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Evita New Wimbledon Theatre, London

Theatre  With Marti Pellow starring as the brooding Che, Evita is out on the road on a national tour, and at the heart of the production Madalena Alberto emulates the star quality of the original Eva with ease.

A Wondrous Place Liverpool Unity Theatre

Theatre  Northern Spirit is on wondrous mission: to counter corny cliches about life in the north of England by celebrating life as it is lived.

Playing with Grownups Theatre503, London

Theatre  Can a woman have it all? That question is at the heart of this premiere of Hannah Patterson’s follow-up to her well-received debut play Much.

Drama Studio London: Two-year Course Graduate Showcase Criterion Theatre, London

Student Showcase  This succinct showcase would benefit from being a little longer and allowing its 22 students more chance to show what they can do.

These Shining Lives Park, London

Theatre  The new Park Theatre’s first season in its main space, Park 200, opens with an American docudrama, an antidote to Gatsby mania, set in 1920s Chicago.

53rd Bristol Day of Magic Winter Gardens and Playhouse Theatre, Weston Super Mare

Showcase  High winds and rain could not deter 500 magicians from attending this annual one-day magic convention to see some top international performers strut their stuff.

Liza (on an E) Vaudeville, London

Light Entertainment  The untimely exit of Great Expectations from the West End has left a gaping hole in the scheduling for the Vaudeville which, for one week at least, is being filled by Australian performer Trevor Ashley with his one-man drag show, Liza (on an E).

Whistling Away The Dark - Through Songs of Julie Andrews Crazy Coqs, London

Light Entertainment  It takes a lot of chutzpah for an American soprano to perform a cabaret about the life and work of Julie Andrews in the UK.

The Incomers Pleasance Theatre, London

Theatre  A black farce in blank verse sounds an intriguing prospect - especially from the pen of poet Murray Lachlan Young - him of the £1m record deal and the Britpop era ‘hit’ Simply Everyone Takes Cocaine.

Public Enemy Young Vic Theatre

Theatre  David Harrower’s new version of Ibsen’s Enemy Of The People runs barely ninety minutes, the extensive cuts and trims inescapably eliminating texture, complexity and ambiguities of character and morality.

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