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Reviews * Hotel Medea (Trinity Buoy Wharf) * What Every Woman Knows (Finborough) * Romeo and Juliet (Mosaica@The Chocolate Factory) * Oklahoma! (Sheffield & touring) * Spur of the Moment (Royal Court) * Susurrus (Holland Park) * Copacabana (Newbury) * The Perfect Wife Roadshow (Newbury) * The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Duchess) * The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Young Vic) * Inside Job (Darlington & touring) * Intrigue/Love (Southwark Playhouse) * Over the Edge (Barbican) * Danton's Death (RNT Olivier) * The Philanderer (Greenwich Playhouse) * No Idea (Young Vic) * Think No Evil of Us - My Life With Kenneth Williams (Newbury) * The Jewish Wife (BAC) * You Don't Kiss (Brockley Jack) .... Last Week's Reviews	Summer Updates Updates to the BTG and the sending out of Newsletters will be, as the saying goes, all over the place from late July until the end of August. Full details here. *The Reluctant Escapologist* Philip Fisher reviews the book by Mike Bradwell. Edinblog In which Christopher Dingli talks about taking the Edfringe show Fair Trade to Latitude. Follow the BTG on Twitter BTG updates are now being announced on Twitter as they are uploaded. The BTG on Facebook The BTG is now on Facebook. Become a fan! Last Week For faster access, we've gathered together links to all last week's reviews and news stories on the one page.
50% DCMS Cuts "Speculation" Reports of 50% staff cuts at the DCMS are just speculation, the Sports Minister says.	Autumn in Dundee Dundee Rep has announced its season from September 2010 to January 2011.
Autumn at the Tron Glasgow's Tron Theatre has announced its autumn season.	Hit Me! on Tour Hit Me! The Life And Rhymes Of Ian Dury is to tour nationally, including a brief spell in the West End.
Autumn at the Orange Tree Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre has announced its season from September 2010 to February 2011.	Waterloo East's First Season The new Waterloo East Theatre announces its first season from September to November.
Animal Farm - the Musical Lee Hall and Elton John are collaborating on a musical version of Orwell's Animal Farm.	Edinburgh Fringe Index Already we are carrying news stories about the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe. This is the index to all our coverage.
Extending Announced this week: Love Never Dies extends into 2011.	Casting News Announced this week: House of Games at the Almeida. The National Theatre's Twefth Night. Donmar King Lear.
Coming Soon Announced this week: another Chichester-West End transfer. New Berkoff biblical re-telling at New End. Fiftieth anniversary Billy Liar in Leeds. How To Be Another Woman at the Gate.	Midlands News This week: "Make or break" season at Lincoln Theatre Royal; Buxton in good voice with two more festivals; operettas reach High Peak; conference discusses black British theatre directions; what's on in the region.
North West News This week: new Judy and Liza musical previewed at Liverpool Pride; Cumbria session on taking work abroad; 24:7 extra events; Oldham Coliseum receives £1.45m for 'essential maintenance'; Preston Tringe opens second festival; what's on in the region.	North East News This week: the Globe comes to Berwick; NW venue looking for NE touring theatre companies; what's on in the region.

Philip's Top 5
Every week London editor Philip Fisher selects the top five plays in London.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Young Vic)
Avenue Q (Wyndham's)
Enron (Noël Coward)
All My Sons (Apollo, Shaftesbury Avenue)
Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace)

The Alternative Top 5
After the Dance (RNT Lyttelton)
Sweet Charity (Theatre Royal Haymarket
Welcome to Thebes (RNT Olivier)
Hair (Gielgud)
Women, Power and Politics (Tricycle)

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