THEATRE: THE FIVE BEST PLAYS IN LONDON
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Your support makes all the difference.Michael Frayn's profound and haunting meditation on science, morality and the mysteries of human motivation. To 7 Aug
Widely regarded as the best ever, Trevor Nunn's glorious production of the Rogers and Hammerstein classic fully deserves its West End transfer. To 26 Jun
Shifting between a Teesside council estate and a French chateau, Robert Holman's play is a subtle, absorbing study of the pains of emotional displacement. To Sat
Scabrously comic monologues written by Mark O'Rowe, the twentysomething Damon Runyon of Dublin lowlife. Superb performances. To Sat
Alison Steadman pulls off one of the funniest, truest drunk scenes ever in Shelagh Stephenson's fine play about sisters brought back together for their mother's funeral. To 22 May
... AND BEYOND
The Dispute The Other Place, Stratford
Marivaux's mordant 18th-century play about a sexual experiment is brought to life in this RSC/ Lyric, Hammersmith co-production. To 20 Mar
The Weir Theatre Royal, Brighton
Ghost stories, recounted in an Irish pub, give way to genuine horror in Conor McPherson's humane masterpiece. A subtle, loving production by Ian Rackson. Mon-Sat
Hushabye Mountain Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton
Dying of Aids and living with Aids: Jonathan Harvey's witty, sad and uneven new play looks at the disease in two eras. Tonight
The Birthday Party Richmond Theatre
The husband-and-wife partnership of Prunella Scales and Timothy West tackle Pinter's tingling classic, though not - oddly enough - as husband and wife. Mon-Sat
A Passionate Woman Leicester Haymarket
Genuinely funny and moving, Kay Mellor's play is much more than a Shirley Valentine re-run as penned by some cut-price Alan Bennett. To 20 Mar
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