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Award-winning US playwright, Mary Laws, exposes the darker side of happily ever after in the UK premiere of this cutting, absurdly funny, twisted tragedy, directed by Soho Theatre's artistic director, Steve Marmion. Two of the cast members, Gareth David-Lloyd and Gala Gordon stopped to chat with BroadwayWorldUK about the play.

10,000 interviews from young people aged between 6-22 have been strung together, to create a piece of verbatim theatre that holds nothing back. Mixing the dialogue with original songs and improvised discussions, Why is the Sky Blue is an intimate and unpredictable 80-minute investigation into the intrinsic essence of pornography.

Boo, Bo and Pickle have all made plans for the evening, but someone has to remain at home and look after the pregnant pooch, Princess. Each of their engagements is of paramount importance to the individual, and what starts of as meaningless folly turns into a downward spiral of absolute anarchy.

Bodies fly everywhere and the endurance of the human body is tested in this explosive triple brill brought by Jasmin Vardimon, in collaboration with Yunkyung Song and Andre Rebelo. Now in its 6th year, JV2 places focus on the nurturing of emerging dance talent, inviting them to work together with commissioned choreographers to create exhilarating new work. This has resulted in an explosive evening of highly watchable entertainment.

Written by the prestigious Japanese playwright, director and performer Hideki Noda, One Green Bottle is an existential tragicomic play starring Hideki himself, Olivier Award-winning and acclaimed actor/director Kathryn Hunter and Glyn Pritchard, in an English translation adapted by Will Sharpe.

The Royal Court has been one of the most vocal venues in the conversation surrounding power manipulation and control within the industry. Their prolific stance has seen them host events that have invited testimonies of personal experience, and their latest offering in The Prudes takes a look at these issues through the guise of a relationship in crisis.

When Rasheeda Speaking first premiered in the US, it was met with critical divide on all ends. It's the second play I've seen this week that's theatrically dissected race, culture and class. What makes this play different is that it throws office politics into the mix, placing focus on racism in a more isolated setting.

This play touches on pretty much everything. Politics, race, religion, womanhood and class are just a few of the notions investigated in Selina Fillingers tightly written Faceless, inspired by true events, and currently running at the Park Theatre.

Every now and then you see a piece of theatre that lights a fire under you. A play that is so brilliant, it shows how special performance can be. Something so meticulously precise and genuinely unique. Education, Education, Education is that show. Riding high from their sensational run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Wardrobe Ensemble arrive at Shoreditch Town Hall for a limited run.

Let's face it, we never turn into the person our parents hope we'll be. Most of the time, our maternal up-bringers learn to adjust to this fact, and accept their offspring for who they are. Granted, it's harder to do this when the son you've raised ends up using drugs, blowing money left right and centre and burgling the family's possessions.

Sebastian Roche is an actor, born in France. He graduated from the prestigious Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique, and started his acting career in French theatre, films and television. He is well known for his work on popular American series as well, such as General Hospital, The Originals, Scandal, 24, and Criminal Minds to name a few.

For those that are unaware of this venue, The Glory is a popular and welcoming pub in Haggerston, East London. It's a place where people come together to drink, party and relax after a stressful day. Underneath the space is an intimate cabaret room where a variety of performance regularly takes place.

After its momentous success at the Hampstead Theatre, David Hare's sweet love story transfers to the West End. Centring on the formation of the worldly revered Glyndebourne, the play reveals the two great passions of John Christie: the opera, and his beautiful wife, Audrey Mildmay.

Following on from their stunning creation Brainstorm (a play I absolutely loved and wouldn't stop talking about), Company Three return to the Yard in this production performed by a cast of teenagers.

Ah secondary school - the most important time in any persons life. The years where you make the best memories, meet the most exciting people and have zero care in the world. That place where nothing really matters and everything seems pretty chill - right?

William Congreve's restoration classic originally premiered in 1700 and even though it bombed back then, nowadays it is adored for its bonkers farce and balletic lyricism. The story may be long; the play lasts three hours in total and as an audience your patience will be tested. But stick with it; the overall pay off will certainly be worth it.

Kevin Armento's play puts the narratives of five different and complex women on stage; whilst at the same time places an intense glare upon Bill Clinton's illicit relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

What could be more patriotic to Britain than watching a wartime drama that complains about the weather? David Haig's Pressure, first seen at Edinburgh, then Chichester, and soon off to the West End, is a highly watchable, microscopic look into the mechanics of battle.

It's apparently the worst holiday ever. The rain pours down and four children sit inside moping as their parents are at the local pub getting drunk. They have a play ready to be staged, but no audience to see it? So what is there left to do?

This play doesn't sugarcoat anything; instead it bluntly reveals the harsh realities of suffering when the odds are unfairly stacked against a person. It's a situation that isn't uncommon in today's society, but nowadays are we desensitised to other people's sufferings?