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Theatre Review: The Sunshine Boys @ Savoy Theatre

Sunshine Boys spotlights Danny DeVito in his pyjamas and at the peak of his career.

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Theatre Review: The Great Gatsby @ Wilton’s Music Hall

First cab off the rank in a parade of Great Gatsbys expected across the summer.

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Opera Review: Don Giovanni @ Heaven, Charing Cross

The magnificent chest of Duncan Rock makes a huge impression in a gender-bent Don Giovanni

Simon Meadows (Escamillo) & Flora McIntosh (Carmen)

Opera Review: Carmen @ King’s Head Islington

Bizet’s “lush and filmic score” remains bomb-proof in a stripped-to-the-bone Carmen at the King’s Head.

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Theatre Review: South Pacific @ New Wimbledon Theatre

Lincoln Center production, Barbican cast, Wimbledon pricing: three good reasons to see South Pacific in SW19.

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Theatre Review: In Basildon @ Royal Court

The grimness of a Basildon Estate comes to Chelsea’s Royal Court like Pat Butcher to Peter Jones in David Eldridge’s scathing comedy.

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Theatre Review: Silent Opera’s “La Bohème” @ Old Vic Vaults

Urban immersive ratpack Heritage Arts brings a crack La Bohème to the Old Vic Vaults. Get in.

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Theatre Review: Master Class @ Vaudeville Theatre

In an exceptional performance, Tyne Daly illustrates the passion and the pathos of uber-diva Maria Callas.

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Theatre Review: The Ladykillers @ Gielgud Theatre

No nostalgic car chase round the streets of filmic fifties London, but a grade A farce with immaculate cast.

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Theatre Review: The Killing of Sister George @ Arts Theatre

Meera Syal swaggers bravely as a macho lesbian in The Killing of Sister George, but is it all bull-ish bluster and no substance?