Critics' choice: Weekend theatre

The pick of this weekend's best theatre...
p.53 Cantina
25 May 2012

POSH

Duke of York’s, WC2. Until August 4 (0844 871 7627, atgtickets.com)

Laura Wade has updated her savage satire of an Oxbridge dining society, which made a splash at the Royal Court two years ago, for its West End run.

CHARIOTS OF FIRE

Hampstead, NW3. Until June 16 (020 7722 9301, hampsteadtheatre.com)

Designer Miriam Buether has raised the bar and built a racetrack for Mike Bartlett’s winning adaptation of the sporting film about the class divide.

ABIGAIL’S PARTY

Wyndham’s, WC2. Booking to Sept 1 (0844 482 5120, abigailsparty.co.uk)

Unleash the cheesy pineapple sticks as Lindsay Posner’s whip-sharp production of Mike Leigh’s suburban party piece transfers to the West End.

BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE

Arcola, E8. Until June 2 (020 7503 1646, arcolatheatre.com)

Rupert Friend is the Satan of suburbia in a wicked revival of Dennis Potter’s twisted tale of repression and religion in north London.

CANTINA

London Wonderground, SE1. Until

Sept 30 (0844 545 8282, londonwonderground.co.uk).

More cabaret than theatre, the racy circus troupe’s bendy bodies make eyes pop and jaws drop.

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