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PalesTEENian review – engaging story of mixed identity is a bit of a muddle

silverguide.site – Joe Haddad’s solo show tilts between family comedy and football fandom as well as the horrors of the Gaza war but never quite finds its focus…
PalesTEENian review – engaging story of mixed identity is a bit of a muddle
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Laurie Kilmartin review – Oscars gag-writer unleashes a fierce and filthy talent

silverguide.site – She has penned jokes for Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien and the Academy. Now she’s seizing the limelight with scattergun routines about everything from penises to free-bleeding…
Laurie Kilmartin review – Oscars gag-writer unleashes a fierce and filthy talent
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It’s the vibe: Australian comedy classic The Castle set to become a stage play

silverguide.site – Working Dog team behind the 1997 film reuniting to write ‘new, fully updated’ version for the stage, which will premiere in Melbourne in 2027…
It’s the vibe: Australian comedy classic The Castle set to become a stage play
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Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer behind Zippy and David Bowie’s goblins, dies aged 78

silverguide.site – Canadian-born British operator, president of the British Puppet Guild, died after a ‘short illness’…
Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer behind Zippy and David Bowie’s goblins, dies aged 78
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Oona Doherty: Leather Jacket review – dancers delight in their hard sweaty work

silverguide.site – Slaps, beats and bounces underscore the unified collective pleasure of sharing a rhythm in this world premiere of the singular choreographer’s latest piece…
Oona Doherty: Leather Jacket review – dancers delight in their hard sweaty work
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Bennelong in London review – Indigenous warrior meets the actor playing him in this funny, clever play

silverguide.site – Jane Harrison’s play is alive to the challenge of telling Bennelong’s story, teasing out tensions between past and present perspectives on a contested figure…
Bennelong in London review – Indigenous warrior meets the actor playing him in this funny, clever play
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Shechter II: In the Brain review – a thrilling release of rave and ritual

silverguide.site – Hofesh Shechter’s latest doesn’t break new ground, but its exceptional dancers throw themselves into a moody, pulse-quickening celebration of communal movement…
Shechter II: In the Brain review – a thrilling release of rave and ritual
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Beyond the body: Wayne McGregor stretches the definition of dance at this year’s Venice Dance Biennale

silverguide.site – With the British dance legend at the helm, this year’s themes ranged from quantum gravity to slightly muted geopolitics…
Beyond the body: Wayne McGregor stretches the definition of dance at this year’s Venice Dance Biennale
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Trainspotting the Musical review – forgettable songs make this a bad trip

silverguide.site – Theatre Royal Haymarket, LondonThe chopped-up story means this ends up feeling like a weak impersonation of Danny Boyle’s classic film…
Trainspotting the Musical review – forgettable songs make this a bad trip
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The Cherry Orchard review – RSC’s starry cast brings disappointing lack of sparkle

silverguide.site – Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonTamara Harvey’s production of Chekhov’s final play can seem woolly in meaning and soft-edged tone mutes its force…
The Cherry Orchard review – RSC’s starry cast brings disappointing lack of sparkle
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Midnight at the Never Get review – Ben Platt soars in honey-hearted cabaret-musical of 60s sweethearts

silverguide.site – Told through pristine songs, Platt looks back on falling for his songwriter-lover – dazzlingly played by Gregor Milne – in a show of beguiling, bittersweet nostalgia…
Midnight at the Never Get review – Ben Platt soars in honey-hearted cabaret-musical of 60s sweethearts
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‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband

silverguide.site – The star of Dear Evan Hansen plays a 1960s Greenwich Village crooner in hit queer musical Midnight at the Never Get. It’s the perfect outlet for his anxiety, he says…
‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband
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Hole! review – filthy musical fable enchants … and makes you blush

silverguide.site – Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper are vivid storytellers and fine musicians and foley artists…
Hole! review – filthy musical fable enchants … and makes you blush
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Here Comes J Edgar! A Musical Comedy review – show tunes, Mel Brooks zing and real human anguish

silverguide.site – Camp comedy from The Simpsons’ Harry Shearer and Seinfeld writer Tom Leopold explores the relationship between FBI boss Hoover and protege Clyde Tolson…
Here Comes J Edgar! A Musical Comedy review – show tunes, Mel Brooks zing and real human anguish
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For Dolores review – dependency and desire in portrait of obsessive friendship

silverguide.site – Eva O’Connor’s intense new play explores the lives of spiky Glaswegian Mo and naive Dubliner Réaltín through competing monologues, blunt humour and dance moves…
For Dolores review – dependency and desire in portrait of obsessive friendship
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The Smile of Her review – actor’s autobiographical show speeds through its resonant pains

silverguide.site – Christine Lahti tells the story of family life, misunderstandings between mothers and daughters, and her career – but its focus is blurred…
The Smile of Her review – actor’s autobiographical show speeds through its resonant pains
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‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies

silverguide.site – Malmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a different way, they say…
‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies
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I Can Die Too review – vibrant pop songs can’t bring actor’s tale to life

silverguide.site – Following its star through rehearsals and squabbles with her director, this is modelled on Cocteau’s La Voix Humaine but it’s not speaking very clearly…
I Can Die Too review – vibrant pop songs can’t bring actor’s tale to life
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The Secret Garden review – thoughtful adaptation takes root in the imagination

silverguide.site – The beloved children’s perennial is the basis for a celebration of craft, creativity and the beauty of the natural world in this charming puppetry production…
The Secret Garden review – thoughtful adaptation takes root in the imagination
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Sweeney Todd review – Sondheim’s demon barber is still a cut above

silverguide.site – With tremendous singing from Ramin Karimloo and Meow Meow, Joe Murphy’s superb staging of the story is full of dark gothic humour…
Sweeney Todd review – Sondheim’s demon barber is still a cut above
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