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The Revlon Girl at Park Theatre
While grief is universal, everyone copes with it in their own way. Some get angry, some smile through…
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Pride at the National Theatre
It's Pride Month, so what better time for the opening of the National Theatre's exciting new musical adaptation…
By Maggie O'Shea
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Care at the Young Vic
The grimness of care homes for the elderly is an inconvenient truth we tend to ignore – either…
By Maggie O'Shea
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Please Please Me at Kiln Theatre
Brian Epstein was the Fab Four's forgotten fifth, the manager who took The Beatles from Liverpudlian basements to…
By Maggie O'Shea
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Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story at Pleasance Theatre
The tragic tale of the supposedly "unsinkable" Titanic has captured our collective imagination for over a century. While…
By Maggie O'Shea
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at Theatre Royal Haymarket
From Cheryl Strayed’s Wild to Raynor Winn’s (controversial) The Salt Path, there are plenty of stories that explore…
By Maggie O'Shea
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American Psycho at Almeida Theatre
From Bret Easton Ellis’s diabolical novel to Christian Bale’s iconic screen portrayal, the American Psycho himself, Patrick Bates…
By Maggie O'Shea
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Gawain and the Green Knight at Park Theatre
From director Kelly Ann Stewart, Park Theatre’s Gawain and the Green Knight transplants the titular Arthurian hero from…
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Petty Men at Arcola Theatre
Shakespeare goes meta in Arcola Theatre’s Petty Men, an inventive adaptation that sees ancient Rome fused with a…
By Maggie O'Shea
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1884 at Wellcome Collection
Immersive theatre games aren't for the shy, and 1884 (by playwright Rhianna Ilube, gamemakers Coney and producers Koro)…
By Maggie O'Shea