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Park yourself on one of the least sticky seats in town and be among the first audiences at these brand-new London theatres
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'The writing’s not on the wall, it’s on the floor' – Conundrum at the Young Vic disappoints
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The Almeida Theatre’s Rupert Goold directs a talented young cast in his revival of Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening, but misses a trick in leaving the story in the past
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Director Bronagh Lagan presents a musical version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women that's sweet, sentimental and soft-boiled
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Alex Jennings plays a raffish vicar in this dark new comedy about family, faith and community
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Dan Skinner and Harry Peacock’s hit podcast Brian & Roger is given a new life on stage, but impressive theatrics don’t enliven tired tropes
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From Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne on stage in Cabaret to Ralph Fiennes’ take on TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, the best new plays to see in London
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Composer-producer Jack Terroni and playwright Kevin McMahon present a musical uniting the soulful sounds of the 1950s with a character on a mission to right his wrongs.
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French writer-director Joël Pommerat brings his celebrated production of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), to London's The Coronet Theatre
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Award-winning Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai presents the moving story of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister and peace maker, Yitzhak Rabin, at the Coronet Theatre
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Ferrante fever reignites as April De Angelis's stage adaptation of the Neapolitan novels comes to the National Theatre
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Vicky Featherstone directs Victory Condition, Chris Thorpe's new play about finding connections
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Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón explores what it takes to trigger change in a new play, B, at the Royal Court Downstairs
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The return of seminal play by Jim Cartwright: Road is revived at the Royal Court, directed by John Tiffany
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Should you kill 164 people to save 70,000? Decide for yourself at a searing new play about terrorism that's stirred up global debate
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Alice Birch and Katie Mitchell explore the aftermath of suicide and the roots of trauma in this haunting story of three generations of women
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New play Manwatching – by an anonymous woman, performed by an unprepared man – transfers to the Royal Court after impressing at the Edinburgh Fringe
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Poetry and contemporary dance combine for 45 minutes of arresting, avant garde performance in Nuclear War, Simon Stephens' new play upstairs at the Royal Court
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Simon McBurney directs this Royal Court and Complicite collaboration based on the true story of Hollywood heavyweight Robert Evans
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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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Maureen Lipman and Felicity Kendal star in Peter Shaffer's 1980s satirical comedy of English snobbery and manners, Lettice and Lovage. Trevor Nunn directs
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Sandi Toksvig turns her talents to playwriting: Silver Lining tells the story of care home residents with a zest for life
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A brand new collaboration about gender and what it really means to be a man
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Emilia Fox leads the cast in this comedy about modern love, premiering at the Hampstead Theatre
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After the success of Violence and Son, Gary Owen returns to the Royal Court with a new play exploring the implication of violent computer games