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What Happens Later review: Not much sparkle for this stranded couple

Meg Ryan and David Duchovny have just about enough on-chemistry for the film’s 100 minutes to pass tolerably

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What Happens Later review: Not much sparkle for this stranded couple

Meet the first ever kosher Big Bad Pig at JW3’s first Chanukah panto

Meet the first ever kosher Big Bad Pig at JW3’s first Chanukah panto

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Infinite Life review: Stay seated, the real time tension is worth sticking with

Infinite Life review: Stay seated, the real time tension is worth sticking with

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The young Willy Wonka review: Serene but shallow

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The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family show

Bertie Caplan is superb in a production that pleasingly provides a platform for young Jewish talent in a musical based on famous children's book writer's story

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November 23, 2023 16:13

The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family show

To Have and to Hold review: Ageing and alienation with lots of gags

Much feels true in this play's observation about the indignity of old age and the caustic humour of long marriages

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November 17, 2023 09:56

To Have and to Hold review: Ageing and alienation with lots of gags

Exploring the emotional recovery of a Shoah survivor who lost father, brother and sister

Diane Samuels’ latest drama tells the story of Miriam Freedman, who learned how to live with the loss of her family members in Holocaust

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November 10, 2023 11:00

Exploring the emotional recovery of a Shoah survivor who lost father, brother and sister

Backstairs Billy review: The Queen Mum's favourite

New play about the class-spanning dynamic between royal aide John Brown and the late monarch's mother aims to be both high comedy and social observation

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November 10, 2023 10:22

Backstairs Billy review: The Queen Mum's favourite

Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like this

Nicole Scherzinger's Norma Desmond transmits a tragic ego the size of the cinema screen in Jamie Lloyd’s slick musical

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October 19, 2023 18:00

Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like this

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royalty

Seventy-five-year-old Bernadette Peters rolls back the years in Cameron Macintosh’s tribute to the late musical theatre genius

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October 5, 2023 09:37

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royalty

Frank and Percy review: Encounters of a limited nature

Directed by Sean Mathias and first seen at the Theatre Royal Windsor, this play would work well on the radio

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September 28, 2023 15:53

Frank and Percy review: Encounters of a limited nature

The Russian playwright speaking out against Putin in the shadow of the Shoah

Dmitry Glukhovsky new drama examines the moral compromises some people make with evil regimes

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September 22, 2023 09:53

The Russian playwright speaking out against Putin in the shadow of the Shoah

The White Factory review: An important addition to the Shoah canon

Dmitry Ghlukhovsky’s new play investigates how good people can be corrupted under relatively little pressure

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September 21, 2023 15:06

The White Factory review: An important addition to the Shoah canon

God of Carnage review: Middle-class parents go to war

Art playwright Yasmina Reza's play centres on two couples on a spectacular collision course

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September 15, 2023 09:03

God of Carnage review: Middle-class parents go to war

Farewell Mr Haffmann review: Dinner date with the Nazi ambassador

This could so easily have been a comedy of manners if there was a tweak to the setting

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September 8, 2023 11:08

Farewell Mr Haffmann review: Dinner date with the Nazi ambassador

A Mirror review: A timely lesson on dictatorship

Sam Holcroft’s witty and inventive new play shines a vital light on authoritarian regimes

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September 1, 2023 10:09

A Mirror review: A timely lesson on dictatorship

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