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All theatre should be less than two hours or more than five. It’s in between where things get tough | Jane Howard

silverguide.site – A short play is the perfect snack to incorporate into your life. A long play is a feast – and a feat of endurance…
All theatre should be less than two hours or more than five. It’s in between where things get tough | Jane Howard

Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London

silverguide.site – The stars of Sex Education and The Morning Show will appear in a new West End production of Edward Albee’s classic, directed by Marianne Elliott…
Gillian Anderson to get ‘in the ring’ with Billy Crudup for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London

ROI (Return on Investment) review – hectic venture capitalism drama is a heady brew

silverguide.site – US businessman-turned-playwright Aaron Loeb combines medical tech concepts with knotty dilemmas and Mamet-esque dialogue…
ROI (Return on Investment) review – hectic venture capitalism drama is a heady brew

Body and sole: ballet must hold on to flat-footed dancers, not stigmatise them

silverguide.site – In an industry obsessed with ‘perfect’ feet, fallen arches can be seen as a barrier to success. But that’s a damaging myth that has excluded many from the joy of ballet…
Body and sole: ballet must hold on to flat-footed dancers, not stigmatise them

West Gate review – jaw-droppingly staged production recounts Melbourne’s tragic bridge collapse

silverguide.site – The stage feels dangerous from the opening seconds, in a play that has its faults but hums with dread as it builds towards a mighty crash…
West Gate review – jaw-droppingly staged production recounts Melbourne’s tragic bridge collapse

Theatre critics in Scotland decry ‘London-centric’ reviewing policy for One Day musical

silverguide.site – A letter from 15 critics to the Royal Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh condemns ‘divisive move’ that saw non-Scottish publications excluded from reviewing the musical’s press night…
Theatre critics in Scotland decry ‘London-centric’ reviewing policy for One Day musical

Empreintes review – Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging

silverguide.site – Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple’s Arena spills off the stage while Morau’s equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers…
Empreintes review – Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging

Trapezes and artists: world’s oldest circus restored to original glory in Paris

silverguide.site – Alexandre Dumas was wowed by it and Burt Lancaster starred there. Now the Cirque d’Hiver has a new spectacle…
Trapezes and artists: world’s oldest circus restored to original glory in Paris

Hannah Gadsby: ‘The Obamas watched Nanette as a family. I apologise for ruining their evening’

silverguide.site – The Australian comedian on why they became a sock puppet, a message in a potato, and meeting Anna Kendrick…
Hannah Gadsby: ‘The Obamas watched Nanette as a family. I apologise for ruining their evening’

Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer

silverguide.site – The hit one-man show about depression suffers from plain and often corny writing yet is saved by an exuberant turn from the Tony-winning Harry Potter star…
Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer

Jane Lapotaire was a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actor you’d never regret seeing on stage

silverguide.site – Lapotaire’s portrayal of the French singer transcended impersonation and she revealed her instinctive intelligence in Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen and much more…
Jane Lapotaire was a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actor you’d never regret seeing on stage

Landscapes review – Russell Maliphant’s mesmeric, meditative works of dance and light

silverguide.site – Russell Maliphant Dance Company’s arresting evening of three solos includes a spiritual offering performed by the choreographer himself…
Landscapes review – Russell Maliphant’s mesmeric, meditative works of dance and light

Jane Lapotaire obituary

silverguide.site – Stage and screen actor hailed for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for her TV role as Marie Curie…
Jane Lapotaire obituary

America the Beautiful: Chapter 1 review – Neil LaBute’s sour state of the union address

silverguide.site – Masculinity is not in a good way in this trio of short plays – the first of 10 presented in two venues – which deal in violence, misanthropy and murder…
America the Beautiful: Chapter 1 review – Neil LaBute’s sour state of the union address

Gentleman Jack review – Northern Ballet’s stylish lesbian love story is super-sexy

silverguide.site – Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s choreography keeps a tight hold on the narrative and the erotically charged pas de deux between the lovers packs real heat…
Gentleman Jack review – Northern Ballet’s stylish lesbian love story is super-sexy

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling epic’ The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End debut

silverguide.site – The director’s first play – an 1830s ‘rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise’ – is planned for early 2027 opening in London…
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘swashbuckling epic’ The Popinjay Cavalier set for West End debut

Shuggy Boats review – 60th birthday party brings a sexual revelation

silverguide.site – When Maeve becomes a sexagenarian she rethinks her identity – and her 40-year marriage – in this surprisingly breezy drama…
Shuggy Boats review – 60th birthday party brings a sexual revelation

Fatiha El-Ghorri: ‘I was mortified by my heckler – but it turned out he wanted to see my trainers’

silverguide.site – The comic on cleaning up her language for family audiences, writing her debut novel and praying before taking the stage…
Fatiha El-Ghorri: ‘I was mortified by my heckler – but it turned out he wanted to see my trainers’

The Holy Rosenbergs review – suburban Jewish family chew over morals and macaroons

silverguide.site – Tracy-Ann Oberman stars in this absorbing and timely revival of Ryan Craig’s 2011 comic tragedy, set over one fraught evening…
The Holy Rosenbergs review – suburban Jewish family chew over morals and macaroons

The Plough and the Stars review – Seán O’Casey’s Dublin drama hits 100 with haunting staging

silverguide.site – Director Tom Creed brings this 1926 political classic into the present, with a tremendous cast navigating the tonal switch from comedy into tragedy…
The Plough and the Stars review – Seán O’Casey’s Dublin drama hits 100 with haunting staging
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