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Samira Wiley is revelatory in Intimate Apparel at Donmar Warehouse

4/5 Wiley totally inhabits the part of a spinster seamstress in Lynn Nottage’s portrait of 1905 New York

Evening Standard

1536 turns Anne Boleyn’s downfall into a witty, wrenching parable of girlhood

4/5 The themes of female friendships, misogyny and the trickle-down effects of patriarchy are as present today as they are in this play set 500 years ago

The Independent UK

Theo Barklem-Biggs on Dealer's Choice, SAS Rogue Heroes and masculinity

Theo Barklem-Biggs is best known for SAS Rogue Heroes and talks to us about taking on more extremes of masculine behaviour in a new production of Dealer’s Choice at the Donmar

Evening Standard

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Dealer’s Choice at the Donmar: savagely comic study of male compulsion

4/5 Alfie Allen and Brendan Coyle star in this banter-filled play about a high stakes card game

Evening Standard

Victoria Smurfit on Rivals S2 and Ghosts: "it's 17 years since I've been on the stage!"

Victoria Smurfit tells us about hitting the Lyric Hammersmith for a new adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts and heading back to Jilly Cooper land

Evening Standard

Wolves on Road at the Bush Theatre: a sparky play about generational differences in London’s immigrant communities

3/5 There is plenty to like about this lively play though it’s headline-led fascination with cryptocurrency can sometimes be hard to buy

Evening Standard

‘I would never date a white person again’ – what Slave Play teaches us about interracial relationships

As Jeremy O. Harris’ new West End polemic lifts the lid on the uncomfortable reality of interracial relationships, Emma Loffhagen speaks to people about their experiences dating outside of their race

Evening Standard

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Things to do in London this weekend (July 19 – 21)

From London’s best new all-day opening to an old school hangout worth a revisit, this is everything to eat and drink and see and do this weekend

Evening Standard

Dementia crisis puts New Zealand v England ‘collision’ in perspective

The death of the Māori All Black Billy Guyton has concentrated minds, with researchers racing to find answers

The Guardian - UK

‘Make them laugh – or they’ll kill you’: my riotous play about a dangerous drinking game

As her play about toxic secrets and old friends hits the stage, the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast explains how studying Wilde and Shaw showed her the subversive power of laughter

The Guardian - UK

Hope Has a Happy Meal review – dystopian comedy balances wit and nightmares

Set in a future police state, Tom Fowler’s play sees two women go on the run in a feverish reimagining of Thelma and Louise

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t breathe’: New York air quality forces Jodie Comer to end Broadway performance after 10 minutes

Air quality in New York City was ranked number one for the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday afternoon

The Independent UK

‘I can’t breathe’: Jodie Comer halts Broadway show due to New York air quality

Air quality in New York City was ranked number one for the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday afternoon

The Independent UK

The Second Woman review – Ruth Wilson’s spellbinding theatrical marathon

Over 24 hours, the star offers variations on the same scene with 100 different partners, including some famous faces – and the result is astonishing

The Guardian - UK

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The week in theatre: August in England; Blue Now; The Vortex – review

Lenny Henry draws his audience deep into the life – and its shattering – of a Windrush evictee; Derek Jarman’s final film is reverentially revisited; and Lia Williams and son ignite Noël Coward at his darkest

The Guardian - UK

The Vortex review – Noël Coward’s swirling jazz age psychodrama

Lia Williams and her son Joshua James make a scintillating double act in a resonant revival of the 1924 hit

The Guardian - UK

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction review – Lydia West takes command

The star narrates an innovative, pedal-powered production that muses on the climate crisis but the wide range of topics limits the storytelling

The Independent UK

‘Did I watch my ex on I’m a Celebrity? No – I was busy doing a five-star play’: Rebecca Humphries on love, heartbreak and Blackout Songs

Almost a year after publishing her self-worth memoir, ‘Why Did You Stay?’, the actor talks to Ellie Harrison about moving on, and her subversive stage romcom

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The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead; Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Berlusconi – review

Complicité’s masterly take on Olga Tokarczuk’s eco-thriller is unforgettable; Daniel Rigby excels in Fo’s all too timely classic; and Silvio Berlusconi is in dire need of some good tunes

The Guardian - UK

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review – Succession-style scheming in the deep south

Modern-day version casts Tennessee Williams’s steamy melodrama in a new light, with a focus on the corruptibility of wealth

The Guardian - UK

Enter stage right: the new wave of musicals taking on the West End adaptations

With everything from Bake Off to Pretty Woman putting bums on seats in Theatreland, launching an original homegrown production is harder than ever. But might salvation be at hand in the unlikely shape of Silvio Berlusconi?

Evening Standard

Oh Silvio! The making of the naughty, noisy and dark new musical about Berlusconi, coming to London

The controversial former Italian prime minister and self-styled ‘Jesus Christ of politics’ gets the musical treatment

The Guardian - UK

Wildfire Road review – comedy and terror on the path to climate hell

A strong cast and plenty of physicality bolster Eve Leigh’s hour-long, plane-set takedown of climate-crisis apathy

Evening Standard

Sleepova at the Bush Theatre review: you can’t help but fall in love with this joyous, exuberant show

A glorious young cast brings authentic energy to a coming of age tale of female friendship

The Guardian - UK

Beginning review – touching after-party tale of the last two left standing

David Eldridge’s insightful play about a pair of singletons sizing each other up at the end of the night is relocated for a funny and moving revival

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