The best autumn theatre (part one): from Bacchae to Romans, from Joe Locke to Alicia Vikander

Welcome to the latest WhatsOnStage Podcast!

As the nights draw in, chief critic Sarah Crompton and editor-in-chief Alex Wood discuss some of their favourite shows about to hit the stage in the next couple of months including a stage version of The Hunger Games, the return of the Conor McPherson classic The Weir and appearances from Joe Alwyn, Nicola Walker, Letitia Wright, Susan Sarandon and many more.

Because there’s so much choice – the duo have had to restrain themselves and only chosen new productions, rather than anything that’s getting a second life or a transfer.

Crompton and Wood host a weekly series on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future.

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