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  • Spirited … Jodie Whittaker in The Duchess [of Malfi] at Trafalgar theatre.

    The Duchess [of Malfi] review – Jodie Whittaker trapped in Tarantinoesque revenge tragedy

    Zinnie Harris’s version of the Jacobean play makes potent points about power but is hamstrung by an overbearing production
  • Brandon Bassir in Land of the Free

    Land of the Free review – deft investigation of a presidential assassin

  • Gary Oldman portrait

    Gary Oldman announces his long-awaited return to the stage in Beckett classic

  • Deeply felt … Phia Saban (Antigone), Mark Strong (Oedipus), Lesley Manville (Jocasta), James Wilbraham (Polyneices) and Jordan Scowen (Eteocles) in Oedipus.

    Oedipus review – Lesley Manville and Mark Strong electrify ancient saga turned political thriller

  • Plenty of energy … Paige Peddie, Joseph Vella and Joseph Peacock in Becoming Nancy.

    Becoming Nancy review – coming out musical fails to hit the high notes

  • ‘I’m going to get an AI carer and live on a commune’ … Matafeo.

    ‘I will be hunted down for my Taylor Swift jokes!’ Rose Matafeo on her scary return to standup

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  • Tautly dramatic … (l to r) Dorothea Myer-Bennet, Caroline Catz, Joshua Malina, Gabriel Howell and Simon Yadoo in What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.

    What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank review – charged chat explores Jewish identity

    Two couples have a sour reunion in Patrick Marber’s production of Nathan Englander’s play, updated from his 2011 short story to include events after 7 October
  • Michael Ahomka-Lindsay and Eleanor Tomlinson in Reverberation

    Reverberation review – Matthew López’s romcom is rooted in violence and rejection

  • Everything and everywhere … The New Real.

    The New Real review – facts are an illusion in David Edgar’s post-truth political play

  • Girls Don’t Play Guitars review – Liverbirds musical is just ho-hum

  • The week in theatre: Juno and the Paycock; The Other Place – review

  • Dance Umbrella: Mamela Nyamza: Hatched Ensemble; The Featherstonehaughs Draw on the Sketchbooks of Egon Schiele – review

  • The Fear of 13 review – Adrien Brody lacks space to shine in death row drama

  • Mamela Nyamza: Hatched Ensemble review – The Dying Swan in fine feather

  • Filumena review – Felicity Kendal and Matthew Kelly go toe to toe in Naples

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  • Hofesh Shechter’s Theatre of Dreams.

    Hofesh Shechter: ‘The biggest insult I’ve received is that I’m the rockstar of contemporary dance!’

    As Theatre of Dreams arrives in London, the celebrated choreographer and composer explains how having his laptop stolen was a blessing in disguise for his new show
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  • Celebrity Jeopardy on Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live: the 20 greatest sketches ever

  • Taskmaster: The Live Experience, press, publicity photo

    Count the bounces! Balance the egg! Can Taskmaster triumph as a live experience?

  • Daniel Foxx.

    Daniel Foxx: ‘Every comedian has a notes app with joke ideas – if mine got wiped, my career would be over’

  • Joe Lycett

    Comedian turned artist Joe Lycett: ‘If it’s too earnest a painting, it’s a failure’

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  • Adrien Brody and Nick Yarris photographed together in London before the opening of The Fear of 13.

    ‘I could not get through the script without crying’: Adrien Brody talks to the death row survivor who he’s playing on the London stage

  • Michael Patrick as Richard III

    ‘It’s a tragedy because everyone dies – not because he’s disabled’: the creatives casting Richard III in a new light

  • ‘If a husband had a girlfriend on the side, that was me’ … Bishop.

    ‘I was always the sexy tootsie’: Kelly Bishop on Broadway hits, Gilmore Girls – and how to do the Dirty Dancing lift

  • John Osborne in 1991.

    Too much theatre memorabilia is being lost to private collectors, says David Hare

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Pictures & video
  • Maggie Smith.

    Maggie Smith: a life in pictures

  • A scene from Now by Jasmin Vardimon Company

    Jasmin Vardimon toasts 25 years of dance with Now

    A new creation by the acclaimed choreographer revisits moments from the repertoire of her company, formed a quarter of a century ago
  • Michaela DePrince poses en pointe in front of interior full-length window

    Michaela Mabinty DePrince: a life in pictures

    From war orphan in Sierra Leone to international ballet star – the trailblazing Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer has died aged 29
  • Rachael Gunn

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    'It was really sad': Raygun speaks about reaction to Paris 2024 breakdancing performance

  • man wearing black suit, bowtie and glasses holds two gold statues

    James Earl Jones: a life in pictures

  • Wet Mess performs Testo at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

    Essentially Edinburgh: dance, drag and plenty of drama at the 2024 festival

  • Recirquel: Paradisum

    All eyes on Auld Reekie: Edinburgh festival 2024

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  • Maggie Smith as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, at the Aldwych theatre, London, 1993.

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  • ‘Just brilliant fun’ … Hilson Agbangbe in Wonder Boy, directed by Sally Cookson.

    ‘Our Romeo even impressed the school bullies’: stars of stage on the power of drama in schools

  • Keep on the grass … Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at Richards’ Redlands cottage in 1967.

    It’s only LSD but I like it: the play telling the untold story about the Rolling Stones drugs bust

  • Wicked-themed drinks at the Apollo Victoria theatre

    Doubtfire Daiquiri, madam? How theatres are ramping up the drama with themed cocktails

  • Ian McKellen as Estragon and Patrick Stewart as Vladimir in Waiting For Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2009.

    The waiting is over! Have the times finally caught up with Godot?

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