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The director of ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ discusses ‘The Motive and the Cue’, his hit play about rehearsing Shakespeare
Liverpool’s Depot is turned into a theatre of war for a bloody production of Shakespeare’s tragedy
Brendan Behan’s play examines life behind bars and the prison of social stereotypes
Also opening: ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ sparkles in Richmond; a candlelit ‘Ghosts’ at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Plus: festive romcom ‘Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)’ and historical spectacle ‘The Mongol Khan’
The musical theatre star has joined forces with Elaine Paige to host West End Woofs in aid of rescue cats and dogs
Plus: privilege under the spotlight in ‘Mates in Chelsea’ and fast and funny social media satire ‘Flip!’
Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks offer unusual takes on Beckett’s characters at the Theatre for a New Audience
Stage fright? The Netflix series gets a 1950s origin story of sorts while The Enfield Haunting dramatises real-life 1970s events
Also opening in London: Richard Bean’s comedy To Have and to Hold; a musical version of The Time Traveller’s Wife
Moving curtain-up to 6.30pm allows audiences to watch, dine, discuss, and still make the last train
Adaptation at New York’s Signature Center relishes its unwholesome material
Also opening in London: Kristin Scott Thomas in ‘Lyonesse’; ‘Death of England’ trilogy concludes with ‘Closing Time’
Also on the London stage: Lynn Nottage’s warm-hearted ‘Clyde’s’ and a revival of the contemporary classic ‘Portia Coughlan’
The playwright’s farce about the Queen Mother and her servant examines the dynamics of an unlikely friendship
Lolita Chakrabarti’s rich drama for the RSC comes to London’s Garrick Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is reimagined for our image-obsessed age at London’s Savoy Theatre
Daniel Radcliffe gives a great performance in this revival of Maria Friedman’s production at the Hudson Theatre
Also opening in London: Tanika Gupta tackles Victorian imperialism in ‘The Empress’
Martyna Majok’s play follows the chequered fortunes of a Polish woman in New Jersey
The Gate Theatre’s production of Erica Murray’s new play moves from farce to melancholy
Nancy Harris’s play at the Abbey Theatre has sharply observed performances
Slapstick-heavy production heightens the comic but misses the tragic
Her new production of Lynn Nottage’s play ‘Clyde’s’ finds much metaphorical mileage in the sandwich
Peter Arnott’s intimate and articulate play is impressively staged at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre
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