Stage + Reviews
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Exaggerating the element of chance in Arthur Schnitzler’s play slows it down, removes vital sexual tension and makes it feel old-fashioned
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This new play heightens our awareness of the city as a sterile Shangri-La, but the arguments would carry greater weight if it was more balanced
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London Palladium, London
US comic’s first UK standup show got personal with segments about ageing and resenting her child-friendly reputation
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The latest production from 20 Stories High is a vivid, clever piece that fuses tough subject matter with wicked humour and moments of pungent emotion
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Updated to a minimalist live/work space full of digital sound manipulation, Sam Pritchard’s production plays on the pain of judging people by how they speak
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A black dancer meets police prejudice and industry stereotyping as she bids to make it on Broadway in a lively, inventive story
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Purni Morell directs a lush production of Ignace Cornelissen’s drama about a prince who is under pressure to remarry after his bride goes missing
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The comic alter egos of Dan Renton Skinner and Alex Lowe claim to be the New Power Generation come to save us in a thin but skilfully written show
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Graeae use British Sign Language to bring new depths to Federico García Lorca’s play, with Kathryn Hunter on vicious form
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Alex MacKeith’s debut play deals with the nuts and bolts of a test-driven education system and acts as a metaphor for other hard-pressed professions
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Titas Halder’s strange one-man play, starring Ben Aldridge, looks to the urban fox to illustrate a life in free-fall
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Audience participation turns from fun to fraught in this assault on the corporate world inspired by the American author’s short story
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South Park creators’ coming-of-age satire on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a work of comic genius
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Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill return to the stage with an even more ambitious live show – and just as many laughs
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The social upheaval of the Thatcher years saw an explosion of work by black and Asian artists. This compelling show recaptures a pivotal era
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A taut cast makes the most of this 2010 hit comedy, directed by Jeremy Sams in its British premiere
Single Asian Female review – no topic is taboo in Michelle Law's impressive debut