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Harry Clarke review: Billy Crudup gives ‘a titanic performance that deserves every award going’
The American actor makes his West End debut in David Cale's queer-themed comedy thriller
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Just For One Day review: The Live Aid musical is exhilarating and moving
The greatest day in rock history makes for electrifying theatre, writes Simon Button
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The Enfield Haunting review: The dreariest of ghost stories
Catherine Tate can't save this sluggish new telling of a true tale
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The best UK theatre to see in January 2024
From the return of hilarious The Unfriend to Alan Cumming's new one-man show, Simon Button rounds up this month’s must-sees
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My Favourite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert review: Something wonderful indeed
A star-studded line-up celebrates the titans of musical theatre
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Peter Pan Goes Wrong review: A riotous comedy that wears a bit thin
Mischief Theatre takes on J. M. Barrie to deliberately disastrous results
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The Witches review: A bona fide Christmas cracker
Roald Dahl's spooky story gets a deliciously naughty musicalisation at the National Theatre
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The Time Traveller’s Wife review: Visually dazzling but pedestrianly earthbound
The musical adaptation of the bestselling novel fails to soar
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Preview: The best UK theatre to see in November 2023
From the new Stock Aitken Waterman musical to Ralph Fiennes as Macbeth, Simon Button rounds up this month’s must-sees
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Sunset Boulevard review: A bold, ballsy rethink of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
Nicole Scherzinger is fearless and extraordinary as Norma Desmond
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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: A heartfelt eulogy for a theatrical legend
Bernadette Peters is the cherry on the top of a delicious show
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Preview: The best UK theatre to see in October 2023
From premieres of LGBTQ plays Gentlemen and The Flea to the new To Wong Foo musical, Simon Button rounds up this month’s must-sees
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The Little Big Things review: A tear-jerker in the best possible sense
Henry Fraser's story inspires an uplifting, hopeful new musical
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Beautiful Thing review: One of the funniest, most uplifting and wonderfully optimistic queer love stories ever
Jonathan Harvey's masterpiece gets a fresh new take through a queer black lens
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La Cage Aux Folles review: The gorgeously camp and gloriously romantic musical comedy soars
Carl Mullaney stars in a blissful revival at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
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Preview: The best UK theatre to see in August 2023
What to see this month around the UK.
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The best UK theatre to see in July 2023
From the return of Crazy for You to a one-person play about Princess Diana, Simon Button rounds up this month’s must-sees.
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A Strange Loop review: ‘A gaudy, bawdy, unapologetic and heartfelt delight’
Michael R. Jackson's masterwork boldly goes where no musical has ever gone before.
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42nd Street review: ‘Sheer, unadulterated brilliance’
The musical comedy dances into London ahead of a UK tour
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Will Young on his return to the stage in Song From Far Away: ‘I find it kind of electrifying and fulfilling’
Exclusive: The Pop Idol star also teased new music coming in the near future.