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<p>Dino Fetscher (Mary's Teacher) and Mason Alexander Park (Mary Todd Lincoln)</p>

Hysterical, captivating Broadway smash Oh Mary! arrives in London

Cole Escola imagines Mary Todd in an ahistorical comedy fizzing with energy. Could this be the new ‘Hamilton’?

<p>‘Christmas Day’ at the Almeida, London</p>

Almeida show Christmas Day lands like an ice-cold snowball to the neck

<p>This mash-up of familiar children’s fairytales evolves into an exploration of thornier human realities</p>

Into the Woods revival is a thing of lush and arresting beauty

<p>Nicola Coughlan in ‘The Playboy of the Western World’</p>

Nicola Coughlan leads gorgeous but uneven Playboy of the Western World

<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

Playwright David Eldridge follows up 2017’s ‘Beginning’ and 2022’s ‘Middle’ with an exploration of how we choose to die and be remembered

<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

<p>Boiling point: Aime Powell (Naomi) & David Webber (Leroy) in ‘After Sunday’</p>

Fiery and intense, After Sunday is a pressure cooker of a debut play

<p>Euan Garrett and Mia Carragher</p>

The Hunger Games: On Stage doesn’t quite catch fire, but sparks fly

Toby Jones plays Iago as a peevish middle manager in updated Othello

<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’

In Focus

Figures in Extinction captures a disconnected world in climate crisis

Interviews

<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’

interview

Surreal and silly, Julio Torres pulls off the impossible in Hollywood

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