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  • The Misanthrope

    Can't afford tickets to the Keira Knightly West End debut in Moliere's drama? Try this gripping Fringe version at the White Bear instead

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  • Pains of Youth

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    Critics' Choice

    Until Jan 21 2010, National Theatre, Cottesloe

    Six bored, promiscuous students go on a sexually charged rampage in Martin Crimp's adaptation of Ferdinand Bruckner's 1920s play.

  • If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet

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    Critics' Choice

    Until Sat Nov 21, Bush Theatre

    New play by Nick Payne about the unlikely friendship between a bullied school girl and her hapless uncle.

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  • The Great Extension

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    Until Sat Nov 14, Theatre Royal Stratford East

    Cosh Omar returns to the TRSE with a new farce exploring issues including multi-culturalism, sectarianism, sexuality and national identity.

  • Mrs Klein

    Critics' Choice

    Until Sat Dec 5, Almeida Theatre

    Thea Sharrock directs Claire Higgins in the title role of Nicholas Wright's play about a psychoanalyst's relationship with her daughter in 1934.

  • They Only Come at Night

    Critics' Choice

    Until Sat Nov 14, Barbican Centre

    Yorkshire company Slung Low bring their follow-up to 'Helium', a walk-though interactive piece combining live performance, dance, music and digital...

  • Comedians

    Critics' Choice

    Until Sat Nov 14, Lyric Hammersmith

    Sean Holmes's starry production (with Matthew Kelly) makes you laugh then makes you think.

  • Life is a Dream

    Critics' Choice

    Until Sat Nov 28, Donmar Warehouse

    In a dark cinema or theatre at the end of a long day, nodding off is too often the swiftest short-cut to unconsciousness. No chance of that in Jonathan...

  • Endgame

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    Until Sat Dec 5, Duchess Theatre

    Purists may disapprove of the vivid emotional shades in Simon McBurney's striking Complicite production. But, for audiences condemned to wait with the actors...

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    New to classical music but not sure what to see? Read our updates on the Barbican's Great Performers season and hear the world's best orchestras, conductors and soloists.

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  • Our Class

    In late 1930s Poland, anti-Semitism blooms again like a cancer out of remission; the Russians...

  • La Cage aux Folles

    Like its cross-dressing central character, Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein's groundbreaking...

  • War Horse

    'War Horse' is a lovely piece of family theatre, based on Michael Morpurgo's novel about a...

  • The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

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    Until Jan 30 2010, Vaudeville Theatre

    'X-Factor' star Diane Vickers makes her stage debut in the first major West End revival of Jim Cartwright's social comedy since its 1992 premiere

  • Inherit the Wind

    Trevor Nunn directs Kevin Spacey in this courtroom drama inspired by the true story of a...

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's

    Sean Mathias directs Anna Friel as Holly Golightly in Samuel Adamson's adaptation of Truman...

  • Mother Courage and Her Children

    Fiona Shaw teams up with Deborah Warner again to play the mother of all roles in Tony Kushner's...

  • Annie Get Your Gun

    Revival of Irving Berlin's musical comedy about a sharp-shooting woman and her womanising...

  • Endgame

    Richard Briers was to play the ailing, blind Hamm in Complicité's staging of Samuel Beckett's...

  • Speaking in Tongues

    'Life on Mars' actor John Simm treads the boards for the first time since his Olivier...

  • An Inspector Calls

    Stephen Daldry's 1992 production of JB Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls' made theatrical history...

  • The Power of Yes

    David Hare's new play looks at the sub-prime mortgage scandal, based on interviews with major...

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    Following a sell-out run in Dublin, Owen O'Neill and David Johns bring their stage adaptation...

  • Frank, Sammy & Dean - The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas

    The Olivier Award-winning musical tribute show celebrates its tenth anniversary with a return...

  • Thriller Live

    'Thriller Live' isn't, it transpires, a theatre show, it's 'X-Factor' with a single white...