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Vicky Featherstone directs a new play about women's experiences in war zones by Ukrainian writer Natal'ya Vorozhbit
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The Old Vic celebrates 200 years of theatre with a bumper season of world premieres spanning YA literature, Suffragette hiphop & classic cinema
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The good-evil binary and the destructive power of individualism make for an overly ambitious muddle of a new play by Rory Mullarkey
In the Know
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Vicky Featherstone directs Victory Condition, Chris Thorpe's new play about finding connections
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Simon Stephens' new play about a life-changing encounter is a pretentious and predictable take on an 'exciting' woman
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This lively exploration of the Labour Party from Kinnock to Corbyn is another landslide victory for playwright James Graham
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James Graham's satire about the rise of The Sun newspaper is a shrewd insight into the gutter press, and our appetite for sensation
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Post-truth gets personal at the Almeida: Ben Whishaw stars in a new play about Silicon Valley, rockets, and self-discovery
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After a successful UK premiere in 2018, Frantic Assembly's exploration of family ties and physical theatre returns for 2018
Preview
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Land and life: Simon Longman’s survival drama Gundog debuts at the Royal Court
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Julia Jarcho's darkly comic thriller is re-formed in a series of installations in the Royal Court's temporary peformance space
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The life of Palestinian poet Taha Muhammed Ali forms the basis of this eloquent new play at the Young Vic
Features
A Breaking Bad star and a blockbuster Disney musical make for an exciting autumn season at the National Theatre. Here's what to book
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Theatre
Lela & Co director Jude Christian returns to the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs with a new play exploring babies as commodities
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Gig and theatre meet in a new late-night show at the Old Vic by singer/songwriter Charlie Fink, writer David Greig and director Max Webster
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Robert Lindsay stars in a new play telling the true story of Oscar-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff
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A sweeping, smart, and often funny drama about the force of two seemingly insignificant objects colliding — with superb acting from Olivia Colman
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Veteran actors play uncouth teenagers on the cusp of adulthood in an attempt to bring a sense of profundity to the stage
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debbie tucker green returns to the Royal Court with a densely poetic and wordily-named new play that pushes the limits of new writing
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Premiere of new play by Lucy Kirkwood: The Children is an enigmatic return for 'Britain's brightest young stage writer'
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Marco Ramirez's knockout play about real life racism in boxing comes to the Tabernacle after a sellout premiere at the Bush Theatre
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This story about Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X floats from lightness to profundity and stings with relevance
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Booker-nominated novel Pigeon English makes for an arresting and thought-provoking production by the National Youth Theatre
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Pulitzer-winning Suzan-Lori Parks' play trilogy about slavery comes to the Royal Court after superlative reviews in New York
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Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, poet W.H. Auden, novelist Carson McCullers and composer Benjamin Britten are the unlikely inhabitants of a bohemian New York apartment, in an ambitious new play
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Director Michael Longhurst returns to the Almeida for a provocative, politcal new play by Adam Brace
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Tamsin Greig stars the world premiere of new play by Pulitzer prize-winning writer Tony Kushner
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Theatre
A new musical inspired by the life of activist Rosa Parks is set to come to London
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Playwright Mike Bartlett brings black comedy to Hampstead Theatre with new play about the dramatic implications of technology
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Theatre
A new play by E V Crowe explores life in pre-industrial England at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
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Jeff Bridges makes an e-appearance in a new West End play about an American businessman's self-discovery in London
Interview
Author of powerful new play Cuttin' It, Charlene James tells us about giving FGM a face, not treading on eggshells and making theatre that makes a difference