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Syrian refugees perform Euripides in Oxford, a festival organised by under 25s kicks off in York and the acclaimed Young Chekhov trilogy arrives at the National
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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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Showcased in the gallery’s vast Turbine Hall, the arcs and eddies of the Belgian choreographer’s Work/Travail/Arbeid reveal the harmony of its composition
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The former Doctor is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 12 July – post them in the comments below
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They are one of the greatest combos in Broadway history. 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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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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Hare’s condemnatory 2004 drama feels positively Shakespearean in its account of the tragic consequences of our leaders’ personal ambitions
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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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The whistleblower will appear via video in play partly inspired by Snowden’s revelations that the NSA was conducting mass surveillance on US citizens
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David Morrissey speaks the opening lines from Richard III in which the scheming Richard lays out his plan to turn his brothers, Clarence and the newly enthroned King Edward IV, against each other
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In a speech taken from the first scene of All’s Well That Ends Well, Sacha Dhawan’s Parolles stresses the importance of losing one’s virginity
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Camille O’Sullivan plays Constance in King John, who laments the loss of her son, Arthur, but disputes the suggestion that she has gone mad
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Adrian Lester performs Hamlet’s soliloquy in which the prince considers taking his own life
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Jaques’s speech about the seven ages of man from As You Like It is performed by Zawe Ashton
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Joanna Vanderham performs Juliet’s speech from the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet
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This summer Sadler’s Wells stages a season of Cuban dance. Sarah Crompton travels to the island to talk to returning hero Carlos Acosta about setting up a new company in a society on the verge of radical change
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From Catch-22 to his cousins, the standup reveals the things that make him chortle the most
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She advised Ed Miliband and wrote gags for Harriet Harman. Now Ayesha Hazarika is turning her heady Whitehall days into standup
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The Hollywood star says she’ll turn on Kettering’s Christmas lights. When she’s in town, she should check out our mummified cat and smell the Weetabix
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The comedian relives her teenage years as a fervent evangelical Christian in her new show. As she prepares for the Edinburgh festival, she talks about preaching in shopping centres and comic resurrection
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Her debut, Wink, looked at modern masculinity. Now Phoebe Eclair-Powell is celebrating womanhood with her play-cum-gig Torch
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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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Turner prize-winning artist creates ‘human memorial’ of first world war battle, sending silent soldiers into cities and towns
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7 July 1980: It is the first time that the union’s fighting fund for the theatre has been used to save a West End show from closure
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The words of a treasured letter ring in Miranda’s ears as she explores her island home in this re-imagining of The Tempest, written and directed by Teresa Griffiths and narrated by Anne-Marie Duff
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This is England star Vicky McClure is possessed by evil in this nightmarish manga take on Macbeth, the fourth of the British Council’s films for Shakespeare Lives 2016, a global programme celebrating William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death
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It’s a glorious summer of Richard IIIs with Ralph Fiennes playing the role at the Almeida in London and Lars Eidinger starring in the Schaubühne’s production at the Edinburgh festival. Here are some of the many actors who have tackled Shakespeare’s villain
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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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