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How Arlene Phillips danced from poverty to fame

We meet the choreographer as she prepares an immersive production of Guys & Dolls

4 min read

February 23, 2023 12:53

How Arlene Phillips danced from poverty to fame

Theatre review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge - 'It aspires to be a state of the nation musical'

This Sheffield show amounts to less than the sum of its parts

2 min read

February 16, 2023 14:24

STANDING ON THE SKYS EDGE by Bush, , Writer - Chris Bush, Music and Lyrics - Richard Hawley, Director - Robert Hastie, Designer - Ben Stones, Choreographer - Lynne Page, Lighting - Mark Henderson, A Sheffield Theatres Production, 2022, Credit: Johan Persson/

Theatre review: Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons - 'What if words were limited?'

Starry cast of Poldark's Aiden Turner and Jenna Coleman fail to rescue Sam Steiner’s unconvincing romcom

2 min read

February 16, 2023 13:10

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner, , Director - Josie Rourke, Designer - Robert Jones, Lighting - Aideen Malone, Harlod Pinter Theatre, London, 2023, Credit: Johan Persson/

Theatre review: Winner’s Curse - The most that can be said about the show is that there is nothing else like it.

This tale of diplomacy is a mixture of play and interactive stand up

1 min read

February 16, 2023 11:02

Linck & Mülhahn Theatre review: Two women in love? Or something more trendy?

Historical play about a married couple in 18th-century Prussia who were tried when it was discovered that the husband was born a woman is dulled by its messaging

2 min read

February 9, 2023 14:12

Linck & Mulhahn by Ruby Thomas ; Production ; Cast: Maggie Bain, Helena Wilson, Lucy Black, Daniel Abbott, David Carr, Marty Cruikshank, Kammy Darweish, Qasim Mahmood, Leigh Quinn and Timothy Speyer ; Directed by Owen Horsley ; Set Design by Simon Wells ; Lighting Design by Matt Daw ; Sound Design and composition by Max Pappenheim ; Movement by Natasha Harrison ; Flight and intimacy co-ordinator: Rachel Brown-Williams and Ruth Cooper Brown of RC ANNIE LTD ; Casting by Helena Palmer CDG ; Assistant Director: Dewi Johnson ; Hampstead Theatre ; London, UK ; 28th January 2023 ; Credit and copyright: Helen Murray www.helenmurrayphotos.com

A diplomat and a TV producer plot a comic end to conflict

Daniel Taub and Dan Patterson discuss their new play, Winner's Curse

4 min read

February 9, 2023 14:01

A diplomat and a TV producer plot a comic end to conflict

Shylock as you've never seen her

Get ready for the Shakespeare character based on outspoken East End boobas, says Tracy-Ann Oberman

6 min read

February 2, 2023 14:42

The Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruise

Steven Moffat's farce is the perfect antidote to our winter of discontent

1 min read

January 26, 2023 11:11

The Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruise

In the Net Theatre review: Eruv in a criss-cross crisis

Misha Levkov’s debut has an interesting conceit but it needs believable characters who live in a convincing period and place to turn it into an evening of drama

1 min read

January 19, 2023 15:53