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Lee Ingleby (Tim) and Clare Foster (Zara) - Consent at the Harold Pinter Theatre - Photographer credit Johan Persson
09 Jul
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Review: CONSENT at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Nina Raine's National Theatre success CONSENT has transferred to the West End (until 11th August), and provides playgoers with a plethora of barrister banter and relationship ructions.

Lee Ingleby (Tim) and Clare Foster (Zara) - Consent at the Harold Pinter Theatre - Photographer credit Johan PerssonLee Ingleby (Tim) and Clare Foster (Zara) in Consent at the Harold Pinter Theatre - Photographer credit Johan Persson

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Machinal - Almeida Theatre
06 Jul
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Review: MACHINAL at the Almeida Theatre

Machinal - Almeida Theatre Machinal - Almeida Theatre Sophie Treadwell's episodic, expressionist drama MACHINAL, dates from 1928, but has an inner strength and freshness which belies its years.

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Imperium - Gielgud Theatre
25 Jun
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Preview Report: IMPERIUM at the Gielgud Theatre

Imperium - Gielgud Theatre The RSC’s IMPERIUM has already been running at their Stratford base for some time so Stuart King went to the production’s new London home for a first peak ahead of our official press night review and star rating next week.

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Beirut - Park Theatre
25 Jun
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Review: BEIRUT at the Park Theatre

Beirut - Park Theatre Alan Bowne died of AIDS in 1989, but his ground-breaking play BEIRUT had received its first outing 3 years earlier in the August of 1986, at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival on the outskirts of San Francisco.

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La Bohème - Royal Opera House
19 Jun
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Review: LA BOHEME at the Royal Opera House

Last year, the Royal Opera House took the bold step of commissioning a replacement for John Copley’s 1974 Bohème which had served as a mainstay of its repertoire for 41 years. Bolder still, was the decision to ask Richard Jones to direct the new production.

La Bohème - Royal Opera HouseMichael Fabiano as Rodolfo and Nicole Car as Mimì in La bohème, The Royal Opera Season 2017/18 © ROH 2017. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore.

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