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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) review – this brevity is the soul of wit

www.wakaticket.com – The Reduced Shakespeare Company returns with a frantic mix of pratfalls, audience participation and lightning-flash characterisations…
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) review – this brevity is the soul of wit
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John Proctor Is the Villain review – Arthur Miller’s classic sparks a #MeToo moment

www.wakaticket.com – A class on The Crucible unearths troubling parallels for a group of teen girls in Kimberly Belflower’s play set in the wake of the Weinstein scandal…
John Proctor Is the Villain review – Arthur Miller’s classic sparks a #MeToo moment
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From Hamlet at the Globe to Keir Starmer on SNL UK: the anarchic rise of George Fouracres

www.wakaticket.com – After years of skits and Shakespeare, the Black Country performer has found his biggest audience yet on Saturday Night Live UK. Phil Wang and others hail his ‘pure comedic instinct’…
From Hamlet at the Globe to Keir Starmer on SNL UK: the anarchic rise of George Fouracres
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‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical

www.wakaticket.com – Production based on 1993 novel opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in July, with original songs co-written by the author…
‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical
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‘It shook the plaster off the ceiling’: Self Esteem and David Hare on reviving rock romp Teeth ‘n’ Smiles

www.wakaticket.com – It lit up the 1970s with its nihilistic tale of a hippie band imploding in a trail of drugs, booze and violence. What can it tell us about the music business today? Writer David Hare and wild-child rocker Self Esteem plug in…
‘It shook the plaster off the ceiling’: Self Esteem and David Hare on reviving rock romp Teeth ‘n’ Smiles
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Michelle De Swarte: The Afters review – blazing gags from a comic who says what she sees

www.wakaticket.com – The fantastically confident standup is a blast from the start with her takes on menopause, parenting and her upbringing…
Michelle De Swarte: The Afters review – blazing gags from a comic who says what she sees
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Pippin review – Stephen Schwartz’s wondrous songs still cast a spell

www.wakaticket.com – A revival of the Wicked composer’s 70s medieval-quest musical brings magic and joy but malevolence is missing…
Pippin review – Stephen Schwartz’s wondrous songs still cast a spell
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Cynthia Erivo is Dracula, Gentleman Jack does ballet and Phil Wang’s mega-tour: theatre, dance and comedy in 2026

www.wakaticket.com – Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner unite for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Michael Sheen launches Welsh National Theatre and Bridget Christie revs up for a return to the stage…
Cynthia Erivo is Dracula, Gentleman Jack does ballet and Phil Wang’s mega-tour: theatre, dance and comedy in 2026
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Osipova/Linbury review – superstar ballerina reckons with the icons of dance

www.wakaticket.com – Natalia Osipova steps into Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan’s shoes in a mischievous triple bill which also acts as a statement of intent…
Osipova/Linbury review – superstar ballerina reckons with the icons of dance
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A Squash and a Squeeze review – Donaldson and Scheffler favourite crammed with songs

www.wakaticket.com – Ingenious puppetry and jolly performances help animate the beloved story about an ever-expanding indoor menagerie…
A Squash and a Squeeze review – Donaldson and Scheffler favourite crammed with songs
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A spoof universally acknowledged: comic Rosalie Minnitt on her bonnet-crazed Jane Austen parody

www.wakaticket.com – The standup is hitting new heights of pastiche with Clementine, a riotous one-woman show about a Regency belle seeking a tailcoated beau. As the Edinburgh hit goes on tour, Minnitt explains why her mum’s doing the driving…
A spoof universally acknowledged: comic Rosalie Minnitt on her bonnet-crazed Jane Austen parody
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Killing Time by Alan Bennett audiobook review – quietly subversive comedy

www.wakaticket.com – The author narrates his darkly comic novella about lockdown life in a care home during the pandemic…
Killing Time by Alan Bennett audiobook review – quietly subversive comedy
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Shirley Valentine review – huge laughs and tender feelings at a Liverpool homecoming

www.wakaticket.com – Back at the theatre where it premiered in 1986, Willy Russell’s play about a midlife voyage of self-discovery retains both its local and universal appeal…
Shirley Valentine review – huge laughs and tender feelings at a Liverpool homecoming
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The Seagull review – Cate Blanchett and an all-star ensemble take wing

www.wakaticket.com – Thomas Ostermeier’s masterful staging has tremendous performances from a cast including Tom Burke, Emma Corrin and Kodi Smit-McPhee…
The Seagull review – Cate Blanchett and an all-star ensemble take wing
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Taio Lawson to shepherd London’s Bush theatre as new artistic director

www.wakaticket.com – Lynette Linton’s successor at the new writing venue in west London promises to build on its bold legacy…
Taio Lawson to shepherd London’s Bush theatre as new artistic director
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Edward II review – Daniel Evans leads a brooding, brutal and brilliant night at the RSC

www.wakaticket.com – The new joint boss of the Royal Shakespeare Company makes an impetuous king in Daniel Raggett’s production of Marlowe’s history play…
Edward II review – Daniel Evans leads a brooding, brutal and brilliant night at the RSC
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Love’s Labour’s Lost (More or Less) review – lads on tour in Ibiza swear off sex

www.wakaticket.com – Elizabeth Godber and Nick Lane relocate Shakespeare’s comedy of abstinence to the throbbing heart of 90s hedonism…
Love’s Labour’s Lost (More or Less) review – lads on tour in Ibiza swear off sex
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Give Edinburgh fringe the same status as Olympics, departing head urges

www.wakaticket.com – Shona McCarthy says public authorities have routinely ignored needs of world’s largest arts festival…
Give Edinburgh fringe the same status as Olympics, departing head urges
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‘Just to see Tom Hiddleston would be enough!’ My eye-popping night with the fans who mob stage doors

www.wakaticket.com – With London’s West End chockful of Hollywood A-listers, crowds are thronging stage doors. But do some fans go too far? We uncover a shadowy story of joyful adulation, gobby putdowns – and endless TikToks…
‘Just to see Tom Hiddleston would be enough!’ My eye-popping night with the fans who mob stage doors
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Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier awards and Romola Garai nominated twice in same category

www.wakaticket.com – Garai is recognised for The Years and Giant, Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is nominated for his West End debut, while Imelda Staunton gets 14th nod for Hello, Dolly!…
Fiddler on the Roof up for 13 Olivier awards and Romola Garai nominated twice in same category
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