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The co-creator of Samsara recalls leaving Birmingham for India aged 15 in pursuit of his dreams – and how he met fellow dancer Hu Shenyuan, on a similar quest from China
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Shows featuring drag queens reading to young children have proven increasingly popular - but they are also attracting angry protests. How have we reached a place where these joyful events are seen as a threat to infants?
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A pair of fringe plays by James Ley delve into sex parties and mechanophilia, with romance, plenty of wisecracks and a disarming feelgood cheer
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Edinburgh Fringe show sets out to tell the tale of the code-breaker whose crucial work on German cyphers helped win the second world war
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Standup in a swimming pool, naked tractor driving, heart attacks, heckles, walkouts, rain and an onstage marriage proposal – as the fringe turns 75, this year’s performers on the memories that make the festival unique
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4 out of 5 stars.
Masterclass review – the ‘great male artist’ put through the shredder
4 out of 5 stars.
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Eunice Olumide review – engaging stories are light on jokes
2 out of 5 stars.
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The former PM’s one-off onstage chat with standup Matt Forde belied his dour image. If only he’d shown more of this side of himself to the electorate
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If there’s one lesson I draw looking back on it all, it’s this: people have taken our nonsense waaaayyyy too seriously, says comedian Dara Ó Briain
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I’ve never held back when it comes to talking about sex. But after an attack while on holiday in Las Vegas, going to the police didn’t feel like an option
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Charlotte Higgins was thrilled that her history book about Roman Britain was being adapted for the stage – until she realised it was being reimagined – and she and her partner were the romantic leads
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Haley McGee is returning to the festival with a new show, Age Is a Feeling. Her rehearsal diary recounts nerve-jangling weeks of learning lines – and finding just the right lifeguard chair
Pictures & video
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As the 75th Edinburgh festival gets started, Guardian photographer Murdo MacLeod takes a first look at some of the shows on offer – from political drama to acrobatics and romance
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Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon’s latest creation ALiCE is a reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Take a look at her fresh take on the mind-bending classic
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The British actor has died at the age of 80. His long career spanned Shakespeare on stage to Star Trek on screen – here we look back at the highlights
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Sencirk was founded in 2010 by Modou Fata Touré, a former street child from Dakar. As the first circus company in Senegal, its main aim is to help vulnerable children with social reintegration
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Ornate miniature theatres in a new exhibition offer a window on to the Victorian and Regency stage
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Liam Costello combines work in a plumbing store with his training as one of the world's leading Irish dancers
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The actor pays tribute to his illustrious colleague, who died last week, and recalls the lessons he learned as a young First Player opposite him in Shakespeare’s tragedy
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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 kilt-wearing, Madonna-dressing fashion legend and Eurotrash star has seen it all. Now his fabulous life is being turned into a riotous revue
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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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Her rendition of the bearded lady’s number from The Greatest Showman caused a sensation. But, as the Hawaiian-born star joins Sister Act, she reveals how the reaction may have contributed to her mini-stroke
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