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The Psychic review – medium strength tale of iffy spiritualists from Ghost Stories’ creators

Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s story of high competition in a long family line of female stage tricksters loses its powers as it goes on

The Guardian - UK

The Secret Garden review – children’s classic replanted as a haunting musical

John Doyle’s atmospheric production shrouds Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story in the ghosts and secrets of the grownups at Misselthwaite Manor

The Guardian - UK

The Last Picture review – talking dog leads a journey from horror to hope

In Catherine Dyson’s absorbing play, the audience become a class of year 9 pupils visiting a Holocaust exhibition with an emotional support animal

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Sleeping Beauty review – York’s pun-packed crowd-pleaser has a double helping of fairy dust

Paul Hendy’s panto includes some silly surprises, well-handled audience interaction and a twinkling dame

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Military Wives: The Musical review – joyful choir find strength through song

Propulsive show with a sometimes cliched script takes inspiration from the choir formed by local women while their husbands were in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

‘An intuitive genius’: Gary Oldman steps back on to stage as a national treasure

Actor returns to York theatre where he started out 46 years ago, after cementing status as one of UK’s greatest actors

The Guardian - UK

Holy Krapp! Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memory

Krapp’s Last Tape, in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self, is back for two star-powered revivals. This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect with their past

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Krapp’s Last Tape review – Gary Oldman’s arresting one-man Beckett is a startling piece of theatre

Oldman gives an emotional encounter with his past selves as he single-handedly directs, set-designs and performs Samuel Beckett’s existential monologue

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Women of Llanrumney; North By Northwest – review

Azuka Oforka’s bold, ambitious play confronts the horrors of slavery, while Emma Rice takes on Hitchcock’s classic, sidelining suspense but springing surprises

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Chills, chuckles and Cate Blanchett in Chekhov: the best theatre, dance and comedy coming in 2025

Gary Oldman’s tackling Beckett, Strictly winner Chris McCausland is on a huge standup tour – and mods can rev their scooters to a dance Quadrophenia

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Gary Oldman announces his long-awaited return to the stage in Beckett classic

The Slow Horses star will perform the monologue Krapp’s Last Tape at York Theatre Royal in the spring

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