Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot
The Fall frontman’s play about a papal plot appalled critics when first staged in 1986, with Leigh Bowery starring as a cardinal. Now Hey! Luciani is back – but does…
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Tomorrow Will Be a Palestinian Day review – work that finds a way out of Gaza’s ruins
Theatre503, LondonHope still resides against horror in this collection of short plays from Palestinian playwrights, poets and artistsWhat are the basic requirements of theatre-making? Actors, writers, resource and rehearsal space,…
‘All the girls were in there for shit that is pretty normal’: the show reinventing Girl, Interrupted for a new generation
Susanna Kaysen’s cult memoir sparked a wave of 90s novels about young women in crisis. After 10 years in the making, stars Juliana Canfield and King Princess are bringing it…
Rosamund Pike criticises audience member for texting during West End play
Actor tells theatregoers she hoped message was ‘very important’ after final bows of Inter Alia performanceRosamund Pike has criticised an audience member for texting during the climax of her West…
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Gaslit, shamed and swindled: the play about Eleanor Glanville, persecuted for her love of butterflies
She had a passion for butterflies and would seek out rare ones, yet this was used against her by violent, money-grabbing husband. Now this pioneering naturalist’s story has been translated…
Think dance classes terrify you? Try taking four in a weekend
Most of us loved dancing when we were kids. I dip my toe in at Melbourne’s Rising festival and rediscover that simple, pure joyAs I wait for my first Cuban…
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Roller skates! Pointe shoes! Parachutes! A mythic dance takes flight again at a Brooklyn rink
Artist Robert Rauschenberg was known for his painting-sculpture hybrids – and a 1963 dance piece called Pelican that was almost lost to timeVisual artists and dancers have long taken cues…
Hugh Skinner: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Walking on set naked when I wasn’t supposed to be’
The actor on his fear of pigeons, his dashed boyband hopes, and having a crush on the entire male cast of NeighboursBorn in London, Hugh Skinner, 41, trained at Lamda…
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Once review – slick romance skips showstoppers and defies razzmatazz
Pitlochry festival theatreThis stripped-down show with a maudlin set of songs makes for the most reluctant of musicals, but this is a production that has the confidence to be silent…
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Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton’s super creep reanimated as a shock jock in ghoulish musical
Prince Edward theatre, LondonThere are drop-dead gorgeous designs and the performances are full of life but this off-kilter escapade has scattershot gags and unmemorable songsHalloween has arrived early as yet…
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‘True trailblazer’: British author and activist Maureen Duffy dies aged 92
Duffy wrote novels, plays and poetry, campaigned for gay rights, and was a ‘tireless advocate’ for authors’ rightsMaureen Duffy, author of more than 60 works and a pioneering activist for…
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Black Comedy review – Peter Shaffer’s relentless farce provokes helpless laughter
Orange Tree theatre, RichmondA stealing sculptor struggles to keep his visitors in the dark, while they lope and grope with the lights out, in Shaffer’s escalating slapstick showA regular complaint…