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Sep 9, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Holly O'Mahony

    Jane Eyre: A Musical review – more Disney romance than Victorian gothic (opens the original)

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    Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London This production has a talented cast and looks the part, but the characterisation is thin and the songs are often cloying Much like Emerald Fennell’s film of Wuthering Heights, this musical version of another Brontë sister’s literary masterpiece is lovely to look at. Designer Morgan Large’s monochrome palette fashions the women in black corseted dresses with attractive ruffles and delicate mesh detailing. Behind them on a screen, a mist appears to roll

  2. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Holly O'Mahony

    Fame the Musical review – stardom seekers light up the stage like a flame (opens the original)

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    Theatre Royal Plymouth This exuberant revival fizzes like a shaken can of soda, capturing the round-the-clock toil of aspiring performers As a real-life cohort of performers head to Edinburgh hoping to achieve recognition at the fringe, at the opposite end of the UK a revival of David De Silva’s film turned musical breathes fresh life into its own story of fame-hungry students. With a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy, this is a production pumped with

  3. Article · Jul 19, 2026 · Holly O'Mahony

    Hole! review – filthy musical fable enchants … and makes you blush (opens the original)

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    Soho theatre, LondonJake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper are vivid storytellers and fine musicians and foley artists A filthy fable about a god-fearing Christian sect in rural Nebraska who, in a racy, sci-fi twist, are forced to wear butt plugs to avoid being sucked up into the ether, could be utterly naff. But the sheer artistry behind this hard-working two-hander ensures every second is surprisingly enchanting – even when it makes you blush. It’s written and acted by Jake Brasch and Nadja

  4. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Holly O'Mahony

    ‘It’s a national reclamation’: the 12-year festival bringing Samuel Beckett back to Ireland (opens the original)

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    The playwright has long been considered one of the country’s most famous exports, but not an ‘Irish writer’. An ambitious new season of plays explores his complex relationship with his homeland – and tickets are already on sale for 2036 In 2036, the actor Samuel West will take to the stage to perform Krapp’s Last Tape – Samuel Beckett’s pensive monologue in which an old man, hunched over a reel-to-reel recorder, listens back to the voice of his younger self. West will be 69, the ag

  5. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Holly O'Mahony

    Physical Education review – boisterous, cliche-busting lesson on teen masculinity (opens the original)

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    Swansea Grand theatreSchool locker room banter has a sinister edge in Jonathan Houlston’s shrewd debut, which pairs the toxic tropes of Adolescence with the group dynamics of Laura Wade’s Posh In Jonathan Houlston’s strikingly astute and utterly gripping debut play, a school’s locker room is a retreat for its pupils. Here, hypermasculinity is performed en masse, first dates are held in secret and reputation-threatening confessions are whispered cautiously. We first meet the boys as a pac

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