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The cast of The Brown Suite dancing under neon light tubes at Richmond Theatre
London Theatre Reviews

Review Roundup: THE BROWN SUITE at Richmond Theatre

The reviews are in for The Brown Suite, the first full-length dance-theatre piece from Nahum McLean and Darius Drooh, the duo who work as BlacBrik, which had its world premiere at Richmond Theatre on 30 September before…

Mary Higgins as Hamlet and Ell Potter as Gertrude in HAM at Soho Theatre
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Review Roundup: HAM at Soho Theatre

The reviews are in for HAM, Hotter Project’s vegan rewrite of Hamlet, which has come to Soho Theatre from this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Jens Harzer in the Berliner Ensemble production of De Profundis at the Coronet Theatre
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Review Roundup: DE PROFUNDIS at the Coronet Theatre

The reviews are in for De Profundis, the Berliner Ensemble’s staging of the letter Oscar Wilde wrote to Lord Alfred Douglas from Reading Gaol, which has its UK premiere in a week-long run at the Coronet Theatre.

Robbie Martin and Matthew Blaney in What the Animals Say at the Finborough Theatre
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Review Roundup: WHAT THE ANIMALS SAY at the Finborough Theatre

The reviews are in for What the Animals Say, the first play by David Ireland, now receiving its London premiere at the Finborough Theatre in a production directed by Harry Burton.

Kennedy Muntanga as the Prime Minister with the green-screen dancers in Jess & Morgs: Deepfake at Sadler’s Wells East. Photo by Foteini Christofilopoulou
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Review Roundup: JESS & MORGS: DEEPFAKE at Sadler’s Wells East

The reviews are in for Jess & Morgs: Deepfake, the new dance-theatre piece from Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple, which played three nights at Sadler’s Wells East, 1-3 October.

The company of Flamenc Oh!! by Yllana at the Peacock Theatre. Photo by Pablo Lorente
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Review Roundup: FLAMENC OH!! at the Peacock Theatre

The reviews are in for Flamenc Oh!!, the Spanish company Yllana’s flamenco comedy, which opened at the Peacock Theatre on 30 September for a short run to 10 October after its Edinburgh Fringe debut.

David Sands, Jasmine Whipps, Ciaran O’Breen and Danny Lee in Bull at the Park Theatre. Photo by Becky Bailey
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Review Roundup: BULL at the Park Theatre

The reviews are in for Bull, Mike Bartlett’s 2013 play about three colleagues fighting to keep their jobs through a round of redundancies, now revived by the deaf-led company Deafinitely Theatre and performed entirely…

Alexandra Mardell as Rita and Dominic Mafham as Frank in Frank’s book-lined study in Educating Rita at Curve, Leicester. Photo by Jonathan Pryke
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Review Roundup: EDUCATING RITA at Curve, Leicester

The reviews are in for Educating Rita, Curve’s own revival of Willy Russell’s two-hander, which had its press night in Leicester on 1 October.

Melody Chikakane Brown, Anushka Chakravarti, Nina Cassells, Lizzy Watts and Max Bennett in Antigone Exits at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. Photo by Andy Paradise
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Review Roundup: ANTIGONE EXITS at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester

The reviews are in for Antigone Exits, Nina Segal’s new version of Sophocles’ tragedy, which closes the Minerva Theatre’s season at Chichester Festival Theatre and opened on 1 October.