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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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Romeo and Juliet review – star-crossed lovers transported to the wild west

silverguide.site – Director Sean Holmes’s high concept production shows that the frontier works surprisingly well as Shakespeare’s fractious Verona…
Romeo and Juliet review – star-crossed lovers transported to the wild west
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Roger Foss obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Journalist and theatrical historian who began his career as an actor…
Roger Foss obituary
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Sara Lemkow obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Dancer with Ballet Rambert during and after the second world war…
Sara Lemkow obituary
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The Government Inspector review – Tom Rosenthal stirs up Gogol’s political satire

silverguide.site – The standup brings his easy stage command to the role of a penniless nincompoop who tricks his way into authority in Gregory Doran’s production…
The Government Inspector review – Tom Rosenthal stirs up Gogol’s political satire
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Why are Hollywood stars lining up to appear in a play they know nothing about?

silverguide.site – Toby Jones, Frances McDormand and Mike Myers are some of those who have appeared alongside Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree, despite never having seen the script before. As the play celebrates its 20th anniversary, past performers explain its strange appeal…
Why are Hollywood stars lining up to appear in a play they know nothing about?
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Macbeth review – something wicked this way whizzes as dynamic duo play all the roles

silverguide.site – There is one 24-carat scene after another as a cast of two switch from bloodthirsty to comedic without toil or trouble…
Macbeth review – something wicked this way whizzes as dynamic duo play all the roles
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Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular review – an irresistible, 40th anniversary love letter

silverguide.site – ICC Sydney, then Melbourne and BrisbaneAn arena treatment suits Les Mis, with emotional bangers sung to the back of the house by an international all-star cast…
Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular review – an irresistible, 40th anniversary love letter
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Holy Krapp! Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memory

silverguide.site – Krapp’s Last Tape, in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self, is back for two star-powered revivals. This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect with their past…
Holy Krapp! Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memory
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Scenes from a Repatriation review – 12 ingenious questions about cultural ownership

silverguide.site – Singaporean Joel Tan’s play revolves around the fate of an ancient statue, in disparate scenes of thrilling complexity played by a zesty cast …
Scenes from a Repatriation review – 12 ingenious questions about cultural ownership
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Tonys 2025: George Clooney and Nicole Scherzinger land first nominations as Othello snubbed

silverguide.site – Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal have both been left out of this year’s nominations for their Shakespeare revival while Audra McDonald makes history…
Tonys 2025: George Clooney and Nicole Scherzinger land first nominations as Othello snubbed
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