Theatre
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The Brenda Line: a 'confident and adventurous' debut from Harry Mould
The Week Recommends 'Sweet' and funny play about the Samaritans volunteers tasked with talking to 'telephone masturbators' in the 1970s
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival hits soon heading elsewhere
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Why theatres are abandoning intervals
Talking Points Younger audiences prefer pause-free performances but a break ensures extra revenue, and theatregoers' comfort
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Oliver! – Cameron Mackintosh's latest revival is a 'visual delight'
The Week Recommends Performances are 'top-notch' in new staging of classic show
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Barnum: an 'immensely beguiling' revival of hit musical
The Week Recommends Matt Rawle 'oozes' charisma as the titular showman
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Red Speedo: a 'darkly comic' doping drama
The Week Recommends Lucas Hnath's play stars Finn Cole as a 'reptilian' swimmer determined to win at all costs
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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The Constituent: a 'riveting' political drama starring James Corden
The Week Recommends Joe Penhall's 'moving' new play about an MP pulled into a dangerous situation
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Starlight Express: Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 'more preposterously OTT' than original
The Week Recommends 'Head-spinning' show about roller-skating trains is a lot of fun
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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My Father's Fable: 'gripping' family drama that 'keeps you guessing' to the end
The Week Recommends Faith Omole's debut play explores complex relationships with 'flair'
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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8 touring productions to see this summer before they end their runs
The Week Recommends Is four movie adaptations sufficient for one season?
By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published
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Bluets: an 'experimental and engrossing' production
The Week Recommends Ben Whishaw stars in this 'clever, culturally aware' adaptation of Maggie Nelson's prose poems
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Viola's Room: a 'darkly alluring' gothic tale
The Week Recommends Immersive theatre company returns with this eerie production narrated by Helena Bonham Carter
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Romeo & Juliet: 'all very clever, but to what end?'
The Week Recommends Jamie Lloyd's 'turbo-stylised' production is met with mixed reviews
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Fawlty Towers: The Play – a 'hugely entertaining blast of unadorned nostalgia'
The Week Recommends John Cleese scripted the adaptation, weaving together three favourite episodes from the classic comedy
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