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Henry IV Part 1, or Hotspur
Michelle Terry leads the return of her Globe Ensemble from the front: the actor-artistic director’s all-guns-blazing take on rebel lord Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy is the clear highlight of her rep company’s second season…
Death of a Salesman
A phenomenal production that unquestionably finds new depths to the play…
All My Sons
There are a lot of very famous people in Jeremy Herrin’s revival of Arthur Miller’s early classic ‘All My Sons’…
Sweet Charity
If the Donmar Warehouse still has a kitchen sink, it is safe to assume that it’s only because outgoing artistic director Josie Rourke was physically barred from chucking it at her gloriously maximalist production of the classic musical ‘Sweet Charity’…
Three Sisters
Just over a year ago, the then-obscure director Rebecca Frecknall made a massive splash with her debut show for the Almeida, a revival of the Tennessee Williams obscurity ‘Summer and Smoke’…
Top Girls
Recently, the National Theatre sparked a furious backlash when its latest season announcement included no new plays by women. This week, it opens a revival of a twentieth-century feminist masterpiece…
Betrayal
Look: there’s a strong chance you’re reading this because you’re a Tom Hiddleston fan, so here’s something for the Tom Hiddleston fans…
The Twilight Zone
Anne Washburn has a knack for taking the baffling rubble dump of modern America and turning it into an enchanted gothic castle…
Come from Away
Musicals don’t come much more low-key, wholesome or Canadian than ‘Come from Away’…
Hamilton
Okay, let’s just get this out of the way. ‘Hamilton’ is stupendously good…
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