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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Theatre news:

“Christmas Carol Goes Wrong” at Apollo Theatre
“Into the Woods”, Bridge Theatre
“The Playboy of the Western World” at the Lyttelton, National Theatre
“KENREX” at The Other Palace
“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” at the Young Vic

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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Neil Dowden on the South Bank ★★★★☆ 1 December 2025 A co-production by Shakespeare’s Globe and Headlong (with Bristol Old

“Othello”, Theatre Royal Haymarket

“Julius Caesar”, Omnibus Theatre

“Troilus and Cressida”, Globe Theatre

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“Dark Renaissance”, Stephen Greenblatt

Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, Christopher Marlowe Stephen Greenblatt. 334 pp. Bodley Head

“Female Playwrights and Applied Intersectionality in Romanian Theater” by Catalina Florina Florescu

“Hirschfeld’s Sondheim: A Poster Book”, David Leopold

“Modernism and Scottish Theatre Since 1969: A Revolution on Stage” by Mark Brown

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Cluj Theatre Festival 2025

Dana Rufolo in Cluj, Romania 19 October 2025 The Cluj Theatre Festival 2025, running from 9 to 12 October, is

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