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Musicals
Writer John O'Farrell and director Luke Sheppard, with Bob Geldof's blessing, bring Live Aid musical Just For One Day to the Old Vic Theatre
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Theatre
Richard Jones helms a rare production of Pygmalion, starring Patsy Ferran and Bertie Carvel, which misses a trick in being so staid
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Dance
Joyful, uplifting, life enhancing, Kate Prince’s hip-hop suffragette musical Sylvia is a sure hit for the Old Vic
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Theatre
Director Tinuke Craig gives August Wilson's 1979 play Jitney its first London revival in 20 years. Her Old Vic production reminds us how relevant its themes remain
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Theatre
Screen stars Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu breathe fresh life into A Number, Caryl Churchill’s clone-fuelled father-son drama, at the Old Vic
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Patsy Ferran and Luke Thallon deliver powerful performances in Camp Siegfried, Bess Wohl’s coming-of-age story set at a Nazi summer camp on Long Island
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Emma Rice returns to the Old Vic with an adaptation of Bagdad Cafe that doubles down on glitz and razzmatazz at the expense of depth and sentiment
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Old Vic welcomes back studio audiences for the first time in 16 months with Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter, directed by Jeremy Herrin, starring David Thewlis and Daniel Mays
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Theatre
Michael Sheen, Indira Varma and David Threlfall star in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, the third instalment of the Old Vic: In Camera live-streamed series
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Theatre
Andrew Scott returns to the stage to star in Stephen Beresford’s new play Three Kings, the second instalment of the Old Vic: In Camera live-streamed series
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Theatre
Live theatre returns to London as Matt Smith and Claire Foy star in a socially distanced production of Lungs at The Old Vic
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Theatre
Emma Rice's bold, bright and brilliant stage adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children is available to stream on the BBC
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Theatre
Daniel Radcliffe returns to The Old Vic in a Samuel Beckett double bill, with Endgame and Rough for Theatre II
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Theatre
Playwright Lucy Prebble brings subterfuge to The Old Vic with a thrilling and audacious play about the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko
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Theatre
Political drama, abusdist classics, a new musical and festive favourite: book now for a stellar new season at The Old Vic
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Theatre
Local Hero brings a musical version of BAFTA-winning sentimental Scottish classic to The Old Vic for summer 2020
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Theatre
The frailties of capitalism play out as director Rachel Chavkin revives Arthur Miller's Great Depression drama The American Clock at The Old Vic
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Kids
Director Sally Cookson leads a new stage adaptation of Patrick Ness' searing novel about a teenager and a monster
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Theatre
Simon Stephens and Andrew Scott bring their superlative show Sea Wall back to London for just 14 performances
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Theatre
The drama and psychodrama of making music is explored on stage in a new play by Sunny Afternoon playwright Joe Penhall
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Theatre
Ingmar Bergman's film is re-imagined for the stage with brilliant performances from the ensemble cast, but it stumbles in the second act
Tried and Tested
Theatre
Alan Ayckbourn's dystopian drama may have been re-worked, but it's still a clunky and laborious four hours
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Theatre
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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Theatre
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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Theatre
Star Wars' John Boyega is magnetic as a traumatised soldier in a new version of Woyzeck, adapted by Jack Thorne
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Theatre
Old Vic revival: Art, Yasmina Reza's modern masterpiece, returns to the London stage starring Rufus Sewell, Tim Key and Paul Ritter
Features
Kings, rappers and schemers: the gender-blind casting on stage and screen helping to redress male dominance in the industry
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Theatre
A female King Lear: Glenda Jackson leads a mighty cast in a vigorous production, hampered by the direction
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Theatre
A world-first: Lisa Dwan is extraordinary in Beckett's never-before staged No's Knife at the Old Vic
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Dance
Up-and-coming choreographer Drew McOnie brings dance back to the Old Vic in a powerfully expressive drama without words
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Talks
To mark International Women’s Day, Shami Chakrabarti leads a debate asking how close we are to achieving gender equality
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Theatre
The Hairy Ape, Eugene O'Neill's abstract play about a rich girl and ship's stoker, is revived with vigour at the Old Vic