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The Times UK

Forbidden Broadway UK: third time lucky
Forbidden Broadway, the satirical New York hit show, is coming to London to mock our West End musicals one last time

Kureishi puts The Black Album on stage
The Black Album, Hanif Kureishi’s 1995 novel about the rise of radical Islam, is going on stage. The author tells of the likeable young...

Oklahoma!
Oh, what a so-so evening, perhaps, but those tunes remain irresistible

NT Live - Phèdre, Cineworld, Stevenage
Even viewed from a cinema in Stevenage it was obvious that a powerful performance was unfolding on stage at the National

Rattle of a Simple Man
Waterman gives the play grit, switching between hard-faced faux refinement, maternal warmth and lonely despair

The Guardian

Theatre review: Everything Must Go!, Soho, London
With Lucy Prebble's Enron and David Hare's The Power of Yes coming shortly, no one could accuse the theatre of ducking the crisis in capitalism. The Soho gets in first with this collection of 10 short pieces about our current woes. The result, written and rehearsed at great speed, is rather like a topical, intimate revue: not everything works but you have to admire the Soho's readiness to grapple with the global fiscal fiasco.

Theatre review: Oklahoma! Chichester Festival Theatre
It's a terrible dereliction of duty I know, but in all my years of theatre-going I've managed to miss every single revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical. It's my loss, because it's a delight, with one brilliant tippy-tappy-toed song after another and a nugget of darkness lodged in its sweet heart. At least, that's how it comes across in John Doyle's ...

Letters: Collaboration between stars and writers
Mark Lawson is spot-on about the glut of theatrical revivals bolstering the success of West End theatre shows. Stars are being lured into performing the classic plays because they are a sure-fire bet, plays with proven track records, which appeal to an audience that is already reassured, knowing it will be more of the same with famous stars.

Pick of the week: Theatre
South: The House Of Special Purpose The Browning Version Suddenlossofdignity.com Home The Caravan

Pick of the week: Theatre
Scotland & Ireland: New Works New Worlds Peer Gynt The Taming Of The Shrew The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie Balgay Hill

Pick of the week: Theatre
London: Hamlet Arcadia A Doll's House Peter Pan

Pick of the week: Theatre
North: The Pianist It Felt Like A Kiss Every Time It Rains The Hypochondriac The English Mystery Plays

Pick of the week: Theatre
Central: The Wicked Lady Hotbed 2009 The Winter's Tale Romeo And Juliet Private Fears In Public Places

Theatre preview: Forbidden Broadway, London
Menier Chocolate Factory, SE1, to 13 Sep

Theatre preview: New Works New Worlds, Glasgow
Arches, Wed to 4 Jul

Theatre preview: New Connections, London
National Theatre, SE1, Wed to 7 Jul

Theatre preview: Everybody Loves A Winner, Manchester
Royal Exchange Theatre, Wed to 1 Aug

Theatre preview: The Wicked Lady, Newcastle-under-Lyme
New Vic Theatre, Fri to 25 Jul

Theatre preview: The English Mystery Plays, Barnsley
Monk Bretton Priory, Mon to 11 Jul

Theatre preview: Home, Exeter
City Centre, Sat, 2pm; ticketed promenade performance 6.30pm

Financial Times

Real-life bingo fuses with theatre
Sarah Hemming talks to Neil Bartlett about 'Everybody Loves a Winner', his new play about hope and the randomness of life and why someone will feel richer after watching

London Theatre Guide

Jackson tributes paid at Lyric theatre
Fans of Michael Jackson having been paying tribute to the entertainment superstar at London’s Lyric theatre, home of Thriller Live, the show inspired by the King of Pop’s music.

Thriller Live dims lights for Jackson
Thriller Live, the West End show celebrating the life and music of Michael Jackson, who died yesterday, is to dim its lights and observe a minute’s silence in tribute to the musician and entertainer.