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The Independent

Treasure Island, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
Long John meets Shakespeare in a posh panto

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Victoria Park, London

Financial Times

Billy Elliot, Imperial Theatre, New York
The true star of this production, in addition to the three dancers who play Billy, is choreographer Peter Darling, writes Brendan Lemon

La La La Human Steps/Amjad, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Hilary Ostlere finds in this deconstruction of two classic ballets a jumble of old themes a fast-forward speed

Othello, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Paris
Clare Shine sees an unconvincing production of a new translation

The Times UK

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick, Bush, London
The kids are all right, shame about the parents in an otherwiise incisive and convincing peep into teenage life

Treasure Island, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Keith Allen stars but proves pirates aren’t what they were. This is one Treasure Island without a leg to stand on

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Big Top, Victoria Park
There's a playfulness to this endeavour that beseeches you to love it. Perhaps it would make an undemanding introduction

Smith, British Museum
In the long, narrow Enlightenment gallery, InSite Performance presents a time-travelling tale of love, learning and ambition

The Stage UK

Mark Shenton: A stiffening of resolve...
When Daniel Radcliffe first opened in Equus , currently running at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre, he frankly admitted to an unusual problem: his penis got stage fright. As he told the New York Times at the time, he suffered from...

The Guardian

Treasure Island, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Keith Allen's crew demands a yo-ho-ho and a set of earplugs, writes Michael Billington

Death of a Salesman, Theatre Royal, York
The time is right to revive Miller's poetic broadside against US capitalism, writes Alfred Hickling

John Ringham
Obituary: A versatile and familiar face in theatre and television for 50 years

Daily Telegraph

The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer at the Tron Theatre
Mark Brown is won over by with Iain Heggie's witty 18th-century monologue

Whatsonstage.com

Review: Treasure Island
More of a play than a pantomime, Sean Holmes’s hugely enjoyable production of Ken Ludwig’s new adaptation of Treasure Island is a meaty, powerfully staged evening aboard the good ship Hispaniola, with pirates running up the rigging and Long John Silv...