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The Crucible review – Miller’s resonant tale of terror given radical sense of humour

silverguide.site – Director Ola Ince brings absurdist comedy to Arthur Miller’s classic drama of Salem witch-hunting…
The Crucible review – Miller’s resonant tale of terror given radical sense of humour
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Gawn Grainger obituary

silverguide.site – Actor, playwright and screenwriter who was a stalwart of the National Theatre under Laurence Olivier…
Gawn Grainger obituary
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Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’

silverguide.site – It may be set 60 years ago, but a new ballet version of The Who’s rock opera asks questions about youth, society and masculinity that still resonate – and it brought its original creator to tears…
Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’
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The Birds review – sparse, one-woman adaptation is a feat of sound design

silverguide.site – There’s a pair of headphones on every seat of this theatre, turning Daphne du Maurier’s short story into a symphony of dread…
The Birds review – sparse, one-woman adaptation is a feat of sound design
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New report says ‘government must act’ to ease pressures on British theatres

silverguide.site – Attendances are up and average ticket prices down, even in the West End, but the sector faces mounting and unsustainable strain…
New report says ‘government must act’ to ease pressures on British theatres
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Little Brother review – remarkable migrant memoir falters on stage

silverguide.site – Ibrahima Balde’s desperate journey to find his brother should make for essential theatre, but this production lacks the emotional intensity of the book…
Little Brother review – remarkable migrant memoir falters on stage
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Shucked review – terrific songs add zest to undercooked corn country musical

silverguide.site – Thin tale of neighbourly spirit is loaded with groansome gags but the hoedowns and show tunes are full of flavour…
Shucked review – terrific songs add zest to undercooked corn country musical
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Ballet BC review – fizzing energy from dancers laid bare

silverguide.site – The Canadian company are in total control in Crystal Pite’s Frontier, while Johan Inger’s Passing has colour and humour yet is overstretched…
Ballet BC review – fizzing energy from dancers laid bare
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Ukraine war has reignited ‘cold war strategies’, says John le Carré’s son

silverguide.site – Nick Harkaway sees parallels with postwar period as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold comes to the West End…
Ukraine war has reignited ‘cold war strategies’, says John le Carré’s son
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Actor and writer Gawn Grainger dies aged 87

silverguide.site – A prolific performer with the National Theatre, the actor and playwright – who was married to Zoë Wanamaker – was also a regular on TV, starring in Doctor Who…
Actor and writer Gawn Grainger dies aged 87
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‘I was on the top of the world. Then I couldn’t walk’: go-to choreographer Coral Messam

silverguide.site – She had just finished working with Steve McQueen and was starting on the Stranger Things stage show when she had a stroke. But the movement director is determined to come back stronger…
‘I was on the top of the world. Then I couldn’t walk’: go-to choreographer Coral Messam
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The Fifth Step review – Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman go head to head

silverguide.site – A new arrival at Alcoholics Anonymous meets with his apparently composed sponsor in David Ireland’s knotty, often hilarious two-hander…
The Fifth Step review – Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman go head to head
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Yuri Grigorovich obituary

silverguide.site – Choreographer and artistic director of the Bolshoi who was a major influence on the development of ballet in the Soviet Union…
Yuri Grigorovich obituary
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Nick Mohammed Is Mr Swallow: Show Pony review – magic meets deliriously funny reality

silverguide.site – Ted Lasso star’s return as his camp and bumptious northern know-it-all alter ego also makes room for more of the real Mohammed…
Nick Mohammed Is Mr Swallow: Show Pony review – magic meets deliriously funny reality
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Mother Courage and her Children review – wartime profiteering rarely sounded so good

silverguide.site – Ensemble ’84 generate an exhilarating racket in this gutsy rendition of Brecht’s play about the thirty years’ war…
Mother Courage and her Children review – wartime profiteering rarely sounded so good
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The Last Incel review – the hate, horror and comedy that lurk online

silverguide.site – Jamie Sykes’ queasily entertaining play dramatises the contemptible views found in ‘incel’ forums – but also elicits sympathy for its characters, whose loathing is directed inwards as well as out…
The Last Incel review – the hate, horror and comedy that lurk online
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Diagnosis review – mesmerising drama takes double standards to extremes

silverguide.site – A woman with cerebral palsy is interrogated in a hostile future environment in Athena Stevens’ powerful work about society’s unattainable expectations…
Diagnosis review – mesmerising drama takes double standards to extremes
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Beetlejuice the Musical review – Eddie Perfect is simply perfect in his nutty and wild hit

silverguide.site – Regent Theatre, MelbourneBringing his Broadway adaptation of Tim Burton’s film to Australia, Perfect is joyous in the lead role, bounding around the stage like a demented pinball…
Beetlejuice the Musical review – Eddie Perfect is simply perfect in his nutty and wild hit
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry review – life-affirming musical reckons with death

silverguide.site – Mark Addy plays the Bunyanesque everyman whose trip to the postbox becomes a spiritual journey set to glorious foot-stomping songs…
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry review – life-affirming musical reckons with death
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Charles Strouse, Tony award-winning composer of Annie, dies aged 96

silverguide.site – Over the course of an illustrious career, Strouse composed music for Broadway shows such as Bye Bye Birdie and Applause but was best known for Annie’s evergreen songs…
Charles Strouse, Tony award-winning composer of Annie, dies aged 96
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