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Thoughts of a Colored Man review – Black Brooklyn life explored on Broadway
The first Broadway show to be written, directed by, starring and produced by Black artists offers a patchy mix of insight and unoriginality
Gloria Oladipo
18, Oct, 2021 @1:31 PM
‘People felt threatened even by a puppet refugee’: Little Amal’s epic walk through love and fear
From being pelted with stones in Greece to receiving a papal welcome in Rome, the giant girl’s migrant trek from Syria to Manchester provoked powerful responses
Amelia Gentleman
18, Oct, 2021 @1:29 PM
L’Heure Exquise review – a Beckettian ballerina buried in pointe shoes
Maurice Béjart’s adaptation of Happy Days sees Alessandra Ferri up to her hips in ballet shoes in this sparse, dreamlike work
Lyndsey Winship
18, Oct, 2021 @12:00 PM
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy review
Ryan Calais Cameron’s exploration of race and masculinity is timely and has potent moments but this production feels underdeveloped
Arifa Akbar
18, Oct, 2021 @9:20 AM
Yellowfin review – shocking testimony from a world with empty oceans
Three senators at a hearing in Washington DC try to find out where all the fish have gone in Marek Horn’s smart but deliberately frustrating one-room play
Kate Wyver
18, Oct, 2021 @6:18 AM
Candoco Dance Company review – it all just works, beautifully
Fascinating in its form, enigmatic in its meaning, this double bill is full of delights
Sanjoy Roy
17, Oct, 2021 @11:01 PM
Love and Other Acts of Violence review – mesmerising moments amid the darkness
A poet and a physicist begin a relationship under a fascist regime in Cordelia Lynn’s audaciously jagged play about the tipping point of tyranny
Arifa Akbar
17, Oct, 2021 @11:01 PM
The Enemy review – Ibsen goes digital
A powerful overhaul of An Enemy of the People weaves texts and emails seamlessly into the action
Clare Brennan
17, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM
The week in theatre: Maryland; The Tragedy of Macbeth; White Noise
Lucy Kirkwood’s raw response to the murders of Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard captures a moment of terrible rage
Susannah Clapp
17, Oct, 2021 @9:30 AM
Dance Umbrella: Extra Time; Nowhere review – a game of two halves
Dance Umbrella’s football-themed piece fails to score, but Dimitris Papaioannou’s 2009 work saves the day
Sarah Crompton
17, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
Road review – community spirit turns sour in Thatcher’s Britain
Little leavens the air of hopelessness in Jim Cartwright’s 1986 collage of awkwardly staged monologues
Mark Fisher
16, Oct, 2021 @9:30 AM
Hannah Gadsby condemns Netflix as an ‘amoral algorithm cult’ amid Dave Chappelle controversy
Australian comedian’s specials Nanette and Douglas were released on the streaming service
Caitlin Cassidy
16, Oct, 2021 @6:03 AM
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