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Revamped Roxy theatre among dozens of NSW regional venues hosting hectic schedule of events

silverguide.site – Exclusive: NSW officials expect more than 76,000 people will attend events after allocation of $700,000 from regional arts touring fund…
Revamped Roxy theatre among dozens of NSW regional venues hosting hectic schedule of events
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Harvey Fierstein: ‘There are so few heterosexual men that I know that I look up to’

silverguide.site – The theatre legend talks his feelings on Trump, the fall of the Kennedy Center and why he finds it hard to trust straight men…
Harvey Fierstein: ‘There are so few heterosexual men that I know that I look up to’
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Best of the fest: 10 of the best shows to catch at this year’s Edinburgh fringe

silverguide.site – An undead club manager, sperm donor shenanigans and the pitfalls of trying to work with AI – just a few of the themes of this year’s hottest tickets…
Best of the fest: 10 of the best shows to catch at this year’s Edinburgh fringe
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Inter Alia review – Rosamund Pike rules in searing legal drama from Prima Facie team

silverguide.site – With anarchic energy, Pike plays a judge whose world is upended in a companion drama to Suzie Miller’s hit, again directed by Justin Martin…
Inter Alia review – Rosamund Pike rules in searing legal drama from Prima Facie team
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Richard Greenberg obituary

silverguide.site – Playwright once dubbed ‘the American Noël Coward’, who skilfully poked beneath the surface of his middle-class characters’ lives…
Richard Greenberg obituary
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‘What if everyone didn’t die?’ The queer, Pulitzer-winning, happy-ending Hamlet

silverguide.site – James Ijames was told Shakespeare wasn’t for the likes of him. Yet his Hamlet revamp electrified Broadway and scooped up Tony nominations. As Fat Ham hits the UK, he talks violence, vengeance, strongmen and joy…
‘What if everyone didn’t die?’ The queer, Pulitzer-winning, happy-ending Hamlet
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The Winter’s Tale review – Bertie Carvel is chilling as the RSC ramps up the thrills

silverguide.site – Yaël Farber’s production manages the problem play’s awkward shift from dark to light well, but is often opaque in meaning…
The Winter’s Tale review – Bertie Carvel is chilling as the RSC ramps up the thrills
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Breakfast With Mugabe: biting political drama finally arrives in South Africa

silverguide.site – Unpacking the president of Zimbabwe’s psyche felt urgent in 2001 when he remained in violent power. But the play has found fresh relevance today…
Breakfast With Mugabe: biting political drama finally arrives in South Africa
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Burlesque: The Musical review – Christina Aguilera movie gets a gloriously ‘dirrty’ makeover

silverguide.site – This adrenalised adaptation of the 2010 film is stuffed with superb voices and sensational moves…
Burlesque: The Musical review – Christina Aguilera movie gets a gloriously ‘dirrty’ makeover
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‘I didn’t cry till the following year’: standup Thanyia Moore on the tragedy she turned into laughter

silverguide.site – The comic was all set to make her debut at the Edinburgh fringe. Then, with hours to go, she had a medical emergency. The former dancer explains how it all fed into her new standup show…
‘I didn’t cry till the following year’: standup Thanyia Moore on the tragedy she turned into laughter
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Tanz fever: a whirl through the Viennese festival where dance erupts across the city

silverguide.site – Austria’s month-long ImPulsTanz celebration goes beyond the norm to turn rope jumping, navel-gazing and masked protest into explosive shows…
Tanz fever: a whirl through the Viennese festival where dance erupts across the city
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Edinburgh funniest fringe joke award scrapped for 2025

silverguide.site – TV channel U&Dave has announced its award for best joke at the fringe, launched in 2008, won’t be given this year…
Edinburgh funniest fringe joke award scrapped for 2025
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‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection

silverguide.site – A treasure trove of manuscripts, notebooks and recordings from the theatre legend has been acquired by the Library of Congress in Washington DC…
‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection
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Out, damned shot! Macbeth becomes a cutthroat netball musical at Edinburgh fringe

silverguide.site – Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score…
Out, damned shot! Macbeth becomes a cutthroat netball musical at Edinburgh fringe
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Frank Barrie obituary

silverguide.site – Witty and elegant actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Dot Cotton’s gentleman friend in EastEnders…
Frank Barrie obituary
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Grief is the Thing With Feathers: why Max Porter’s strange but ‘magnificent’ debut keeps inspiring adaptations

silverguide.site – With a new Australian stage version and a movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch later this year, the author’s boundary-pushing novella continues to soar…
Grief is the Thing With Feathers: why Max Porter’s strange but ‘magnificent’ debut keeps inspiring adaptations
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‘Robin Williams said: “I’ll buy the club!”’: how The Comic Strip set the UK comedy scene ablaze

silverguide.site – It started in a strip joint and ended up bringing alternative comedy to our TV screens. Ahead of a new Edinburgh show, Peter Richardson tells us why his riotous creation still makes audiences laugh 40 years on…
‘Robin Williams said: “I’ll buy the club!”’: how The Comic Strip set the UK comedy scene ablaze
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Smart, sharp and nonstop dance: how Twyla Tharp is bossing the Venice Dance Biennale in her 80s

silverguide.site – Tharp picked up a Golden Lion award for her experimental and accessible choreography, while Carolina Bianchi won a Silver Lion for her fearless exploration of sexual assault…
Smart, sharp and nonstop dance: how Twyla Tharp is bossing the Venice Dance Biennale in her 80s
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Sing Street review – uplifting songs and strong voices lift 80s Dublin-set musical

silverguide.site – The stage version of John Carney’s film stays bright-eyed despite the darker turns in this tale of teenage pop, poverty and fractious families…
Sing Street review – uplifting songs and strong voices lift 80s Dublin-set musical
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Riders to the Sea / Macbeth review – intense double bill linked by elemental forces of nature

silverguide.site – To mark their 50th anniversary, Druid Theatre Company pair Shakespeare with JM Synge’s stark one-act tragedy…
Riders to the Sea / Macbeth review – intense double bill linked by elemental forces of nature
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