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A performer in a long scarf holds up a lit lantern beneath a door marked 13 in Room 13 at Battersea Arts Centre
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Review Roundup: ROOM 13 at Battersea Arts Centre

The reviews are in for Room 13, the 35-minute immersive horror show that Immersive Octopus and Battersea Arts Centre are running at the Lavender Hill building until 1 November.

A dancer stands with arms spread wide in front of shrouded figures and a curtain of strings in Dickson Mbi Company's Tellus at Sadler's Wells East
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Review Roundup: DICKSON MBI COMPANY: TELLUS at Sadler’s Wells East

The reviews are in for Tellus, the hour-long dance-theatre piece by Dickson Mbi that had its London premiere at Sadler’s Wells East on 21 October and ran there until 24 October, after an earlier tour this year.

Jessica Clark in a striped jumper holding up dolls in front of a projection in Dolly at the Omnibus Theatre
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Review Roundup: DOLLY at the Omnibus Theatre

The reviews are in for Dolly, Charlotte Ashton’s new play at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, which runs until Saturday 7 November.

Damien Warren-Smith as Garry Starr, in a ruff and tailcoat, kneeling on a trunk in Garry Starr: Classic Penguins at The Other Palace
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Review Roundup: GARRY STARR: CLASSIC PENGUINS at The Other Palace

The reviews are in for Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, the mostly naked one-man comedy in which Damien Warren-Smith’s clown, in a ruff, a tailcoat and a pair of flippers, sets out to save literature by performing the…

Ellie Young and Joseph Taylor in Glen Tetley’s Firebird for London City Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
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Review Roundup: LONDON CITY BALLET: FIREBIRD – A DOUBLE BILL at Sadler’s Wells

The reviews are in for London City Ballet: Firebird – A Double Bill, the company’s three-night stop at Sadler’s Wells.

Greg Hicks as Halvard Solness and Louisa Binder as Hilde Wangel in The Master Builder at the Arcola Theatre
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Review Roundup: THE MASTER BUILDER at the Arcola Theatre

The reviews are in for The Master Builder at the Arcola Theatre, where artistic director Mehmet Ergen stages David Edgar’s version of Ibsen’s late play.

Daniel Krikler as Wladyslaw Szpilman in The Pianist at Park Theatre
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Review Roundup: THE PIANIST at the Park Theatre

The reviews are in for The Pianist, Thom Southerland’s stage version of Wladyslaw Szpilman’s memoir of surviving Nazi-occupied Warsaw, which opened at the Park Theatre on 22 October after a short run at Southampton’s…

Acosta Danza dancers in burgundy costumes reach and lean as an ensemble in Andonis Foniadakis’s Pearls at Sadler’s Wells
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Review Roundup: ACOSTA DANZA: CUBAN BAROQUE at Sadler’s Wells

The reviews are in for Acosta Danza: Cuban Baroque, the double bill that Carlos Acosta’s Havana-based company brought to Sadler’s Wells for four nights from 7 October.

Derren Brown in a pinstripe suit, smiling, on stage in Only Human at the Apollo Theatre
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Review Roundup: DERREN BROWN: ONLY HUMAN at the Apollo Theatre

The reviews are in for Derren Brown: Only Human, which had its press night at the Apollo Theatre on 21 October after a UK and Ireland tour.