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<p>Rosie Sheehy and Robert Aramayo as pressurised parents in ‘Guess How Much I Love You?’</p>

Guess How Much I Love You? is a fearless foray into the unthinkable

Luke Norris’s Royal Court drama, about a couple at their baby’s 20-week scan, ruthlessly cuts through cliches and taboos

<p>Dante </p>

Dante or Die’s hotel show is an ingenious exercise in voyeurism

<p>Jade Franks in ‘Eat the Rich’ at Soho Theatre</p>

Eat the Rich is a class comedy grounded in cheeky charisma

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

Football musical Gerry & Sewell is hilarious from start to finish

<p>A real boy: Aya Nakamura and Andrea Sadler as Puppeteers and Lee Braithwaite as ‘Pinocchio’ at Shakespeare’s Globe</p>

Full of heart, Pinocchio at Shakespeare’s Globe is anything but wooden

Forget pantos, this thoughtfully staged production of the puppet who came to life is a wonderful festive treat

<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

<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’

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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