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As gripping as an Agatha Christie thriller: Shooting Hedda Gabler, at the Rose Theatre, reviewed

Plus: Eliza's transformation is magnificent but there's a lack of warmth to Higgins in the Old Vic's new Pygmalion

Antonia Thomas as Hedda, Christian Rubeck as tyrannical auteur Henrik and Matilda Bailes (right) as therapist/intimacy co-ordinator Thea in Shooting Hedda Gabler. Credit: Andy Paradise
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    Rose Theatre, Kingston, until 21 October

  • Pygmalion

    Old Vic, until 28 October

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