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Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’

silverguide.site – The designer defined the glory days of 90s style with a wit that made him every supermodel’s best friend. As he gears up for a new cabaret show, he’s as outspoken as ever…
Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’
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Spin Cycle review – romcom hits full speed as couple air their dirty laundry

silverguide.site – There is crackling chemistry between Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell while their washing gets done but this play remains a puzzle…
Spin Cycle review – romcom hits full speed as couple air their dirty laundry
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Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset review – a stellar comic finds laughs in the darkest places

silverguide.site – With charisma and craft, the Australian standup discusses childhood sexual abuse in a show with a healing quality…
Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset review – a stellar comic finds laughs in the darkest places
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QFWFQ review – If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller is taken in a bold new direction

silverguide.site – Gregory Nussen spins Italo Calvino’s surrealist authorial intrusions into a fascinating, playful and political show…
QFWFQ review – If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller is taken in a bold new direction
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Game of Thrones, Shakespearean? What fools these mortals be!

silverguide.site – The Mad King may bring more dynastic disputes and dotty despots to the RSC – but a ‘mayhap’ or a riddling aphorism does not a Shakespeare play make…
Game of Thrones, Shakespearean? What fools these mortals be!
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After Party review – matters of life and death as flamboyant ‘glam-ma’ turns 80

silverguide.site – A grandmother welcomes her family to a birthday bash in a muddled play that addresses its key theme too late…
After Party review – matters of life and death as flamboyant ‘glam-ma’ turns 80
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Yeehaw! Bring on the tap-dancing cowgirls! How the Edinburgh Military Tattoo suddenly got cool

silverguide.site – With its marching bands, billowing flags and precision drills, the Tattoo has never exactly been cutting edge. But now an experimental theatre-maker has been let loose on it ……
Yeehaw! Bring on the tap-dancing cowgirls! How the Edinburgh Military Tattoo suddenly got cool
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Harriet Richardson: Creep review – a scandalous delve into shame and desire

silverguide.site – With the air of a hungover postmortem, Richardson gives a head-spinning account of an encounter with an older comedian…
Harriet Richardson: Creep review – a scandalous delve into shame and desire
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Jenny Roberts obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Arts administrator who nurtured young organisations and became a theatre relationship manager for Arts Council England …
Jenny Roberts obituary
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Sheila Ballantine obituary

silverguide.site – Actor with a long career that included Joe Orton’s Loot, an Alan Ayckbourn trilogy and seasons at the Old Vic and the National…
Sheila Ballantine obituary
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Roleplay review – Fleabag producer scores again with one woman’s life as a ‘slutfluencer’

silverguide.site – Hannah Reilly is a bold and deft performer in a knotty solo show that questions whether sexual empowerment can survive its commodification…
Roleplay review – Fleabag producer scores again with one woman’s life as a ‘slutfluencer’
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‘Makes Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey seem understated’ – critics weigh up Game of Thrones: The Mad King

silverguide.site – ‘Spectacular’ or ‘stolid’? The reviews are in for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s prequel to George RR Martin’s fantasy blockbuster…
‘Makes Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey seem understated’ – critics weigh up Game of Thrones: The Mad King
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‘Comedy is my seed of hope’: UK Palestinian comic Sami Abu Wardeh on his Edinburgh show

silverguide.site – A growing wave of Palestinian performers are using comedy to tell their stories of occupation, exile and war…
‘Comedy is my seed of hope’: UK Palestinian comic Sami Abu Wardeh on his Edinburgh show
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Sanctuary review – tender, uplifting portrait of love in the Aids crisis

silverguide.site – Jacob Sparrow’s award-winning two-hander finds hope and humanity amid the prejudice and loss of the 1990s…
Sanctuary review – tender, uplifting portrait of love in the Aids crisis
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Game of Thrones: The Mad King review – an action-packed saga of dry ice and fire

silverguide.site – This prequel to the TV series has one joust after another, spectacular stagecraft and plenty of modern resonance…
Game of Thrones: The Mad King review – an action-packed saga of dry ice and fire
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Prophets review – a mysterious tale of faith at the end of the world

silverguide.site – A researcher encounters an isolated community in thrall to a mysterious religious leader in Jack MacGregor’s atmospheric but elusive drama…
Prophets review – a mysterious tale of faith at the end of the world
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Paddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone? review – morose misadventures of a luckless bachelor

silverguide.site – The SNL UK star’s romantic failures and house-share humiliations make for a fun hour of downbeat yet twinkling comedy…
Paddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone? review – morose misadventures of a luckless bachelor
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Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection review – bad encounters with men spun into great comedy

silverguide.site – The standup is on sparkling form as she mines a lifetime of baffling and alarming experiences for a smart, purposeful and very funny hour…
Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection review – bad encounters with men spun into great comedy
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Hostile review – surreal spaghetti western is a wild and wordless ride

silverguide.site – At the Edinburgh international festival, Olivier Rannou’s lone cowboy encounters desert dangers in a mix of clowning, mime and visual trickery…
Hostile review – surreal spaghetti western is a wild and wordless ride
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Tom Chadbon obituary

silverguide.site – Versatile actor whose career spanned The Liver Birds, Doctor Who and an Edward Bond season at the Royal Court theatre…
Tom Chadbon obituary
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