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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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Shuggy Boats review – 60th birthday party brings a sexual revelation

silverguide.site – When Maeve becomes a sexagenarian she rethinks her identity – and her 40-year marriage – in this surprisingly breezy drama…
Shuggy Boats review – 60th birthday party brings a sexual revelation
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Fatiha El-Ghorri: ‘I was mortified by my heckler – but it turned out he wanted to see my trainers’

silverguide.site – The comic on cleaning up her language for family audiences, writing her debut novel and praying before taking the stage…
Fatiha El-Ghorri: ‘I was mortified by my heckler – but it turned out he wanted to see my trainers’
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The Holy Rosenbergs review – suburban Jewish family chew over morals and macaroons

silverguide.site – Tracy-Ann Oberman stars in this absorbing and timely revival of Ryan Craig’s 2011 comic tragedy, set over one fraught evening…
The Holy Rosenbergs review – suburban Jewish family chew over morals and macaroons
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The Plough and the Stars review – Seán O’Casey’s Dublin drama hits 100 with haunting staging

silverguide.site – Director Tom Creed brings this 1926 political classic into the present, with a tremendous cast navigating the tonal switch from comedy into tragedy…
The Plough and the Stars review – Seán O’Casey’s Dublin drama hits 100 with haunting staging
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‘Four teens in their 30s!’ Lovable New York comedy gang Simple Town land in London

silverguide.site – They wowed the Edinburgh fringe with whip-smart sketches about Nasa engineers and what their audience were thinking. Now the slacker troupe are back on stage – but a long way from TV screens…
‘Four teens in their 30s!’ Lovable New York comedy gang Simple Town land in London
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‘Utterly winning’: Paddington becomes first new West End musical to land nine WhatsOnStage awards

silverguide.site – Using state-of-the-art animatronics to bring Paddington to life, the new musical has wowed critics and delighted audiences since it opened in December…
‘Utterly winning’: Paddington becomes first new West End musical to land nine WhatsOnStage awards
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The Mesmerist review – Rufus Hound magically unravels a family mystery

silverguide.site – Paying tribute to his grandfather whose 1983 show at the same venue lasted only one night the actor and comedian skilfully unveils a big reveal worthy of Inside No 9…
The Mesmerist review – Rufus Hound magically unravels a family mystery
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UK’s performing arts industry ‘inhospitable to parents’, research warns

silverguide.site – Long hours, lack of flexibility and last-minute scheduling driving parents, particularly mothers, from industry…
UK’s performing arts industry ‘inhospitable to parents’, research warns
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The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin review – slapdash absurdism

silverguide.site – A man bearing the same name as the actor wants to apologise to a woman for something he has ‘accidentally’ done in this patience-testing undisciplined drama…
The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin review – slapdash absurdism
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Crime and Punishment review – gripping portrait of Dostoevsky’s murderous antihero

silverguide.site – Laurie Sansom’s bold decision to stage the literary classic with a cast of three pays off in parts thanks to compelling performances and an atmosphere of shadowy dread…
Crime and Punishment review – gripping portrait of Dostoevsky’s murderous antihero
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The Ladies Football Club review – squad of 11 salute Sheffield’s pioneering players

silverguide.site – A dynamic team of actors capture the spirit of female footballers during the first world war – though the storytelling is sometimes fumbled…
The Ladies Football Club review – squad of 11 salute Sheffield’s pioneering players
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Mary Said What She Said review – Isabelle Huppert shimmers as Mary, Queen of Scots

silverguide.site – Adelaide festivalThis won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but Huppert delivers an exacting performance in Robert Wilson’s hypnotic, incantatory play…
Mary Said What She Said review – Isabelle Huppert shimmers as Mary, Queen of Scots
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The play that changed my life: ‘There were cheers, screams and gasps at our story – we couldn’t believe it!’

silverguide.site – Dramatising Onjali Q Raúf’s refugee tale The Boy at the Back of the Class brought cheers and boos from a young audience – showing they can handle the truth…
The play that changed my life: ‘There were cheers, screams and gasps at our story – we couldn’t believe it!’
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Des de Moor obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Cabaret club entrepreneur, singer and performer who also wrote extensively about real ale…
Des de Moor obituary
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Ballet de Lorraine: Acid Gems and a Folia review – clubby cool with a wild streak

silverguide.site – Adam Linder delivers a zingy riff on Balanchine’s Jewels while Marco da Silva Ferreira masses a raucous party crowd…
Ballet de Lorraine: Acid Gems and a Folia review – clubby cool with a wild streak
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Leslie Odom Jr, Broadway’s original Aaron Burr, to join London cast of Hamilton

silverguide.site – Actor who won a Tony award in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical will reprise the role for West End debut…
Leslie Odom Jr, Broadway’s original Aaron Burr, to join London cast of Hamilton
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I had a front row seat at the Blur v Oasis frenzy – here’s what a new play gets bang on and bafflingly wrong

silverguide.site – In 1995, the bands tussled for No 1 – and the Britpop crown. Our writer was on the inside of the mad-for-it contest. Does The Battle accurately capture this divisive moment? And what was Noel’s problem with risotto?…
I had a front row seat at the Blur v Oasis frenzy – here’s what a new play gets bang on and bafflingly wrong
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