
November 15, 2017
From panto and family fun to cabaret, dance and musicals.
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BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner
November 14, 2017
The former Artistic Director of the National Theatre discusses memoir Balancing Acts, and his new Bridge Theatre.
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Network
November 14, 2017
At the National Theatre, Ivo Van Hove and Lee Hall demonstrate that we’re now living Paddy Chayefsky’s dystopia.
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BWW Interview: Josie Walker
November 13, 2017
The actress discusses acclaimed new British musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
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Glengarry Glen Ross
November 10, 2017
Christian Slater leads a pugilistic and eerily resonant Mamet revival from Sam Yates at Playhouse Theatre.
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Big Fish
November 9, 2017
Andrew Lippa’s musical, revived at The Other Palace with Kelsey Grammar, is an odd mix of magical and mawkish.
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BWW Interview: Daniel Boys and Simon Lipkin
November 6, 2017
The actors discuss the new musical version of family film Nativity!, now touring the UK.
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie leads November’s Top 10 new London shows
November 4, 2017
From a new British musical to starry Mamet and cheeky burlesque.
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The Slaves of Solitude
October 31, 2017
Nicholas Wright’s adaptation of Patrick Hamilton, at Hampstead Theatre, works best when focussed on its unusual heroine.
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Young Marx
October 29, 2017
Richard Bean and Clive Coleman’s fun but surface-level farce doesn’t quite match up to the sumptuous new Bridge Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Fenella Woolgar
October 27, 2017
The actress discusses The Slaves of Solitude, the stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s novel, at Hampstead Theatre.
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An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth
October 21, 2017
The musical theatre legend puts on a memorable show at the London Palladium.
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BWW Interview: Paula Garfield
October 19, 2017
The artistic director of Deafinitely Theatre on Deaf audiences and artists, Contractions, and 15 years of the company.
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Albion
October 18, 2017
Mike Bartlett’s empathetic Chekhovian state-of-the-nation play at Almeida Theatre is a family drama crackling with humour.
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A Woman of No Importance
October 17, 2017
Dominic Dromgoole’s Oscar Wilde season at Vaudeville Theatre begins with a tonally mixed work, anchored by the incandescent Eve Best.
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Beginning
October 13, 2017
David Eldridge’s real-time, excruciatingly awkward romcom at the National Theatre is a gentle gem of a play.
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BWW Interview: Emma Fielding
October 12, 2017
The actress discusses Dominic Dromgoole’s production of Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance at Vaudeville Theatre.
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Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle
October 10, 2017
Elliott & Harper Productions’ premiere Simon Stephens work at Wyndham’s Theatre is is an odd West End fit.
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BWW Interview: Susan Stroman
October 6, 2017
The director and choreographer discusses bringing musical Young Frankenstein to London.
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Labour of Love
October 4, 2017
At Noel Coward Theatre, James Graham entertainingly mines Labour’s history via one MP and his constituency agent.
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Jane Eyre
September 29, 2017
Sally Cookson’s fervently theatrical reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s novel returns to the National Theatre with a new cast.
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Labour of Love leads October’s Top 10 new London shows
September 28, 2017
From James Graham’s political drama to immersive Agatha Christie and the unveiling of a new venue.
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BWW Interview: Sally Cookson
September 24, 2017
The director discusses her adaptation of Jane Eyre, which is returning to the National Theatre.
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Wings
September 20, 2017
Juliet Stevenson magnetically plays the former pilot and stroke sufferer in Arthur Kopit’s immersive work at the Young Vic.
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Oslo
September 18, 2017
JT Rogers’ Tony-winning play turns stranger-than-fiction history into a witty, gripping thriller at the National Theatre.
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Five Guys Named Moe
September 15, 2017
Clarke Peters’ tribute to Louis Jordan is dramatically slight, but a toe-tappin’ good time at Marble Arch Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Kristin Chenoweth
September 13, 2017
The actress discusses Wicked, her latest album and her upcoming London Palladium show.
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BWW Interview: Ben Lewis
September 11, 2017
The actor discusses taking over the lead in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera.
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Follies
September 8, 2017
Dominic Cooke’s National Theatre production proves Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s musical is thrillingly vital.
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BWW Interview: Ria Jones
September 8, 2017
The actress and singer on playing Norma Desmond in the Sunset Boulevard UK tour.
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Follies leads September’s Top 10 new London shows
August 31, 2017
From starry Sondheim to political plays and the return of Florian Zeller.
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BWW Interview: Carley Stenson
August 30, 2017
The actress discusses playing Fantine in the West End production of Les Miserables.
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Against
August 19, 2017
Christopher Shinn’s topical play, starring Ben Whishaw, examines the root of violence, but is too unfocussed.
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BWW Interview: Stars of The Band
August 7, 2017
AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Yazdan Qafouri Isfahani, Curtis T Johns and Sario Watanabe-Soloman, who won TV talent show Let It Shine, discuss new Take That musical The Band.
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Apologia
August 3, 2017
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s family drama has been overtaken by events, but Stockard Channing leads a strong cast at Trafalgar Studios.
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Apologia leads August’s Top 10 new London shows
August 2, 2017
From a starry drama to musical revivals and family-friendly fun.
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Road
July 31, 2017
John Tiffany’s Royal Court revival of Jim Cartwright is initially stodgy, but has an accumulative force.
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BWW Interview: Emma Hatton
July 30, 2017
The actress discusses her starring roles in Wicked and Evita.
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole…
July 27, 2017
Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary’s musical version of Sue Townsend’s beloved books, now at Menier Chocolate Factory, goes too broad but has homegrown charm.
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Girl from the North Country
July 27, 2017
Conor McPherson meets Bob Dylan to extraordinary effect in this new ‘play with songs’ at the Old Vic.
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Mosquitoes
July 26, 2017
Lucy Kirkwood’s mighty new National Theatre play tackle faith, science and the complex bonds of family.
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BWW Interview: Mark Quartley
July 24, 2017
The actor talks motion capture in the RSC’s The Tempest.
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BWW Interview: Freema Agyeman
July 20, 2017
The actress talks Doctor Who, Sense8 and making her West End debut in Apologia.
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BWW Interview: Bronagh Gallagher
July 18, 2017
The actress and musician talks Conor McPherson’s new Bob Dylan-infused play Girl from the North Country.
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BWW Interview: Anthony Van Laast
July 18, 2017
The choreographer talks Beauty and the Beast.
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Touch
July 14, 2017
Vicky Jones’s new play for DryWrite at Soho Theatre is a muddled but engaging gender thesis statement.
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BWW Interview: Charlotte Wakefield
July 14, 2017
The actress talks the new UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You.
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Queen Anne
July 11, 2017
Helen Edmundson’s RSC play, now at Theatre Royal Haymarket, is rich history with contemporary bite.
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BWW Interview: Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary
July 10, 2017
The musical theatre writing partnership talk The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ at Menier Chocolate Factory.
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All Change Please
July 10, 2017
Lucy Kerbel eminently practical book provides the tools to spot, understand and combat gender imbalance in theatre.
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The Tempest
July 7, 2017
This RSC production at the Barbican utilises motion-capture technology, but Simon Russell Beale is the real wonder.
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The Mentor
July 5, 2017
The latest European import via Bath is Daniel Kehlmann’s literary trifle, lent heft by the great F. Murray Abraham.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof leads July’s Top 10 new London shows
June 30, 2017
From Tennessee Williams and Bob Dylan to royal politics and Adrian Mole.
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Ink
June 28, 2017
James Graham’s rich new play at Almeida Theatre tackles the birth of The Sun and the way we tell our national story.
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Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
June 27, 2017
Audra McDonald slips into the skin of jazz icon Billie Holiday at Wyndham’s Theatre, but Lanie Robertson’s play is inelegant.
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BWW Interview: Ashley Gilmour
June 23, 2017
The actor talks the new UK tour of Miss Saigon.
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Gloria
June 22, 2017
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s nightmarish satire of journalism provides a modern horror story at Hampstead Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Sisters Grimm
June 20, 2017
Composer Ella Spira and choreographer Pietra Mello-Pittman on new dance musical Voices of the Amazon.
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BWW Interview: Jon Brittain
June 20, 2017
The playwright on the West End return of Rotterdam.
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BWW Interview: Sara Poyzer
June 20, 2017
The West End’s new Donna talks Mamma Mia!
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Hamlet
June 16, 2017
Robert Icke’s thoughtfully contemporary take, starring Andrew Scott, deservedly transfers to Harold Pinter Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Andrew Polec and Christina Bennington
June 15, 2017
The stars of Jim Steinman’s musical Bat Out of Hell on landing the leads and working with Meat Loaf.
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BWW Interview: Killian Donnelly
June 12, 2017
The actor discusses playing Jean Valjean in the West End production of Les Miserables.
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Anatomy of a Suicide
June 12, 2017
Katie Mitchell’s precise Royal Court production brilliantly serves Alice Birch’s harrowing play about generational suicide.
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The Political is Personal: The Great Comet and Sweat
June 10, 2017
Two outstanding Broadway shows demonstrate a theatrical region charged by provocative, resonant commentary.
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Annie
June 8, 2017
Miranda Hart is unconvincing as the dastardly Miss Hannigan in this throwback revival at Piccadilly Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Simon Lipkin
June 8, 2017
The actor discusses playing Ratty in the new musical version of The Wind in the Willows.
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Common
June 7, 2017
DC Moore’s sprawling history play at the National Theatre doesn’t lack for ambition, but is wilfully bewildering.
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BWW Interview: Gary Trainor
June 5, 2017
The actor discusses leading West End musical School of Rock.
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BWW Interview: Janique Charles
May 25, 2017
The actress discusses swapping Trinidad and Tobago for the UK, and joining the West End cast of The Lion King.
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Annie leads June’s Top 10 new London shows
May 22, 2017
From a classic musical and acclaimed Shakespeare to buzzy history plays.
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BWW Interview: Alex Bourne
May 22, 2017
The actor discusses his role in the West End revival of classic musical Annie.
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BWW Interview: Drew McOnie
May 19, 2017
The director/choreographer on reviving On the Town at Regent’s Park Open Air.
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BWW Interview: Edward Fox
May 16, 2017
The actor talks John Betjeman play Sand in the Sandwiches.
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BWW Interview: Matthew Croke
May 16, 2017
The actor on becoming the new West End Aladdin.
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Salome
May 10, 2017
Yael Farber’s feminist interpretation of the Biblical story at the National Theatre is lost in a storm of overblown symbolism.
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Angels in America
May 5, 2017
Marianne Elliott’s landmark revival of Tony Kushner at the National Theatre is epic in every sense of the word.
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Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
May 2, 2017
From new takes on Brecht and Büchner to Jez Butterworth’s latest and a classic musical.
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BWW Interview: Dawn Sievewright
April 30, 2017
The actress discusses the West End transfer of hit show Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour.
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Obsession
April 26, 2017
Ivo van Hove’s take on Visconti, led by Jude Law at the Barbican, is too cool and abstract.
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BWW Interview: Carrie Hope Fletcher
April 25, 2017
The actress talks playing Wednesday Addams in a new UK tour of The Addams Family musical.
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The Philanthropist
April 21, 2017
Simon Callow’s revival of Christopher Hampton’s play casts bright young things – with decidedly mixed results.
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BWW Interview: Kirsty Bushell
April 19, 2017
The actress discusses playing Juliet in Daniel Kramer’s production at Shakespeare’s Globe.
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Audra McDonald
April 14, 2017
The reigning Queen of Broadway offers a veritable masterclass in cabaret at Leicester Square Theatre.
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The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
April 6, 2017
Another Albee revival, at Theatre Royal Haymarket, compares unfavourably with its more powerful neighbour.
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Angels in America leads April’s Top 10 new London shows
April 5, 2017
From a mammoth Tony Kushner revival to an unusual Romeo and Juliet and tap-happy musical.
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Consent
April 5, 2017
Nina Raine superbly demonstrates truth’s slipperiness at National Theatre via the legal system and interlinked relationships.
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42nd Street
April 4, 2017
This escapist delight at Theatre Royal Drury Lane boasts one of the fullest and slickest ensembles in the West End.
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Posh
April 4, 2017
Cressida Carre’s all-female version of Laura Wade’s play at Pleasance Theatre is an interesting idea, but too scattershot.
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BWW Interview: Simon Russell Beale
April 3, 2017
The actor discusses his passion for classical music and City of London Sinfonia’s Closer: A Soldier’s Tale.
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BWW Interview: Rajiv Joseph
March 31, 2017
The playwright discusses the UK premiere of Guards at the Taj at the Bush Theatre.
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Don Juan in Soho
March 30, 2017
David Tennant plays the titular seducer in Patrick Marber’s vigorous but ultimately tame revival of his own work at Wyndham’s Theatre
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BWW Interview: David Hunter
March 30, 2017
The actor and musician discusses his starring role in West End musical Kinky Boots.
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
March 24, 2017
Simon McBurney rivetingly evokes old Hollywood’s seedy underbelly in his ingenious telling of Robert Evans’ story at the Royal Court.
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BWW Interview: Michael Blakemore
March 23, 2017
The director discusses musical The Life, making its long-awaited London debut, and his stellar career.
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An American in Paris
March 21, 2017
Christopher Wheeldon’s dance-led Gershwin musical, now at Dominion Theatre, is simply ‘s wonderful.
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Love in Idleness
March 21, 2017
Tom Stoppard’s synthesises two versions of a Rattigan play at Menier Chocolate Factory, to intriguing and largely successful effect.
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BWW Interview: Archie Madekwe
March 20, 2017
The actor discusses his role in the West End revival of Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?.
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BWW Interview: Tom Lister
March 17, 2017
The actor discusses his part in the West End revival of 42nd Street.
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Stepping Out
March 15, 2017
Richard Harris’s 1984 comedy, revived with a starry ensemble at Vaudeville Theatre, is big-hearted but sketchy.
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BWW Interview: Madani Younis
March 15, 2017
The Bush Theatre’s Artistic Director discusses its redevelopment and future plans.
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BWW Interview: Hadley Fraser
March 13, 2017
The actor and singer discusses his Bill Evans/Tony Bennett show with Will Butterworth at Live at Zedel.
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My Country; a work in progress
March 12, 2017
The National’s Brexit response, collated by Rufus Norris and Carol Ann Duffy, is well-intentioned but lacks urgency.
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Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
March 10, 2017
James Macdonald’s taut Albee revival at Harold Pinter Theatre, starring Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill, is extraordinary.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
March 9, 2017
Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire lead a winning revival of Stoppard’s enduring masterpiece.
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BWW Interview: Anthony Head
March 8, 2017
The actor talks Buffy, Merlin and Rattigan’s Love in Idleness at Menier Chocolate Factory.
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BWW Interview: Rachel Tucker
March 7, 2017
The actress and singer discusses her first solo tour.
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BWW Interview: Laura Pitt-Pulford
March 7, 2017
The actress discusses playing Nell Gwynn in a new UK tour.
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Ugly Lies the Bone
March 2, 2017
Lindsey Ferrentino’s play covers women in combat, VR therapy and economic depression in messy but heartfelt fashion.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead leads March’s top 10 new London shows
March 2, 2017
From starry Stoppard and Marber revivals to toe-tapping musicals and Elena Ferrante on stage.
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Speech & Debate
February 27, 2017
Stephen Karam’s portrait of adolescence, at Trafalgar Studios, is disjointed but engaging, with a standout turn from Patsy Ferran.
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Twelfth Night
February 23, 2017
Simon Godwin’s gender-bending revival at the National, featuring Tamsin Grieg as Malvolia, is thoroughly entertaining.
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The Girls
February 22, 2017
Tim Firth and Gary Barlow’s musical take on the Calendar Girls, now at Phoenix Theatre is likeable but plays safe.
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BWW Interview: Kate Fleetwood
February 22, 2017
The actress discusses her role in Ugly Lies the Bone, now playing at the National Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Amy Morgan
February 15, 2017
The actress discusses her role in Tom Stoppard’s Travesties.
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BWW Interview: Joe Aaron Reid
February 14, 2017
The American actor talks In the Heights and Dreamgirls in London.
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BWW Interview: Vicky McClure
February 13, 2017
The actress talks This Is England, Line of Duty and making her professional stage debut in Touched at Nottingham Playhouse.
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BWW Interview: Conleth Hill
February 13, 2017
The Game of Thrones star discusses the latest West End revival Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
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BWW Interview: Don Gallagher
February 10, 2017
The actor talks playing the nefarious Jafar in the West End’s Aladdin.
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BWW Interview: Simon Gleeson
February 9, 2017
The actor discusses taking on the iconic role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables.
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Sex with Strangers
February 8, 2017
Theo James proves a thrilling stage performer in this otherwise limp play at Hampstead Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Anton Stephans
February 8, 2017
The singer talks X Factor, musical theatre and his new Zedel cabaret show.
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BWW Interview: Steffan Lloyd-Evans
February 7, 2017
The actor discusses joining Mischief Theatre hit The Comedy About A Bank Robbery.
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BWW Interview: Kate Stanley Brennan
February 5, 2017
The actress and singer discusses her role in The White Devil at Shakespeare’s Globe.
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The Glass Menagerie
February 3, 2017
Wonders rub shoulders with bruising truths in John Tiffany’s revival, now playing at Duke of York’s Theatre.
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Three creatives preview Hull’s Back To Ours festival
February 3, 2017
Lucy Jane Parkinson, Mark Thomas and Hijinx Theatre’s Ben Pettitt-Wade discuss the UK City of Culture’s transformative local festival.
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BWW Interview: Leo Bill
February 2, 2017
The actor discusses Joe Hill-Gibbins’ new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Young Vic.
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BWW Interview: Brian J Smith
February 1, 2017
The actor discusses his role in John Tiffany’s revival of The Glass Menagerie.
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Leads February’s Top 10 New London shows
February 1, 2017
From a major Albee revival to starry Shakespeare and a steamy musical.
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BWW Interview: Ian Bartholomew
January 26, 2017
The actor discusses his role in hit West End musical Half a Sixpence.
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BWW Interview: Frances Ruffelle
January 24, 2017
The actress talks The Wild Party, the opening musical of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Other Palace.
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BWW Interview: Claire Machin
January 20, 2017
The actress discusses her role in Tim Firth and Gary Barlow’s new musical The Girls.
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The Glass Menagerie Leads January’s Top 10 New London Shows
December 22, 2016
From a visionary Tennessee Williams revival to Wayne McGregor and a Dahl musical adaptation.
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Brutus and Other Heroines
December 8, 2016
Harriet Walter’s book is both invaluable actor’s tool and battle cry for us all to demand better.
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She Loves Me
December 8, 2016
Festive revelry and quiet melancholy in an irresistible Menier Chocolate Factory musical revival.
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Buried Child
December 2, 2016
Scott Elliott’s revival of Sam Shepard’s play at Trafalgar Studios is too reverent, but boasts a superbly nuanced performance from Ed Harris.
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BWW Interview: Anna-Jane Casey
December 2, 2016
The actress talks playing gun-totin’ Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun.
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BWW Interview: Alexia Khadime
November 30, 2016
The actress discusses her role in Hackney Empire’s Sleeping Beauty.
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Dreamgirls Leads December’s Top 10 New London Shows
November 29, 2016
From a big musical revival to starry panto, Ibsen and Matthew Bourne’s latest.
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BWW Interview: Lisa Dillon
November 29, 2016
The actress discusses her roles in the RSC’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing.
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BWW Interview: Mark Umbers
November 25, 2016
The actor discusses his role in musical She Loves Me at Menier Chocolate Factory.
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Shakespeare Trilogy
November 23, 2016
Phyllida Lloyd’s triumphant all-female trilogy at King’s Cross Theatre is a wide-ranging portrait of humanity.
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Half a Sixpence
November 18, 2016
A joyfully reborn musical, set to be a flash bang wallop hit, makes a star of Charlie Stemp.
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BWW Interview: Jack Shalloo
November 17, 2016
The singer and actor on The Little Matchgirl and Other Happier Tales at Shakespeare’s Globe.
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School of Rock
November 17, 2016
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest is irresistibly entertaining thanks to its talented young rockers.
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BWW Interview: Jeremy Irvine
November 16, 2016
The actor talks working with Ed Harris on Sam Shepard’s Buried Child at Trafalgar Studios.
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BWW Interview: Howard Goodall
November 15, 2016
The composer discusses mixing classical and popular music, and the New York debut of his Eternal Light: A Requiem.
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LET THERE BE LIGHT: Lucy Carter
November 14, 2016
The lighting designer talks dance, multimedia and expressing ideas.
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Lazarus
November 8, 2016
Like David Bowie himself, this fascinatingly strange art house musical – now at King’s Cross Theatre – defies definition.
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Matilda Celebrates Fifth Birthday
November 8, 2016
The homegrown musical, a soaring celebration of storytelling, is still dynamic family fun.
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Lazarus Leads November’s Top 10 New London Shows
November 3, 2016
From the late great David Bowie’s musical to Glenda Jackson’s Lear and Mark Rylance’s return.
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The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide…
October 31, 2016
Tony Kushner’s latest at Hampstead Theatre is weighed down by seminar-like discussions.
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BWW Interview: Clive Francis
October 31, 2016
The actor discusses the West End revival of An Inspector Calls.
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BWW Interview: Russell Grant
October 28, 2016
The actor and astrologer talks Strictly and new show The Golden Age of Dance.
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Amadeus
October 27, 2016
Michael Longhurst’s revival of Peter Shaffer’s seminal work at the National Theatre is note-perfect.
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BWW Interview: Gillian Bevan
October 24, 2016
The actress discusses playing the title role in Cymbeline for the RSC.
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BWW Interview: David Fynn
October 22, 2016
The star of School of Rock discusses his role ahead of the UK premiere.
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BWW Interview: Lucy O’Byrne
October 21, 2016
The actress and singer discusses playing Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music.
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BWW Interview: Howard Brenton
October 20, 2016
The playwright discusses the revival of his politically charged play Magnificence.
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A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer
October 20, 2016
Bryony Kimmings and Brian Lobel’s new take on the musical at National Theatre is bold but uneven.
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BWW Interview: Jonah Hauer-King
October 20, 2016
The actor discusses his role in The Entertainer and the experience of working with Kenneth Branagh.
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BWW Interview: Lucie Jones
October 19, 2016
The actress and singer on X Factor and starring in the 20th-anniversary revival of Rent.
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BWW Interview: Ben Forster
October 18, 2016
The actor on starring in Phantom of the Opera during its 30th anniversary.
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The Red Barn
October 18, 2016
David Hare’s new thriller adaptation, directed by Robert Icke at the National, is stylish but chilly.
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Oil
October 17, 2016
Ella Hickson’s ambitious piece at the Almeida is rich and absorbing.
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BWW Interview: Drew McOnie
October 16, 2016
The choreographer discusses his highly anticipated stage production of Strictly Ballroom.
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One Night in Miami…
October 15, 2016
Kemp Powers tackles race relations via a fascinating historical meeting at Donmar Warehouse.
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BWW Interview: Alistair Brammer
October 14, 2016
The actor on the Miss Saigon 25th anniversary broadcast.
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BWW Interview: Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt-Pulford
October 14, 2016
The actresses on playing conjoined twins in musical Side Show.
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BWW Interview: David Birrell
October 13, 2016
The actor talks new musical The Wind in the Willows.
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BWW Interview: Adam Rothenberg
October 7, 2016
The actor talks Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love and reuniting with his Ripper Street co-star.
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BWW Interview: Ophelia Lovibond
October 7, 2016
The actress discusses playing 17th-century actress Elizabeth Barry in The Libertine.
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BWW Interview: Adam Gillen
October 6, 2016
The actor discusses playing Mozart in the National Theatre’s revival of Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus.
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The Boys in the Band
October 5, 2016
If a tad contrived, Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking play, revived at Park Theatre, is still highly effective.
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Travesties
October 5, 2016
Tom Hollander leads a dazzling Stoppard revival at Menier Chocolate Factory.
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BWW Interview: Harriet Thorpe
October 3, 2016
The actress discusses her role in The Dresser, and why it’s such quintessential British theatre.
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Amadeus Leads October’s Top 10 New London Shows
October 1, 2016
From Shaffer and Stoppard revivals to new musicals and Tony Kushner’s latest.
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The Last Tango
September 30, 2016
Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace’s final show, now at Phoenix Theatre, should delight Strictly fans.
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BWW Interview: Leah Harvey
September 30, 2016
The actress discusses joining the all-female company of Phyllida Lloyd’s Shakespeare Trilogy.
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BWW Interview: Nina Conti
September 30, 2016
The ventriloquist discusses her new audience-participation show, In Your Face.
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BWW Interview: Toby Coffey
September 29, 2016
The National Theatre’s Head of Digital Development talks VR, 360 film and new ways to tell stories.
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BWW Interview: Nigel Harman
September 29, 2016
The actor and director discusses reviving a Steven Berkoff double bill at Trafalgar Studios.
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Wicked 10th Anniversary Gala
September 28, 2016
The creators and current and past stars on the show’s enduring appeal and movie plans.
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BWW Interview: Ian Hallard
September 27, 2016
The actor discusses working with husband Mark Gatiss on the revival of The Boys in the Band at Park Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Damian Buhagiar
September 27, 2016
The actor on meeting Lin-Manuel Miranda and returning to hit musical In the Heights.
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Imogen
September 26, 2016
Matthew Dunster’s bold, urban revamp of Cymbeline rocks the Globe.
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Father Comes Home From The Wars
September 23, 2016
Suzan-Lori Parks’s play cycle at the Royal Court unspools unhurriedly and mesmerisingly.
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BWW Interview: Andy Moss
September 23, 2016
The actor talks touring, social media backlash and Ghost The Musical.
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BWW Interview: Sean Holmes
September 23, 2016
The Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith talks reviving Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and F***ing.
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BWW Interview: Oliver Savile
September 20, 2016
The actor on playing Fiyero drawing Wicked‘s 10th anniversary.
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National Youth Theatre’s 60th Celebration
September 19, 2016
Starry alumni, sharp satire and hope for the future.
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BWW Interview: Hope Davis
September 19, 2016
The American actress talks thrillers, escaping to London and David Hare’s The Red Barn.
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BWW Interview: Gina Beck
September 16, 2016
The actresses teases this year’s West End Bares.
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BWW Interview: Robin Windsor
September 15, 2016
The dancer talks Strictly, choreographing and new tour Keep Dancing.
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BWW Interview: Hayley Tamaddon
September 15, 2016
The actress discusses taking on the iconic role of Roxie Hart in the UK tour of Chicago.
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Torn
September 14, 2016
Nathaniel Martello-White’s intricate new play at the Royal Court is compelling, but needs more breathing space.
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LET THERE BE LIGHT: Paule Constable
September 13, 2016
In the latest in our series, the lighting designer talks risks, sexism and having opinions.
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BWW Interview: Scott Graham and Geordie Brookman
September 12, 2016
The Frantic Assembly and State Theatre Company heads, co-directors of Things I Know To Be True, discuss collaborating on a unique project.
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BWW Interview: Brian Lobel
September 12, 2016
The performance artist talks the music of illness and developing A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer.
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Labyrinth
September 10, 2016
Beth Steel returns to Hampstead Theatre with a schematic but blazing indictment of Wall Street’s toxic culture.
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The Emperor
September 9, 2016
Colin Teevan’s adaptation of a book charting the downfall of Haile Selassie creates an extraordinary showcase for Kathryn Hunter at the Young Vic.
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BWW Interview: Leon Lopez
September 7, 2016
The actor and filmmaker on diversity, classical drama and joining the RSC’s new season.
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Top 10 Plays Set In School
September 7, 2016
From The History Boys and Another Country to Teechers.
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BWW Interview: Sion Lloyd
September 5, 2016
The latest addition to The Phantom of the Opera discussing joining an iconic show.
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Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
September 3, 2016
Alice Birch’s bold, blackly funny, uncompromising battle cry of a play visits Shoreditch Town Hall.
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Waiting for Waiting for Godot
September 2, 2016
Dave Hanson’s affectionate absurdist parody at St James Theatre is winkingly meta, but – perhaps appropriately – lacks purpose.
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No Man’s Land Leads September’s Top 10 New London Shows
August 30, 2016
From two theatrical titans taking on Pinter to the RSC in London and an unusual dining experience.
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The Entertainer
August 31, 2016
Branagh channels Olivier again to close out his Garrick residency, but his polished Archie Rice lacks desperation.
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Take Five! Spend your tea break with Kenneth Branagh
August 30, 2016
Ahead of The Entertainer‘s opening at the Garrick, relive five of Kenneth Branagh’s great performances.
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LET THERE BE LIGHT: Neil Austin
August 28, 2016
The lighting designer talks collaboration, storytelling and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
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BWW Interview: Lauren Samuels
August 27, 2016
The actress talks sisterhood, sexual liberation and new musical Vanities.
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They Drink It In The Congo
August 24, 2016
Adam Brace provides a witty, educational but overstuffed primer on the Congo and liberal guilt at the Almeida.
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BWW Interview: Emma Brunjes
August 23, 2016
The producer on sampling worm salt and creating new immersive dining experience Dinner at the Twits.
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BWW Interview: Ryan Molloy
August 22, 2016
The actor and musician talks karting with Simon Cowell, Amy Winehouse and new rock musical 27.
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BWW Interview: Maria Aberg
August 19, 2016
The director discusses her production of Doctor Faustus for the RSC, coming to the Barbican this autumn.
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BWW Interview: Kerry Ellis
August 18, 2016
The West End leading lady discusses her role in new musical Murder Ballad.
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Groundhog Day
August 17, 2016
It’s deja vu all over again in this creative triumph from the Matilda team, premiering at the Old Vic.
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Top 10 Screen To Stage Musical Adaptations
August 17, 2016
From Once and Spamalot to The Producersand Hairspray, 10 of the best medium-jumpers.
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BWW Interview: Beverley Knight
August 17, 2016
The soul singer-turned-West End star on returning to the role of Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard.
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BWW Interview: Matthew Lewis
August 12, 2016
The Harry Potter actors talks intimacy, sex and new play Unfaithful.
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LET THERE BE LIGHT: James Farncombe
August 11, 2016
In the first of a new series, lighting designer talks opera, LED and experimentation.
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Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour
August 11, 2016
Choirgirls break bad in Lee Hall’s irresistible musical adaptation, now playing at the National Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Andrew Gower
August 8, 2016
The actor discusses playing Winston Smith in the new West End run of 1984.
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Yerma
August 5, 2016
Billie Piper gives a shattering performance in Simon Stone’s updating of Lorca at the Young Vic.
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BWW Interview: Lewis Griffiths
August 3, 2016
The new lead of a UK touring production of Dirty Dancing discusses inhabiting the iconic role of Johnny Castle.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
July 27, 2016
The most anticipated show of the year is a thrilling love letter to JK Rowling’s world and to theatre itself.
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Top 10 London Family Shows
July 26, 2016
From Matilda and The Secret Garden to Bugsy Malone and Horrible Histories.
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Groundhog Day Leads August’s Top 10 New London Shows
July 25, 2016
From Tim Minchin’s latest musical adaptation and Shakespeare in a department store to a highly anticipated Branagh performance.
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BWW Interview: Thom Southerland
July 25, 2016
The director discusses his revival of Allegro at Southwark Playhouse and new artistic director role at Charing Cross Theatre.
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The Bodyguard
July 22, 2016
Beverley Knight returns to the gleefully bombastic musical at Dominion Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Obioma Ugoala
July 20, 2016
The actor discusses joining the cast of Motown the Musical.
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Top 10 Page To Stage Adaptations
July 20, 2016
From War Horse and Les Mis to Jane Eyre and 1984, 10 of the best theatrical translations.
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BWW Interview: Jon Brittain
July 19, 2016
The playwright discusses the West End transfer of his trans play Rotterdam.
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BWW Interview: Phyllis Logan
July 18, 2016
The actress talks Downton Abbey and her return to the stage in a UK tour of Noel Coward’s Present Laughter.
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BWW Interview: Declan Bennett
July 14, 2016
The actor-musician discusses the new gig-like Regent’s Park Open Air production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Into the Woods
July 12, 2016
Fiasco Theater’s stripped-back production at Menier Chocolate Factory is enchanting and achingly relatable.
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BWW Interview: Bridget Everett
July 12, 2016
The alt-cabaret star teases her UK debut at Soho Theatre.
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BWW Interview: Richard Hartley
July 11, 2016
The composer discusses The Stripper ahead of a St James revival, as well as previous Richard O’Brien collaboration Rocky Horror.
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Queens of Syria
July 7, 2016
Thirteen Syrian refugees tell their stories, filtered through The Trojan Women, in a powerful Young Vic production.
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Stuff Happens
July 7, 2016
The National Theatre’s revival, timed to coincide with the publication of the Chilcot Report, is timely, gripping and vital.
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Welcome to the new and improved BroadwayWorld UK
July 5, 2016
A new look and lots of great new content.
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BWW Interview: Phoebe Eclair-Powell
July 1, 2016
The playwright discusses overcoming stereotypes in Fury, her modern take on Medea at Soho Theatre.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child leads July’s Top 10 new London shows
June 29, 2016
From a magical mega-hit and musical revivals to plays with social resonance.
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Take Five! Spend your tea break with Ralph Fiennes
June 16, 2016
As Richard III opens at the Almeida, relive five of Ralph Fiennes’s great performances.
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Take Five! Spend your tea break with Jamie Parker
June 6, 2016
As Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opens, look back at five outstanding Jamie Parker performances.
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Ralph Fiennes’s Richard III leads June’s Top 10 new London shows
May 30, 2016
From starry revivals to big musicals and resonant new plays.
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Richard Madden and Lily James’s Romeo and Juliet leads May’s Top 10 new London shows
May 2, 2016
From two buzzy Shakespeare productions to satirical opera and dance at the Old Vic.
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Take Five! Spend your tea break with Zoe Wanamaker
April 28, 2016
As Elegy opens at Donmar Warehouse, look back at five of Zoe Wanamaker’s great performances.
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Jon Brittain talks Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho
April 15, 2016
As his show comes to Udderbelly Festival, Jon Brittain talks mixing styles, gay rights and the ongoing development process.
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Kit Harington, Glenn Close and Timothy Spall Lead April’s Top 10 New London Shows
April 5, 2016
From a starry Faustus and returning Norma Desmond to a new heist farce.
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Olivier Awards 2016: Hits and Misses
April 4, 2016
From apt wins and a great Dame to the ENO chorus and female representation.
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Take Five! Spend your tea break with Imelda Staunton
March 7, 2016
With Gypsy set to dominate the Olivier Awards, look back at five more outstanding Imelda Staunton performances.
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Take Five! Spend your Good Friday with Glenn Close
March 25, 2016
As Sunset Boulevard opens at the Coliseum, take a look back at five of the actress’s great performances.
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Florian Zeller’s latest leads this week’s Top 10 new London shows
March 7, 2016
From the French playwright’s highly anticipated The Truth to Kenneth Branagh’s hitman farce and an atomic musical.
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A computer-generated musical leads this week’s Top 10 new London shows
February 29, 2016
From a futuristic creative process to an Alan Bennett double and tabletop Shakespeare.
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Cyrano de Bergerac leads this week’s Top 10 new London shows
February 22, 2016
From an all-female reimagining of a classic tale to a late, great Shakespeare from departing Dominic Dromgoole.
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Uzo Aduba leads this week’s Top 10 new London shows
February 15, 2016
From a powerhouse trio of actresses in The Maids to Sarah Kane, Peter Brook and the Martian Fighting Machine.
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RSC collaborates on Shakespeare In Art exhibition at Compton Verney
February 11, 2016
As part of the Bard’s 400th anniversary celebrations, the Warwickshire gallery shows his enduring influence through centuries of artists inspired by his work.
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This week’s Top 10 new London shows
February 8, 2016
From Matthew Perry’s playwriting debut and a Satanic hand puppet to theatrical history and a new take on Chekhov.
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