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How Clueless the Musical went from a ‘full-on Monet’ to a ‘total Baldwin’

IN FOCUS: With a fresh script and songs by KT Tunstall, the all-singing, all-dancing adaptation of the seminal Nineties teen movie starring Alicia Silverstone has finally hit the West End… starring actors who weren’t even alive when the film was released. Annabel Nugent meets them, along with writer/director Amy Heckerling

The Independent UK

The Last Laugh at the Noel Coward Theatre review: gags, gurning, and a supremely lazy script

2/5 Impressive impersonations of Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse are undercut by cheap lines

Evening Standard

Starlight Express review: A neon fever dream you’ll watch with your mouth wide open

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s singing, roller-skating steam trains are back for a night of absolute maximalism. Yes, it’s more spectacle than sense – but your inner child (and actual children) will be delighted

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The Gap review – Denise Welch and Matthew Kelly swing low in 60s Soho

Jim Cartwright’s riches-to-rags comedy reunites an abrasive northern couple who turned to sex work for survival in a hedonistic London adventure

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Northanger Abbey; The Most Precious of Goods – review

Zoe Cooper’s vivaciously queer take on Jane Austen will make readers and audiences think twice. And Nicolas Kent distils a Holocaust fable to its chilling bare bones

The Guardian - UK

Northanger Abbey review – Janeites, be warned! Austen gets a fanfic makeover

Writer Zoe Cooper and director Tessa Walker reignite Jane Austen’s early novel with hilarious physical storytelling and a fizzing cast, though the romance sputters out too soon

The Guardian - UK

Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical review – peppy return of toxic teenage liaisons

There are some excellent performances in an uneven adaptation of the hit film, staged with songs by No Doubt, Ace of Base and Placebo

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Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch review – a chaotic camp delight

The Divine-inspired villain of The Little Mermaid and her rag-tag band of gay sea creatures reclaim their narrative in a boundlessly energetic, beautifully belted musical parody

The Guardian - UK

Cinderella: A Fairytale review – Ella and her prince bond over shared passion, not money or status

This production rows back on panto excess, but boisterous audience interaction and bright songs keep it lively

The Guardian - UK

Miranda Cooper on going from writing pop bangers to musicals, and working with the 'super punk' Girls Aloud

The pop songwriter – who wrote all of Girls Aloud's biggest hits – talks reunion tours, potential new music, and heading into the world of musical theatre with Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World

Evening Standard

Lizzie review – ferocious rock opera revisits 1892 double murder case

Strong voices, polished direction and pop choreography boost this uneven account of Lizzie Borden, accused of killing her father and stepmother

The Guardian - UK

To Wong Foo the Musical review – fabulous fantasia keeps it frothy

Adapted from the 1995 film, this musical about three drag queens stuck in a US small town is low on tension but has plenty of heart – and wigs

The Guardian - UK

Flowers for Mrs Harris review – sweetly unassuming musical with dreams of chic

Jenna Russell gives a shining performance of quiet resolve in this musical adaptation of Paul Gallico’s novel about a widowed cleaner in gloomy postwar London who sets her sights on purchasing a Dior dress in Paris

The Guardian - UK

The Little Big Things review – big-hearted musical is a true-story tearjerker

This adaptation of a memoir by a 17-year-old aspiring rugby pro paralysed by a holiday accident has catchy songs, strong performances and schmaltz

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New play Disruption at The Park Theatre tackles the big questions around AI

The black comedy, which stars It’s A Sin’s Nathaniel Curtis, is one of several new plays asking questions about the world-changing technology

The Guardian - UK

Chester’s Mystery Plays: good v evil parables at their most elemental

Director John Young energises this medieval community-theatre tradition with a dynamic and dreamlike journey from the crucifixion to the last judgment

The Guardian - UK

Blonde Bombshells of 1943 review – boogie-woogie bugle girls reporting for duty

A group of hastily recruited ‘sisters’ achieve harmony in Alan Plater’s charming play about music and laughter as a relief from war

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Still raw, real and relevant - review of I, Daniel Blake at Northern Stage

The first stage version of the Bafta-winning film is having a sell-out world premiere run at Northern Stage in Newcastle ahead of national tour - so what does the story have to say to us today?

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The Guardian - UK

I, Daniel Blake review – Kafkaesque benefits story rekindles righteous anger

Politicians’ glib statements frame the struggles of one man confounded by a bewildering welfare system, in an adaptation of the Ken Loach film that both moves and provokes

The Guardian - UK

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher review – true crime classic turned into tense drama

Kate Summerscale’s Victorian potboiler is deftly condensed in a production that brings out the misogyny and class snobbery of the era

The Guardian - UK

Visitors review – searing study of ageing family frictions

Barney Norris’s revival radiates the pain of older parents trapped on deteriorating paths, while their son and end-of-life au pair struggle to find their own

ABC News

Musical stars say Rockhampton's unique theatre scene made them better performers

Despite growing up hundreds of kilometres from a capital city, Kara Lane, Gretel Scarlett, and Lorinda May Merrypor say their formative years in this Queensland city helped shape their future success.

The Guardian - UK

Spring and Port Wine review – Les Dennis leads 60s drama about Bolton family fortunes

An impressive cast featuring the former TV presenter and Mina Anwar deliver an affecting and funny revival of Bill Naughton’s tale about a suppertime spat

Manchester Evening News

Review: Cinderella at Hope Mill Theatre

Rodgers + Hammersmith’s Cinderella is running at the Ancoats theatre until December 11

The Guardian - UK

Cinderella review – a rapturous Rodgers and Hammerstein fairytale

Euphoric songs are delivered with splendour as the duo’s musical finally gets its European premiere, with a fantastic lead performance by Grace Mouat

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