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As a kid growing up in Aberdeen, she rebelled against singing. Now she’s proving sensational in Cabaret – but finds its present-day parallels chilling
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In April, the half-Ukrainian dancer left Moscow and her position at the Stanislavsky theatre as her family hunkered down in Mariupol. Ahead of a performance in Sydney, she talks about her future
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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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In her Edinburgh fringe show, the musical theatre performer exposes the pressures faced by singers and reflects on her own vocal healing
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The actor has become the first openly trans performer to receive a Tony nomination for her role in the Pulitzer prize-winning musical A Strange Loop
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Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet is an adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s tale of magical realism, starring Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé. Tristram Kenton went into rehearsals
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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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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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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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Guardian photographer David Levene went backstage at the Royal Albert Hall for London theatre’s biggest night of the year
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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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