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Charlie and the Chocolate factory opens in the West End tonight, but Dominic Cavendish finds that not every show in town is a golden ticket.[img]http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568842/s/2c40c5f5/mf.gif[/img][url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-features%2F10071751%2FCharlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-Is-the-West-End-a-boom-town-or-battle-zone.html&t=Charlie+and+the+Chocolate+Factory%3A+Is+the+West+End+a+boom-town+or+battle-zone%3F"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-features%2F10071751%2FCharlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-Is-the-West-End-a-boom-town-or-battle-zone.html&t=Charlie+and+the+Chocolate+Factory%3A+Is+the+West+End+a+boom-town+or+battle-zone%3F"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-features%2F10071751%2FCharlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-Is-the-West-End-a-boom-town-or-battle-zone.html&t=Charlie+and+the+Chocolate+Factory%3A+Is+the+West+End+a+boom-town+or+battle-zone%3F"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-features%2F10071751%2FCharlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-Is-the-West-End-a-boom-town-or-battle-zone.html&t=Charlie+and+the+Chocolate+Factory%3A+Is+the+West+End+a+boom-town+or+battle-zone%3F"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-features%2F10071751%2FCharlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-Is-the-West-End-a-boom-town-or-battle-zone.html&t=Charlie+and+the+Chocolate+Factory%3A+Is+the+West+End+a+boom-town+or+battle-zone%3F"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png[/img][/url][url="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664437541/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c40c5f5/a2.htm"][img]http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664437541/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c40c5f5/a2.img[/img][/url][img]http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664437541/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c40c5f5/a2t.img[/img]

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Roald Dahl's daughter tells Dominic Cavendish what she thinks of the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical.[img]http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568842/s/2c40c5f8/mf.gif[/img][url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2F10071813%2FOphelia-Dahl-My-dad-would-be-glued-to-his-chair-watching-this....html&t=Ophelia+Dahl%3A+%27My+dad+would+be+glued+to+his+chair+watching+this...%27"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2F10071813%2FOphelia-Dahl-My-dad-would-be-glued-to-his-chair-watching-this....html&t=Ophelia+Dahl%3A+%27My+dad+would+be+glued+to+his+chair+watching+this...%27"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2F10071813%2FOphelia-Dahl-My-dad-would-be-glued-to-his-chair-watching-this....html&t=Ophelia+Dahl%3A+%27My+dad+would+be+glued+to+his+chair+watching+this...%27"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2F10071813%2FOphelia-Dahl-My-dad-would-be-glued-to-his-chair-watching-this....html&t=Ophelia+Dahl%3A+%27My+dad+would+be+glued+to+his+chair+watching+this...%27"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2F10071813%2FOphelia-Dahl-My-dad-would-be-glued-to-his-chair-watching-this....html&t=Ophelia+Dahl%3A+%27My+dad+would+be+glued+to+his+chair+watching+this...%27"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png[/img][/url][url="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664437540/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c40c5f8/a2.htm"][img]http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664437540/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c40c5f8/a2.img[/img][/url][img]http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664437540/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c40c5f8/a2t.img[/img]

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Charles Spencer applauds the belated West End revival of this bitter but brilliantly witty comedy by Alan Ayckbourn.[img]http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568842/s/2c2fb553/mf.gif[/img][url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10068500%2FRelatively-Speaking-Wyndhams-Theatre-review.html&t=Relatively+Speaking%2C+Wyndham%27s+Theatre%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10068500%2FRelatively-Speaking-Wyndhams-Theatre-review.html&t=Relatively+Speaking%2C+Wyndham%27s+Theatre%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10068500%2FRelatively-Speaking-Wyndhams-Theatre-review.html&t=Relatively+Speaking%2C+Wyndham%27s+Theatre%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10068500%2FRelatively-Speaking-Wyndhams-Theatre-review.html&t=Relatively+Speaking%2C+Wyndham%27s+Theatre%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10068500%2FRelatively-Speaking-Wyndhams-Theatre-review.html&t=Relatively+Speaking%2C+Wyndham%27s+Theatre%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png[/img][/url][url="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664404208/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c2fb553/a2.htm"][img]http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664404208/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c2fb553/a2.img[/img][/url][img]http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664404208/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c2fb553/a2t.img[/img]

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Tom Hiddleston, star of Thor and Avengers Assemble, returns to Donmar Warehouse's stage in an autumn season that also features Jessica Raine.[img]http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568842/s/2c26b48e/mf.gif[/img][url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-news%2F10068197%2FTom-Hiddleston-returns-to-the-British-stage.html&t=Tom+Hiddleston+returns+to+the+British+stage"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-news%2F10068197%2FTom-Hiddleston-returns-to-the-British-stage.html&t=Tom+Hiddleston+returns+to+the+British+stage"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-news%2F10068197%2FTom-Hiddleston-returns-to-the-British-stage.html&t=Tom+Hiddleston+returns+to+the+British+stage"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-news%2F10068197%2FTom-Hiddleston-returns-to-the-British-stage.html&t=Tom+Hiddleston+returns+to+the+British+stage"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-news%2F10068197%2FTom-Hiddleston-returns-to-the-British-stage.html&t=Tom+Hiddleston+returns+to+the+British+stage"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png[/img][/url][url="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664383090/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c26b48e/a2.htm"][img]http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664383090/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c26b48e/a2.img[/img][/url][img]http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664383090/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c26b48e/a2t.img[/img]

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Dominic Cavendish admires a play about Anne Boleyn staged in the Tower of London[img]http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568842/s/2c1fa064/mf.gif[/img][url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10066950%2FFallen-in-Love-the-Secret-Heart-of-Anne-Boleyn-the-Tower-of-London-review.html&t=Fallen+in+Love%3A+the+Secret+Heart+of+Anne+Boleyn%2C+the+Tower+of+London%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10066950%2FFallen-in-Love-the-Secret-Heart-of-Anne-Boleyn-the-Tower-of-London-review.html&t=Fallen+in+Love%3A+the+Secret+Heart+of+Anne+Boleyn%2C+the+Tower+of+London%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10066950%2FFallen-in-Love-the-Secret-Heart-of-Anne-Boleyn-the-Tower-of-London-review.html&t=Fallen+in+Love%3A+the+Secret+Heart+of+Anne+Boleyn%2C+the+Tower+of+London%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10066950%2FFallen-in-Love-the-Secret-Heart-of-Anne-Boleyn-the-Tower-of-London-review.html&t=Fallen+in+Love%3A+the+Secret+Heart+of+Anne+Boleyn%2C+the+Tower+of+London%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png[/img][/url] [url="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftheatre%2Ftheatre-reviews%2F10066950%2FFallen-in-Love-the-Secret-Heart-of-Anne-Boleyn-the-Tower-of-London-review.html&t=Fallen+in+Love%3A+the+Secret+Heart+of+Anne+Boleyn%2C+the+Tower+of+London%2C+review"][img]http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png[/img][/url][url="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664501797/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c1fa064/a2.htm"][img]http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664501797/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c1fa064/a2.img[/img][/url][img]http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664501797/u/0/f/568842/c/32726/s/2c1fa064/a2t.img[/img]

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