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Connections Across Generations: 4000 Miles At The Print Room

The beautifully observed set is the quiet star.

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Gibraltar At Arcola Theatre Tackles Dark Events That Many Want To Forget

But new play falls short on too many fronts.

(l-r) Susan Wokoma as Tanika, Michaela Coel as Tiana and Jahvel Hall as Tionne  in THREE BIRDS by Janice Okoh (The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre until 16 March). Photo - Jonathan Keenan

Three Birds At Bush Theatre: Essential New Drama with Chicken-Theft and Turkey Basters

Essential new drama, complete with turkey basters, hand puppets, hand jobs, and a raid on the Surrey Docks Farm.

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Theatre Review: Gruesome Playground Injuries @ Gate Theatre

Funny, sad and enjoyably gross.

Ria Zmitrowicz (playing Kirsty) and Theo Barklem-Biggs (playing Joe). Photo ® Alex Brenner

Review: Chewing Gum Dreams / Chapel Street @ Bush Theatre

RADAR 2012 is the place to be for new writing this month, and Chewing Gum Dreams is the real deal.

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Theatre Preview: Dr Faustus @ Pleasance Theatre

Soul-selling courtesy of physical theatre company Scene Productions.

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Theatre Review: Brand New Ancients @ Battersea Arts Centre

We will be hearing more of Kate Tempest, a defiantly everyday rapper with a gift for telling stories.

Photo by Ene-Liis Semper

Theatre Review: Three Kingdoms @ Lyric Hammersmith

Weird, disturbing, entertaining and including a very naked porn shoot.

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Theatre Review: Murder on the Nile @ New Wimbledon Theatre

Where’s Poirot when you need him?

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Theatre Review: A Respectable Wedding & Bud

The Tell Theatre Company stage a double bill of rarely performed plays about marriage