It's power fo art under oppressive regimes week! First up is The Lives of Others at the Adelphi, Robert Icke’s adaptation of the film about a Stasi officer listening in on a playwright and his actress girlfriend in eighties East Berlin. Keira Knightley and Luke Thompson are the couple under surveillance, but it’s Stephen Dillane’s extraordinary performance behind the headphones that really gets the gang talking.

Then Nancy and Nick head to the Park Theatre for The Pianist, a new adaptation of Władysław Szpilman’s memoir of survival in wartime Warsaw. His own songs provide the score, but how well do they serve the story?

Plus, Nancy talks to Anne-Marie Duff, whose performance in Some Woman at the National Theatre left her awed.

And writer Scott Gilmour answers our five questions as Ceilidh, the musical he created with Claire McKenzie, gets audiences dancing at Shoreditch Town Hall.

Our second Marquee TV watch party takes on Uncle Vanya starring Toby Jones, with a special review episode coming this Wednesday, 4 November. Watch it and send your thoughts to thelondontheatrereview@gmail.com or via Instagram. Get one month free at marquee.tv/ltr or use the code LTR at checkout.

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