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The Independent

Bennett the Hamlet understudy 'thought the audience would walk out'
The mother of Edward Bennett – who is standing in for the injured David Tennant in Hamlet– reveals her son's fears

Have a highbrow time this Christmas
Alice Jones tells you how to have a cultural Christmas – and not a panto or a Nutcracker in sight

The Times UK

Shock and raw with David Haig in Orton’s Loot
Forty years on, Joe Orton’s plays still unnerve audiences - and still excite actors like David Haig, says Bruce Dessau

As never-ending as space
The Star Wars franchise has generated an estimated $20 billion, so the live musical show could yet be a worthy addition

Aladdin at the Nottingham Playhouse
You couldn’t call Kenneth Alan Taylor’s 25th panto great art, and you wouldn’t argue that it advances the form - but boy is it fun

The Guardian

The Snow Queen, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
A simple, imaginative production says Alfred Hickling

The Snow Queen, Arches, Glasgow
Some spirited performances and imaginative use of the basement space says Mark Fisher

Simply Cinderella, Curve, Leicester
Lyn Gardner says it's charming, full of promise and a lovely christmas treat

Pick of the week: Theatre
London: A Little Night Music Gethsemane The Family Reunion Maria Friedman: Re-Arranged August: Osage County

Pick of the week: Theatre
Central: Beauty And The Beast Arabian Nights Simply Cinderella Don John Trevor Goose And His Dark Night Of Lights

Pick of the week: Theatre
South: Carthage Must Be Destroyed Frankenstein A Christmas Carol Let's Face The Music And Dance Simply Cinderella

Pick of the week: Theatre
Scotland and Ireland: The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer Sunshine On Leith The Snow Queen Mother Bruce The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

Theatre preview: Alternative Christmas shows, London

Event preview: Happy Christmas: A Tribute To Quentin Crisp, London
Purcell Room, SE1, Sat 13

Theatre preview: Before You Go/At Home, Ashford/Canterbury
Threshold Festival, Kent, Sat 13 & Sun 14

Theatre preview: A Christmas Carol, Bristol
Tobacco Factory, Sat 13 to Jan 18

Theatre preview: Boeing, Boeing, Liverpool
Liverpool Playhouse, Sat 13 to Jan 17

Theatre preview: See How They Run, Manchester
Royal Exchange Theatre, Sat 13 to Jan 24

Theatre preview: Frankenstein, Plymouth
Drum Theatre, Sat 13 to Dec 21

Daily Telegraph

Oliver! behind the scenes
For his super-sized production of Oliver!, Sir Cameron Mackintosh decided to fill the stage with children.