WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: St James Theatre
WHEN: 31/10, runs to 26/11
The Last Five Years is a triumph of structure over content.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Old Vic
WHEN: 28/10, runs to 3/12
How long is too long in the theatre? It’s a question which crosses our mind during this three-hour-and-45-minute production with one 15-minute interval.
WORTH A LOOK?: **
WHERE: King’s Cross Theatre
WHEN: 27/10, runs to 22/1/17
The original cast recording of this show already sits at number 8 in this week’s midweek album charts as we take our seats for this third preview in a new temporary 800-seat King’s Cross Theatre venue.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Hampstead Theatre
WHEN: 19/10, runs to 26/11
We missed the third act of this three-and-a-half hour epic after receiving some bad news in the second interval.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE?: Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
WHEN: 15/10 (matinee), runs to 5/11
Author Mark Ravenhill was co-creator of ITV sitcom Vicious and this was his first play, now 21 years old, which caused quite the stir in the 90s.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE?: Park Theatre
WHEN: 9/10 (matinee), runs to 30/10
We’d read quite a lot about this Mart Crowley classic before we decided to give it a go.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Almeida
WHEN: 7/10, press night 14/10, runs to 26/11
We last saw Anne-Marie Duff in Husbands and Sons at the National earlier this year where she gave a gritty northern performance that will be tough to be bettered this year and which brings us here to one of our favourite theatres and a first preview of a new play we’ve been excited about for months.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Duke Of York’s Theatre
WHEN?: 8/10, runs to 14/1
Ronald Harwood’s 1980 play is based on his experiences as dresser to English Shakespearean actor-manager Sir Donald Wolfit, who is the model for the character Sir.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHERE: Hampstead Theatre
WHEN: 3/10, runs to 8/10
The Latin American debt crisis of the 80s might not sound like the most riveting subject for a play but its parallels with Grexit resonate.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Donmar at King’s Cross
WHEN: 30/9, runs to 15/10
Q: How many of Shakespeare’s characters were female? A: 16 per cent.
