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Due to open in Stratford next year, the sibling to the Islington institution will have a special emphasis on local talent, hip-hop and artists of colour
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3 out of 5 stars.
Miin: Body to Body review – Korean feminism 101
3 out of 5 stars.Choreographer Cha Jinyeob’s intimate and at times opaque exploration of womanhood
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3 out of 5 stars.
Chris McGlade review – working-class scourge of wokeness
3 out of 5 stars.McGlade pours his heart and soul into the show but his picture of a golden age of working-class racial harmony is a stretch -
The actor and campaigner came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago in 1954 and joined Olivier’s National Theatre company. Clint Dyer and others on why we should remember her
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The Game of Thrones star on her self-doubt as the hit show took off, her decision to write about her brain aneurysms and showing her love through baking
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Travis Jay review – a loose, likable set about fathers and sons
3 out of 5 stars.
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Winged intruder ‘put in a fantastic performance’ after arriving in Sadler’s Wells auditorium amid a staging of Pina Bausch classic
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Comedian says he was asked to explain context of gag to investigating officers, and will keep it in his show
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The award-winning writer, whose hit musical originally opened on Broadway in the late 60s, died in New York City of cardiorespiratory arrest
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Infections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes
Pictures & video
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Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man is a steamy, pulp-fiction take on the Bizet opera Carmen, staged at the Royal Albert Hall. Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton gained exclusive access
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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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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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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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The I May Destroy You star talks about politics, his great friend Michaela Coel and dealing with drama school racism
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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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After 27 years, the groundbreaking, and often notorious, Saturday night at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London ends next month
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