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We pick the best plays of the century

It’s time for part two of our audacious new series!

Alex Wood

Alex Wood

Sarah Crompton

Sarah Crompton

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13 February 2026

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A selection of shows mentioned in the podcast

Welcome to the WhatsOnStage Podcast!

In part two of the brand new series exploring the best plays of the 21st century, chief critic Sarah Crompton and editor-in-chief Alex Wood have landed in 2002 and 2003. There, they weigh up the merits of new work from Caryl Churchill, Roy Williams and Kwame Kwei-Armah. Plus new writing from Lucy Prebble and Lynn Nottage. Who will take the crown in each year?

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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