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Family and dozens of friends gathered Saturday to dedicate the Ryan Stokes Memorial Court inside the KCMO park where he played.

Rating: Verdict: Requires concentration Messianic theatre director Emma Rice is offering to heal the loneliness of lockdown with a bit of alternative therapy at the Old Vic: her own adaptation of the 1987 art house movie Bagdad Cafe — best known for Bob Telson's haunting theme tune, Calling You. It's the story of a Bavarian woman, Jasmin, abandoned by her husband beside a freeway through the Mojave desert in the western U.S., who takes refuge in a roadside cafe. The diner-cum-gas-station is run by Brenda, a brassy Caribbean woman who has kicked her husband out for failing to buy a new coff...

The Two Character Play at Hampstead Theatre | Review July 27, 2021 Last updated: July 27, 2021 It’s convoluted, and not just because there’s a play within the play. Clare (Kate O’Flynn) and Felice (Zubin Varla) are siblings and are actors on tour. They play characters with those exact same names in a play written by Felice, except Clare isn’t entirely happy with the play as it has been written and seeks to force alterations through. This isn’t unreasonable, one supposes, until it becomes clear she wishes to make the changes during a live performance of their play, in which they rea...

The multi award-winning Come From Away will return to the Phoenix Theatre from July 22. Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s musical tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but as uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. Visit: comefromawaylondon.co.uk • Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play, directed by Sam Yates, will run at Hampstead Theatre from July 17-August 28. Fellow...

The piece returns to the venue for the first time in more than 50 years