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Resistance movement: how a play about penicillin brought the arts, science and politics together

silverguide.site – Championed by a former chief medical officer, Lifeline is both a musical following Alexander Fleming’s discovery of the first antibiotic and a warning about the threat of superbugs in the present day…
Resistance movement: how a play about penicillin brought the arts, science and politics together
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Teeth ’n’ Smiles review – Self Esteem makes a mesmeric rock star but the drama doesn’t dazzle

silverguide.site – Fifty years since David Hare’s play was first staged, Rebecca Lucy Taylor is inspired casting as a singer who refuses to go out without a bang…
Teeth ’n’ Smiles review – Self Esteem makes a mesmeric rock star but the drama doesn’t dazzle
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Mark Simmons: ‘A lot of brilliant comedy shows tackle world issues – that’s not what this is!’

silverguide.site – The comedian on learning from Stewart Lee, forging gags from chats with friends and his niche joke about Magic FM…
Mark Simmons: ‘A lot of brilliant comedy shows tackle world issues – that’s not what this is!’
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And who’s playing Madeline? Lily Allen’s West End Girl could make sensational theatre

silverguide.site – Intimate monologue or performance art? The singer’s recent gigs give a tantalising idea of what a stage adaptation of her album might look like…
And who’s playing Madeline? Lily Allen’s West End Girl could make sensational theatre
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Henry V review – once more unto the breach at the RSC, as Alfred Enoch leads the charge

silverguide.site – Co-artistic director Tamara Harvey stages a well-acted production that never hits as hard as it should…
Henry V review – once more unto the breach at the RSC, as Alfred Enoch leads the charge
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‘It won’t be pretty!’ French and Saunders to play the Ugly Sisters in Palladium panto

silverguide.site – Comedy duo will take the stage together in the West End for the first time in 17 years in Cinderella alongside Julian Clary…
‘It won’t be pretty!’ French and Saunders to play the Ugly Sisters in Palladium panto
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‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical

silverguide.site – Production based on 1993 novel opens at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in July, with original songs co-written by the author…
‘It’s got real sass!’ Irvine Welsh chooses new life for Trainspotting as a stage musical
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Michelle De Swarte: The Afters review – blazing gags from a comic who says what she sees

silverguide.site – The fantastically confident standup is a blast from the start with her takes on menopause, parenting and her upbringing…
Michelle De Swarte: The Afters review – blazing gags from a comic who says what she sees
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Vincent in Brixon review – a radiant portrait of the artist as a young romantic

silverguide.site – Van Gogh is a restless soul who finds kinship – and possibly more – with his London landlady in this tender and full-hearted drama…
Vincent in Brixon review – a radiant portrait of the artist as a young romantic
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Slippery review – lust and longing are in the air, long after the party is over

silverguide.site – A couple of former hedonists are reunited years later in Louis Emmitt-Stern’s quick-witted dissection of bereavement and the queer dating scene…
Slippery review – lust and longing are in the air, long after the party is over
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Under Milk Wood review – dark fairytales swirl around Dylan Thomas’s evergreen village

silverguide.site – Director Kate Wasserberg emphasises the fantasy and supernatural elements of the poet’s ‘play for voices’ in an entertaining and inclusive production…
Under Milk Wood review – dark fairytales swirl around Dylan Thomas’s evergreen village
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English National Ballet: Body & Soul review – from an army of AI bots to waves of pure human emotion

silverguide.site – Kameron N Saunders’s ambitious sci-fi-coded fable is paired with a showcase of Crystal Pite’s mastery in contrasting order with human messiness…
English National Ballet: Body & Soul review – from an army of AI bots to waves of pure human emotion
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Small Island review – Windrush epic speaks to our era with startling clarity

silverguide.site – Featuring stellar performances across the cast, Matthew Xia’s production breathes new life into Andrea Levy’s sprawling family saga…
Small Island review – Windrush epic speaks to our era with startling clarity
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The Secret Garden review – children’s classic replanted as a haunting musical

silverguide.site – John Doyle’s atmospheric production shrouds Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story in the ghosts and secrets of the grownups at Misselthwaite Manor…
The Secret Garden review – children’s classic replanted as a haunting musical
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Living review – family saga races through six decades of life in Sheffield

silverguide.site – Characters are shaped by the shifting sands of modern history, from the moon landing to the pandemic, in Leo Butler’s new drama…
Living review – family saga races through six decades of life in Sheffield
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Royal Ballet: Giselle review – Marianna Tsembenhoi soars in an indelible debut

silverguide.site – The Ukrainian dancer brings clarity and feeling to the role opposite a smart, subtle performance by Joseph Sissens…
Royal Ballet: Giselle review – Marianna Tsembenhoi soars in an indelible debut
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The Rite of Spring / Mirror review – glitchy Stravinsky and digital doppelgangers from Alexander Whitley

silverguide.site – Visual spectacle overwhelms the human drama in the choreographer’s tech-heavy double bill…
The Rite of Spring / Mirror review – glitchy Stravinsky and digital doppelgangers from Alexander Whitley
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Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show

silverguide.site – New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers…
Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show
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Welcome to Pemfort review – shattering study of living history and the past you can’t shake off

silverguide.site – In Sarah Power’s impressive play, a new arrival makes a disturbing revelation to a team of oddballs working at a sleepy castle …
Welcome to Pemfort review – shattering study of living history and the past you can’t shake off
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Summerfolk review – lazy days of passion and privilege at Gorky’s doomed dacha

silverguide.site – Writers Nina and Moses Raine add comedy and raunch to Maxim Gorky’s satire of the holidaying elite…
Summerfolk review – lazy days of passion and privilege at Gorky’s doomed dacha
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