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In a programme interview, Patricia Resnick - writer of both the original 1980 film and this 2008 musical adaptation - notes that Jane Fonda wanted to convey a political message about workplace sexism, but realised couching it in comedy would make it more palatable.
Flat 4 Theatre make their debut as a company with Butterflies, a quite jarring account of the relationship between Generation Z and technology.
Carlos Acosta's vibrant production of Don Quixote offers an all-thriller, no-filler evening complete with exuberant staging, grand and detailed sets fit for a West End musical, luxurious costuming, and a stellar cast in which there is not a single weak link.
It's the 1970s and British sound designer Gilderoy is stepping well out of his comfort zone to create the soundscape for Italian horror-thriller director Santini's latest movie.
It's the Roaring Twenties in London.
Jermyn Street Theatre open the celebrations for their 25th anniversary with a world premiere aged 120.
Phil Willmott tries to rescue two shows with the plot of a third, but his show also never quite coheres, for all the energy expended by the hard-working cast.
After winning People's Choice Award in last year's edition of the VAULT Festival, Out Of The Forest Theatre are back with Call Me Fury to tell the stories of unjustly condemned women throughout the centuries.
Christopher Marlowe's Edward II is one of the earliest English history plays, and tells the story of the title character, his infatuation with his favourites and the dissent of his disapproving peers.
In a rare piece of programming from the Royal Opera House, audiences have the opportunity, for a limited run, to watch the Royal Ballet School's talent of tomorrow and the main company's talent of today together in a mixed programme of animal-based stories.
This new production of Arthur Miller's rarely-produced play, on now at the Old Vic, offers some emotional and aesthetic rewards, but misses more often than it hits.
BBC Writers Room's Hayley Wareham and Flux Theatre present bottled, a jarring original play about domestic abuse.
The King's Head pulls off another re-imagining of a classic opera that packs plenty of punch and is a joy for newbies and old hands alike.
Sheffield Theatres' revival of Githa Sowerby's play skillfully balances drama and humour.
From mathematics professor Lewis's insomnia and amnesia plagued night emerges a poetic, fragmented and poignant reflection on race, forgetfulness, and legacy enlightened by two fine performances in a thoughtfully directed production from Eleanor Rhode as part of the Ustinov Studio's UK premieres fro
Rip It Up The 60s is unabashed entertainment full of great songs, plenty of dancing and a handful of stars from Strictly.
Following on from a traumatic incident that occurred months ago, two individuals become the best of friends, despite the unlikeliest of circumstances.
Fasten your seatbelts! Ivo van Hove has taken on the ultimate quotable backstage melodrama: Joseph L.
Arthur Miller is certainly popular this season, with The Price currently at the Wyndham's Theatre, The American Clock and All My Sons both at the Old Vic in the next few weeks, and Death of a Salesman due to open in May at the Young Vic.
He's penned some of the greatest hits of the 20th century and is revered the world over.
Mike Leigh's iconic class comedy, Abigail's Party, has arrived at Nuffield Southampton Theatres on its UK tour.
A wonderful version of The Winter's Tale that is made for young people but has plenty to say to those of us as old as Leontes and Polixenes.
Theatre audiences are certainly less easy to shock these days than they were back in 1973 when Richard O'Brien's outrageous musical The Rocky Horror Show first debuted at the Royal Court.
James Barr's Thirst Trap is an outrageously funny exploration of modern dating.
A hail of cigarette boxes, bicycles, jazz, and divine intervention.
