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The Jewish play a big London theatre wouldn’t touch
A bracingly topical comedy about Jewish identity has opened in the capital, directed by Patrick Marber. But it almost didn’t open at all
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The Other Place: Emma D’Arcy is electrifying in this brilliant modern take on Antigone
With a razor-sharp performance from the House of the Dragon star, this new version of the Greek tragedy is true sucker-punch theatre
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Reverberation, Bristol Old Vic: Eleanor Tomlinson excels in this haunting tale of loneliness and grief
Matthew López has another theatrical triumph on his hands – there is nothing to do but sit back and fall under the play’s spell
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Juno and the Paycock with Mark Rylance and J Smith-Cameron: a show too in thrall to its stars
Flashes of boozy brilliance from the Wolf Hall actor cannot save this underwhelming centenary production of Seán O’Casey’s comic melodrama
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Les Misérables, The Arena Spectacular, Glasgow: the famous adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel marches on
This superb production enables Les Mis to play to vast crowds, but the natural habitat of the show remains the theatre
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The River: Jez Butterworth’s sexual politics haven’t aged well
This first major London revival, starring Paul McGann, maintains the play’s tension but robs it of its essential teasing ambiguity
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A Tupperware of Ashes: Meera Syal is deeply persuasive in this moving Alzheimer’s drama
The National’s play doesn’t have much new to say about the illness, but for many watching there will be recognition, goosebumps and tears
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Look Back in Anger/Roots: an absorbing double bill of young rage
John Osborne and Arnold Wesker’s groundbreaking 1950s dramas, which are so rarely performed, are thrillingly presented in tandem
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White Rabbit Red Rabbit: Nick Mohammed sets the bar high in this all-star, white-knuckle theatre experiment
Every performance of this electrifiying play has a new star, who sees the script for the very first time only when they take to the stage
