The Last Ship – Theatre Royal Drury Lane ★★★★★

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Broadway Cast for Evita Announced

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Q&A: What Wood Victoria Do?

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Editorial: Scarborough deserves a theatre built for the future

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night (touring) ★★★★★

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Latest Drama Recs

The Last Ship – Theatre Royal Drury Lane ★★★★★
Sting's political and folk-informed musical masterpiece 'The Last Ship' sails into to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night (touring) ★★★★★
Autism and amateur sleuthing are the order of the day in this new production based on multi-million-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
We’ll Always Have Paris ★★★★
Open Page Productions presents the world premiere of Paul Kalburgi’s 'We’ll Always Have Paris', a heartbreaking rom-com with a twist.
August Wilson’s Fences – Leeds Playhouse ★★★★
August Wilson’s milestone play 'Fences' set in the 1950s is a barometer for our times.
Man to Man ★★★★
Condiments, crudity, and Cold War revisit The Royal Court in this ragged revival of Manfred Karge’s ‘Man to Man’.
The Mirror Crack’d – The Mill at Sonning ★★★
The Mill at Sonning impresarios Sally Hughes and Adam Rolston bring Agatha Christie's murder mystery 'The Mirror Crack'd' to their lovely dinner theatre this autumn.
Public Works’ PUBLIC RECORD ★★★★★
‘Public Works’ Public Record’: A Big Apple Bonanza
The History of Paper – Pitlochry Festival Theatre ★★★★★
Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson follow a paper trail to Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Latest Musical Recs

La Cage aux Folles – New York City Center Encores! ★★★
‘La Cage aux Folles’: Facing Life with Guts and Glitter
Calendar Girls the Musical – Stephen Joseph Theatre ★★★★★
The true story of a small Yorkshire Women's Institute became a global sensation and now comes home to Scarborough as an award-winning musical, 'Calendar Girls The Musical'
A Walk On The Moon ★★★
Schtupping in the Catskills While an Astronaut Takes ‘A Walk on the Moon’
Girl, Interrupted ★★★★
From Show, Interrupted to ‘Girl, Interrupted’
Dark of the Moon ★★
'Dark of the Moon' portrays the clash of two dynamically-polarised worlds in an unlikely new musical
Bank of Dave (touring) ★★★★
Lovable underdog takes on the corporate fat cats in Rob Madge and Pippa Cleary’s new biographical musical 'Bank of Dave'
The Lost Boys ★★★★★
‘The Lost Boys’: The Undead, Found and Thriving
Beaches The Musical ★★
These ’Beaches’ Need New Lifeguards

Cabaret, Concerts, Opera and Dance Recs

BBC Big Band – Birmingham Rep ★★★★
Anything Goes in the BBC Big Band’s tribute to two pioneers of the Great American Songbook
Dracula (touring) ★★★★
Bram Stoker's iconic character is transformed into the ballet ' Dracula' to the music of Bach, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, and Debussy
Starstruck – Scottish Ballet ★★★★★
Scottish Ballet horours the legacy of Gene Kelly in 'Starstruck'
Michelle de Swarte – The Afters ★★★★★
Former model, turned writer, actress and stand-up tours her latest show, 'The Afters'
Gentleman Jack – Northern Ballet ★★★★★
Northern Ballet bring to the stage the extraordinary story of Anne Lister – with the world premiere of 'Gentleman Jack'.
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes ★★★★★
By turns light and frothy, then dark and grotesque, 'The Red Shoes' is a visual treat and a thought-provoking tale of love and artistic compulsion.

The Recs News And Editorials

Broadway and Off Broadway News
Broadway Cast for Evita Announced
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The cast joining Rachel Zegler for the eagerly anticipated production of 'Evita' on Broadway is revealed
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Q&A: What Wood Victoria Do?
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Paulus chats about his brand new show 'What Wood Victoria Do?' while The Recs' editor Steve Coats-Dennis wolfs his gypsy creams.
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Editorial: Scarborough deserves a theatre built for the future
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The Recs lends its support to the Capitol Theatre Trust's plans for Scarborough theatre restoration