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Les Misérables actors to boycott Kennedy Center performance over Trump attendance

silverguide.site – At least 10 of musical’s cast members will not participate in June show the president is expected to attend…
Les Misérables actors to boycott Kennedy Center performance over Trump attendance
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A Festival of Korean Dance: Jungle review – muscular intensity and wonder

silverguide.site – This year’s festival launches with a multi-layered exploration of human connection from Korea National Contemporary Dance Company…
A Festival of Korean Dance: Jungle review – muscular intensity and wonder
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Three Hens in a Boat review – Jerome K Jerome inspires funny voyage of family reflection

silverguide.site – Three generations of soon-to-be-weds unload their emotional baggage into the Thames in Camille Ucan’s comedy…
Three Hens in a Boat review – Jerome K Jerome inspires funny voyage of family reflection
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Could a new wave of urgent theatre hold the key to tackling climate change?

silverguide.site – From a New Forest giant inspiring an asthmatic teen to a herd of animal puppets walking to the Arctic Circle, theatre far and wide is taking action – but with energy and optimism, rather than doom-laden tales…
Could a new wave of urgent theatre hold the key to tackling climate change?
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David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production

silverguide.site – Harewood – who became the first black actor to play Othello at the NT in 1997 – will play the role at Theatre Royal Haymarket opposite Toby Jones as Iago…
David Harewood to return to Othello almost 30 years after groundbreaking National Theatre production
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‘We’re not here to slander Sondheim!’ Inside the master’s wild final musical, completed at last

silverguide.site – Here We Are, a satirical mashup of two surrealist movie masterpieces, was finished after musicals maestro Stephen Sondheim died – outraging some fans. As the show hits Britain, its stars and creators reveal their thrills and fears…
‘We’re not here to slander Sondheim!’ Inside the master’s wild final musical, completed at last
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The Wrong Gods review – absorbing drama tackles dark chapter in India’s history

silverguide.site – Counting and Cracking creator S Shakthidharan uses family and fable to examine epic ideas in this story of a community under threat…
The Wrong Gods review – absorbing drama tackles dark chapter in India’s history
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Hamlet Hail to the Thief review – study of righteous anger links Shakespeare to Radiohead

silverguide.site – Collaboration with Thom Yorke is worth hype in tragedy played with clarity and verve…
Hamlet Hail to the Thief review – study of righteous anger links Shakespeare to Radiohead
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The Gang of Three review – inside an old boys’ club of Labour intrigue

silverguide.site – Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Anthony Crosland debate among themselves in Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s look at the big beasts of 70s Westminster…
The Gang of Three review – inside an old boys’ club of Labour intrigue
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An Oak Tree review – Tim Crouch’s tricksy two-hander is still a theatrical wonder

silverguide.site – A guest star – here, a delighted Jessie Buckley – is fed their script during the performance in this now two-decade-old revelation of theatre-making…
An Oak Tree review – Tim Crouch’s tricksy two-hander is still a theatrical wonder
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Dogs on the Metro review – all stations to teenage angst

silverguide.site – The Tyne and Wear Metro is the setting of Emilie Robson’s evocative new play about two teen friends but something darker rumbles beneath…
Dogs on the Metro review – all stations to teenage angst
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Shedinburgh festival returns with new 100-seat venue at Edinburgh fringe

silverguide.site – Francesca Moody and Gary McNair’s innovative DIY solution to Covid restrictions will be revamped for a series of in-person, one-off shows…
Shedinburgh festival returns with new 100-seat venue at Edinburgh fringe
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Pierre Audi obituary

silverguide.site – Innovative founder of the Almeida theatre in London and director of the Dutch National Opera…
Pierre Audi obituary
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Letter: Philip Lowrie obituary

silverguide.site – Richard Digby Day writes: Working with Philip Lowrie was always a creative pleasure and I remember him with great affection…
Letter: Philip Lowrie obituary
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Abuse, witch-hunts and hangings: why Arthur Miller’s masterpiece The Crucible still haunts us

silverguide.site – What’s behind all the revivals of the shocking parable about terrifying McCarthyism in 1950s America? Our writer reflects on how, through the decades, each fresh production finds new meanings that address our times…
Abuse, witch-hunts and hangings: why Arthur Miller’s masterpiece The Crucible still haunts us
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Jamie Cullum to compose music for RSC’s The Constant Wife starring Rose Leslie

silverguide.site – The musician is to debut as a theatre composer for W Somerset Maugham’s 1926 comedy adapted by Laura Wade and directed by Tamara Harvey…
Jamie Cullum to compose music for RSC’s The Constant Wife starring Rose Leslie
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The Empire Strips Back review – Chewie gets jiggy in galactic burlesque parody

silverguide.site – Humour abounds in this Star Wars-themed cabaret, as Boba Fett bumps and grinds while Han Solo and Chewbacca share a Backstreet Boys number…
The Empire Strips Back review – Chewie gets jiggy in galactic burlesque parody
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Homefires burning: how a cache of passionate love letters shows the second world war on two fronts

silverguide.site – The intimate correspondence of a Manchester Guardian journalist and his wife is now the basis for a theatre piece marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day…
Homefires burning: how a cache of passionate love letters shows the second world war on two fronts
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Helena Bell obituary

silverguide.site – Artistic director of Kali Theatre, the company founded to encourage writing by south Asian women…
Helena Bell obituary
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Sophie McCartney: One Foot in the Rave review – the ‘comedimum’ riffs on wild youth and motherhood

silverguide.site – Profundity is in short supply in this celebration of received thinking about wrinkles and randy husbands – but McCartney makes the familiar shine…
Sophie McCartney: One Foot in the Rave review – the ‘comedimum’ riffs on wild youth and motherhood
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