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THEATRE REVIEW Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? starring Gillian Anderson @SohoPlace

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: *****

WHEN?: Saturday 26 September, opens 30 September and runs through 19 December 2026 RUNTIME: 210 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)

Gillian Anderson gave us the definitive Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Young Vic on a revolving stage a decade ago and here performs a similar trick as Martha.

  • Read on for reasons including how Anderson’s performance is 1 for the history books as she gives an unforgettable take on a classic role
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THEATRE REVIEW: The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? starring Sophie Okonedo & Damian Lewis

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WORTH A LOOK?: **

WHERE: Theatre Royal Haymarket

WHEN: 24/3, runs to 27/5

Click-thump. The audience at this first preview starts leaving and tipping up their chairs, in very small, but regular, trickles around the middle of act two.

  • Read on for reasons including why it’s lucky this three-act play has no interval

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THEATRE REVIEW: Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? starring Imelda Staunton

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHERE: Harold Pinter Theatre

WHEN: 24/2, runs to 27/5

It’s 2am and the wife of a university lecturer has invited a younger couple back to their home for some after party drinks.

  • Read on for reasons including why Staunton is the West End’s biggest talent

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