Theatre
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Sheena Easton brings poise and star quality to an energetic revival that suffers from its bloodless and out of date source material
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This ambitious but opaque roving community theatre piece by National Theatre Wales goes looking for the beating heart of Rhyl in an underground car park
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Creator of acclaimed West End show and Royal Court chief raise fears due to limited access to training for those from outside London
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The singer on a stolen kiss, her love of cursing, and not being a flash in the pan
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The Wooster Group’s new show explores the notorious 1971 debate between feminists and the American novelist. Almost 50 years on, the arguments they had still define our discourse
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It’s impossible not to be moved by the new rep company’s revival of Manfred Karge’s unemployment drama, playfully directed by Nick Bagnall
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British Library releases ‘Baines note’ in which playwright Christopher Marlowe scandalously suggests Christian communion should be smoked in a pipe
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The audience play their part in the Arab Spring and debate whether Occupy curbed capitalist power as the journalist interrogates a decade of revolt
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Stage adventure of JK Rowling’s grown-up wizard prepares to refresh its lineup, while Broadway production is in the works
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From West Side Story to Sweeney Todd, here are nine of my favourite musical moments. There’s one space left – for a classic selected by you
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This show about 42nd Street in the 1980s is imaginatively staged with the ever-magnificent Sharon D Clarke but it’s a tough sell
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A computer game that rewards players for creative killing is at the centre of Gary Owen’s raw and heartbreaking three-hander
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The French circus collective Compagnie XY face down the apocalypse in their new show, where the brawls and somersaults reflect their own relationships
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Titas Halder’s story of sacrifice and self-interest, set in an authoritarian state, plays skilfully with different timeframes but lacks the tautness of a thriller
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Tennant brings a beguiling, fleet-footed charm to Molière’s libertine, reinvented as DJ in Patrick Marber’s subversive update
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Theatre blog David Storey: an instinctive writer who portrayed a divided soul and country
Michael BillingtonStorey, who has died at the age of 83, had a natural understanding of theatre and strived to resolve the tensions of his life through his plays -
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Terrific performances turn Marley’s songs into a great night out, despite their elusive writer emerging as an ambivalent character
Brexit play and opera festival to feature in BBC's £4m culture drive