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The dramatist and West Ham fan on exploring what it means to be a couple in his trilogy of plays and how King Lear blew his mind
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Marisha Wallace wants to inspire young girls and call out lack of diversity as she takes on role in Oklahoma!
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3 out of 5 stars.
Broadway Macbeth review – Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga soar but there’s magic missing
3 out of 5 stars.Sam Gold’s inventively staged take on the classic tragedy has its moments but there’s something missing at the centre
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The Strictly Come Dancing star has left the show that made her name in the UK but her creative, competitive spirit loves a challenge – with three projects on the go, she’s not standing still
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For the past decade the bandleader role has been critical to late-night talk shows, a place where they can project inclusiveness without having to scrap the white, middle-aged male host
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With the return of their unashamedly nice TV gameshow Hypothetical, the duo are out to prove you don’t need to be mean-spirited to get laughs
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The standup talks about touring with Ed Gamble, how comics enjoy the life of a retiree and the importance of exploring gender and its presentation
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Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx spent months researching rightwing comedy and found that whether or not you’re laughing, you can’t ignore its power
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With her gripping sea-bound thriller Corrina, Corrina, playwright Chloë Moss shines a spotlight on the dangers faced by women working in the shipping industry
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The Empress by Tanika Gupta among new additions in attempt to diversify AQA’s offering for drama students in England
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Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of celebrated Studio Ghibli movie will be first opening ‘of this scale’ in nearly 40 years
Pictures & video
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A series of portraits of the cast of Wintershall’s production The Passion of Jesus. The reenactment of Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection is performed in Trafalgar Square on Good Friday
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The Royal Albert Hall in London has this week welcomed the return of its tea dance during which visitors can spend the afternoon dancing to quicksteps, foxtrots, waltzes and Latin numbers performed by Albert’s Big Band
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Guardian photographer David Levene went backstage at the Royal Albert Hall for London theatre’s biggest night of the year
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Rafe Spall stars as small-town Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed adaptation of the classic novel by Harper Lee
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As the Lincoln Center’s award-winning show heads to the London Coliseum, look back at stage productions of the musical about a linguistics professor who tries to transform a Cockney flower seller into a ‘lady’
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To mark the nominations for the Olivier awards on 8 March, we go behind the scenes at London’s top theatres
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Audrey Hepburn’s performance as the noisy, funny Eliza made this musical a childhood favourite and I’m all for the new revival
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Artists, novelists, actors, poets: from the Venice Biennale to Bridgerton, Black women in their 50s and 60s are finally getting the recognition they deserve, says the pioneering Booker winner
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In Suzie Miller’s play, Jodie Comer stars as a barrister who defends men of rape. The pair discuss the play’s themes with DSI Clair Kelland and barrister Kate Parker
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