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Stage

  • Andrew Scott to bring one-man Uncle Vanya to West End

    Mark Fisher
    Vanya, adapted by Simon Stephens, will see Scott tackle all of the characters in Chekhov’s play

  • Martin McDonagh on The Pillowman
    ‘I do like a shock’

    Claire Armitstead

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

    Arifa Akbar in Budapest

  • Emma Doran review – wickedly funny tales of delinquency

    Brian Logan

  • Donmar Warehouse appoints Tim Sheader as artistic director

  • ‘I was living in a fool’s paradise’
    Adrienne Kennedy on meeting the Beatles and losing control of her play

    Chris Wiegand
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Reviews

  • Yours Unfaithfully review – three’s a crowd in 1930s polyamory play

    Laughs give way to an interrogation of monogamy and jealousy as a couple open up their marriage in Miles Malleson’s play

  • Recognition review – student’s ode to a neglected composer

  • The Invisible Man review – an ingenious show you’ll want to see again

    • The Card review – a sparkling adaptation of Arnold Bennett’s rags-to-riches comic novel

    • The week in theatre: Aspects of Love; Rose; The Shape of Things – review

    • Kennedy Junior Muntanga, Ed Mitchell and Petronella Wiehahn review – full of promise

    • Surfing the Holyland review – balanced view of Israel from a surfboard

    • I, Daniel Blake review – Kafkaesque benefits story rekindles righteous anger

    • Panti Bliss review – forceful account of a remarkable life

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Dance

  • Praise this stage
    The derelict church that became a haven for dance

    Lyndsey Winship
    Our series on regional dance scenes continues in Bristol where a centuries-old church has become a creative hub thanks to hard work and a touch of serendipity
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Comedy

  • ‘This is an experiment’
    Is Hannah Gadsby’s Picasso exhibition really that bad?

    Lauren Mechling

  • Pierre Novellie
    ‘A heckler diagnosed my Asperger’s so fair play to him’

    Interview by Liam Pape

  • The 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

    Aurelia St Clair

  • Sam Morrison’s superb show about his partner’s death proves grief is not beyond comedy’s reach

    Brian Logan
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Theatre

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Pictures & video

  • Wayne McGregor’s UniVerse
    A Dark Crystal Odyssey

    All photographs by Tristram Kenton
     

  • Backstage at the Olivier awards 2023

    David Levene/The Guardian
     
    Guardian photographer David Levene captures the atmosphere behind the scenes at London’s Royal Albert Hall

  • The Royal Shakespeare Company unveils Hamnet

     
    Go behind the scenes at the Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, where an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel opens this month

  • A Ukrainian ballerina displaced by war

     

  • You shall go to the ballet!
    Cinderella at the Royal Opera House

     

  • Miss First Nation
    Behind the scenes at the drag competition

  • Turn It Out
    Tiler Peck & Friends at Sadler’s Wells

     
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You may have missed

  • ‘There’s something Shakespearean about him’
    The epic play about Gareth Southgate

    David Hytner

  • Edinburgh festival 2023
    Encore! Surefire shows returning this summer

    In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed

  • Black Out nights at the theatre are vital to centre and celebrate Black audiences

    Nadia Fall
    Tambo & Bones asks challenging questions about race and exploitation so we at Theatre Royal Stratford East offer one dedicated performance for Black audiences to watch together

  • Chita Rivera
    The Broadway legend on Chicago, West Side Story – and sumo wresting

    Chris Wiegand

  • Medea in mid-air
    How Syracuse’s Greek theatre keeps the classics alive

    Michael Billington

  • King Charles III was written as a tragedy. It’s a warning about what happens now

    Mike Bartlett

  • ‘Comfortable is not good’
    Kym Marsh on Hear’Say – and the Take That musical

    Emine Saner
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