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Richard Alston, trailblazer and guiding light of British dance, dies aged 77

silverguide.site – Akram Khan among those paying tribute to ‘pioneering’ choreographer of intense musicality and grace who inspired generations of dancers…
Richard Alston, trailblazer and guiding light of British dance, dies aged 77
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Koreaboo review – Michelle Lim Davidson’s debut play is a tender tribute to fan culture

silverguide.site – Brisbane festivalInspired by her own experiences, the actor-playwright covers emotionally sticky terrain in a fraught mother-daughter reunion across cultural divides…
Koreaboo review – Michelle Lim Davidson’s debut play is a tender tribute to fan culture
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Annie Wobbler (Revisited) review – Arnold Wesker’s moving women live again

silverguide.site – Nichola McAuliffe returns to the roles Wesker tailored for her in 1981, in a trio of wistful and insightful soliloquies about working-class women’s inner thoughts…
Annie Wobbler (Revisited) review – Arnold Wesker’s moving women live again
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King Lear review – Ian McDiarmid is a titanic, heartbreaking wonder

silverguide.site – The 82-year-old actor gives a performance of absolute authenticity and clarity as the erratic demagogue in a uniformly impressive production…
King Lear review – Ian McDiarmid is a titanic, heartbreaking wonder
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1984 review – brings new meaning to the word Orwellian

silverguide.site – Orwell is himself a character in this frustrating but provocative adaptation of his dystopian classic, which seeks to refresh its metaphors and make its totalitarian nightmare seem real again…
1984 review – brings new meaning to the word Orwellian
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Strong is the New Pretty review – Suzie Miller’s AFLW play is both shocking and crowd-pleasing

silverguide.site – Brisbane festivalThe world premiere of this lightly fictionalised production by the Prima Facie playwright comes just as the AFL faces a reckoning about sexism and misogyny…
Strong is the New Pretty review – Suzie Miller’s AFLW play is both shocking and crowd-pleasing
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The Story review – thrilling drama of race, truth and the pursuit of headlines

silverguide.site – Letitia Wright plays the ambitious young reporter seduced into cutting corners with contentious reporting in a brilliantly kinetic production…
The Story review – thrilling drama of race, truth and the pursuit of headlines
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Present Laughter review – gender-switched Coward comedy dazzles in 70s New York

silverguide.site – Antihero actor Garry becomes a magnificent new kind of beast as Gerri, played with blistering hilarity by Tracy-Ann Oberman…
Present Laughter review – gender-switched Coward comedy dazzles in 70s New York
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‘The myth is constantly being told’: creating a live album on stage as tribute to New York

silverguide.site – In an ambitious new project, a cast of New Yorkers will help to create a one-of-a-kind tribute to New York City on stage in Central Park…
‘The myth is constantly being told’: creating a live album on stage as tribute to New York
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New musical to give intimate portrait of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller’s marriage

silverguide.site – Misfits Together, by Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill a King’s Ralph Pelleymounter, is set amid the 1950s’ ‘red scare’…
New musical to give intimate portrait of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller’s marriage
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Pauline Clayden obituary

silverguide.site – Sadler’s Wells dancer who was a snake in Tiresias, a goat in Sylvia and an autumn fairy in Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella…
Pauline Clayden obituary
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Ready tae Drap review – clashing neighbours trapped in a lift get roars of approval

silverguide.site – Comedy chemistry drives a play that asks if three contrasting characters – conspiracy theorist, pregnant mum, hen-do attendee – can find common ground…
Ready tae Drap review – clashing neighbours trapped in a lift get roars of approval
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Electra/Persona review – Blanchett and Hoss face off in lopsided Sophocles/Bergman double bill

silverguide.site – Benedict Andrews’ intense, interval-free mashup of ancient and modernist classics is a show of two halves…
Electra/Persona review – Blanchett and Hoss face off in lopsided Sophocles/Bergman double bill
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‘There’s always a fresh fury’: Tracey Scott Wilson on Black America and her play about a fraudulent journalist

silverguide.site – As The Story – inspired by a scandal that ended a young Black reporter’s career – makes its London debut, its author explains why, two decades on, it’s more relevant than ever…
‘There’s always a fresh fury’: Tracey Scott Wilson on Black America and her play about a fraudulent journalist
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The best theatre to stream this month: Bryan Cranston cranks up the tension in All My Sons

silverguide.site – Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste lead a brilliant staging of Arthur Miller’s tragedy, a Shelagh Delaney deep-cut is released and Black Watch turns 20…
The best theatre to stream this month: Bryan Cranston cranks up the tension in All My Sons
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Katie Norris: Mother Succubus review – gothic comic enters a wickedly funny new era

silverguide.site – Norris swaps her larger-than-life Farm Fatale persona for something more autobiographical in this easygoing musical comedy…
Katie Norris: Mother Succubus review – gothic comic enters a wickedly funny new era
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A Small and Quiet Light review – fractured portrait of a remarkable wartime spy

silverguide.site – A female secret agent’s extraordinary courage never quite comes to life in a drama that struggles to find tension in her high-stakes story…
A Small and Quiet Light review – fractured portrait of a remarkable wartime spy
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Tilda Swinton’s blast from the past, Kevin Bridges at large and a deepfake ballet: theatre, comedy and dance to see this autumn

silverguide.site – Swinton takes a dead man’s identity, Glasgow’s heir to Billy Connolly heads on tour and Gillian Anderson, Keira Knightley and Natalia Osipova all hit the stage…
Tilda Swinton’s blast from the past, Kevin Bridges at large and a deepfake ballet: theatre, comedy and dance to see this autumn
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Dom McGovern: Prize Hog review – a sharp standup who is sure to go stellar

silverguide.site – The Chicken Shop Date co-writer gives a gossipy, erudite account of his relationship with how he looks in this assured debut…
Dom McGovern: Prize Hog review – a sharp standup who is sure to go stellar
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Mere Mortals review – a dazzling, maddening ballet for the AI age

silverguide.site – San Francisco Ballet brings a spectacular collision of dance, music and digital wizardry to the Edinburgh international festival in this bold reimagining of Pandora’s box…
Mere Mortals review – a dazzling, maddening ballet for the AI age
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