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Opening Night: Sheridan Smith enthralls, but this play is a pretentious, convoluted mess
This musical adaptation of John Cassavetes’s film 1977 film lurches from one so-so number to the next
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An Evening with the Fast Show, review: still funny after 30 years
In this nostalgic stage tribute to the 1990s TV sketch show, Swiss Toni, Ron Manager and co feel like timeless comic creations
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Red Pitch: this dynamic football drama is a contemporary triumph
Tyrell Williams’ award-winning play about three lads contending with their footballing dreams richly deserves its West End transfer
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Cancelled for joking about Hamas: why ‘hate speech’ zealots are killing comedy
Holyrood’s legislation against ‘stirring up hatred’ threatens the Edinburgh Fringe and has comics pondering retirement. Could it backfire?
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It’s time for the theatre sector to stop cat-calling from the gallery and applaud Rishi Sunak
The Conservatives haven’t always had UK theatre’s back, but with the welcome news on Theatre Tax Relief, the sector should end its grudge
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Edward Bond’s history of violence – and how it changed British theatre
The playwright - who has died aged 89 - caused a scandal with Saved, and forced us to confront the ugliness of modern life
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Standing at the Sky’s Edge: a deeply moving, monumental musical that really matters
The West End transfer of this show about a Sheffield estate offers rare emotional and intellectual ambition – and deserves to be a huge hit
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The Human Body: Keeley Hawes is terrific in this worthy fusion of NHS homage and Brief Encounter
Hawes and Jack Davenport impress in Lucy Kirkwood’s committed but convoluted drama of ideas and passion
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Nachtland: this black comedy about Hitler’s art is the hit the Young Vic needs
Jane Horrocks hits the deadpan target as a fashion-victim art-expert in this Mel Brooks spin on Antiques Roadshow
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Tracy-Ann Oberman’s Merchant of Venice 1936 feels deeply relevant in 2024
Oberman's timely passion-project – which moves Shakespeare's tragedy to London – has deepened with its West End transfer
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The Big Life: this fantastically warm, joyous Windrush musical deserves to be a hit again
The ska-led spin on Love's Labour's Lost was a huge success 20 years ago – and this wonderful revival should likewise be heartily embraced
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‘An entire community fell apart’: inside the Sheffield-set musical taking on Thatcher
Richard Hawley’s Standing at the Sky’s Edge is a bitter-sweet ode to his post-industrial hometown, with painful echoes of his family’s past
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Hadestown: this Tony Winner offers moments of theatrical heaven – and purgatory
This musical spin on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has its flaws, but it's a show that's imbued with passion and great performances
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An Enemy of the People: Matt Smith gleams with authority – but this ‘modern’ take on Ibsen misses a trick
The Crown and Doctor Who star is a natural fit for the role of Dr Stockmann – but this flawed production could use a digital-era upgrade
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Hanif Kureishi: ‘I must get used to the fact that I’m disabled now. The losses are abominable’
In his first interview since leaving hospital, the paralysed writer talks about his terrible accident and his determination to keep working
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Sarah Snook triumphs in this game-changing piece of theatre
Inhabiting all 26 characters, the Succession star's one-woman take on the Oscar Wilde tale is a chameleonic tour de force
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