Not even Sigourney Weaver could save Jamie Lloyd's The Tempest from its gloom spiral - but Lloyd is back for the second part of his Shakespeare at Drury Lane season with a Marvel special, turning Loki and Agent Carter (well, Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell) into Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. There's confetti. There are balloons. There are 90s club bangers. So is Lloyd's reputation restored? Nick, Nick and Nancy find out.

Room for one more? Mike Bartlett's new play Unicorn at the Garrick looks at the dynamics of a throuple, and there are worse throuples to be in than one involving Stephen Mangan, Nicola Walker and Erin Doherty. LTR's own devoted trio give their verdict on the play.

And Omari Douglas, known for his roles in It's A Sin, Cabaret and Black Doves, talks about Black queer stories as he stars in new play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew by Coral Wylie at the Bush Theatre.

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It's the show that's had people (mainly men, actually) fainting almost every night...Eline Arbo's adaptation of Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux's book The Years transfers from the Almeida to the West End with a phenomenal cast of Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Deborah Findlay, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner.

Nick, Nick and Nancy not only review the show - with full and frank info on *that* now infamous abortion scene - but Nick Curtis also talks to Gina and Harmony about what it's like to be part of the ensemble.

Nick and Nancy also visit the Lyric Hammersmith for Play On, an adaptation of Twelfth Night set to the music of Duke Ellington.

Plus, we reveal the answer to last week's Shakespeare or Fakespeare, because we forgot to tell you at the end of last week's episode.

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It's Greek Week on the podcast as Nick Clark, Nancy Durrant and Producer Tim (making a special on-mic appearance while Nick Curtis soaks up some Maldives sun) review Sophocles two ways: Oedipus at the Old Vic starring Oscar-winner Rami Malek, and Elektra at the Duke of York's starring Oscar-winner Brie Larson.

Plus Nancy talks to Dune: Prophecy and His Dark Materials star Jade Anouka, who performs in Chris Bush's new play Otherland at the Almeida Theatre.

And it's competition time! You can win two tickets for Otherland at the Almeida between Mon 24 Feb - Sat 1 Mar (excluding Thu 27 Feb) - listen to this episode to find out how.

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