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This Week's News Digest
New musical premieres at King's Head
Rivers cancels
Treasure Island casting
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Reviews * Offshore (Glasgow & touring * Lough / Rain (York) * Flamenco Flamen'ka (Lyric) * A Tale of Two Cities (Sheffield & touring) * Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Barbican) * Creditors (Donmar Warehouse) * West Side Story (Salford & touring) * A Mother Speaks (Hackney Empire) * Our House (Sunderland & touring) * Privates on Parade (Leeds) * That Moment (King's Head) * The Woman in Black (Guildford & touring) * The Bloody Chamber (Newcastle) * Girl With a Pearl Earring (Theatre Royal, Haymarket) * Lola (Bristol & touring) * Don't You Leave Me Here (Leeds) * Waste (Almeida) * Metamorphosis (Dublin) Continued in next column...	Rock Chick, Film Star, Musical Diva or Classical Actress? Philip Fisher talks to the star of Wicked who is just about to release her new album. Last Week For faster access, we've gathered together links to all last week's reviews and news stories on the one page. * The Glee Club (Manchester) * Work (Courtyard) * Ladies Down Under (York & touring) * Cradle Me (Finborough) * Scribbler and Spouse (Brockley Jack) * A Brief Encounter With … Two's A Company (Purcell Rooms) * Room To Panic (New York City) * Memory (Pleasance, Islington) * Born In the Gardens (Kingston) .... Last Week's Reviews
TMA Awards Nominations The nominees have been announced for the Theatrical Management Association (TMA) Awards for 2008.	Lenny Henry to Play Othello Lenny Henry is to play Othello in a joint West Yorkshire Playhouse/Northern Broadsides production.
Never Forget Cancels Move The musical Never Forget will close instead of moving theatres in November.	Equity Recommends West End Pay Deal Equity and the Society of London Theatre are close to an agreement on pay for West End performers and Sunday opening.
Be an Olivier Judge Applications are invited from members of the public to become a judge for the 2009 Olivier Awards.	Osborne Premiere at King's Head Primavera Productions are to premiere John Osborne's A Place Calling Itself Rome in a rehearsed reading at the King's Head, Islington.
Seven Announces New Theatre Season Leeds venue Seven Artspace has announced its theatre programme from November to April	Mermaid and £6m Lost The former Mermaid Theatre has lost its theatrical status, allowing developers to demolish it without paying compensation.
LATER with Paines Plough Details of Paines Plough's new writing salon at the Trafalgar Studios.	Brum Old Rep Returns Birmingham's Old Rep Theatre has reopened after refurbishment.
South West News Autumn and winter in Bath and Bristol.	Midlands News This week: venue mourns loss of "innovative, popular" boss; venue to shut as council axe falls; Shakespeare tragedy gets modern makeover; anti-war saga makes noise again in Nottingham; no fears for Kelly in Albee classic; what's on in the region.
South East News News for October from Chichester, Woking, Guildford and Crawley.
North West News This week: The Round at the Dukes opens; Royal Exchange and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse TMA nominees; Not Part Of Festival get-together; RET Special FX events announced; what's on in the region, North West theatre jobs.	North East News This week: what's on in the region.

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Philip's Top 5
Every week reviewer Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
Fat Pig (Comedy Theatre)
Avenue Q (Noël Coward )
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Globe)
Ivanov (Donmar)
Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace)

The Alternative Top 5
Leaving (Orange Tree, Richmond)
Twelfth Night (Tricycle)
Now or Later (Royal Court)
Creditors (Donmar Warehouse)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Gielgud)

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