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Pains of Youth Pains of Youth
3 stars
National Theatre
Katie Mitchell directs Ferdinand Bruckner's play, in a new version by Martin Crimp.
Little Voice The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
3 stars
Vaudeville Theatre
Lesley Sharp and Diana Vickers star in Jim Sheridan's play about a girl with a gift for vocal impersonation.
Annie Annie Get Your Gun
3 stars
Young Vic
Jane Horrocks stars in Richard Jones' revisionist staging of Irving Berlin's classic musical.
Endgame Endgame
4 stars
Duchess Theatre
Complicite's staging of Beckett's bleak play has artistic director Simon McBurney starring alongside Mark Rylance.
Life is a Dream Life is a Dream
3 stars
Donmar Warehouse
The Wire's Dominic West returns to the London stage in a new production of a play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Power of Yes The Power of Yes
3 stars
National Theatre
Angus Jackson directs David Hare's latest play, in which "a dramatist seeks to understand the financial crisis."
The Author The Author
4 stars
Royal Court
Playwright Tim Crouch plays playwright Tim Crouch in a play about theatre and its audience.
Speaking in Tongues Speaking in Tongues
3 stars
Duke of York' Theatre
John Simm and Ian Hart star in a revival of Andrew Bovell's play of betrayal and coincidence.
Rat Pack Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas
4 stars
Adelphi Theatre
The popular show, recreating a night at the Sands with Frank, Dean and Sammy, returns to the West End.
Mother Courage Mother Courage
4 stars
National Theatre
Deborah Warner directs Fiona Shaw in Tony Kushner's new version of Brecht's play.
Our Class Our Class
4 stars
National Theatre
Tadeusz Slobodzianek's harrowing play about a wartime atrocity in Poland.
Ben Hur Ben Hur Live
2 stars
O2 Arena
It's been 15 years in the making and features animals aplenty but can the stage spectacular match the hype?
Kurt and Sid Kurt and Sid
4 stars
Trafalgar Studios
Roy Smiles' new play pairs Cobain and Vicious on a fateful night in 1994.
Shawshank The Shawshank Redemption
2 stars
Wyndham's Theatre
Stage version of the Stephen King's novella on which everyone's favourite prison film is based.
Ed Byrne Ed Byrne: Different Class
3 stars
Vaudeville Theatre
The affable Irish comedian brings his 2008 show to the West End.
Girlfriend The Girlfriend Experience
4 stars
Young Vic
Alecky Blythe's Recorded Delivery production about the lives of women in a Bournemouth brothel.
A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire
4 stars
Donmar Warehouse
Rachel Weisz, Ruth Wilson and Elliot Cowan star in Tennessee Williams' play.
Psychosis 4.48 Psychosis
3 stars
Young Vic
Christian Benedetti directs a powerful version of Sarah Kane's final play.
Troilus Troilus and Cressida
2 stars
Globe Theatre
Matthew Kelly stars in Matthew Dunster's erratic production of Shakespeare's play.
The Black Album The Black Album
2 stars
National Theatre
Hanif Kureishi adapts his own 1995 novel for the stage.
The Container The Container
3 stars
Young Vic
Clare Bayley's play about human trafficking, staged in a real shipping container.
Jerusalem Jerusalem
4 stars
Royal Court
Mark Rylance gives his all as a rural outlaw in Jez Butterworth's new play.
Frisky and Mannish Frisky and Mannish's School of Pop
4-5 stars
Leicester Square Theatre
Sublime pop parodies from musical cabaret duo Frisky and Mannish.
Eight Eight
3 stars
Trafalgar Studios
The audience has the power of choice in Ella Hickson's series of short monologues.
Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest
2-5 stars
Open Air Theatre
Oscar Wilde grapples with the elements at the Open Air Theatre.
Avenue Q Avenue Q
4 stars
Gielgud Theatre
The 'smutty Seasame Street' musical re-opens in its new Shaftesbury Avenue home.
Carrie's War Carrie's War
2 stars
Apollo Theatre
Stage adaptation of Nina Bawden's children's novel about two young wartime evacuees.
Been So Long Been So Long
4 stars
Young Vic
Che Walker and Arthur Darvill's vibrant, exciting urban musical.
Derren Brown Derren Brown: Enigma
3 stars
Adelphi Theatre
The mysterious Mr Brown brings his new show to the West End.
The King and I The King and I
3 stars
Royal Albert Hall
Maria Friedman and Lost's Daniel Dae Kim star in an in-the-round staging of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Kursk Kursk
5 stars
Young Vic
Bryony Lavery and Sound&Fury collaborate on a play inspired by the Russian submarine disaster.
The Winter's Tale The Winter's Tale
4 stars
Old Vic
Simon Russell Beale and Ethan Hawke head the cast in the second Bridge Project production.
The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard
5 stars
Old Vic
The first production of Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey's ambitious Bridge Project.
As You Like It As You Like It
3 stars
Globe Theatre
Thea Sharrock directs a bright, witty staging of Shakespeare's comedy.
Arcadia Arcadia
5 stars
Duke of York's Theatre
Samantha Bond, Neil Pearson and Ed Stoppard star in a revival of Tom Stoppard's idea rich play.
Sister Act Sister Act
3 stars
Palladium
Patina Miller and Sheila Hancock star in the musical staging of the 1990s movie.
Much Ado Much Ado About Nothing
4 stars
Open Air Theatre
Samantha Spiro stars in the first production of the Open Air Theatre's summer season.
All's Well All's Well That Ends Well
3 stars
National Theatre
Marianne Elliott directs Claire Higgins and Oliver Ford Davies in Shakespeeare's comedy.
Aunt Dan Aunt Dan and Lemon
4 stars
Royal Court
Jane Horrocks stars in the concluding production in the Royal Court's Wallace Shawn season.
Observer The Observer
3 stars
National Theatre
Anna Chancellor and James Fleet star in Matt Charman's new play set in a fictious West African state.
A Doll's House A Doll's House
4 stars
Donmar Warehouse
Gillian Anderson and Toby Stephens star in Zinnie Harris' update of Ibsen.
Ordinary Dreams Ordinary Dreams
3 stars
Trafalgar Studios
James Lance and Adrian Bower star in Marcus Markou's new comedy.
The Frontline The Frontline
3 stars
Globe Theatre
Che Walker's lively play set in modern day Camden returns to the Globe for a second run.
Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot
3 stars
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart star in Samuel Beckett's masterwork.
Time and the Conways Time and the Conways
3 stars
National Theatre
Francesca Annis stars in Rupert Goold's revival of J B Priestley's time play.
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet
3 stars
Globe Theatre
Domic Dromgoole directs the opening production in the Globe's Young Hearts season.
Shout! Shout!
2 stars
Arts Theatre
Su Pollard stars in a 1960s jukebox musical featuring the songs of Lulu and Dusty Springfield.
Virginia Woolf Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
4 stars
Trafalgar Studios
Matthew Kelly stars in Edward Albee's emotionally brutal play.
Death and the King's Horseman Death and the King's Horseman
4 stars
National Theatre
Rufus Norris directs a lavish production of Wole Soyinka's play.
The Fever The Fever
2 stars
Royal Court
Claire Higgins stars in Wallace Shawn's attack on American excess.
War Horse War Horse
5 stars
New London Theatre
The National's acclaimed staging of Michael Morpurgo's novel transfers to the West End.
Tusk Tusk Tusk Tusk
3 stars
Royal Court
Following the success of her debut play, That Face, Polly Stenham's second play opens at the Court.
Dimetos Dimetos
3 stars
Donmar Warehouse
Douglas Hodge directs Jonathan Pryce in Athol Fugard's poetic play.
Dido Dido, Queen of Carthage
2 stars
National Theatre
James MacDonald directs Christopher Marlowe's tragedy at the Cottesloe.
New Boy New Boy
3-5 stars
Trafalgar Studios
Skins' Nicholas Hoult stars in a stage version of William Sutcliffe's novella.
Kafka's Monkey Kafka's Monkey
3 stars
Young Vic
Kathryn Hunter stars in a one-woman show based on Kafka's A Report to an Academy
Madame de Sade Madame de Sade
2 stars
Wyndham's Theatre
The Donmar's West End residency continues with a staging of Yukio Mishima's play, starring Judi Dench.
Over There Over There
3 stars
Royal Court
Twins Luke and Harry Treadaway star in Mark Ravenhill's political allegory about the unification of Germany.
A Miracle A Miracle
3 stars
Royal Court
The Royal Court's Young Writers Festival continues with a play by Molly Davies.
Burnt by the Sun Burnt by the Sun
4 stars
National Theatre
Howard Davies directs Rory Kinnear and Ciaran Hinds in a staging of the Oscar winning Russian film.
Toyer Toyer
3 stars
Arts Theatre
The Arts Theatre reopens (again) wth a tense psychological thriller.
Plague over England Plague Over England
3 stars
Duchess Theatre
The first full length play by theatre critic Nicholas de Jongh transfers to the West End.
The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew
3 stars
Novello Theatre
Michelle Gomez stars, as the RSC production opens in the West End.
On The Waterfront On The Waterfront
4 stars
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Steven Berkoff directs and stars in a stage version of the 1950s film.
England People Very Nice England People Very Nice
2 stars
National Theatre
Nicholas Hytner directs Richard Bean's controversial new play charting waves of immigration in east London.
King Lear King Lear
2 stars
Young Vic
Rupert Goold directs and Pete Postlethwaite stars as the Liverpool production arrives in London.
Shades Shades
4 stars
Royal Court
Alia Bano's debut play explores the ups and downs of dating within the Muslim community.
now in theatre
OFF WEST END: Six hours of Shakespeeare - in Dutch - in Roman Tragedies at the Barbican

WEST END: Ben Whishaw stars in Mike Bartlett's new play, Cock, at the Royal Court

OFF WEST END: Told by an Idiot's The Fahrenheit Twins at the Barbican

OFF WEST END: The Orange Tree revives Nigel Dennis' satirical The Making of Moo

NEW YORK: The Actors' Company revival of Sidney Howard's The Late Christopher Bean

NEW YORK: Playwright Jordan Seavey makes a splash with Children at Play

OFF WEST END: Becky Prestwich's new play, Letting in Air, at the Old Red Lion

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