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3 out of 5 stars.
#HonestAmy review – warmth and stoical wit in ukulele ditties
3 out of 5 stars.Kathy Burke directs Amy Booth-Steel’s feelgood, if cliched, chronicle of cancer and PTSD
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3 out of 5 stars.
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: The Magic Cutlass review – timber-shivering fun
3 out of 5 stars.This musical for over-threes adapted from the eponymous picturebooks comes with delightful puppets and lashings of puns -
4 out of 5 stars.
Are We Not Drawn Onward to New ErA review – dazzling palindromic drama
4 out of 5 stars.The pioneering Ontroerend Goed company takes on a conceptually daring view of environmental apocalypse -
He quit booze and Scotland – and became a chat show sensation in the US. As he returns to standup on his home turf, we rescue him from selfie-takers on the streets of Glasgow
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3 out of 5 stars.
Dritan Kastrati’s journey as an 11-year-old to the UK with people smugglers is a survival story that speaks to what it is like to be caught between two cultures
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4 out of 5 stars.
Arthur review – man and baby in unique double act
4 out of 5 stars.Daniel Bye enlists the help of his five-month-old son in an unpredictable hour-long exploration of nature versus nurture -
3 out of 5 stars.
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2 out of 5 stars.
IvankaPlay review – the Trumps are no laughing matter in limp comedy
2 out of 5 stars.
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3 out of 5 stars.
The Chosen review – dancing in the face of futility
3 out of 5 stars.Company Chordelia’s show confronts the certainty of non-existence and evokes the brevity of a dancer’s onstage life
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Her last standup show, about working in a New York sex dungeon, was a fringe hit – and is now bound for TV. How will she top it? -
As the Edinburgh festival approaches, Ed Byrne, Susan Calman, Stevie Martin and others on why their pets are friends, companions and a source of inspiration -
4 out of 5 stars.
One of the US’s sparkiest and most outspoken social commentators tackles sex and gender in a show that confirms her place in the big league -
The standup, writer and Mock the Week regular on the things that make him laugh the most
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In playwright Sam Steiner’s new Edinburgh festival show, the action unfolds over table tennis. In this diary, he recalls pulling all-nighters, rallying actors and waiting for balls from China -
He lit up the screen in the 80s – but things did not go as planned. As he takes on Chekhov, Everett speaks about stardom, midlife crises and penis padding -
Immediate Theatre’s interactive twist on the St George story – performed by over-50s actors – is forging links between generations with shared experience -
Prince oversaw such landmark musicals as Cabaret, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Evita and The Phantom of the Opera
Pictures & video
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Our photographer hits the ground running to capture highlights, from a journey through Kate Grenville’s The Secret River to a fierce look at power by comedian Lucy McCormick -
Peake and director Sarah Frankcom explore the life and art of German actor-singer Nico in a bold new production at Manchester international festival inspired by her 1968 album The Marble Index -
Franco Zeffirelli, who died this month, directed beloved versions of Shakespeare’s tragedy on stage and screen. We look back at productions starring, among others, Peggy Ashcroft, David Tennant and Paapa Essiedu
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This world premiere at Manchester international festival combines Philip Glass’s mesmerising music and performer-director Phelim McDermott’s theatricality -
Actors from TV’s biggest show are invading UK stages this summer, from Gwendoline Christie at London’s Bridge Theatre to Daniel Portman at the Edinburgh fringe -
The much-loved film has been turned into a stage show. Designer Madeleine Girling explains how she found a new style to match its spirit
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‘I wanted to write a Shakespearean scene with someone in disguise, so I went into a lesbian chatroom pretending to be a gay woman’
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The queen of the caustic punchline talks about plastic surgery, embarrassing her daughter – and turning her life as a single mum into a sitcom -
The heroine of Ben Weatherill’s play is strong, witty and learning disabled. So is Sarah Gordy who portrays her. About time too, say the writer and actor -
Her revelations about Harvey Weinstein sparked #MeToo. Now, as the disgraced mogul’s trial approaches, she’s back with an Edinburgh show
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