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Slippery review – lust and longing are in the air, long after the party is over

silverguide.site – A couple of former hedonists are reunited years later in Louis Emmitt-Stern’s quick-witted dissection of bereavement and the queer dating scene…
Slippery review – lust and longing are in the air, long after the party is over

Under Milk Wood review – dark fairytales swirl around Dylan Thomas’s evergreen village

silverguide.site – Director Kate Wasserberg emphasises the fantasy and supernatural elements of the poet’s ‘play for voices’ in an entertaining and inclusive production…
Under Milk Wood review – dark fairytales swirl around Dylan Thomas’s evergreen village

English National Ballet: Body & Soul review – from an army of AI bots to waves of pure human emotion

silverguide.site – Kameron N Saunders’s ambitious sci-fi-coded fable is paired with a showcase of Crystal Pite’s mastery in contrasting order with human messiness…
English National Ballet: Body & Soul review – from an army of AI bots to waves of pure human emotion

Small Island review – Windrush epic speaks to our era with startling clarity

silverguide.site – Featuring stellar performances across the cast, Matthew Xia’s production breathes new life into Andrea Levy’s sprawling family saga…
Small Island review – Windrush epic speaks to our era with startling clarity

The Secret Garden review – children’s classic replanted as a haunting musical

silverguide.site – John Doyle’s atmospheric production shrouds Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story in the ghosts and secrets of the grownups at Misselthwaite Manor…
The Secret Garden review – children’s classic replanted as a haunting musical

Living review – family saga races through six decades of life in Sheffield

silverguide.site – Characters are shaped by the shifting sands of modern history, from the moon landing to the pandemic, in Leo Butler’s new drama…
Living review – family saga races through six decades of life in Sheffield

Royal Ballet: Giselle review – Marianna Tsembenhoi soars in an indelible debut

silverguide.site – The Ukrainian dancer brings clarity and feeling to the role opposite a smart, subtle performance by Joseph Sissens…
Royal Ballet: Giselle review – Marianna Tsembenhoi soars in an indelible debut

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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