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Daniel Mays: 'You leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of truthful, believable characters'
The actor, relishing his first meal out in months, discusses lockdown, Line of Duty and playing opposite David Tennant in Des
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The Boss of It All review – whimsical Lars von Trier workplace comedy
This larky Zoom-era adaptation of the director’s film about white-collar leadership is full of improv-style gusto
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Faith Healer review – Friel's spellbinder captures theatre's magic
Michael Sheen, Indira Varma and David Threlfall are a superb trinity for Brian Friel’s powerful monologues
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Kenneth Tynan: the Musical review – you heard it here first
The newly formed Musical Theatre Factory creates bespoke musicals for any occasion; for our critic, a potentially barnstorming show about her predecessor...
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Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online
From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon
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Sweet Mother review – sorrow, joy and self-reliance in Toxteth
Prejudice and passion powers Maria Paul’s oral history of three white women who married black men in Liverpool 8
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Beverley Knight urges government to reopen theatres for sake of livelihoods
Performer stages protest to ‘go to bat’ for imperilled workforce overlooked by post-Covid reopening of schools, offices and pubs
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Pippin review – medieval musical lets the sunshine in
A cast of six including Strictly’s Joanne Clifton perform Stephen Schwartz’s breezy songs in a new outdoor venue
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Eric Bentley obituary
Writer on drama and champion of Brecht who shared Shaw’s view that theatre should add to people’s lives
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National Theatre reopens to stage panto for second time in its history
Dick Whittington presented in new in-the-round season that includes sequel to hit football play Death of England
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Enter stadium right: Squad Goals, the play staged at a football ground
When Covid put Michelle Payne’s drama about women footballers on hold, she turned it into an outdoor immersive drama and local club Dagenham & Redbridge pitched in
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A Room of One's Own review – Belvoir's wickedly funny and feminist return to the theatre
Anita Hegh’s performance for this cliff-notes take on Virginia Woolf’s classic essay marinated for six months in lockdown – and it shows
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