©Johan Persson
5:19pm
Helen Mirren as the Queen, directed by Stephen Daldry: this is not so much a drama, more a theatrical event
©Hugo Glendinning
5:17pm
American playwright Bruce Norris’s unflinching play bubbles with anger at a society unable to learn from the Vietnam war
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12:50pm
Pavel Dmitrichenko shows defiance and contrition in court
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7:04pm
Dmitrichenko admits to organising assault on director
©Anthony Woods
Mar 5, 2013
Samuel Beckett’s difficult novel here becomes a brief one-man stage play full of humour and poetry
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Mar 5, 2013
A troublesome production is redeemed by the relationship between Phèdre and her nurse, Oenone
©Gareth Phillips
Mar 4, 2013
Though lacking in clear narratives, this event created in collaboration with Cardiff’s Somali community was performed with infectious warmth
©MikeShelford
Mar 4, 2013
Arthur Milner’s gripping play explores the ‘facts’ surrounding the murder of an archeology professor on the West Bank
Mar 3, 2013
This new production of the long-neglected Rodgers & Hammerstein show is an absolute joy
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Mar 1, 2013
He was being mourned not as a fine and versatile actor, but as a national treasure, indistinguishable from the character he played
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It’s hard for new plays to cross the Atlantic, in either direction
Mar 1, 2013
Polish playwright Anna Wakulik turns the tables on cultural exoticism with her three-hander set in London
Peter Aspden
Mar 1, 2013
Today, the arts are, almost without exception, beautifully packaged, presented and promoted. But is the art any good?
Feb 28, 2013
Vanessa Redgrave and Jesse Eisenberg star in this emotionally-charged off-Broadway drama
Feb 28, 2013
Phil Vasili’s play deftly dramatises the extraordinary life of Britain’s first black army officer
Feb 27, 2013
Arthur Wing Pinero’s comedy about plays and players cleverly blurs stage life and real life
Feb 26, 2013
The venue’s resident choreographer has come up with a neat way to make modern dance less forbidding for beginners
Feb 26, 2013
It seems like just another day and just another football match in Luke Barnes’s drama – but then reality hits home
Feb 25, 2013
What’s not to like when two major choreographers create pieces for the Royal Ballet? The scores, alas
Feb 25, 2013
Caledonian overload: Jamie Lloyd’s Shakespeare production tries too hard for its own good to be “the Scottish play”
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