Theatre & Dance
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Sister Act review, Eventim Apollo – a heavenly revival of the classic Nineties crime comedy
Hallelujah! The wait hasn’t been in vain. It’s been a long road to get Sister Act: The Musical back on…
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Alan Cumming: ‘Men have a difficult time controlling our desire’
Alan Cumming wants us to know that we’ve got Robert Burns all wrong. The Scottish poet was not, he explains,…
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Maryland writer Lucy Kirkwood: ‘The normalisation of violence against women is generationally handed down’
At the end of Lucy Kirkwood’s Maryland, nobody clapped. The silence was potent. No one knew what to do. The…
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Katherine Parkinson: ‘I used to think it was not a big deal being sexually fulfilled… But it’s massively important to your entire being’
It would be fun to go for tequilas with Katherine Parkinson. It would also, at this time, be inappropriate. The…
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Lea Michele replacing Beanie Feldstein in Funny Girl proves that life is one big Glee episode
Drama. Intrigue. Glee memes. After months of speculation, it was announced this week that Lea Michele will be replacing Beanie…
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Peter Brook death: ‘Genius’ theatre director dies aged 97
Theatre director Peter Brook has died aged 97. The visionary creative died on Saturday (2 July), his assistant said. Born…
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Mad House review: David Harbour is tremendous fun in this old-fashioned comedy
The new comedy from American playwright Theresa Rebeck is calculatedly icky. In Mad House, an old man marinates in his…
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David Harbour: ‘I’ve had some issues with, you know, madness’
David Harbour denies he’s become British. And yet… the evidence is stacking up. Firstly, the Stranger Things star begins our…
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That Is Not Who I Am review: This strange political mystery is a significant work
Internet wormholes are dangerous things. Fall into one and you face an unknown outcome. You could lose days to Wikipedia’s…
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Inside Gifford’s Circus: the Cotswolds institution bringing magic to middle England
Once a year, every year, my mum asks whether it’s too late for her to pack her career in and…
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