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This Week's News Digest
Mackintosh is the Stage Number 1
Phantom sequel "button pushed"
V&A to open dedicated galleries

Read all about these stories in our weekly news digest.

Reviews * Angelmoth (Sadler's Wells) * The Lost and Found Orchestra (Royal Festival Hall) * Alice in Wonderland (Wellingborough) * Into the Woods (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) * The Snowman (Gateshead) * On the Town (ENO: Paris) * Well (Apollo, Shaftesbury Avenue) * The Man Who Planted Trees (Manchester) * The Atheist (New York) * Home (New York) .... Last Week's Reviews	*Soul of the Age - the Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare* Philip Fisher reviews the new book by Jonathan Bate. Buzz Buzz! Playwrights, Actors and Directors at the National Theatre Philip Fisher reviews the book of interviews by Jonathan Croall. *Apprenticeship* Philip Fisher reviews the short autobiographical book by Peter Gill. *Vanity Fair Portraits* Philip Fisher reviews the book or photographs by Graydon Carter and the Editors of Vanity Fair.
Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008) An obituary for Harold Pinter who has died at the age of 78.	New Year Honours Theatre people honoured in the 2009 New Year Honours List.
OSBTT Award 2010 Applications are invited for the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award 2010.	Performing Arts Obituaries John Thaxter's annual list of performing arts people who have died in the last year.
The London Stage in 2008 Philip Fisher takes a look back at theatre in London in 2008.	North East Theatre in 2008 Peter Lathan looks back at the theatrical year between Tyne and Tees in 2008.
The Midlands Stage 2008 Steve Orme looks back at theatre in the Midlands in 2008.	Tennent Returns David Tennant has returned to the RSC production of Hamlet at the Novello Theatre.
Last Week For faster access, we've gathered together links to all last week's reviews and news stories on the one page.	Midlands News This week: Garrick onto a racing certainty with modern comedy; what's on in the region.
North West News This week: free comedy at the Royal Exchange; free tickets for young people in Lancaster; what's on in the region.	North East News This week: coming to the Tyne Theatre; what's on in the region.

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Philip's Top 5
Every week London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
Gethsemane (RNT Cottesloe)
August: Osage County (RNT Lyttelton)
Twelfth Night (Wyndham's)
Avenue Q (Noël Coward )
Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace)

The Alternative Top 5
Hamlet (RSC: Novello)
No Man's Land (Duke of York's)
Oedipus (RNT Lyttelton)
Loot (Tricycle)
Jersey Boys (Prince Edward)

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