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Playwright Hannah Khalil weaves the real stories of buccaneering women into Stevenson's classic adventure story, in a show filled with youthful verve ...

Impersonating chart-topping singing duo Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, the comics trade trills and gags as showbiz egos clash and simmering tension comes to the boil ...

The beloved country star appears like a fairy godmother to deliver life lessons in song to a stricken fan, but this production could do with a lift ...

Josh Seymour's production of the 90s musical about Viv Nicholson's big win, and how she spent it, leaves you feeling a bit short-changed ...

A stand-in Genie saves the day in a magical production of the age-old story that has audience members young and old suspending disbelief ...

Sigourney Weaver's Prospero is all at sea in Jamie Lloyd's overblown West End Shakespeare; War and Peace the musical really works; and the immersive theatre sensation is back in town ...

ENB's new Nutcracker recaptures the joy, while Royal Ballet finesse shines through the bling in a Frederick Ashton classic. Plus, a searing festive antidote from Ben Duke ...

Hands Grubby takes over Nakablowme Tower in a slapdash camp parody of Die Hard ...

Back for a 30th anniversary tour, the star choreographer's signature wit and tenderness shine in this perennially haunting fantasy ...

Borrowing from Swan Lake and the Ugly Duckling, Circa deliver wow moments and ornate arrangements as the dancers move in finely tuned equilibrium ...