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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Mixed Bill review – community-spirited joy
The pioneering company’s warmth and athletic grace is showcased in a selection of old and new work
Sarah Crompton
10, Sep, 2023 @8:00 AM
Bernadette Peters: ‘Sondheim’s music is about the big, important things’
The American film and stage actor, renowned for her roles in the composer’s musicals, on making her West End debut in a celebration of his music
Rachel Cooke
09, Sep, 2023 @12:00 PM
‘I make the cocktails, then jump on stage and do mind reading’: the people running Britain’s tiniest theatres
From the magician who stops his show to serve at the bar to the actor who drives entire plays around in his car, for these theatre-lovers small really is beautiful
Kate Wyver
09, Sep, 2023 @10:55 AM
Wicked review – 20 years on, this Wizard of Oz prequel still charms
Sydney Lyric, Sydney
This is the staggeringly popular musical’s third run in Sydney – and while some of the performances feel hesitant, Courtney Monsma is a superstar as Galinda
This is the staggeringly popular musical’s third run in Sydney – and while some of the performances feel hesitant, Courtney Monsma is a superstar as Galinda
Cassie Tongue
09, Sep, 2023 @12:00 AM
Several UK theatres close due to concerns over crumbling concrete
Cultural institutions join dozens of schools forced to shut down over use of Raac
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
08, Sep, 2023 @4:41 PM
God of Carnage review – deliciously savage satire still has plenty of bite
Some of the punches don’t land as hard as they might, but deft direction and slick performances make this a delightfully brutal take down of bourgeois manners
Arifa Akbar
08, Sep, 2023 @12:03 PM
Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning review – compelling feminist spin unsettles from the shadows
All-female production tells Bram Stoker’s story from the perspective of women trying to escape patriarchy – it’s often urgent, but sometimes sucked of energy
Mark Fisher
08, Sep, 2023 @10:21 AM
Death of a Salesman review – Anthony LaPaglia leads an electric, devastating tragedy
Directed by Neil Armfield, Arthur Miller’s classic refuses to date. Willy Loman is still us – and here in this failed promise of a future, we’re still here to watch him die
Tim Byrne
08, Sep, 2023 @2:57 AM
Never Have I Ever review – drunken truth bombs in a sitcom-sharp satire
While its characters can’t quite hold the full weight of the culture wars commentary, Deborah Frances-White’s frothy comedy is eminently watchable
Arifa Akbar
07, Sep, 2023 @2:19 PM
TJ & Dave review – long-form improv finds an endless fount of funny
As they craft their extended sketches off the cuff, TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi deliver laughs with a surprisingly moving emotional twist
Brian Logan
07, Sep, 2023 @11:35 AM
Macbeth review – zombies, haggis and a little bit of disco
Horror-movie witches haunt the unhappy couple throughout this touring co-production. It’s one of many interesting ideas that are dropped too soon
Mark Fisher
07, Sep, 2023 @9:52 AM
New blood: Scotland to stage all-woman and non-binary Dracula play
Set in a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeenshire, new National Theatre production puts Mina Murray at centre of action
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
07, Sep, 2023 @4:00 AM
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