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Mar 10, 2013
Longing, Hampstead Theatre, London
Tamsin Greig gives a devastating performance in this play composed from two of Chekhov’s short stories
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Mar 8, 2013
After Bond, Peter meets Alice
Playwright and scriptwriter John Logan talks about the contrast between film and stage
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Mar 8, 2013
Made of the Rite stuff
Dame Marie Rambert, a founding figure of British Ballet, witnessed the 20th century’s most celebrated theatrical brawl
Mar 8, 2013
Paper Dolls, Tricycle Theatre, London
Philip Himberg tells a remarkable tale of strangers in a troubled land, of makeshift family and unexpected tenderness
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Mar 8, 2013
The Diary: Tony Hall
The BBC’s incoming director-general on what Britain is teaching Brazil about art and culture
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Mar 7, 2013
Bolshoi acid attacker refuses to apologise
Pavel Dmitrichenko shows defiance and contrition in court
Mar 7, 2013
Homage to Rudolf Nureyev, Palais Garnier, Paris
Nureyev’s spirit – the passion, the bravura, the fierce and uncompromising dedication to classical technique – was sadly lacking here
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Mar 6, 2013
Bolshoi star confesses to acid attack
Dmitrichenko admits to organising assault on director
Mar 6, 2013
The Audience, Gielgud Theatre, London
Helen Mirren as the Queen, directed by Stephen Daldry: this is not so much a drama, more a theatrical event
Mar 6, 2013
Purple Heart, Gate Theatre, London
American playwright Bruce Norris’s unflinching play bubbles with anger at a society unable to learn from the Vietnam war
Mar 5, 2013
Watt, Barbican, London
Samuel Beckett’s difficult novel here becomes a brief one-man stage play full of humour and poetry
Mar 5, 2013
Phèdre, Comédie-Française, Paris
A troublesome production is redeemed by the relationship between Phèdre and her nurse, Oenone
Mar 4, 2013
De Gabay, Butetown, Cardiff
Though lacking in clear narratives, this event created in collaboration with Cardiff’s Somali community was performed with infectious warmth
Mar 4, 2013
Facts, Finborough Theatre, London
Arthur Milner’s gripping play explores the ‘facts’ surrounding the murder of an archeology professor on the West Bank
Mar 3, 2013
Cinderella, Broadway Theatre, New York
This new production of the long-neglected Rodgers & Hammerstein show is an absolute joy
Mar 1, 2013
A Time to Reap, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court, London
Polish playwright Anna Wakulik turns the tables on cultural exoticism with her three-hander set in London
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