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Naomi Alderman
Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025

Thu 25 Dec 2025

Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025
Samuel West
Prunella Scales, remembered by Samuel West

Wed 24 Dec 2025

Prunella Scales, remembered by Samuel West
Alex O’Connell
I’m in earnest about festive fun, but Stephen Fry’s Lady Bracknell overcooked the ham

Sun 21 Dec 2025

I’m in earnest about festive fun, but Stephen Fry’s Lady Bracknell overcooked the ham
Clare Brennan
Hull Truck theatre’s Oliver Twist reveals the darkness and light of Dickens

Sat 20 Dec 2025

Hull Truck theatre’s Oliver Twist reveals the darkness and light of Dickens
Susannah Clapp
The Bridge’s Into the Woods is a thrilling, mischievous delight

Fri 19 Dec 2025

The Bridge’s Into the Woods is a thrilling, mischievous delight
Clare Brennan
A Child’s Christmas in Wales is a delight

Mon 15 Dec 2025

A Child’s Christmas in Wales is a delight
Erica Wagner
An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye

Sat 13 Dec 2025

An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye
Susannah Clapp
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: two and a half hours of smouldering, slow-burning imagination

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo: two and a half hours of smouldering, slow-burning imagination
Katherine Cowles
The BFG comes to life on stage

Mon 8 Dec 2025

The BFG comes to life on stage
Vanessa Thorpe
‘Stoppard’s work thrilled him’: critic who spotted brilliance from the start

Sun 7 Dec 2025

‘Stoppard’s work thrilled him’: critic who spotted brilliance from the start
Vanessa Thorpe
Comedy or error: is Shakespeare actually funny?

Fri 5 Dec 2025

Comedy or error: is Shakespeare actually funny?
Katherine Cowles
Paddington The Musical is an irresistible love letter to London

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Paddington The Musical is an irresistible love letter to London
Hermione Lee
Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all
Neal Ascherson
From the archive: Revolution in the head

Sun 30 Nov 2025

From the archive: Revolution in the head
David Hare
‘Tom Stoppard redefined Britishness as something freedom-loving’

Sat 29 Nov 2025

‘Tom Stoppard redefined Britishness as something freedom-loving’
Vanessa Thorpe
‘He will be remembered for his wit, irreverence and generosity of spirit’

Sat 29 Nov 2025

‘He will be remembered for his wit, irreverence and generosity of spirit’
Erica Wagner
We may see the world we have lived in through the bright lens of Stoppard’s gaze

Sat 29 Nov 2025

We may see the world we have lived in through the bright lens of Stoppard’s gaze
Susannah Clapp
Ivo van Hove’s All My Sons is a revelation

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Ivo van Hove’s All My Sons is a revelation
Clare Brennan
Murder most fowl: Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Murder most fowl: Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas

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