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The Kola Nut Does Not Speak English review – slow-bloom show full of familial love
The conflicts of not fully knowing your family’s language are to the fore in writer and actor Tania Nwachukwu’s play
Anya Ryan
01, Dec, 2022 @10:00 PM
The Wind in the Wilton’s review – Mr Toad and pals take on weaselly property developers
Piers Torday’s update of the children’s classic brings Kenneth Grahame’s animals to modern-day London
David Jays
01, Dec, 2022 @8:00 PM
The Rock’n’Roll Panto Red Riding Hood review – music is the star in an Everyman institution
The eponymous fairytale does not lend itself easily to panto – requiring some princely interference – but the cast is exuberant
Mark Fisher
01, Dec, 2022 @11:20 AM
Othello review – Clint Dyer makes this tragedy feel utterly new
Giles Terera stars in a thrilling production with a radical climax that explores the domestic violence in Shakespeare’s play
Arifa Akbar
01, Dec, 2022 @6:01 AM
The best theatre to stream this month: Age of Rage, A Scary Little Tempest and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove’s epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas
Chris Wiegand
01, Dec, 2022 @12:01 AM
The Borrowers review – less a wild adventure more an escape from trauma
Mary Norton’s 1952 novel about tiny pillagers gets a sober stage remake that blends minor-key music with contemporary fears
Mark Fisher
30, Nov, 2022 @8:00 PM
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Musical review – a burst of colour in a junk-filled world
The rags-to-riches roots of the beloved Roald Dahl story are emphasised in this family show, but a reliance on video effects blunts the rough magic
Catherine Love
30, Nov, 2022 @11:08 AM
Jack! review – giant juvenile cast bring joy to fresh take on panto
This Jack finds the beanstalk in an arcade video game – and there’s much more going on, with a young, 200-strong supporting ensemble
Anya Ryan
29, Nov, 2022 @9:00 PM
Mat Ewins review – digital gagster is full of nerdy fun
Even when the grouchy wannabe game-show host’s set is buffering he still delivers a winning formula of hi-tech comedy and twisty jokes
Brian Logan
29, Nov, 2022 @8:00 PM
‘The perfect gateway’: are Broadway audiences ready for a K-pop musical?
The first Broadway show celebrating Korean culture hopes to show there’s ‘more to K-pop than just Gangnam Style’
Adrian Horton in New York
29, Nov, 2022 @2:56 PM
Best of Enemies review – stylish staging of a landmark TV clash
The 1968 debate between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr is depicted with verve and feels uncomfortably up-to-date
Arifa Akbar
29, Nov, 2022 @11:51 AM
Ted Lasso’s Nick Mohammed: ‘I didn’t think about comedy seriously until doing a PhD in seismology’
The character comedian and TV star on meeting angry fans, his first UK tour as megalomaniac magician Mr Swallow and taking inspiration from Torvill and Dean
Interview by Liam Pape
29, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
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