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Oh My Godot!: This outdoor staging of Beckett’s masterpiece is a brilliant adventure
Enniskillen’s mini Beckett festival, which presents Godot in the panoramic uplands, is a fresh and fascinating tribute to a literary giant
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn on their ‘traumatic’ megaflop Jeeves
Sackings, savage reviews and an inconsolable David Hemmings: those behind the 1975 theatrical disaster look back
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Manhunt: A complex study of the life and death of Raoul Moat
With a superb testosterone-saturated central performance, this drama from Robert Icke at the Royal Court is gripping and sobering
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John Lithgow’s Oliviers win proves theatre is finally taking anti-Semitism seriously
The Roald Dahl drama Giant handles incendiary subject-matter with subtlety and sophistication – and reminds us of what theatre can do
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The Glass Menagerie, The Yard: A small piece of magic from an unsung London theatre
The theatre’s last production before its demolition is one of the finest stagings of the Tennessee Williams play that I’ve ever seen
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A Streetcar Named Desire: This accomplished revival is boosted by a superb Blanche
In the Sheffield Crucible’s staging, Joanna Vanderham has the right quality of otherworldly daintiness that can turn to ferociousness
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The Seagull: Cate Blanchett delivers the goods – and does the splits
Joined by Emma Corrin and Tom Burke, Blanchett is unmissable in this experimental take on Chekhov’s masterpiece
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Edward II, RSC Swan: Marlowe’s gruesome play is daringly reborn
Daniel Raggett’s darkly atmospheric, modern-dress staging hinges on a performance of real bravery from RSC co artistic director Daniel Evans
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Our expert’s top 15 plays to see in 2025
From Cate Blanchett in Chekhov to Tom Hiddleston in Shakespeare, these are the year’s hottest tickets
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Alterations: A riveting snapshot of 1970s Britain
The National’s staging of this revelatory work from the pioneering but overlooked dramatist Michael Abbensetts reclaims him as a major voice
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A Knock on the Roof: This skirts the issue of the war in Gaza
This smartly directed monologue is engaging, but offers a mere side-glance at reality in Gaza rather than an urgent dispatch from it
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The Last Laugh: impeccable impressions make for a nostalgic evening
Paul Hendy’s fond homage to Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse doesn’t dig deep, but it still cuts below the comic surface
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Backstroke: It’s a tough watch – but Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are superb
Exploring the distressing aftermath of a stroke, this stirring mother-daughter drama confirms Greig as one of our finest actresses
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Much Ado About Nothing: A gloriously giddy pink party – with dad dancing from Tom Hiddleston
Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell are a hoot, gamely surrendering to the spirit of Jamie Lloyd’s bonkers production – pink confetti and all
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Richard II: Jonathan Bailey turns Shakespeare’s anti-hero into a coke-snorting pin-up
The Bridgerton star doesn’t attain the greatness of Ben Whishaw and David Tennant as Richard in Nicholas Hytner’s unflashy staging
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Patti LuPone, A Life in Notes: The Broadway queen still reigns, but where were the anecdotes?
Exuding class throughout, the 75-year-old star transfixed with a night of musical anthems from Evita to Les Mis
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