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TheatreTuesday, 5 August, 2003, 12:12 GMT 13:12 UK
Abigail's Party
Snobbery, sex and pilchard curry in a revival of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party

The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Newsnight Review discussed Simon Nye's new production of Dario Fo's political satire.

Afterplay
Afterplay: running at the Gielgud Theatre in London and staring John Hurt picks up Chekhov's characters twenty years on.

Bombay Dreams
Andrew Lloyd-Webber goes east in the new musical.

Maggie Smith in The Breath of Life
Newsnight Review discussed Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench who play one man's two women in David Hare's latest play "The Breath of Life"

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
Newsnight Review discussed Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Rory Bremner turns to the stage for his latest show.

Daniela NardiniCamille
Newsnight Review discussed Daniela Nardini in Camille at the Lyric Hammersmith in London.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The new musical on stage, directed by Adrian Noble.

The Coast of Utopia
The eagerly awaited trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard, "The Coast of Utopia" deals with intellectual ferment and idealised love amongst 19th Century Russians in exile.

Sir Ian McKellen in Dance Of DeathDance Of Death
Newsnight Review discussed Ian McKellen in Strindberg's marital battle Dance Of Death.

EdmondEdmond
Newsnight Review discussed Kenneth Branagh in Edmond at the National Theatre.

The Elephant Vanishes
Newsnight Review discussed the stage adaptation of Japanese writer Haruki Murakami 's The Elephant Vanishes.

FalloutFallout
Newsnight Review discussed Fallout at the Royal Court.

Ricky Gervais in The OfficeRicky Gervais - Animals
Newsnight Review discussed Ricky Gervais one man show Animals at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London.

Jon FosseThe Girl on the Sofa
Norwegian playwright, Jon Fosse, brings his latest play to the Edinburgh International Festival - "The Girl on the Sofa"

Susan Sarandon & Tim Robbins star in The Guys
Tim Robbins & Susan Sarandon star in "The Guys", a play based on the real life experiences of journalist Anne Nelson who helped firemen compose eulogies for colleagues who died on 9/11

The Handmaid's TaleThe Handmaid's Tale
Newsnight Review discussed an opera based on Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

Henry VHenry V
Newsnight Review discussed Henry V at the National Theatre.

Alfred HitchcockHitchcock Blonde
Newsnight Review discussed Terry Johnson's new play, Hitchcock Blonde.

Tocororo - A Cuban Tale In Tocororo - a Cuban Tale
Newsnight Review discussed In Tocororo - a Cuban Tale at Sadler's Wells.

Iphigenia
Newsnight Review discussed the new version of Euripides' Iphigenia by Edna O'Brien

The Lady From the Sea
Newsnight Review discussed Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea at the Almeida theatre.

Midnight's Children
Newsnight Review discussed Salman Rushdie's new play, showing at the Barbican.

Nutcracker
Newsnight Review discussed Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker.

Oedipus RexOedipus Rex
"Oedipus Rex" is a take on the Sophocles myth and is performed by the Canadian Opera Company.

Proof
Playing a Maths genius, does Gwyneth Paltrow add up to a stage actress?

Richard IIIRichard III
Newsnight Review discussed Richard III is at the RSC in Stratford.

Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads
A match on the telly - and a fight in the pub - in a play about racism in Britain.

Sophie's Choice Sophie's Choice
Newsnight Review discussed the opera of Sophie's Choice which opened at the Royal Opera House in London.

Sorrows & Rejoicings
Athol Fugard's play showing at the Tricycle Theatre in London.

Click here for more detailsJerry Springer: The Opera
Newsnight Review discussed Jerry Springer: The Opera at the Royal National Theatre in London.

Glenn Close in A Streetcar named Desire
Newsnight Review discussed "A Streetcar Named Desire", Tennessee William's play, which has opened at the National Theatre, with movie actress Glenn Close playing the classic role of Blanche DuBois.

Take Me Out
A new play in which a baseball hero reveals he's gay, Take Me Out at the Donmar Warehouse.

The Talking Cure
Newsnight Review discussed Christopher Hampton's play The Talking Cure.

Three SistersThree Sisters
Newsnight Review discussed Michael Blakemore's new production of Chekhov's Three Sisters.

Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya: a revival running at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London.

Up for Grabs
Can Madonna make the audience forget it's her in her UK stage-acting debut?

Verdi's Macbeth
Macbeth at the Royal Opera House, a revival of one of Verdi's trilogy of Shakespearean operas.

Chiwetel EjioforThe Vortex
Newsnight Review discussed a revival of Noel Coward�s 1920s shocker The Vortex.

We Will Rock You
The ghost of Freddie Mercury restores democracy to Britain in a new stage musical.

Gillian AndersonWhat The night is For
Newsnight Review discussed Gillian Anderson in What The night is For.
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