Critics' choice: Theatre this weekend

Our critics round up the best shows to watch this weekend...
p36 p37 Blackta at The Young Vic Theatre Daniel Frances Michael Oku ©Alastair Muir
Alastair Muir
9 November 2012

THEATRE

Khadija is 18

Shamser Sinha’s debut about teenage asylum-seekers is set in Hackney.

Finborough, SW10. To Nov 24 (0844 847 1652, finboroughtheatre.co.uk)

Uncle Vanya

Anna Friel, Laura Carmichael and Ken Stott star in Lindsay Posner’s refined and respectful take on Chekhov.

Vaudeville, WC2. Until February 16 (0844 412 4663, nimaxtheatres.com)

Charley's Aunt

Last chance to see Mathew Horne’s full-throttle performance in the vivacious Victorian farce.

Menier Chocolate Factory, SE1. Until tomorrow (020 7378 1713, menierchocolatefactory.com)

Red Velvet

Adrian Lester is sensational in Lolita Chakrabarti’s fascinating new play about 19th-century black actor Ira Aldridge and his fight against racism.

Tricycle, NW6. Until November 24 (020 7328 1000, tricycle.co.uk)

Blackta

Actor Nathaniel Martello-White’s writing debut is a striking satire about the difficulties facing black performers.

Young Vic, SE1. Until November 24 (020 7922 2922, youngvic.org)

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