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Newsies review – ‘tis the season for Disney musical about industrial relations

This show about young New York paper-sellers has some stirring anthems and screwball energy, even if it lacks emotional and political depth

The Guardian - UK

Hex review – musical Sleeping Beauty casts a darkly dazzling spell

No theatrical effect is spared in this emotional show, which returns to Charles Perrault’s grisly and grief-ridden fairytale for inspiration

The Guardian - UK

Lowry Theatre announces Life of Pi will be big Christmas 2023 show

It is a magical retelling of the best-selling novel with animals including a life-sized Bengal Tiger brought to life on stage

Manchester Evening News

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Musical review – a burst of colour in a junk-filled world

The rags-to-riches roots of the beloved Roald Dahl story are emphasised in this family show, but a reliance on video effects blunts the rough magic

The Guardian - UK

Best of Enemies at the Noel Coward Theatre review: James Graham’s play is as searingly insightful as ever

This look at the corruption of modern political discourse is dynamic and intoxicating

Evening Standard

Leeds Playhouse's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory review: Gender-flipped Roald Dahl classic is a musical delight

The Leeds venue proves once again it provides a rich alternative to pantomime schlock with this rich, manic and fun-filled production

Leeds Live

Henry V at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe review: fresh, vivid and intense

This stripped back production speaks with new and unusual clarity

Evening Standard

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I went to see The Lion King at Palace Theatre and it's the most visually spectacular show I've ever seen

The on stage production uses 232 puppets to bring this classic but reimagined story to life

Manchester Evening News

Carlos Acosta on pushing ballet’s boundaries, Brexit and how he has nothing to prove on stage

Now director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, the world-renowned dancer is bringing new show Into the Music to Sadler’s Wells

Evening Standard

Cheap tickets for The Lion King, Bugsy Malone and Home Alone in Manchester this November

The Lion King's Manchester run has been extended for a further three weeks until March 2023

Manchester Evening News

The Lion King announces NEW dates to extend to 19 weeks at Manchester Palace Theatre

It's the hottest ticket in town right now

Manchester Evening News

Review: Let The Right One In at The Royal Exchange Theatre

A staged retelling of the modern classic vampire film looks to carve its own space with mixed results

Manchester Evening News

The week in theatre: Good; The Band’s Visit; The Boy With Two Hearts – review

As a mild-mannered German academic who drifts into becoming an SS officer, David Tennant is transfixing

The Guardian - UK

The Week on Stage: From Good to Peaky Blinders – The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

A guide to the week’s theatre

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The Guardian - UK

Good review – David Tennant is magnificent in chilling drama

Revived with a superb cast, CP Taylor’s play about a professor embracing nazism is fascinating psychological theatre with the feel of a fever dream

The Guardian - UK

Woman in Mind review – when the vicar’s wife’s worst nightmare is her own life

Jenna Russell stars in Alan Ayckbourn’s exploration of mental illness with an accomplished cast of supporting characters ably adding to the anguish

The Guardian - UK

The Crucible review – stylish restaging is all beauty and no bite

Director Lyndsey Turner misses the opportunity to give Arthur Miller’s allegory modern resonance with a too-faithful interpretation

Evening Standard

The Crucible at the National Theatre review: Erin Doherty lights up the stage in this fresh revival

Lyndsey Turner’s production of a bona fide classic rolls over us with remorseless, implacable intent

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The cold never bothered them anyway: how Frozen made musical magic

The set, costume, video and lighting designers of Disney’s London production – now in its second year in the West End – break the ice about the show’s frocks, crystals and astonishing effects

Bristol Post

Oscar winning composer reveals the life-changing impact of Disney's Beauty and the Beast as it comes to Bristol

As the stage adaptation of the Disney classic is set to return to the Bristol Hippodrome this September, EGOT winner Alan Menken discusses how his most’ ‘intensely personal’ project has still remained as a cultural phenomenon for decades

The Guardian - UK

Much Ado About Nothing review – hilarious, heartfelt show is everything

Daneka Etchells is the most compelling Beatrice you might ever see in an exceptional production of the romantic comedy

The Guardian - UK

The Cherry Orchard review – Chekhov in space

Vinay Patel’s sci-fi adaptation boldly goes into the future on a rickety starship while exploring entrenched hierarchies and class

Manchester Evening News

Review: We Will Rock You at Palace Theatre

With 24 of rock legends Queen's biggest hits, you know you're in for a foot stomping, fist pumping kind of night

The Guardian - UK

The Narcissist review – a darkly honest dissection of post-Trump politics

A spin doctor’s life spirals into chaos after he’s hired by an ambitious senator in Christopher Shinn’s grimly comic drama

Manchester Evening News

Six the Musical review: 'Don't Lose Ur Head' but this is seriously good

Move over Henry, it's time to let the women tell their story

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