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3 out of 5 stars.

Visit from an Unknown Woman review – gripping study of obsession and fantasy
3 out of 5 stars.

Published: 10:24 AM

4 out of 5 stars.

Oh, Mary! review – Cole Escola’s gloriously deranged historical romp
4 out of 5 stars.

A wild and wildly anachronistic comedy takes the life of Mary Todd Lincoln and embellishes with excess

Published: 9:00 PM
2 out of 5 stars.

Macbeth (An Undoing) review – Lady M takes over Shakespeare’s play … but what for?
2 out of 5 stars.

Playwright Zinnie Harris mounts an intriguing war on the bard but doesn’t bother building her own vision

Published: 11:00 AM
3 out of 5 stars.

Barnum review – roll up for some old-world big top magic
3 out of 5 stars.

The story is thin and slow to emerge but the actor-musicians and acrobats deliver the 1980 circus musical with gusto

Published: 10:01 AM
4 out of 5 stars.

Bindweed review – complex account of the scale of violence against women
4 out of 5 stars.

Martha Loader’s award-winning play is an assured portrait of a therapy group for men who have abused women

Published: 6:18 AM

4 out of 5 stars.

Slave Play review – Jeremy O Harris’s intense study of sex and race demands debate
4 out of 5 stars.

Kit Harington and Olivia Washington star in a charged, often comical drama about the legacy of historical racial violence in three couples’ sexual dynamics

Published: 6:59 PM
2 out of 5 stars.

The School for Scandal review – gen Z glow up is all style and no snap
2 out of 5 stars.

Published: 11:30 AM
4 out of 5 stars.

The Children’s Inquiry review – exhilarating political musical about kids in care
4 out of 5 stars.

Published: 7:02 AM

3 out of 5 stars.

Grud review – sliding floors as teenager’s two worlds collide
3 out of 5 stars.

In Sarah Power’s emotionally acute three-hander, 17-year-old Bo struggles to keep her father’s alcoholism a secret from her new college friend

Published: 7:58 AM
4 out of 5 stars.

Sing Sing review – powerful, deeply felt drama takes theatre behind bars
4 out of 5 stars.

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo leads an impressive ensemble in a gentle and inspiring story of incarcerated men finding joy in an acting program

Published: 4:03 AM

4 out of 5 stars.

Skeleton Crew review – America’s precariat show grit in the face of crisis
4 out of 5 stars.

An infectious soundtrack and a bubbling script boost Dominique Morisseau’s drama as the spectre of closure looms over the lives of four assembly-line workers

Published: 7:01 PM
3 out of 5 stars.

Your Lie in April review – high-school musical mixes manga aesthetics with Broadway sound
3 out of 5 stars.

The sad love story between bereaved piano prodigy Kōsei and free-spirit Kaori is played with verve – but what worked on paper and as an anime TV series stutters on stage

Published: 8:26 AM
3 out of 5 stars.

Radiant Vermin review – cartoonish descent into property hell
3 out of 5 stars.

A couple stop at nothing to secure their first home in Johnny McKnight’s deliciously fast-paced production of Philip Ridley’s Faustian black comedy

Published: 6:30 AM
The week in theatre: Mnemonic; The Secret Garden; The Herds – review

Complicité’s extraordinary 1999 play proves a little more forgettable second time round; an al fresco Secret Garden remakes the story in surprising ways; and the team behind Little Amal prepare to take on climate disaster

Published: 5:30 AM

- Acosta Danza: Carlos Acosta’s Carmen review – never quite reaches boiling point
  3 out of 5 stars.
  
  Published: 5:00 AM
- Dracula review – a clever and playful victory lap for Kip Williams’ gothic cine-theatre trilogy
  4 out of 5 stars.
  
  Published: 2:42 AM

4 out of 5 stars.

Brassed Off review – miners’ music brings film to life on stage
4 out of 5 stars.

The Penrith town band bring warmth and plangency to an adaptation of the post-Thatcher movie, alive with movement and community spirit

Published: 7:32 AM

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