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Royal Opera House, LondonThis sumptuously designed production is a treat if you don't dwell on the dramatic flaws and just enjoy the magical music and performances
The Nutcracker ballet is f…
Olivier theatre, LondonNo theatrical effect is spared in this emotional show, which returns to Charles Perrault's grisly and grief-ridden fairytale for inspiration
This musical twist on Slee…
The star formerly known as Cheryl Tweedy will play Jenny, who believes her new home is haunted, in the hit play by Danny Robins
The former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl is to follow in the foots…
Apollo, ManchesterThere's ample room in comedy to tease at woke over-earnestness but this weak and boorish set fails to engage
Ricky Gervais gives us a little lecture after curtain call toni…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonBen Duke brings fresh life to the classics again with deft movement between tragedy and comedy
Is entering the afterlife like being stuck in a telep…
Garrick theatre, LondonIn Neil Bartlett's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's wild-goose chase through time, Corrin shines as the hero who falls asleep as a man and wakes as a woman
Emma Corrin's…
King's theatre, GlasgowKathryn Rooney's slick production has flawless comic banter and lavish dance routines, providing impressive festive entertainment
It is tempting to grumble about the s…
Belasco Theatre, New York
Jordan E Cooper's lively and provocative Broadway debut has moments of insight and wit but some of its targets feel dated
"Ain't no mo tears to be shed. Ain't no mo…
Sherman theatre, CardiffAs the characters in the classic tales revolt against their narrative bounds, a zesty cast make this imaginative rewrite very nearly brilliant
It's fitting that a mu…
In keeping with tradition, jokes chosen by Gold TV poll more likely to elicit groans of despair than laughter
Jokes about Phil Schofield, Liz Truss, and the cost of living crisis are among t…
Tell us about your standout stage production of the year " we'll feature a selection of your favourites later this month
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Hull Truck theatre, HullScrooge not only exploits Bob Cratchit but cruelly cuts him out of the conversation in this innovative, satisfying production
Jack Lord is the meanest of Scrooges. To…
Derby theatreRatty, Mole and the rest are subtly portrayed in this tuneful production of Kenneth Grahame's classic
They are a timid lot, the creatures in Trina Haldar's staging of The Wind i…
Exclusive: Stage sequel to focus on then housing secretary, fire chief and two families devastated by 2017 fire
A play dramatising the "merry-go-round of buck-passing" at the Grenfell Tower …
Lyttelton; Royal Court, LondonOpposite Giles Terera's dynamic yet vulnerable Othello, Rosy McEwen's forthright Desdemona is a revelation. Elsewhere, a personal tale of the Iraq war that prea…
Park theatre, LondonSam Hoare's one-hour monologue, half of a double bill, is tense and engaging in its story about the dangers of eroding press freedoms
A hustler stands by his pint and tel…
Park theatre, LondonOliver Yellop's East Berlin drama, half of a double bill, captures the claustrophobia of digging under the Wall, but never quite breaks free
Two cousins are desperately t…
Bristol Old VicThe final production from outgoing artistic director Tom Morris draws fresh weirdness from ETA Hoffmann's source story
Tom Morris takes his last bow as the Bristol Old Vic's a…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe flamenco star reinvents Stravinsky's 1913 ballet in a stunning solo show that seems to take over his entire body
Israel Galván slinks on to the stage from the op…
Manchester ArenaAfter 12 years away from the stage, the slimmed-down entertainer is more unapologetically nostalgic than ever
No hotcake ever sold in greater quantity than tickets for Peter…
Not Your Circus Dog's new show is a riotous upending of audiences' preconceptions of disability and neurodivergence. It joins a swelling movement of similar collectives rewriting the stage r…
Hackney Empire, LondonClive Rowe gives a masterly performance as he shapes the high jinks while wearing fabulous frocks in this infectiously funny panto
It's worth flocking to this triumphan…
Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about 'body pathologising'
Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised because…
New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeLewis Carroll's fantastical classic is transposed into the world of stage magic in this gloriously hallucinatory show
Forget about rabbit holes and mirro…
Bush theatre, LondonThe conflicts of not fully knowing your family's language are to the fore in writer and actor Tania Nwachukwu's play
Plants are central to Tania Nwachukwu's play about cu…
