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Hit Machine review – slick music biz drama strikes too many false notes

silverguide.site – Josh Radnor is a music executive whose life is upended by his wayward brother, in a play about masculinity, creativity, appropriation and trauma…
Hit Machine review – slick music biz drama strikes too many false notes
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The Oresteia review – Simon Stone’s patchwork tragedy is a gripping and exasperating epic

silverguide.site – Mary-Louise Parker gives a powerhouse performance in a three-part drama that cuts up Aeschylus’s chronology and adds shades of other plays…
The Oresteia review – Simon Stone’s patchwork tragedy is a gripping and exasperating epic
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A cathartic play unpacks the pain of heartbreak with classic breakup songs: ‘As close to a universal experience as one gets’

silverguide.site – Heartbreak Hotel draws on the wisdom of Céline Dion, Prince and Elvis, as well as a rich repository of literature about grief and broken hearts…
A cathartic play unpacks the pain of heartbreak with classic breakup songs: ‘As close to a universal experience as one gets’
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The Jonathan Larson Project review – Rent composer’s lost songs find a glorious new home

silverguide.site – A lesser-known selection from the composer and lyricist’s archive is full of heart and humour, swinging between cabaret blues and pop bangers…
The Jonathan Larson Project review – Rent composer’s lost songs find a glorious new home
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‘I just knew it would sound incredible!’: why the Globe is giving Shakespeare some flamenco fire

silverguide.site – Love’s Labour’s Lost offers a heady mix of passion and death – which makes the Spanish art form a perfect match, says director Indiana Lown-Collins. Our writer joins the theatre’s flamenco bootcamp…
‘I just knew it would sound incredible!’: why the Globe is giving Shakespeare some flamenco fire
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Aziz Ansari review – a hugely gifted comic who makes funny look easy

silverguide.site – Shiny-suited and slick, the US standup fired off peppy and sometimes taboo-teasing gags about his cultural identity, married life and visits to a fertility clinic…
Aziz Ansari review – a hugely gifted comic who makes funny look easy
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The Market Deeping Model Railway Club review – the absurdities of British life in miniature

silverguide.site – The camaraderie and eccentricities of some model railway enthusiasts make for an endearing group portrait in William Ivory’s well-gauged comedy…
The Market Deeping Model Railway Club review – the absurdities of British life in miniature
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Love’s Labour’s Lost / Much Ado About Nothing review – breezy double bill brings out the best in both

silverguide.site – Elegantly stitching the plays into two parts of the same continuing story, Tom Littler’s sunny al fresco productions play every possible tragicomic note…
Love’s Labour’s Lost / Much Ado About Nothing review – breezy double bill brings out the best in both
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Fun Home review – Alison Bechdel’s musical memoir feels every emotion

silverguide.site – A celebration of the cartoonist’s sexual awakening and queer identity as well as an investigation of darker family dynamics, this soulful show wears its heart on its sleeve…
Fun Home review – Alison Bechdel’s musical memoir feels every emotion
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Lear review – this matriarchal monarch’s tragedy is personal not political

silverguide.site – Maureen Beattie leads a modern-dress version, which focuses on family dynamics rather than the decline of Shakespeare’s mighty ruler…
Lear review – this matriarchal monarch’s tragedy is personal not political
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‘It’s a national reclamation’: the 12-year festival bringing Samuel Beckett back to Ireland

silverguide.site – The playwright has long been considered one of the country’s most famous exports, but not an ‘Irish writer’. An ambitious new season of plays explores his complex relationship with his homeland – and tickets are already on sale for 2036…
‘It’s a national reclamation’: the 12-year festival bringing Samuel Beckett back to Ireland
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Robota review – machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic

silverguide.site – Headlong’s take on Karel Čapek’s 1920 tale of romance and robots is rife with timely debates about tech’s threat but at times the philosophical discussions drag on…
Robota review – machines on the march in next-gen version of sci-fi classic
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What a clusterpuck! Race to parody hockey hit Heated Rivalry results in multiple musicals

silverguide.site – The horny TV series has inspired a whopping four comedy shows this summer. Their makers explain why musical theatre and steamy action are such good bedfellows – and why there’s no rivalry between them…
What a clusterpuck! Race to parody hockey hit Heated Rivalry results in multiple musicals
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Physical Education review – boisterous, cliche-busting lesson on teen masculinity

silverguide.site – School locker room banter has a sinister edge in Jonathan Houlston’s shrewd debut, which pairs the toxic tropes of Adolescence with the group dynamics of Laura Wade’s Posh…
Physical Education review – boisterous, cliche-busting lesson on teen masculinity
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Lindsey Santoro: ‘The problems I have are my own – I’ve caused them, I’m the issue!’

silverguide.site – The standup on bad gigs at motorway service station hotels, her nan’s reviews and the pressure to be ‘prize pig’ at the Edinburgh fringe…
Lindsey Santoro: ‘The problems I have are my own – I’ve caused them, I’m the issue!’
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Jesus Christ Superstar review – Sam Ryder raises the roof in rock opera turned up to 11

silverguide.site – The Eurovision star leads a glittery production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s blockbuster but this booming show lacks context and clarity…
Jesus Christ Superstar review – Sam Ryder raises the roof in rock opera turned up to 11
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‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children

silverguide.site – The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its director…
‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children
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Edinburgh festival 2026: 10 terrific shows we’ve already reviewed

silverguide.site – From returning comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti to Flo & Joan’s cheeky One Man Musical, these are surefire standouts at the fringe…
Edinburgh festival 2026: 10 terrific shows we’ve already reviewed
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Doubt: A Parable review – Sam Reid and Pamela Rabe go head-to-head in electrifying drama

silverguide.site – Sydney Theatre CompanyReid elicits gasps as a charming priest suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with a child – but this production rarely lets us linger in discomfort…
Doubt: A Parable review – Sam Reid and Pamela Rabe go head-to-head in electrifying drama
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Last Goal Wins review – challenging and funny debut asks important questions about the beautiful game

silverguide.site – Justice Ezi tackles racism, belonging and the sometimes-shadowy business of sport in this well-paced and plotted drama with a genuinely nail-biting final shootout…
Last Goal Wins review – challenging and funny debut asks important questions about the beautiful game
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