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A Tupperware of Ashes review: Muddled Alzheimer's play is well-acted, but a tough slog by Tim Bano

Tanika Gupta's play follows a mother whose mind is disintegrating as her children rally around

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:32am on October 3, 2024☆⚑

A Face in the Crowd, review: Elvis Costello's satirical musical isn't extreme enough to skewer Trump by Tim Bano

Costello and playwright Sarah Ruhl adapt the 1957 film about the rise of a populist demagogue in this new, uneven Young Vic production

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:12am on September 21, 2024☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2024: From Hannah Gadsby's return to two Gwyneth musicals, our ultimate guide to what to see by Tim Bano

With more than 3,500 shows, the world's biggest arts festival is back at full power. But what's worth running up and down the Royal Mile for? Tim Bano picks the best theatre and comedy to see

SOURCE: The Independent at 2:06am on July 21, 2024☆⚑

Starlight Express review: A neon fever dream you'll watch with your mouth wide open by Tim Bano

Andrew Lloyd Webber's singing, roller-skating steam trains are back for a night of absolute maximalism. Yes, it's more spectacle than sense " but your inner child (and actual children) will …

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:54pm on June 30, 2024☆⚑

Mean Girls the Musical review: Not a cool musical " just a distinctly average musical adaptation by Tim Bano

Lacking a musical identity and feeling spiritually like a period piece, this stage adaptation of Tina Fey's Noughties classic feels like an exercise in doing the bare minimum

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:32pm on June 27, 2024☆⚑

The Constituent review: James Corden proves himself as a truly great actor in flawed political play by Tim Bano

'Motherland' star Anna Maxwell Martin and James Corden have to battle with starchy direction and a clunky script in Joe Penhall's new play about the threats facing MPs

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:42am on June 26, 2024☆⚑

Kiss Me, Kate review: A supremely silly evening of summer escapism by Tim Bano

'Line of Duty' star Adrian Dunbar teams up with Broadway legend Stephanie J Block for another perfectly pitched Cole Porter revival at the Barbican

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:12pm on June 18, 2024☆⚑

A View from the Bridge review: Dominic West gently reinvents Arthur Miller's tragic hero by Tim Bano

'The Crown' star is a man in freefall in a Miller revival that works its magic by being that rare thing: a really decent production of a really great play

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:02am on June 5, 2024☆⚑

Boys from the Blackstuff review: Alan Bleasdale adaptation needs to feel more like a play for today by Tim Bano

Leading political playwright James Graham is burdened by the need to preserve this classic piece of writing about unemployed men in 1980s Liverpool, but the show comes alive when it finds th…

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:18am on May 30, 2024☆⚑

Bluets review: Ben Whishaw and Emma D'Arcy lead slow, demanding production by Tim Bano

Alienating production of Maggie Nelson's 2009 philosophical memoir, is not a good showcase for the lead actors' talents

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:54am on May 25, 2024☆⚑

Romeo & Juliet review: Tom Holland's star-cross'd sad boy lover falls flat by Tim Bano

Hot on the heels of his triumphant 'Sunset Boulevard' revival, Jamie Lloyd has recruited one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood to take on Shakespeare " but this stripped back productio…

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:36pm on May 23, 2024☆⚑

The Cherry Orchard review: Chekhov characters banter and vape while the world burns by Tim Bano

Bafta-winner Adeel Akhtar and 'TÃ¡r' star Nina Hoss are excellent, but Benedict Andrews's clever but annoying contemporary Chekhov revival insists on a grating quirkiness

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:32am on May 3, 2024☆⚑

London Tide review: The National's moody Dickens musical is hamstrung by PJ Harvey's dirge-like songs by Tim Bano

Ben Power's deft adaptation of Dickens' sprawling novel emphasises its brilliant characters and eternally relevant themes, but the bleak production and dour music wrestle with one another ra…

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:36pm on April 17, 2024☆⚑

The Comeuppance review: Play about the miseries of millennials promises more than it delivers by Tim Bano

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's production is rich in ideas and beautifully staged, but it's still two hours of listening to middle-aged millennials feeling sorry for themselves

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:42pm on April 14, 2024☆⚑

Player Kings, review: Watching Ian McKellen in this is like seeing your granddad at a rave by Tim Bano

The veteran actor stars in a long uneven new production fusing both parts of Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' at London's NoÃ«l Coward Theatre

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:32am on April 12, 2024☆⚑

Long Day's Journey Into Night review: Brian Cox's tyrannical Tyrone is a masterclass in impotent rage by Tim Bano

The 'Succession' star returns to his stage stomping ground, and it's where he stomps best. Alongside an extraordinary Patricia Clarkson, he owns the stage in Jeremy Herrin's spare, bleak " a…

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:24am on April 3, 2024☆⚑

Dear Octopus review: Dodie Smith's slow burning pre-war family saga will suck you in by Tim Bano

Why is the National Theatre staging this frightfully old fashioned play from the 1930s? A superb performance from Lindsay Duncan and a production tinged with foreboding are reason enough

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:42am on February 15, 2024☆⚑

Blithe Spirit review at Duke of York's Theatre, London " 'Jennifer Saunders delights as a dotty medium' by Tim Bano

After multiple manifestations at Theatre Royal Bath and a southern UK tour, Noel Coward's deathless comedy hits the West End in a

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:00pm on March 10, 2020☆⚑

Stages " A Video Game Musical review at Vault Festival, London " 'bold new musical' by Tim Bano

Christian Czornyj's video game-inspired musical is the first by Adam Lenson's exciting new production company, which gives voice and space to artist-led

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:46pm on March 6, 2020☆⚑

The Last Five Years review at Southwark Playhouse, London " 'Jason Robert Brown's song cycle revitalised' by Tim Bano

It's one of those shows that has almost become too familiar. In the last two decades every number of Jason Robert Brown's

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 4:37am on March 5, 2020☆⚑

Prince of Egypt review at the Dominion Theatre, London " 'epic new musical that's lacking in magic' by Tim Bano

What is it about the Bible and musical theatre? While the UK has the gospel according to Andrew Lloyd Webber " Joseph

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:00pm on February 25, 2020☆⚑

The Upstart Crow review at Gielgud Theatre, London " 'a fantastic comedy cast' by Tim Bano

Even if Ben Elton's successful sitcom about William Shakespeare had been given a fourth series, it seems only natural that they would

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:58pm on February 17, 2020☆⚑

The Visit review at National Theatre, London " 'Lesley Manville is resplendent' by Tim Bano

There's a fierce relevance in the story of a woman failed by a patriarchal justice system and seeking justice her own way.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:18am on February 14, 2020☆⚑

Leopoldstadt review at Wyndham's Theatre, London " 'Tom Stoppard's supremely moving new play' by Tim Bano

Tom Stoppard has spent a career searching for the key to the human condition through metaphor: quantum mechanics, gymnastics, Latin love poetry,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:00pm on February 12, 2020☆⚑

Death of England review at the Dorfman, National Theatre " 'blazing Rafe Spall delivers powerful state-of-the-nation monologue' by Tim Bano

Brexit gets only a couple of mentions in this roar of a monologue by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams. But the play

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 4:28am on February 7, 2020☆⚑

Endgame and Rough for Theatre II review at the Old Vic, London " 'wonderful comic performances from Alan Cumming and Daniel Radcliffe' by Tim Bano

Maybe it's a little histrionic to stage a play about existence and extinction right now. Maybe not. If director Richard Jones does

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:38pm on February 4, 2020☆⚑

Carmen review at the Coliseum, London " 'underpowered revival of a bold production' by Tim Bano

As soldiers piss in phone boxes, smash things up, generally kick and punch objects both animate and not, it becomes clear that

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 8:43am on January 30, 2020☆⚑

The Sugar Syndrome review at Orange Tree Theatre, London " 'strong revival of Lucy Prebble's debut play' by Tim Bano

Lucy Prebble's debut play, The Sugar Syndrome, about two people who meet in an online chat room, premiered at London's Royal Court

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:30am on January 29, 2020☆⚑

Sara Bareilles: 'Theatre people work harder for less money than anybody else' by Tim Bano

The Waitress composer and singer-songwriter, fresh from winning her first Grammy, is taking to the West End stage to star in the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 3:00pm on January 27, 2020☆⚑

The Sunset Limited review at Boulevard Theatre, London " 'great performances enliven Cormac McCarthy's tedious play' by Tim Bano

Although Cormac McCarthy is best known as a novelist, winning the Pulitzer for The Road in 2006, he has also written two

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:08am on January 22, 2020☆⚑

Remaking a West End landmark " how Cameron Mackintosh transformed the Queen's into the Sondheim Theatre by Tim Bano

After a six-month closure, the home of Les Misérables is back with a new name and lavish decor. Owner Cameron Mackintosh tells

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 4:48am on January 22, 2020☆⚑

Les Misérables review at Sondheim Theatre, London " 'still spectacular' by Tim Bano

After so much time and so much tinkering, when it comes to Les Misérables the philosopher's axe springs to mind. Every time

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:14am on January 17, 2020☆⚑

Rags the Musical review at Park Theatre, London " 'builds to a moving climax' by Tim Bano

Since closing on Broadway in 1986 after four performances, Rags has been stitched and unstitched so many times that this version, which

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:37am on January 15, 2020☆⚑

Playwright Conor McPherson: Troubled men, ghosts, drinkers " 'sounds a lot like real life to me' by Tim Bano

Playwright Conor McPherson found fame in his 20s with a work about barflies telling ghost stories, went on to write a Bob

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 3:00am on January 8, 2020☆⚑

Teenage Dick review at Donmar Warehouse, London " 'a riveting performance by Daniel Monks' by Tim Bano

Instead of staging Richard III as a vehicle for some able-bodied actor to show off how great they are by playing the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:51am on December 13, 2019☆⚑

The Ocean at the End of the Lane review at National Theatre, London " 'makes you marvel at what theatre can do' by Tim Bano

Neil Gaiman's 2013 novel is meant to be his most autobiographical. Maybe the monsters and the magic that populate the book are

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:40pm on December 11, 2019☆⚑

Fairview review at Young Vic, London " 'stunning production of an extraordinary play' by Tim Bano

Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer-winning play is simultaneously a microcosmic, tightly controlled look at a family through the prism of a middle-class sitcom,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:00pm on December 5, 2019☆⚑

The Last NoÃ«l review at Wimbledon Library " 'Chris Bush explores the true meaning of Christmas' by Tim Bano

Touring libraries and other non-theatre spaces in South London before a run in Oxford, this sweet play from Merton-based company Attic doesn't

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:35am on November 29, 2019☆⚑

White Christmas review at Dominion Theatre, London " 'enjoyable, but underwhelming' by Tim Bano

Whatever you've been dreaming of, this isn't quite it. Roughly based on the 1954 Bing Crosby film, the show follows army vets

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:00pm on November 25, 2019☆⚑

& Juliet review at Shaftesbury Theatre, London " 'the apotheosis of the jukebox musical' by Tim Bano

If you were to attempt to explain the concept of & Juliet to anyone, it would be very easy to make the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:00pm on November 20, 2019☆⚑

Dear Evan Hansen review at Noel Coward Theatre, London " 'powerful, moving and superbly performed' by Tim Bano

TheÂ best and the worst thing about being a teenager is the fact that it doesn't last forever. Broadway phenomenon Dear Evan Hansen

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:00pm on November 19, 2019☆⚑

Mary Poppins review at Prince Edward Theatre, London " 'distinctly lacking in magic' by Tim Bano

Mary Poppins returns. No, not the Emily Blunt film, rather Cameron Mackintosh's muddled stage musical, back in the Prince Edward Theatre after

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:00pm on November 13, 2019☆⚑

Actor Clare Halse: 'I was learning how to graft eight shows a week " in a clown suit' by Tim Bano

The musical theatre star is embracing all things festive and 1950s glamour in White Christmas, which starts its West End run at

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 3:00am on November 12, 2019☆⚑

Sydney and the Old Girl review at Park Theatre " 'tedious and unpleasant' by Tim Bano

Eugene O'Hare's debut play The Weatherman prompted mixed reactions when it premiered at London's Park Theatre earlier this year. His follow-up is

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:40am on November 6, 2019☆⚑

Death of a Salesman review at Piccadilly Theatre, London " 'riveting, devastating, stunning' by Tim Bano

Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell's take on Death of a Salesman captures the greatness of Arthur Miller's play, and at the same

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:59am on November 5, 2019☆⚑

High Fidelity review at Turbine Theatre, London " 'a bland pop musical lacking in charm' by Tim Bano

It's easy to see why you'd be tempted to turn Nick Hornby's novel about a miserable guy who works in a record

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:48am on November 3, 2019☆⚑

Ghost Quartet review at Boulevard Theatre, London " 'wonderfully dark and weird musical' by Tim Bano

London's latest venue, the Boulevard Theatre, occupies the site of the former Raymond Revuebar. Under the management of Paul Raymond, the 'King

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:30pm on October 31, 2019☆⚑

The Antipodes review at the National Theatre, London " 'excruciating and masterful at the same time' by Tim Bano

Annie Baker's back at the National with a show about stories, and she knows how to tell them: not with heroes and

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:45am on October 31, 2019☆⚑

Inside story: Theatre in prisons and the fight for rehabilitation by Tim Bano

Though Britain's jails are at bursting point, theatremakers are working with current and former prisoners to prepare them to rejoin their communities

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:42am on October 30, 2019☆⚑

'We want to make a Mischief movie next, that's the dream' by Tim Bano

From pub theatre to a global franchise, Mischief Theatre has perfected the art of making things go wrong in the right way.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 3:00am on October 23, 2019☆⚑

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Oh, Mary!

Operation Mincemeat

The Outsiders

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The Rocky Horror Show

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow

The Lost Boys

Titanique

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Wicked

Aladdin

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The Book Of Mormon

Buena Vista Social Club

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

Chicago

Death of a Salesman

Every Brilliant Thing

The Great Gatsby

Hadestown

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The Rocky Horror Show

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The Lost Boys

Titanique

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Buena Vista Social Club

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Titanique

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& Juliet

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Buena Vista Social Club

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Chicago

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The Great Gatsby

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Hamilton

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Joe Turner's Come and Gone

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