The Battle (touring) ★★★★
Girls and boys roll with it in John Niven’s searing new comedy, ‘The Battle’, surrounding the Blur/Oasis chart clash of ’95.
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – ENO ★★★★
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s rarely performed and disturbingly timely tale, ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’ gets an epic ENO reworking.
Shadowlands ★★★★★
Hugh Bonneville and Maggie Siff examine faith and explore love in this intimate reprise of William Nicholson’s ‘Shadowlands’ for the Aldwych Theatre.
Cash on Delivery – Mill at Sonning ★★★★
Escapism guaranteed with Michael Cooney’s ‘Cash on Delivery’ at the Mill on Sonning
Dear Liar ★★★★
George Bernard Shaw and Mrs Patrick Campbell relive their decades-long ‘affair’ through the letters they left behind in ‘Dear Liar’ at Jermyn Street Theatre.
Derren Brown: Only Human Live (touring) ★★★★
Derren Brown brings his unique brand of mentalism back to the stage in his latest, unflinching production ‘Only Human Live’
Man and Boy – National Theatre ★★★★
National Theatre showcases Rattigan’s playwriting maturity with a fresh-faced revival of ‘Man and Boy’ at the Dorfman Theatre.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ★★★★
Rachel Joyce adapts her much-loved bestselling novel ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ for the West End.
Here and Now – The Steps Musical (touring) ★★
The jukebox musical ‘Here and Now’ packs the shelves with Steps’ irresistible back catalogue but finds some unwanted items in bagging area
Indian Ink (touring) ★★★★★
Hampstead Theatre reunites Felicity Kendal with Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink in this top-quality revival of ‘Indian Ink’, now playing at Bath.