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Allegra review – Maureen Lipman cuts loose in whimsical tale of woman who can’t stop singing

silverguide.site – Society tries to quash the quirks of a spirited eccentric in Peter Quilter’s new play that fails to go beyond its lead character’s unworldliness…
Allegra review – Maureen Lipman cuts loose in whimsical tale of woman who can’t stop singing

‘The Epstein files are about more than men and money’: All the Rage, the ‘guerrilla’ play fuelled by 80 furious women

silverguide.site – Enraged at how the victims of Jeffrey Epstein are being forgotten, more than 80 female and non-binary writers united – to create an epic drama fusing art, activism and anger. How will it work?…
‘The Epstein files are about more than men and money’: All the Rage, the ‘guerrilla’ play fuelled by 80 furious women

Tony awards 2026: Death of a Salesman triumphs, as Lesley Manville and John Lithgow also win

silverguide.site – Joe Mantello’s stark revival of Arthur Miller’s classic drama takes home six awards, while Ragtime and Schmigadoon! pick up musical wins…
Tony awards 2026: Death of a Salesman triumphs, as Lesley Manville and John Lithgow also win

Tony awards 2026: full list of winners

silverguide.site – This year’s Tony awards have already seen wins for musicals Schmigadoon! and Cats: The Jellicle Ball…
Tony awards 2026: full list of winners

Why I use my phone in the theatre | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Hearing aids | Dog house | Nicola Sturgeon | Nine times table | Triggered by maths…
Why I use my phone in the theatre | Brief letters

Atonement review – guilt and love battle for an unhappy ending

silverguide.site – This stage version of Ian McEwan’s devastating class novel shows inspiring touches and the cast play adeptly, yet the tale’s emotional sweep feels underpowered…
Atonement review – guilt and love battle for an unhappy ending

Milo Rau turned tribunals into theatre. Now his own moral judgement is on trial

silverguide.site – The Swiss director has staged court cases against Pussy Riot, mining companies in Congo and Gisèle Pelicot’s abusers. But after his invitation to tech billionaire Peter Thiel caused a scandal in Vienna, is Rau’s method eating itself?…
Milo Rau turned tribunals into theatre. Now his own moral judgement is on trial

When fellow theatregoers caused a ruckus | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article about unsocial behaviour in theatres, following the actor Rosamund Pike calling out an audience member for texting during her play Inter Alia…
When fellow theatregoers caused a ruckus | Letters

Marco da Silva Ferreira: F*cking Future review – voice of the moment calls for protest through partying

silverguide.site – With a 3am aloofly sexy vibe, the Portuguese choreographer’s slow build is subtly intoxicating – while its intensity will leave you craving more…
Marco da Silva Ferreira: F*cking Future review – voice of the moment calls for protest through partying

Digested week: hen party at the Rocky Horror Show ruffles a few feathers | Emma Brockes

silverguide.site – Plus, Anne Hathaway shoots from the hip for Arsenal and Rosamund Pike calls out theatregoer for texting during show…
Digested week: hen party at the Rocky Horror Show ruffles a few feathers | Emma Brockes

Girl, Interrupted review – mental health memoir reborn as patchy Aimee Mann-soundtracked musical

silverguide.site – Susanna Kaysen’s retelling of her time in a psychiatric hospital in the 60s became an Oscar-winning movie in the 90s and now it’s an elegant, if limited, play…
Girl, Interrupted review – mental health memoir reborn as patchy Aimee Mann-soundtracked musical

Theatre producer to repeat Broadway phone ban at London run of play

silverguide.site – New York audiences were asked to put their phones in sealed pouches for duration of performance of Liberation…
Theatre producer to repeat Broadway phone ban at London run of play

High Society review – smooth musical hardly misbehaves but the songs are heavenly

silverguide.site – Impeccable vocals and slick staging make for dazzling set pieces in a tame production that’s missing the emotional centre of the 1956 film…
High Society review – smooth musical hardly misbehaves but the songs are heavenly

Bigfoot, ‘slutfluencers’ and a David Bowie-powered gay fantasia: Edinburgh festival 2026’s must-see theatre

silverguide.site – Plays about political extremes, religious sects, swimming the Channel and an 80th birthday party are among the highlights at this summer’s arts spectacular…
Bigfoot, ‘slutfluencers’ and a David Bowie-powered gay fantasia: Edinburgh festival 2026’s must-see theatre

Mrs Dalloway review – Virginia Woolf’s party planner plays all the roles herself

silverguide.site – Kit Green takes on all the characters in an imaginative interpretation of the 1925 day-in-the-life novel…
Mrs Dalloway review – Virginia Woolf’s party planner plays all the roles herself

Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot

silverguide.site – The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does it make any more sense 40 years on?…
Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot

Tomorrow Will Be a Palestinian Day review – work that finds a way out of Gaza’s ruins

silverguide.site – Hope still resides against horror in this collection of short plays from Palestinian playwrights, poets and artists…
Tomorrow Will Be a Palestinian Day review – work that finds a way out of Gaza’s ruins

Gaslit, shamed and swindled: the play about Eleanor Glanville, persecuted for her love of butterflies

silverguide.site – She had a passion for butterflies and would seek out rare ones, yet this was used against her by violent, money-grabbing husband. Now this pioneering naturalist’s story has been translated to today’s manosphere…
Gaslit, shamed and swindled: the play about Eleanor Glanville, persecuted for her love of butterflies

Roller skates! Pointe shoes! Parachutes! A mythic dance takes flight again at a Brooklyn rink

silverguide.site – Artist Robert Rauschenberg was known for his painting-sculpture hybrids – and a 1963 dance piece called Pelican that was almost lost to time…
Roller skates! Pointe shoes! Parachutes! A mythic dance takes flight again at a Brooklyn rink

Once review – slick romance skips showstoppers and defies razzmatazz

silverguide.site – This stripped-down show with a maudlin set of songs makes for the most reluctant of musicals, but this is a production that has the confidence to be silent or stately…
Once review – slick romance skips showstoppers and defies razzmatazz
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