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3 out of 5 stars.
Sarah Kendall review – stargazing raconteur riffs on fate and fortune
3 out of 5 stars.In her touring show One-Seventeen, the Australian comedian grapples with big ideas but these absorbing stories don’t fully connect
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4 out of 5 stars.
Calixto Bieito’s intense theatrical collage brings together four first-rate actors and the miraculous Heath Quartet -
Michelle Terry is kicking off her debut season by playing Hamlet in a daring double bill that gives everyone a say about everything. Can this heresy work? We find out at rehearsals -
A bold new show retells the Euripides classic through traditional pansori, K-pop and the story of ‘comfort women’ in the second world war -
Irish playwright who raged against ‘Christian fascism’ and explored the themes of emigration and identity in his work
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4 out of 5 stars.
Red review – Alfred Molina's portrait is as layered as a Rothko canvas
4 out of 5 stars.Michael Grandage directs a well-judged revival of John Logan’s play about the artist and his assistant -
3 out of 5 stars.
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3 out of 5 stars.
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Arthur Pita’s show mixes eight of the Icelandic singer’s tracks into a cacophony of glamour, craziness and fairytale at the Unbound festival
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The comedian played five surprise shows but audiences say he avoided discussing recent sexual misconduct allegations against him -
Rhona Cameron, Rachel Fairburn and Shappi Khorsandi give their verdict on the film in which Maxine Peake plays an aspiring comic in a man’s world -
From José the Mexican immigrant to Achmed the dead terrorist, his foul-mouthed puppets have made him one of the richest comedians on the planet. How will the ventriloquist go down in Britain? -
It is Britain’s favourite type of humour, the go-to gag for everyone from Carry On stars to Bake Off hosts. But are fnarr fnarr jokes just another example of male sexual entitlement?
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He used to get cast as either a doctor or a terrorist. Now Prasanna Puwanarajah is on stage at the National, starring opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose – and even writing his own sci-fi show -
The story of 1930s player Matthias Sindelar seemed a great subject for the stage. But the cast of Improbable's The Paper Man had other ideas -
Matthew Lopez’s sold-out two-part play at the Young Vic will move to the Noël Coward Theatre in September -
The actor and comedian explains how her debut play, 3Women, captures the age divide within feminism – and the defiance of the #MeToo era
From the archive
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1 May 1958 The most surprising thing about the production which opened in London last night is that all the dialogue is so unmistakably Shavian, including some of the funniest lines
Pictures & video
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In his new show, Akram Khan will give his final performances as a dancer in a full-length piece. He explains how he merged the Prometheus myth with the tale of a shell-shocked colonial soldier
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Michelle Wolf's White House correspondents’ speech has divided opinion. Here, we take a look at what the comedian was up to before making the headlines and what she's doing next
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Guardian photographer David Levene was backstage at Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, south-west London
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An immersive dance performance in virtual reality, Celestial Motion is inspired by the imagery of solar physics.
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Dozens of artists from Belarus and Russia gathered on April Fools’ Day to take part in Belarus’s first clown festival, Clown Show 2018. The event, held in the city of Bobruisk, was captured by the photographer Tatyana Zenkovich -
Inua Ellams speaks about black masculinity, his story as an immigrant and how he channels anger into his art
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This year, Black Panther put afrofuturism in multiplexes – and there are plenty more artists of colour exploring inner and outer space, like artist and playwright Rachael Young -
Soprano Julie Fuchs was asked to leave an opera cast because her pregnancy would ‘compromise its artistic integrity’. Why are companies not looking at different kind of compromises? -
From the RSC to the ROH, Britain’s most prestigious arts institutions are all by royal appointment. But as Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle, is it goodbye Royal Variety Show and hello Royal Reprezent FM?
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Show opening in Sheffield looks at hidden history of female and black circus performers -
Class is often absent from discussions about diversity in theatre but it remains a barrier for audiences, actors and others in the industry. What’s the solution?
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Her last production contained cannibalism and was staggeringly successful. Could Lessons in Love and Violence top it? We sit in on rehearsals as the revered director grapples with some Danish bedside lamps
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The Girl on the Train review – is Paula Hawkins's bestseller unadaptable?
3 out of 5 stars.