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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

    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

    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.

  • The Great Extension

    Last Chance!

    Critics' Choice

    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

    Critics' Choice

    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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  • 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

    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...