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FIVE BEST PLAYS
Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi (Liverpool Playhouse)
Phil Willmott’s musical, set at the famous Liverpool hotel, is an entertaining tale of love in which ghosts of guests past interact with living characters. (0151-709 4776) to 2 Aug
The 39 Steps (Criterion Theatre, London)
Jo Stone-Fewings takes flight in Maria Aitken’s exhilarating version of John Buchan’s rip-roaring chase thriller.
Into the Hoods (Novello Theatre, London)
Lindsay Duncan stars in a razor-sharp dissection of a dysfunctional upper-middle-class family that achieves a rare balance of raw emotion and knowing black comedy. (08444 825 170) to 30 Aug
The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse, London)
Michael Grandage’s revival of Enid Bagnold’s play has meaty female roles for three generations of actor: Penelope Wilton, Margaret Tyzack and Felicity Jones.
Black Watch, (Barbican, London)
John Tiffany’s compelling staging of Gregory Burke’s potent combination of docu-drama and stylised physical theatre, which views the Iraq war through the eyes of the Scottish regiment. (08451 207 550) to 26 Jul