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Directed by Oscar Toeman, the off-Broadway smash-hit from New York's Signature Theater delivers biting comedy and clever social commentary on the realities of the free market in a changing world.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/london/events/mother-russia-63495/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/ed5a9a92addb0e1e911c6d1b0cf0a3ff95d0e17dece5a25264a9911a4425ed2e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Samira", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Dorfman - National Theatre", "address": "National Theatre, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX Ground South Bank, London", "price": "GBP 24", "price_from": "24.00", "price_to": "56.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/search/form-for-venue/samira-tickets/2027/02/04/2", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/politics", "stage/theatre"], "description": "Samira is a new stage play at the Dorfman theatre. British-Lebanese writer Carmen Nasr makes her National Theatre debut with this political play, directed by Emily Burns and starring May Calamawy. 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Stephen Mangan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Sarah Hadland and Janie Dee star in the Olivier-nominated play about two married couples caught in a tangled web of adultery and deception. Michel, a middle-aged businessman, has been having an affair with Alice, the wife of his best friend Paul, and things come to a head when the couples spend a night away in a hotel. 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Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada, whose debut The Horse of Jenin won a Scotsman Fringe First award, returns with this tale of family and connection, hope and joy. 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Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp's razor-sharp reimagining of Molière's classic dark comedy, starring award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) in the title role, alongside Paul Chahidi, Tom Mison and Abigail Cruttenden. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society, but the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. 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