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Number of plays attributed to 16th-century playwright Thomas Kyd double in new edition

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Canon now includes domestic tragedy Arden of Faversham, which is attributed solely to Kyd and ‘not at all’ to Shakespeare…
Number of plays attributed to 16th-century playwright Thomas Kyd double in new edition
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Mike Wozniak: ‘An RAF officer didn’t like my sketch about the Queen Mum so he set off the fire alarm’

silverguide.site – The comedian on non-verbal heckles, one-legged dancing before gigs and his new show about benches…
Mike Wozniak: ‘An RAF officer didn’t like my sketch about the Queen Mum so he set off the fire alarm’
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Where Is the Green Sheep? The 190-word picture book that sold millions – and inspired a whole live show

silverguide.site – Written by Mem Fox with illustrations by Judy Horacek, Green Sheep was recently voted third-best Australian picture book of all time by Guardian readers…
Where Is the Green Sheep? The 190-word picture book that sold millions – and inspired a whole live show
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The Hound of the Baskervilles review – boutique Sherlock gets laughs but fails to solve the real mystery

silverguide.site – The cast in this four-person capsule telling of the Conan Doyle thriller bring vigour and charm but it’s hard to discern any point to the exercise…
The Hound of the Baskervilles review – boutique Sherlock gets laughs but fails to solve the real mystery
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‘I paid people with pints and chips’: Georgina Duncan on the prize-winning play she tapped out on her phone

silverguide.site – Revisiting the Troubles in 1990s Belfast, Sapling is the result of intensive research in the city. And winning the Women’s prize, says Duncan, ‘is the maddest thing that’s ever happened to me’…
‘I paid people with pints and chips’: Georgina Duncan on the prize-winning play she tapped out on her phone
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Saint Joan review – urgency and drive in Stewart Laing’s modernist adaptation of George Bernard Shaw

silverguide.site – Newcomer Mandipa Kabanda plays the Maid of Orleans from obscure teenager to army-commanding conqueror, tearing through dialogue with rare pace…
Saint Joan review – urgency and drive in Stewart Laing’s modernist adaptation of George Bernard Shaw
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Pied Piper review – beatbox rewrite of the rat-infested fairytale

silverguide.site – Conrad Murray’s family musical is serious about its commitment to community – but completely lacks dramatic thrust…
Pied Piper review – beatbox rewrite of the rat-infested fairytale
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Maria Bamford review – an unflinching comedian in complete command of every joke and every step

silverguide.site – Bamford draws us in with bursts of manic physical expression and never stops poking fun at her own quirks and compulsions…
Maria Bamford review – an unflinching comedian in complete command of every joke and every step
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Ritual review – eight-hour immersive performance is ambitious but under-resourced

silverguide.site – Get lucky with your arrival time in this expansion of Aeschylus’s Oresteia and you’ll witness a fight or a sacrifice – but there are long dull patches…
Ritual review – eight-hour immersive performance is ambitious but under-resourced
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind review – Malawian boy’s amazing famine-beating creation inspires a rousing musical

silverguide.site – After a book, a film and a Ted Talk, William Kamkwamba’s heroically inventive response to floods, drought and starvation is now delivered with energetic songs and dancing…
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind review – Malawian boy’s amazing famine-beating creation inspires a rousing musical
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Road review – Johnny Vegas lands his punches in bitter riposte to Thatcher’s Britain

silverguide.site – Director Selina Cartmell delivers a giddily theatrical take on Jim Cartwright’s slice-of-life portrait…
Road review – Johnny Vegas lands his punches in bitter riposte to Thatcher’s Britain
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Shenoah Allen: Bloodlust Summertime review – guns and slaughter as ‘the devil’s son’ strives to know himself

silverguide.site – Allen, one half of the influential Pajama Men comedy duo, mines his personal trauma for a slightly undercooked show about his dramatic upbringing in New Mexico…
Shenoah Allen: Bloodlust Summertime review – guns and slaughter as ‘the devil’s son’ strives to know himself
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Art review – Richard Roxburgh comedy delivers on laughs but not much more

silverguide.site – Art feints at depth only to recoil from it, as if terrified a moment of genuine feeling might bore us…
Art review – Richard Roxburgh comedy delivers on laughs but not much more
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Fair Deal review – family ties are pushed to the limit in fizzing black comedy

silverguide.site – The sale of the parental home triggers a generational showdown in Una McKevitt’s droll play about money, inheritance and caring for ageing relatives…
Fair Deal review – family ties are pushed to the limit in fizzing black comedy
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‘Summer is coming!’: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage epic Game of Thrones prequel

silverguide.site – Novelist George RR Martin says RSC is ‘obvious choice’ to put on new play The Mad King, which will open after spring…
‘Summer is coming!’: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage epic Game of Thrones prequel
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The Battle review – Britpop bickering and 90s nostalgia in Blur v Oasis comedy

silverguide.site – The bands that came to symbolise a divided nation compete to top the charts in John Niven’s jokey play but it is woefully short on drama…
The Battle review – Britpop bickering and 90s nostalgia in Blur v Oasis comedy
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‘OK, talk, but don’t make any sound!’: Philippe Gaulier’s illustrious students on his clowning glory

silverguide.site – Comedians, theatre-makers and actors including Rachel Weisz, Sally Phillips and Simon Munnery recall the late teacher’s alarming lessons…
‘OK, talk, but don’t make any sound!’: Philippe Gaulier’s illustrious students on his clowning glory
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‘Let’s go out in a beautiful fashion’: Australian theatre company says goodbye with one last wondrous show

silverguide.site – After losing funding, the acclaimed Slingsby Theatre Company is staging its final show: A Concise Compendium of Wonder, a fairytale triptych in a purpose-built, travelling theatre…
‘Let’s go out in a beautiful fashion’: Australian theatre company says goodbye with one last wondrous show
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Deep Azure review – musical marvels in Chadwick Boseman’s hip-hop tragedy

silverguide.site – The Black Panther actor’s melding of social commentary and Shakespearean themes is sometimes opaque yet undeniably poetic…
Deep Azure review – musical marvels in Chadwick Boseman’s hip-hop tragedy
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Bloody brilliant or toothless? Cynthia Erivo’s Dracula – reviews roundup

silverguide.site – The Wicked star plays all 23 characters in a hi-tech London staging of Bram Stoker’s novel by Kip Williams. Here’s a bite-sized look at the critics’ verdicts…
Bloody brilliant or toothless? Cynthia Erivo’s Dracula – reviews roundup
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