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What a clusterpuck! Race to parody hockey hit Heated Rivalry results in multiple musicals

silverguide.site – The horny TV series has inspired a whopping four comedy shows this summer. Their makers explain why musical theatre and steamy action are such good bedfellows – and why there’s no rivalry between them…
What a clusterpuck! Race to parody hockey hit Heated Rivalry results in multiple musicals
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Physical Education review – boisterous, cliche-busting lesson on teen masculinity

silverguide.site – School locker room banter has a sinister edge in Jonathan Houlston’s shrewd debut, which pairs the toxic tropes of Adolescence with the group dynamics of Laura Wade’s Posh…
Physical Education review – boisterous, cliche-busting lesson on teen masculinity
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Lindsey Santoro: ‘The problems I have are my own – I’ve caused them, I’m the issue!’

silverguide.site – The standup on bad gigs at motorway service station hotels, her nan’s reviews and the pressure to be ‘prize pig’ at the Edinburgh fringe…
Lindsey Santoro: ‘The problems I have are my own – I’ve caused them, I’m the issue!’
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Jesus Christ Superstar review – Sam Ryder raises the roof in rock opera turned up to 11

silverguide.site – The Eurovision star leads a glittery production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s blockbuster but this booming show lacks context and clarity…
Jesus Christ Superstar review – Sam Ryder raises the roof in rock opera turned up to 11
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‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children

silverguide.site – The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its director…
‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children
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Edinburgh festival 2026: 10 terrific shows we’ve already reviewed

silverguide.site – From returning comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti to Flo & Joan’s cheeky One Man Musical, these are surefire standouts at the fringe…
Edinburgh festival 2026: 10 terrific shows we’ve already reviewed
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Doubt: A Parable review – Sam Reid and Pamela Rabe go head-to-head in electrifying drama

silverguide.site – Sydney Theatre CompanyReid elicits gasps as a charming priest suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with a child – but this production rarely lets us linger in discomfort…
Doubt: A Parable review – Sam Reid and Pamela Rabe go head-to-head in electrifying drama
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Last Goal Wins review – challenging and funny debut asks important questions about the beautiful game

silverguide.site – Justice Ezi tackles racism, belonging and the sometimes-shadowy business of sport in this well-paced and plotted drama with a genuinely nail-biting final shootout…
Last Goal Wins review – challenging and funny debut asks important questions about the beautiful game
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The Night of the Werewolves Live review – Traitors-esque immersive theatre is a lot of bawdy fun

silverguide.site – Assigned roles as the unlucky inhabitants of a remote village audience members must avoid ending up on the pyre in this high-camp game of smut and survival…
The Night of the Werewolves Live review – Traitors-esque immersive theatre is a lot of bawdy fun
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Life Out There review – astronauts search for meaning in atmospheric space oddity

silverguide.site – These lonely travellers overlap with Bowie’s Maj Tom, Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary or Spielberg’s Disclosure Day as they contemplate our place in the vastness of the void…
Life Out There review – astronauts search for meaning in atmospheric space oddity
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–320°F review – join Cleopatra, Faust and the Pied Piper on a zany odyssey

silverguide.site – Hideki Noda’s spectacular vision of villainous biotech and bone conduction is full of dazzling coups but gets bogged down in its earnest message…
–320°F review – join Cleopatra, Faust and the Pied Piper on a zany odyssey
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Living Image: Chapter 1 review – five days to reanimate a legendary show you’ve never seen

silverguide.site – Watching a group of artists produce new work based on Davies’s 1977 classic Sphinx, which none of them know, makes for a rewarding evening…
Living Image: Chapter 1 review – five days to reanimate a legendary show you’ve never seen
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Calendar Girls: The Musical review – heartfelt and hilarious, with nimbly handled nudity

silverguide.site – This celebratory show by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow delivers emotional openness alongside cracking jokes…
Calendar Girls: The Musical review – heartfelt and hilarious, with nimbly handled nudity
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Duke of York’s theatre to be renamed after Tom Stoppard

silverguide.site – New name recognises the playwright’s huge impact on British theatre with producer Sonia Friedman saying he would be ‘tickled pink’…
Duke of York’s theatre to be renamed after Tom Stoppard
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The Swamp Dwellers review – this rare Wole Soyinka drama is a total revelation

silverguide.site – Mojisola Kareem’s excellent production makes no concessions to this 50-seat space, bringing grand historical scope to a story of Nigeria in transition…
The Swamp Dwellers review – this rare Wole Soyinka drama is a total revelation
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The best theatre to stream this month: all rise for Rosamund Pike’s Inter Alia

silverguide.site – The star delivers a breathtaking performance in Suzie Miller’s play about a judge under pressure, while Paddington gets everyone singing and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy is back…
The best theatre to stream this month: all rise for Rosamund Pike’s Inter Alia
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Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz review – body and soul comedy from superb SNL UK star

silverguide.site – The co-host of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update delivers an expertly constructed set of jokes about her quest to live a more embodied life…
Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz review – body and soul comedy from superb SNL UK star
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – regal rockers and a fairy folk band strike up trouble

silverguide.site – There’s much to love in Atri Banerjee’s fun staging, in particular Titania’s musical crew and a brilliant Bottom, but some of the wonder is missing…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – regal rockers and a fairy folk band strike up trouble
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Springwood review – timely tale of British monarch’s mission to the US

silverguide.site – Robert Lindsay excels as Franklin D Roosevelt in Richard Nelson’s fascinating retelling of King George VI’s diplomatic visit in 1939…
Springwood review – timely tale of British monarch’s mission to the US
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Michael Byrne obituary

silverguide.site – Character actor whose decades-long career encompassed the National Theatre, war films and Coronation Street…
Michael Byrne obituary
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