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Michael Clark Company. Photo © Jake Walters

What’s On In London Theatre 16-22 October

Our top tips for the best theatre, opera and dance shows opening in London this week.

A riot: Ben Jonson's The Alchemist

Theatre Review: The Alchemist @ Upstairs At The Gatehouse

Three cheats take on London to con its citizens of their cash and make a fortune.

production photo by Polly Hancock

Opera Review: Troy Boy @ Upstairs At The Gatehouse

Unshaven tenors and Essex-blonde sopranos serve up pub opera in a sort of ‘Troy of the Rovers’ with superb voices and bargain pricing.

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Fringe Benefits: Upstairs At The Gatehouse

Upstairs at the Gatehouse bills itself as ‘London’s top theatre’, and at 446 ft above sea level, at the top of a hill that has had the measure of many a cyclist, we can’t argue with them. The mock Tudor façade disguises a pub that …

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Camden Fringe Review: Sherlock (Abridged)

You’ve seen the film, read the books, watched the TV series, seen the play: now go see another play about the most overexposed Victorian duo since Gladstone and Disraeli went skinny dipping. We’re literally on the very fringe of the Camden Fringe – the border …

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Preview: Camden Fringe 2010

The pigeon is back and this time it’s got platform goth boots which are entirely appropriate as the Camden Fringe gets set to kick cultural arse this summer with 8 venues, 208 shows and in excess of 700 performances throughout August. Rallying hard against the …