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Miss Donny's life hasn't been the same since she's been crowned Miss Doncaster in 2007. It hasn't exactly planned out the way she thought and now she's stuck in a mundane job, which keeps her occupied after her wild nights.

Two friends get together and discuss their relationship with death. From saying goodbye to the older people in their lives to being faced with the loss of a close friend gone too soon, mourning is a universal experience.

In 1917 Franz Kafka wrote a short story titled A Report to an Academy. In the piece, he introduces an ape called Red Peter who, in order to escape captivity has forced himself to behave like a human.

A low-budget tv show crew and two treasure hunters seeking shelter from the storm find themselves in the same spooky mansion at night. Unaware of each other, they try to figure out if they're actually the only ones in there.

Enda Walsh's Chatroom debuted as part of the 2005 National Theatre Connections, receiving its first staging the following year starring Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield among the cast. UpStaged Theatre Company revives the chilling tale of cyberbullying and manipulation as part of this year's Camden Fringe. The young company is directed by Nick Hooton, who delivers the text with distinct sensitivity.

Carmen (Cova Camblor) and Audrey (Victoria Lynn Hamilton) are auditioning to be the new presenter of Ready, Steady, Cook!. The first needs the money to pay for her pet iguana's very expensive medical bills, while the other is going through a rough divorce and wants to keep affording her over the top lifestyle.

Three women are caged by their own lives. One hates her office environment (Rachel Causer), one is an exasperated mother (Roisin Bevan), one's conservative father oppresses her (Niamh Watson). Then at 2:16 everything changes, an energy takes over and they engage in an animalistic liberation from societal expectations and demands.

Freya Alderson premieres her new play Baby Mine at Etcetera Theatre, as part of Camden Fringe. Deeply disturbing, it meets present and past to tell a jarring tale of violence and obsession. A young woman's infatuation with a boy at university transforms into a horror story when she is raped in a park but her rationalisation is even more disquieting.

Prince is in his late twenties, lives by the sea, and still goes by the old nickname his mum gave him when he was little. He was raised to be a sensitive and delicate man, one who - by his own admission - always had the tendency to become 'one of the girlsa??. Duarte Bandeira writes and plays a sweet and funny character who struggles to fit in a world that demands him to be a?oea real mana?? - whatever that means.

Cancelling a press night is never a decision that's to be taken lightly. Holding a press night with a replacement actor in the main role could be catastrophic. When Daniel Benzali became incapacitated to perform at the opening night of Park Theatre's The Time Of Our Lies, director Ché Walker invited Martina Laird to take his place.

The Dorfman stage at National Theatre transforms into Lamonic Bibber for the summer break. Mr Gum - a grumpy man who hates children and any kind of fun - traps Padlock the bear, Polly's new, unexpected friend and forces him to dance to entertain Gum's crowds of sailors and scallywags. Aided by her loyal friends, the nine-year-old embarks on a perilous journey to save Padlock and take him back to his home in the forest.

Four people wake up in a locked room, almost naked. They couldn't be more different from one another but right now they're all equally confused as to what's going on. Concept Theatre's debut show starts off with a strong premise but it doesn't, unfortunately, fulfill its capacity at the present stage.

From having a mundane job to stay on top of bills to having to deal with agents who show no respect whatsoever, starting a career in the entertainment industry isn't for the easily impressionable. The life of the budding actor swarms with clichés on its own but Lucio Veronesi amps up the struggle and tells the semi-autobiographical story of an Italian expat in London who's trying to break into the industry.

This year's rendezvous with King's Head Theatre's Queer Season kick's off with Southern Belles, a double bill of one-act plays written by Tennessee Williams. Jamie Armitage, fresh off his multiple Olivier Awards nominations for Six, directs Something Unspoken and And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens, combined together for the first time in history.

It's only natural that, after its original 2016 run in Chiswick, a revised version of Greg Freeman's Sherlock Holmes and the Invisible Thing should land at the Rudolf Steiner Theatre, just down the road from 221B Baker Street itself.

Straight from a clamorously successful run in the City of Lights (and capital of style), Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show comes to London to celebrate fashion's most renowned enfant terrible. The two-hour raucus revue is hard to define and absolutely impossible to pigeonhole.

Having children is stressful. Sometimes it's ugly and it's definitely loud, but there's a weird kind of pleasure attached to watching a small human grow because of the love and nurture provided to them. Parenthood details the journey that goes from conception to seeing the former bundles of joy leaving the nest to face life by themselves. Husband and wife duo Emily and Peter Moody package the struggles with catchy tunes, apt humour, and well-designed jokes.

From 2016, Almeida Young Company have been steadily producing plays working with two groups of young actors. They're This summer their participants aged 14-18 are presenting Molly Taylor's The Wave and the older group (18-25) are staging Nina Segal's (This Isn't) A True Story.

Theatre royalty Lea Salonga concluded her tour with a spectacular last night at the London Palladium. The crowds who gathered to catch a glimpse of the prowess of her voice were treated to 17 pieces that included crowd-pleasers as well as stunning arrangements of beloved songs.

Baron Pendleton and the (Semi) Reform Club pin teams against one other in the coolest feats in London. With only about 80 minutes' worth of time, participants need to trot around the Southbank and Covent Garden to gather clues, funds, and make pressing purchases ahead of their trip around the world. Whoever makes it back in time to hop on the train and manages to travel the Earth in the least amount of days, wins.