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3 out of 5 stars.
Everyday review – witchy rituals and a search for safety
3 out of 5 stars.Deafinitely Theatre’s evocative and tender show was inspired by real stories of abuse against deaf women and non-binary people -
The actor is returning to comedy with The Unfriend. She talks about why funny women intimidate men, her daredevil partner – and coping with the accident that befell him
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5 out of 5 stars.
Two Palestinians Go Dogging review – devastatingly human portrait of conflict sears itself on the mind
5 out of 5 stars.Set two decades into the future, in Palestinian territories that are still occupied, Sami Ibrahim’s play is a startlingly bold tragicomedy and a furious call to action
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2 out of 5 stars.
Lotus Beauty review – salon-set social issues drama only goes skin deep
2 out of 5 stars.
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Comedy On Referral will help vulnerable adults in London after successful course in Bristol for trauma survivors
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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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Bibi and Bichu Tesfamariam went from juggling at school in Ethiopia to dazzling audiences with their circus skills around the world. So what’s next?
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Having written about sex tapes and the Delhi bus gang-rape, Anupama Chandrasekhar is tackling Nathuram Godse, the gunman who was raised as a girl – and is now a hero to Hindu nationalists
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A Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange’s ‘choreopoem’ shows how it remains relevant
Pictures & video
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A cast including Naomie Harris and Noma Dumezweni gather in a new exhibition of photographs and films citing women who influence them
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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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Pioneering female entertainers, including a 1930s clown and a Wall of Death stunt rider, are celebrated in a show by a fearless group of performers
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Model of 10-year-old Syrian girl that has become symbol of compassion will visit border town of Przemyśl
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