Theatre & Dance
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The Hills of California review: A sweet return from Jez Butterworth – but it’s no Jerusalem
After his brilliant, era-defining 2009 play Jerusalem, a new Jez Butterworth play is a big deal: you can be sure…
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Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical review – Exercise in nostalgia ends up feeling like a depressing throwback
The 20th century ended with a glorious crop of teen movies that crept under the skin of a whole generation.…
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Scottish stand-up Fern Brady: ‘Why are female comics always expected to speak out?’
Fern Brady was face down on a massage table last week when her masseuse started banging on about Russell Brand.…
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The best theatre to see in 2024: from Sarah Jessica Parker’s West End debut to Sarah Snook’s one-woman show
The next year of theatre reads like the cast list of the best film ever made. Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah…
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Sending emails during Hamlet: Obsession with ‘theatre etiquette’ could turn audiences away
In her final essay collection before her death, I Remember Nothing, Nora Ephron included a list entitled “What I won’t…
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Mark Gatiss on summoning the ghost of John Gielgud in The Motive and the Cue: ‘It’s the best part I’ll ever get’
Mark Gatiss sits in his dressing room at the Noel Coward Theatre and looks around. “He possibly sat here. It’s…
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Ulster American review: Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis are on top form in savage satire of Hollywood hypocrisy
Sometimes theatremakers like to opine that seeing plays builds empathy, makes you a better person. Sometimes that’s even true. But…
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Ralph Fiennes reveals he gets stage fright… when he’s off stage
Millions of actors get struck with crippling stage fright while waiting in the wings. Veteran board-treader Ralph Fiennes, on the other…
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One quality makes Indhu Rubasingham the best person to run the National Theatre – and it’s not her gender
Laurence Olivier. Peter Hall. Richard Eyre. Trevor Nunn. Nicholas Hytner. Rufus Norris. For all of its 60-year history, the National…
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Jack Davenport: ‘What would Shakespeare make of a trigger warning?’
At the end of his twenties, Jack Davenport was a wide-eyed British actor in LA. “I remember the first time…
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