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Review round-up: Dancing at Lughnasa – Josie Rourke’s @NationalTheare revival of Irish playwright Brian Friel’s award-winning play features a cast of familiar faces, but do the critics find it as captivating as Ian Rickson’s recent revival of Translations? https://t.co/6W9FjnQwK6 https://t.co/p8UzaU1kzm

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Review round-up: A Little Life starring James Norton – Are the critics enthralled or appalled by the story of sexual abuse and self-harm in Ivo Van Hove’s highly anticipated adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s controversial novel? https://t.co/dFBUCJlozE https://t.co/rzLITbUTwb

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A raft of new productions has been announced by the theatre division of the @roald_dahl Story Company, including a family musical based on The Enormous Crocodile co-produced with @LeedsPlayhouse and Regent’s Park @OpenAirTheatre https://t.co/wNh6V8Mvxl https://t.co/cHmycic8BB

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The Temptations last surviving original member Otis Williams never thought he’d see a West End musical about the group. He and long-term manager Shelly Berger tell The Stage about The Temptations Musical @AintTooProudLDN opening in Lonon's West End. https://t.co/HixhZiXlva https://t.co/6udXyTfPGf

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★★★★ Review: The Book Thief – Uplifting musical adaptation of Markus Zusak’s bestselling novel tells a potentially harrowing story with lightness and restraint @octagontheatre https://t.co/vy3xyFd1qb https://t.co/xtw1PYu36r

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★★★ Review: Alice in Wonderland – Inventive and thoughtful new musical take on Lewis Carroll’s classic @LivEveryPlay https://t.co/E9fh44WCwe https://t.co/j5Ff4ZA0DS

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.@EddieIzzard is to bring her one-woman show, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, to the West End’s Garrick Theatre @NimaxTheatres https://t.co/nsBtvYvimF https://t.co/m6CUDAqVKD

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Review round-up: Hamnet at the Swan Theatre – Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about the life and death of Shakespeare’s son was a huge hit during the pandemic, but do Lolita Chakrabarti and Erica Whyman successfully transpose it from page to stage? https://t.co/tu73IUHoZO https://t.co/lLDQoZ0XvL

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An all-female adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a musical version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped and a new play about comedian Billy Connolly all feature in the National Theatre of Scotland’s 2023 season @NTSonline https://t.co/7DPQv8koeP https://t.co/eloMtGt69v

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In Leeds (@LeedsPlayhouse), you can catch the revival of the musical based on Roald Dahl’s much-loved story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory before it heads out on a UK tour! Have you got your golden ticket yet? https://t.co/G6SkAbaemG