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From live music to glass sculpture, game-changing performances to fitness podcasts… our writers on cultural treats to light up the months ahead
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In a surprisingly class-conscious stage adaptation of the HG Wells-inspired musical from the Downton Abbey creator, Charlie Stemp radiates kindly innocence
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Amy Adams makes her West End debut, immersive dance confronts mental health and Steve Coogan’s alter ego embarks on a rare live UK tour
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From Ian McKellen as Hamlet to elephants treading the boards, our photography maestro was in position to shoot theatre’s glorious return
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Other lives: Manchester-based theatre director who spent 27 years at the Library Theatre Company
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Dancers burst back on to the stage, film projects reached new audiences, and we’ve Zoom to thank for Robert Cohan’s final work
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Peggy for You review – Tamsin Greig’s charisma cannot save dated drama
2 out of 5 stars.
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He has made a career out of winding people up in everything from The Office to his Golden Globes speeches – but is the comedian’s bark worse than his bite?
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The comic’s hilarious takedown of Fleabag and the booming ‘messy-woman genre’ was halted by Covid. Now, it’s coming back
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The comedian recalls more than 30 years of friendship with a warm and generous writer and performer whose standup sets left audiences helpless with laughter
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Despite the abuse and anger, the comedian spent hours a day online. But then his daughter Dolly became dangerously drawn in. Was it time for a rethink?
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As Omicron variant rips holes in casts and productions daily, theatres are forced to cancel shows – despite £30m support fund
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With a surge in cancellations across the country, the new strain of Covid might be the biggest threat to the UK’s stage industry yet
Pictures & video
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Behind the scenes of Jack and The Beanstalk, Hackney Empire’s Christmas pantomime
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Berlin’s Kit Kat Club opens in the West End – at London’s Playhouse theatre – for a revival of Kander and Ebb’s classic musical. Take a first peep
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An actor, painter and writer, Antony Sher – who has died aged 72 – was one of British theatre’s most revered stage icons. Look back at his celebrated career
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From West Side Story to Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George to Into the Woods, Sondheim’s works have been performed – and loved – by the stars of musical theatre and cinema alike
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As Ralph Fiennes tours his solo stage version of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets, look back at some of his greatest stage performances, from Shaw to Shakespeare
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As the Young Vic announces it will premiere The Collaboration, Anthony McCarten’s play about Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, look back at shows about Picasso, Kahlo, Dalí and other great artists
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He avoided the pitfalls of childhood fame and became one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors. He discusses controversial roles, the return of the Matrix, his friendship with Sondheim – and refusing to grow up
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The actor recalls his Sherlock co-star, a doyenne of British TV whose youthful, no-nonsense energy and humour were irresistible
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LGBTQ+ performers are making sure that queerness isn’t ‘swept under the carpet’ this Christmas – and providing community, fun and celebration for audiences
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