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Backstairs Billy review – anodyne comedy about the Queen Mother and her servant

Penelope Wilton plays the isolated royal and Luke Evans is her courtier in a light production that never gains much depth

The Guardian - UK

The Time Traveller’s Wife review – eternal romance is a bumpy ride

Joss Stone and Dave Stewart’s strangely forgettable score does little to lift this musical but there are some wonderful set pieces

The Guardian - UK

King Lear review – Kenneth Branagh’s fast and feverish tragedy

At two hours with no interval, the actor-director’s production hurtles past at such speed that the depths of the play are too rarely realised

The Guardian - UK

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Romeo & Juliet review – slow jams, Asda bags and trackie tops in a Manchester love story

Nicholai La Barrie’s production edits out some of Shakespeare’s characters, but amps up the modern-day relevance of this play about a divided community

The Guardian - UK

Penelope Skinner on her #MeToo play: ‘We focus on perpetrators. I wanted to explore the life that was lost’

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James take centre stage in the playwright’s new drama Lyonesse, which explores power, abuse, and why things haven’t changed as much as people hoped

The Guardian - UK

Quiz review – Rory Bremner is an uncanny Chris Tarrant

A delightfully performed and finely crafted revival of James Graham’s fresh and funny play about the Millionaire cougher case, which critiques the TV industry and trials by media

The Guardian - UK

Black Sabbath: The Ballet review – riveting riffs, endless kisses and flying limbs

Three choreographers use inspiringly orchestrated tracks from the city’s heavy metal legends to spring some surprises

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That Face review – stunning revival will tear right through you

Revelatory performances fill this devastating production of Polly Stenham’s play about a family ripped apart by addiction and loneliness

The Guardian - UK

Ainadamar review – a defiant and impassioned defence of freedom

Welsh National Opera mount Osvaldo Golijov’s opera about the assassinated Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca – a fiercely evocative piece with the feel of a passion play

The Guardian - UK

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet review – more compelling than ever

Set in an asylum, the choreographer’s bleak yet passionate adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragic romance triumphs in a newly honed revival

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Rock Follies; The Crown Jewels – review

The wit and sharpness of the 70s TV series about a pioneering all-female band is partially captured in a spirited stage adaptation. As for Simon Nye’s new regal romp, the more off-script the better

The Guardian - UK

Iconic Broadway musical West Side Story will be performed at India’s Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, Mumbai

Love, cadence and music collide as the Broadway runaway hit comes to Bombay for the first time

The Hindu

Lily Allen halts The Pillowman play after audience member ‘collapses’

Actor and singer plays a writer of disturbing short stories in revival of dark Martin McDonagh play

The Independent UK

Rock Follies review – girl power pioneers earn their encore

Based on the 70s TV drama, this musical depicts patriarchal power structures in the music industry which haven’t changed much in five decades

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Word-Play review – amusing riffs on slippery language and politicians

Daring production ranges boldly from very funny Westminster satire to suffering families at the sharp end of Home Office policy

The Guardian - UK

Miss Saigon review – slick machine of a musical rather than a radical rewrite

Billed as an opportunity to reframe Boublil and Schönberg’s original, this is more of a tweak but it is a visually captivating production

The Independent UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love to close in West End three months early

Show received a two-star review from The Independent

The Guardian - UK

The Pillowman review – Lily Allen fails to deliver visceral punch

In this revival of Martin McDonagh’s play about child mutilation, tyranny and freedom of expression, the twists and turns between comic and macabre sadly do not come off

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42nd Street at Sadler’s Wells review: when its star is onstage this love letter to Broadway is pure pleasure

There’s something about the sheer, silly exhilaration of tap that’s downright irresistible

The Guardian - UK

Assassins review – Sondheim’s dark study of aspiring presidential killers

Polly Findlay’s production underlines the way these left-behinds and psychopaths invert the American dream

Manchester Evening News

Review: No Pay? No Way! at Royal Exchange Theatre - belly laughs in the dark and an important question

This brilliantly funny adaptation is skilfully realised, but the real issues are deadly serious, says Rob Williams.

Manchester Evening News

Review: The King and I at the Palace Theatre

"The show, like the relationship between Anna and the King, grows on you slowly yet surely"

The Guardian - UK

BRB2 review – great start for Carlos Acosta’s young squad

Birmingham company’s offshoot ranges from classical showpieces to modern shorts, allowing its dancers to tackle roles usually kept for principals

The Independent UK

The Week on Stage: From Dancing at Lughnasa to Ain’t Too Proud

A guide to the week’s theatre

Chronicle Live

The Lion King at Sunderland Empire is a feast for the senses as Disney magic rules over Wearside

Hit Disney musical The Lion King has begun its seven week run at the Sunderland Empire in sensational style

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