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Feb 6, 2013
The Captain of Köpenick, National Theatre (Olivier), London
Antony Sher hits the emotional bull’s-eye as a petty criminal who impersonates a captain in the Prussian guards
©Jim Stephenson
Feb 6, 2013
In the Beginning was the End, Somerset House, London
dreamthinkspeak’s new piece of site-specific theatre is a quizzical, surreal journey into the world of technology and consumerism
©RobertWorkman
Feb 5, 2013
Our Country’s Good, St James Theatre, London
Timberlake Wertenbaker’s rich, warm play about convicts treading the boards behind bars has lost none of its punch
©Pacome Poirier
Feb 5, 2013
Troïlus et Cressida/Hernani, Comédie-Française, Paris
Native talent: Shakespeare sags and Hugo flies as the French company reopens its main stage
Feb 5, 2013
Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai, Sadler’s Wells, London
Directed by Gregory Doran, this UK-Japanese co-production is the story of an English sailor’s adventures in 17th-century Japan
Feb 4, 2013
Feast, Young Vic, London
Yoruba culture is celebrated in dazzling fashion in Rufus Norris’s ambitious production, even if dramatic scenes fall flat
Feb 3, 2013
Old Times, Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams alternate roles in Pinter’s enigmatic three-hander about mind games between a couple and an old friend
©Paul Kolnik
Feb 3, 2013
Justin Peck premiere, Lincoln Center, New York
The NYCB wunderkind’s ‘Paz de la Jolla’ frames dance of great subtlety in two insubstantial outer sections
Feb 3, 2013
The Winter’s Tale, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Lucy Bailey’s production falters despite digital flourishes and a strong RSC debut from Tara Fitzgerald
Feb 1, 2013
Bolshoi whodunnit looks set to run
Dancers wonder why such a brutal assault should happen
Feb 1, 2013
Tango Fire, Sadler’s Wells, London
The seriously adept dance troupe do what they do with most eager abandon and dizzying, slashing legs and feet
Feb 1, 2013
When actors play politicians
Peter Morgan’s play ‘The Audience’ will feature every PM of the Queen’s reign. But how best to tackle roles such as Gordon Brown or Margaret Thatcher?
Jan 31, 2013
Trisha Brown: Last Dances, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
The sunny faith in the body that runs through Brown’s work tempers the ache of loss in her final works
Jan 31, 2013
The Vandal, Flea Theatre, New York
Set at a New York bus stop, Hamish Linklater’s new play is a sparse, touching meditation on grief
Jan 30, 2013
Quartermaine’s Terms, Wyndham’s Theatre, London
Rowan Atkinson stands out as a schoolteacher hiding loneliness behind bonhomie in Richard Eyre’s poignant production
From
MANAGEMENT
Jan 30, 2013
Why ‘dad dancing’ damages the hiring process
Douglas Board argues that executive recruitment is harmed by erratic, self-indulgent timing
Jan 29, 2013
Port, National Theatre (Lyttelton), London
Kate O’Flynn gives an outstanding performance in Simon Stephens’ portrait of a young woman’s progress to maturity
From
WORLD
Jan 29, 2013
London theatre sales undented by Olympics
West End sector bucks economic climate with ninth year of growth
Jan 27, 2013
Gruesome Playground Injuries, Gate Theatre, London
Writer Rajiv Joseph focuses on two misfits who find refuge in one another but seems unsure how to develop his theme
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