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Lyn's Picks

What's caught the attention of our resident theatre writer and critic?

Smoke

Opening 01 Feb · Southwark Playhouse

Lyn Gardner

1 day ago

There have been some unforgettable versions of Strindberg’s Miss Julie, most memorably Yaël Farber’s extraordinary South African version. But there may never have been one...

Bill's 44th

Opening 31 Jan · Barbican Centre

Lyn Gardner

1 day ago

It’s the final week of the London International Mime Festival and it’s goodbye rather than au revoir because it won’t be back next year, leaving a significant gap in the...

Phaedra

Opening 01 Feb · National Theatre

Lyn Gardner

1 day ago

Simon Stone is a theatrical wizard as anyone who saw his Wild Duck, Yerma (with Billie Piper at the Young Vic) or Medea will attest. Now he makes his National Theatre debut with...

The Lehman Trilogy

Until 20 May · 4.8 (23) · Gillian Lynne Theatre

Lyn Gardner

8 days ago

Spanning 170 years and with a running time of over three and a half hours, Ben Power’s adaptation of Stefano Massini’s play is directed with elan by Sam Mendes and truly...

Sylvia

Until 01 Apr · 4.2 (6) · The Old Vic

Lyn Gardner

8 days ago

A hip hop musical about the suffragettes and the divisions within the movement? Yes, I know it sounds improbable, but you would have thought Hamilton utterly preposterous as an...

4 days ago

Lyn Gardner's VAULT Festival 2023 Picks: Weeks 2 & 3

Lyn Gardner · 27 Jan 2023

What's caught the attention of our resident critic in the VAULT Festival's second and third weeks?

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Lyn's Picks

Smoke

Bill's 44th

Phaedra

The Lehman Trilogy

Sylvia

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Molka

Hexenhammer

The Benefits of Disabled Sex

This Is The Land

Patient 4620

Another Lover’s Discourse

Borders

Swarm

Love In

Mythos: Ragnarok

Walking Cats

Sad-Vents

A Society

The Ballerina

Thirsty

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As You Like It

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

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Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi? (Who Took My Malay Away?)

Project Atom Boi

Jason

In Clay

An Ice Thing To Say

Piece of Work

Butchered

Don't Leave Me This Way

Intruder/Intruz

Caceroleo

All Falls Down

SAP

Mentioned in article

The King And I

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