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Good news for fans as Whoopi Goldberg returns to Sister Act

Whoopi Goldberg is to return to the West End for a final run of performances in Sister Act to compensate for cutting short her star turn Comments

Fun and games in Deathtrap

Matthew Warchus�s enjoyable revival of Ira Levin�s 1978 play Deathtrap suggests that the genre still has legs Comments (3)

Richard Bean: What�s controversial about saying what I see?

With his adaptation of House of Games and a play about Irish-Americans and the IRA about to open, writer Richard Bean talks to Veronica Lee about his fascination with inconvenient truths Comments

Small is beautiful and bold in Tiny Kushner

A quintet of one-act plays at Th Tricycle shows Tony Kushner at his most fanciful and eclectic Comments

Clybourne Park is the funniest play of the year

Bruce Norris�s Clybourne Park is an achingly intelligent study of middle-class hypocrisy Comments

Songs for English reserve in The Remains of the Day

Drom such seemingly unpromising source material Alex Loveless has crafted a sophisticated piece of musical theatre for The Remains of the Day Comments

Lonely lady in How To Be An Other Woman

How to be an Other Woman minors in actual dialogue but majors in a sensuous, lugubrious atmosphere Comments

Michael Gambon: I feel wrong if I don't plan a play a year

After a mystery illness and his dramatic withdrawal from Alan Bennett�s The Habit of Art last year, Michael Gambon returns to the stage in Krapp�s Last Tape Comments (1)

Oikos is lost on the eco trail

Developed at the National Theatre Studio, Oikos is a study of rancid domesticity that�s also an apocalyptic vision of environmental meltdown Comments (2)

The theatre company that could provide the blueprint for life after the arts cuts

Jeremy Hunt and Ed Vaizey are keen to move the debate on from cutting, towards encouraging arts companies to think about ways they can obtain philanthropic support Comments

Edinburgh Theatre: Drowning in a pool of existential despair

No Child provides a little respite as Enda Walsh's Penelope and Simon Callow's Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford fall flat at the Fringe Comments (2)

Whoopi Goldberg quits Sister Act as mother falls seriously ill

Whoopi Goldberg has pulled out of her West End role in Sister Act after her elderly mother Emma suffered a severe stroke Comments

Edinburgh Theatre: Ovid and You�re Not Like the Other Girls, Chrissy are wartime wonders

A Forties reimagining of Ovid's Metamorphoses and an engaging solo show; Fiona Mountford finds two theatrical gems at the Fringe Comments

Too much moaning and huffing in Hotel Sorrento

Adam Spreadbury-Maher's under-energised Hotel Sorrento at The Cock Tavern suffers from some turgid acting which drains the drama of momentum Comments

Darling of the Day deserves this revival

Darling of the Day has been resuscitated in the Ondaatje wing of the National Portrait Gallery as part of the excellent Lost Musicals project Comments

Return of the The Merry Wives of Windsor romp

The Merry Wives of Windsor makes a welcome return to The Globe before heading off to the US later in the year Comments

Mistresses lost in the Summit Conference plot

Summit Conference tells the story of an imaginary meeting between the mistresses of Hitler and Mussolini Comments

Survival of the fittest: Robert Angell and Abi Titmuss in Up �n� Under, John Godber�s rugby league tale

Edinburgh Fringe: Shock and raw in Roadkill but light-hearted affair from Abi Titmuss

Roadkill shakes things up in a desolate 90 minute production. Meanwhile, tabloid favourite Abi Titmuss gives us a giggle in Up �n� Under Comments

Go down Into the Woods but be prepared to leave with mixed feelings

Musically and texturally uneven, Into the Woods is a show that oscillates between excellence and mediocrity Comments (4)

From high seas to The Bush for Mackenzie Crook

Mackenzie Crook was seen by millions in The Office and Pirates of the Caribbean but will be performing in front of a much smaller audience in his next role Comments

London�s most notorious lunatic asylum was a place of cruelty and injustice, full of stories that needed to be told, as Nell Leyshon discovered while researching her new play for the Globe Comments (3)

Song and dance of the revolt in Fuente Ovejuna

Tangram Theatre�s version of Fuente Ovejuna is billed as 'a pastoral tragicomedy with songs, romance and lynching�, which makes it sound like a mixture of Quentin Tarantino, As You Like It and Glee Comments

Edinburgh Fringe: It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later stands out

Daniel Kitson�s It�s Always Right Now, Until It�s Later is the only five-star show of this year�s Fringe, and one so magnificent it makes you wonder why most of the others even bother trying Comments (1)

Fairytale love: Daria Klimentova as Cinderella

Having a summer ball with Cinderella

This isn�t a ballet you associate with the summer - Cinderella huddled by an open fire reminds you of Christmas much more than August Comments

Whoopi lends Sister Act a superior star quality

For three weeks only, Whoopi Goldberg joins the cast of Sister Act. And she�s quite something Comments

Edinburgh Fringe - The Girl in the Yellow Dress is well-presented

Two compelling performances keep the action focused in Malcolm Purkey's poised production - The Girl in the Yellow Dress Comments

Edinburgh Fringe: Two journeys to treasure in En route and Sub Rosa

Each year, the race is on to find new and exciting venues in Edinburgh, En Route and Sub Rosa fit the bill Comments

Berkoff�s way with the scriptures in Biblical Tales

Biblical Tales is an intriguing proposition: an attempt to reframe the stories of Adam and Eve, David and Goliath, Samson and Delilah, and finally Moses and Pharaoh Comments