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Trust me, dishing out two stars as a fully fledged member of the Strictly Come Dancing superfans is a painful choice, but after seeing Somnium: A Dancer's Dream, this colourful and vibrant show's flaws unfortunately cannot be ignored.
The latest drunken venture coming from Magnificent Bastard Productions's ludicrously perverse minds is the story of everybody's favourite sad guy: Hamlet.
Somewhere in the Russian countryside, three sisters - Olga, Masha, and Irina - are waiting for their youth to end.
Arthur Pita adapts Hans Christian Andersen's The Story of a Mother for Natalia Osipova and Jonathan Goddard in a contemporary dance work that is unblinkingly clear and ferocious in its storytelling.
The world premiere of Anthony McCarten's (The Theory of Everything, Bohemian Rhapsody, Darkest Hour) play The Pope at Royal and Derngate looks at a turning point moment in the Catholic Church - the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI and his replacement with Pope Francis.
Now in wind-down mode for the summer, programmers at the Royal Opera House are treating audiences to a host of performances from young dancers, overseas companies and, of course, later on in July, a short residency from the Bolshoi.
It took nearly two decades for the Comedie-Francaise, the oldest theatre company in the world, to come back to the UK.
Illuminated by a masterful performance from Bryn Terfel, this production is a gruelling but rewarding, often stunning, revisit to the Musorgsky's original 1869 version.
David Blaine is arguably the best magician currently living on this planet.
We're all familiar with at least one fairy tale.
When David Mamet's new play was announced back in January, it was met with more than a raised eyebrow.
Adam Guettel's extraordinary music, wonderfully played by the Orchestra of Opera North, is the best reason to revive a show that is hobbled by a pedestrian book and awkward stereotypes.
It's the 1960s and the Muscolinos are raising three daughters in Brooklyn.
Known for his breakout role in the Pitch Perfect films and subsequently the likes of Book of Mormon and Dear Evan Hansen, Ben Platt has carved out a very successful career for himself across the pond.
Tom Littler's latest venture is a glorious four-version take on Oscar Wilde's masterpiece The Picture of Dorian Gray, adapted by Lucy Shaw.
Everybody knows that the internet is the host of some very awful matter.
The one-time highly controversial David Hare play still packs a punch and a message that seems, if anything, even more insistent in these Austerity / Brexit days.
Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer-winning 1987 play made famous by a 1989 film adaptation starring Morgan Freeman, is brought back to the stage in a new production by York Theatre Royal.
Right in time for Pride month, Nicholas Hytner draws a curious card from his sleeve for his own Bridge Theatre, introducing A Midsummer Night's Dream as a beguiling triumph of identity.
Brexit looks at, well, Brexit and finds comedy in the twists and turns it forces upon the new Prime Minister, Adam Masters - but the jokes could be funnier and the satire more biting.
At a quieter moment of Lynn Nottage's Sweat, Jessie (Leanne Best) stands with a cake celebrating her 43rd birthday in Mike's Tavern.
Afterglow opens with a blaze of strobe lights, the throbbing pulse of dance music, and three naked lads writhing on a bed.
The 2011 musical adaption of the 2006 Academy Award-winning film Little Miss Sunshine comes to the stage in a hilarious and heart-warming production.
Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show has had audiences worldwide shivering in 'antici.
The second edition of the Italian Theatre Festival comes to end with a real gem.
