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Stage

  • Dear England
    Touching, funny retelling of Gareth Southgate’s quiet revolution

    National Theatre, London
    It’s a game of two halves, but James Graham’s dramatisation of Southgate rescuing a languishing England team delivers tension and movement

  • ‘If you get your phone out, I’m going to lose it’
    Charlie Stemp, Britain’s musicals megastar

  • Safe pair of hands or time for a shakeup?
    Who’s going to get the biggest job in UK theatre?

  • The Third Man: A Musical Thriller
    Atmospheric and eccentric version of classic noir

  • School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play review – clever comedy

    Miriam Gillinson

  • ‘Don’t be frightened of chaos’
    Mark Rylance answers questions from readers and famous fans

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Reviews

  • Roman Holiday review – movie magic gets lost in translation

    Despite charismatic performances and real chemistry, the classic Audrey Hepburn romcom falters in its transition into a Cole Porter jukebox musical

  • The week in theatre: Romeo and Juliet; When Winston Went to War With the Wireless; Groundhog Day – review

  • Jack Whitehall review – perennial kidult’s cartoonish comedy

    • The Crucible review – a witch hunt for truth-denying times

    • English National Ballet: Cinderella review – perfectly lovely romance

    • Romeo and Juliet review – Rebecca Frecknall’s dance to the death

    • Aditi Mittal review – rich people’s problems upstage lockdown laughs

    • Frank and Percy review – McKellen and Allam’s banter meanders into romance

    • 42nd Street review – frivolous fantasy given punch, precision and panache

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Dance

  • 'A scramble of ideas'
    How Glasgow became a hive of experimental performance

    Lyndsey Winship
    Our series on regional dance scenes continues in the Scottish city where a close-knit group of artists with a DIY spirit have found a willing audience
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Comedy

  • ‘People were baffled and scared’
    The vital failure of my fringe debut

    Robin Ince

  • Bridget Christie
    ‘My reproductive life is over? That’s liberating!’

    Emine Saner

  • ‘I like to slag off the headliner’
    What is it like to do standup at a music festival?

    Rachael Healy

  • Alison Spittle
    ‘Think of the most shameful thing you have done, then imagine your mum watching!’

    Liam Pape
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Theatre

  • Michael Billington
    Rufus Norris has made the NT more diverse – on both sides of the curtain

    Michael Billington

  • Drama about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre plays

    Harriet Sherwood

  • Edinburgh festival
    David Lescot’s play Dough weighs a man’s life in his bank balance

    Kim Willsher

  • Tony awards
    Full list of winners

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Pictures & video

  • Glenda Jackson
    A life in pictures

     

  • Tony awards
    Jodie Comer and J Harrison Ghee speak after picking up Tony awards

     

    2:27

    History was made with two actors becoming the first non-binary winners of acting Tonys

  • Tony awards
    Red carpet looks and best of the show

     
    Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Barry Manilow and Jessica Chastain were among the crowd for the 76th annual Tony Awards, held in New York on Sunday

  • Wayne McGregor’s UniVerse
    A Dark Crystal Odyssey

    Tristram Kenton
     

  • Backstage at the Olivier awards 2023

    David Levene
     

  • The Royal Shakespeare Company unveils Hamnet

     

  • A Ukrainian ballerina displaced by war

     
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  • Penn & Teller’s long goodbye
    Megastar magicians put new spins on old tricks

    Brian Logan
    The duo’s First Final UK Tour is more amusing than astonishing but demonstrates what drew them to the confounding craft in the first place

  • ‘They don’t know the rules’
    Actors hit back at theatregoers phoning, drinking and fighting

    Tom Ambrose
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    We write the TV, radio and theatre shows you love. Do you want robots and AI doing that job?

    Lisa Holdsworth

  • Incredible scenes!
    Prague stages design spectacular with a giant cat, tiny flats and a 16-legged theatre

    Chris Wiegand

  • Martha Watson Allpress
    ‘My instinct is to look for the gag’

    Mark Fisher

  • ‘Europe is in a dangerous place’
    Theatre Olympics staged against a backdrop of war

    Arifa Akbar
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