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The Rite of Spring / Mirror review – glitchy Stravinsky and digital doppelgangers from Alexander Whitley

silverguide.site – Visual spectacle overwhelms the human drama in the choreographer’s tech-heavy double bill…
The Rite of Spring / Mirror review – glitchy Stravinsky and digital doppelgangers from Alexander Whitley
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Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show

silverguide.site – New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers…
Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show
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Welcome to Pemfort review – shattering study of living history and the past you can’t shake off

silverguide.site – In Sarah Power’s impressive play, a new arrival makes a disturbing revelation to a team of oddballs working at a sleepy castle …
Welcome to Pemfort review – shattering study of living history and the past you can’t shake off
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Summerfolk review – lazy days of passion and privilege at Gorky’s doomed dacha

silverguide.site – Writers Nina and Moses Raine add comedy and raunch to Maxim Gorky’s satire of the holidaying elite…
Summerfolk review – lazy days of passion and privilege at Gorky’s doomed dacha
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All theatre should be less than two hours or more than five. It’s in between where things get tough | Jane Howard

silverguide.site – A short play is the perfect snack to incorporate into your life. A long play is a feast – and a feat of endurance…
All theatre should be less than two hours or more than five. It’s in between where things get tough | Jane Howard
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Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London

silverguide.site – The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee’s classic, directed by Marianne Elliott…
Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London
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ROI (Return on Investment) review – hectic venture capitalism drama is a heady brew

silverguide.site – US businessman-turned-playwright Aaron Loeb combines medical tech concepts with knotty dilemmas and Mamet-esque dialogue…
ROI (Return on Investment) review – hectic venture capitalism drama is a heady brew
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Body and sole: ballet must hold on to flat-footed dancers, not stigmatise them

silverguide.site – In an industry obsessed with ‘perfect’ feet, fallen arches can be seen as a barrier to success. But that’s a damaging myth that has excluded many from the joy of ballet…
Body and sole: ballet must hold on to flat-footed dancers, not stigmatise them
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West Gate review – jaw-droppingly staged production recounts Melbourne’s tragic bridge collapse

silverguide.site – The stage feels dangerous from the opening seconds, in a play that has its faults but hums with dread as it builds towards a mighty crash…
West Gate review – jaw-droppingly staged production recounts Melbourne’s tragic bridge collapse
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Theatre critics in Scotland decry ‘London-centric’ reviewing policy for One Day musical

silverguide.site – A letter from 15 critics to the Royal Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh condemns ‘divisive move’ that saw non-Scottish publications excluded from reviewing the musical’s press night…
Theatre critics in Scotland decry ‘London-centric’ reviewing policy for One Day musical
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Empreintes review – Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging

silverguide.site – Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple’s Arena spills off the stage while Morau’s equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers…
Empreintes review – Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging
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Trapezes and artists: world’s oldest circus restored to original glory in Paris

silverguide.site – Alexandre Dumas was wowed by it and Burt Lancaster starred there. Now the Cirque d’Hiver has a new spectacle…
Trapezes and artists: world’s oldest circus restored to original glory in Paris
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Hannah Gadsby: ‘The Obamas watched Nanette as a family. I apologise for ruining their evening’

silverguide.site – The Australian comedian on why they became a sock puppet, a message in a potato, and meeting Anna Kendrick…
Hannah Gadsby: ‘The Obamas watched Nanette as a family. I apologise for ruining their evening’
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Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer

silverguide.site – The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star…
Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer
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Jane Lapotaire was a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actor you’d never regret seeing on stage

silverguide.site – Lapotaire’s portrayal of the French singer transcended impersonation and she revealed her instinctive intelligence in Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen and much more…
Jane Lapotaire was a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actor you’d never regret seeing on stage
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Landscapes review – Russell Maliphant’s mesmeric, meditative works of dance and light

silverguide.site – Russell Maliphant Dance Company’s arresting evening of three solos includes a spiritual offering performed by the choreographer himself…
Landscapes review – Russell Maliphant’s mesmeric, meditative works of dance and light
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Jane Lapotaire obituary

silverguide.site – Stage and screen actor hailed for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for her TV role as Marie Curie…
Jane Lapotaire obituary
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America the Beautiful: Chapter 1 review – Neil LaBute’s sour state of the union address

silverguide.site – Masculinity is not in a good way in this trio of short plays – the first of 10 presented in two venues – which deal in violence, misanthropy and murder…
America the Beautiful: Chapter 1 review – Neil LaBute’s sour state of the union address
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Gentleman Jack review – Northern Ballet’s stylish lesbian love story is super-sexy

silverguide.site – Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s choreography keeps a tight hold on the narrative and the erotically charged pas de deux between the lovers packs real heat…
Gentleman Jack review – Northern Ballet’s stylish lesbian love story is super-sexy
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Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling epic’ The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End debut

silverguide.site – The director’s first play – an 1830s ‘rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise’ – is planned for early 2027 opening in London…
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling epic’ The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End debut
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