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  • The Misanthrope

    New production of Molière's great comedy starring Keira Knightley and her fabulous pout alongside Damien Lewis and Tara Fitzgerald

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  • La Clique

    Critics' Choice

    Until Jan 17 2010, Roundhouse

    The popular burlesque variety show opens at the Roundhouse with a mix of old favourites and new talent

  • Morecambe

    Until Jan 17 2010, Duchess Theatre

    Bob Golding plays one of Britain's best-loved comedians in this new biographical drama, written by Tim Whitnall and directed by Guy Masterson

  • Inherit the Wind

    Critics' Choice

    Until Sun Dec 20, Old Vic

    Trevor Nunn directs Kevin Spacey in this courtroom drama inspired by the true story of a teacher in 1920s Tennessee accused of violating state laws by...

  • Pains of Youth

    Critics' Choice

    Until Jan 21 2010, National Theatre, Cottesloe

    With remarkable prescience, Ferdinand Bruckner wrote his troubling play in 1926, now presented in a new version by Martin Crimp. On the day that Marie (Laura...

  • The Habit of Art

    Critics' Choice

    Until Jan 24 2010, National Theatre, Lyttelton

    Alan Bennett's new play is, among many other things, a teasing tribute to this very stage and it's hard to imagine any other theatre pulling off. It's a play...

  • Sister Act

    Critics' Choice

    Until Dec 18 2010, London Palladium

    'Sister Act' is definitely a marmite musical. You'll either love its effervescence, its razzle-dazzle set design and its shimmying chutzpah or the same...

  • Our Class

    Critics' Choice

    Until Jan 12 2010, National Theatre, Cottesloe

    In late 1930s Poland, anti-Semitism blooms again like a cancer out of remission; the Russians arrive and start enrolling spies, then the Germans file in and...

  • The Pitmen Painters

    Critics' Choice

    Until Jan 17 2010, National Theatre, Lyttelton

    When Lee Hall turned 'Billy Elliot' the film into a musical, he was careful to pay attention to the miners and their grievances. Now he puts them centre...

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