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<p>Jade Franks in ‘Eat the Rich’</p>

Eat the Rich is a class comedy grounded in cheeky charisma – review

Jade Franks’ laugh-out-loud account of swapping Liverpool for Oxbridge has drawn comparisons to Fleabag, but her voice is unmistakably her own

<p>Two ordinary lads with a big goal in sight</p>

Football musical Gerry & Sewell is hilarious from start to finish

<p>Billy Crudup in ‘High Noon’</p>

High Noon is a thoughtful Western with vital moments missing

<p>The best medicine: Romesh Ranganathan (Dr Bill) and Sheridan Smith (Susan) in ‘Woman in Mind’</p>

Sheridan Smith’s wit can’t disguise the frivolity of Woman in Mind

<p>The cast of ‘Ebony Scrooge’ hang out at Bar Humbug</p>

At Sadler’s Wells, Ebenezer Scrooge gets a fabulous hip-hop makeover

Charles Dickens’s miserly mister becomes a devilish fashion designer in this marvellously modern production

<p>I Spy: Rory Keenan and Mat Betteridge in John le Carré's ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’</p>

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is lean, pacy and skips cliché

John le Carré’s classic novel is cleverly adapted for the stage in this unfussy and highly effective production

<p>Adorabear: Paddington and the Brown family are a delight to watch</p>

Paddington the Musical transports this furry legend to the stage

<p>Bryan Cranston as the wily American patriarch of Arthur Miller’s play</p>

Bryan Cranston is magnetic in this masterful staging of All My Sons

<p>On pointe: William Bracewell as Prince and Fumi Kaneko as Sugar Plum Fairy in ‘The Nutcracker’</p>

Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker is a classic Christmas confection

<p>Clive Owen (Alfie) and Saskia Reeves (Julie) in ‘End’ at the National Theatre</p>

Clive Owen is on rumpled good form in the emotive End

<p>Matthew Ball and William Bracewell in Cathy Marston’s ‘Against the Tide’, part of ‘Perspectives’ at the Royal Ballet</p>

Royal Ballet’s Perspectives combines fun, confusion and Sufjan Stevens

<p>Centre-stage: Alan Cumming has announced his inaugural season as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre</p>

The Saturday Interview

Alan Cumming: ‘After my rant about trans rights, I was worried I would be deported’

<p>Pillow talk: Ambika Mod and Lizzy Connolly in the funny but disturbing ‘Porn Play’</p>

Ambika Mod’s bold addiction drama Porn Play resists simple answers

Interviews

<p>Mister Romantic: ‘I’m much more shy and private than fame allows’</p>

The Saturday Interview

John C Reilly: ‘It’s rough when people scream “Boats ’N Hoes” at you’

<p>Three is a crowd: David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald star in ‘Othello’</p>

Interview

David Harewood on Othello: ‘I had to go off and have a little sob’

<p>Emmanuel Sonubi: 'I remember a lot of laughing, a lot of fun – but, looking back now, a lot of trauma'</p>

Interview

Emmanuel Sonubi on nearly dying on stage: ‘I felt something was wrong’

<p>Alistair Petrie</p>

Interview

Alistair Petrie: ‘Connor Swindells is like my son. We speak every day’

<p>James McArdle: ‘I remember not being able to sleep towards the end of Macbeth’</p>

Interview

James McArdle: ‘Listen, there’s ego in theatre too’

<p>Andy Nyman: ‘The taboo of The Producers is, I think, more essential, more shocking – and funnier – than it’s felt for years’</p>

Interview

Andy Nyman: ‘The Producers doesn’t care about getting cancelled’

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