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Theatre
My Blair lady...cool Eliza shows Cherie the way
Theatre: Shaw's politically pointed play, Pygmalion, serves a poignant reminder of social and cultural change for the slightly better.....read
A thrilling night of magic and madness
Arts & Exhibitions: Gregory Doran's sparkling version of A Midsummer Night's Dream proves a welcome, not to mention seasonal, addition to the RSC repertoire.....read
Brecht given new bite
Theatre: The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic makes an absolutely devastating impact in a production of stylised strangeness.....read
Prisoners of passion
Music: Stockholm, a dynamic two-hander from Frantic Assembly at the Hampstead Theatre, is a valuable new work that is, in every way, bruising.....read
East End brothers in Soho
Theatre: One of the exciting things about Soho Theatre these days is you never know what you are going to get. Piranha Heights keeps us guessing.....read
Family at the core of new play
Theatre: It's difficult to quibble with a drama like Familyman that has what too many other, more sophisticated, works lack: a real, beating heart.....read
Liberal affair lacks passion
Theatre: Haughty Greta Scacchi fails to create a storm in The Deep Blue Sea as it sketches a portrait of grey, puritan England, says Nicholas de Jongh.....read
The show that's all woman
Theatre: Harper Regan contains a career-defining role for Lesley Sharp as Harper and explodes key myths about female sexuality and anger.....read
Pinter's birthday treat
Theatre: A shocking, triumphant return for Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party almost 50 years since every theatre critic but one poured scorn and worse upon it.....read
Batsmen on a sticky wicket
Theatre: A sluggish air hangs over Sean Holmes's The English Game; a plodding piece that attempts to saddle a game of amateur cricket with more weight than it could bear.....read
Spellbinding tale of confused smother love
Theatre: Amazing performances seal the success for That Face; 21-year-old Polly Stenham's play about a twisted family and incest.....read
Time to Take That and party
Theatre: Take That have a substantial and loyal fan-base but only time will reveal whether this is enough to sustain a run of a musical based on the group.....read
Jewish comedy shows deceptive charm
Theatre: Beau Jest parades its old-fashioned credentials and never shrinks from saying predictable things or clutching at clichés to express them.....read
Musical returns to the stage again
Theatre: Funny Girl, best known in its 1968 Barbra Streisand film version, gets back to its theatre roots with big tunes, snappy lyrics and high kicks.....read
Into the inner-city groove
Theatre: Into the Hoods is about real bodily pleasure. You come out dazzled by the back flips — cursing your own wheezy unfitness, says Liz Hoggard.....read
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