Theatre
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Phoebe Éclair-Powell’s promising story about a poor, single mother is fuelled by genuine rage and plenty of compassion
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They are one of the greatest combos in the history of musicals. The Pulitzer-winning pair behind Into the Woods talk about bumpy first nights, how to read audience coughs – and why shows today are too loud
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Comédie-Française and the Belgian director unite at the Avignon festival for a virtuoso stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1969 film
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The UK creative world is warning of the damage Brexit could have on the arts – at a time when they are more economically vital than ever
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Seats in a private box are promised to the first theatregoers who turn up in fishing gear – or as fish – at the Oscar-winning actor’s latest West End show
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‘Meeting Noma was like meeting my older self,’ says the actor after seeing JK Rowling’s stage play in London’s West End
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The Merchant Of Venice | Needles And Opium | Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour | The Flying Lovers Of Vitebsk
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From Mr Robot to Friday Night Of The Proms, it’s your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture this week
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The ordeal of 13 Syrian women is powerfully re-created through horrific personal testimony and heartbreaking nostalgia
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Hare’s condemnatory 2004 drama feels positively Shakespearean in its account of the tragic consequences of our leaders’ personal ambitions
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David Almond’s story of a teenager encouraged to write about his troubled thoughts is a darkly compelling triumph
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Her debut, Wink, looked at modern masculinity. Now Phoebe Eclair-Powell is celebrating womanhood with her play-cum-gig Torch. She talks about her trio of new shows and why she couldn’t be a standup like her mum, Jenny Eclair
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Double Indemnity offers female archetypes, Trilogy is a feminist masterwork, and Quippings has been called ‘crip burlesque’
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An engaging performance from Hannah Norris holds this atmospheric drama together but the audience is still left in the dark
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Brandon Victor Dixon and Lexi Lawson are taking over roles in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony award-winning show
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The pilots of the first world war had a life expectancy of 11 days. Geraldine Pilgrim is telling their story – with the help of a croquet club and a homing pigeon society
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Queens of Syria, an adaptation of Euripides’ antiwar tragedy The Trojan Women, will visit London, Liverpool and Edinburgh
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Performed by Belgian teenagers, The Hamilton Complex forces us to adjust our worldview. In the UK, adult anxieties are stifling children’s cultural experience
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