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Sophisticated productions of Life of Pi and 101 Dalmatians are pushing the art of puppetry into new and sometimes surprisingly dark directions
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Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance
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Standup Joe Lycett has revealed that he was reported to police for one of his routines. From Sacha Baron Cohen to Jo Brand, our writer looks at what happens when laughter and the law collide
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From Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence
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The conversations thrown up by Black Lives Matter and Covid have ushered in an exciting new era for Black stage creatives. Those at the forefront explain why it needs to be more than a passing trend
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When her family’s code of silence was broken, the writer and performer Helen Wood began a journey that led to a new play, Let’s Talk About Philip
Pictures & video
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As the ballroom community attracts mainstream attention – and influence – many within the scene view the growing popularity with skepticism and trepidation
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The groundbreaking British theatre director, whose huge influence reached around the world, has died at the age of 97
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Arthur Hughes has become the first disabled actor to play Richard III at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Look back at other incarnations of Shakespeare’s villain
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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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