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More than 200 Welsh actors criticise National Theatre Wales's output
Highly critical letter to NTW chair Clive Jones attacks lack of shows and homegrown performers
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Vessel review – let go and get lost in Sue MacLaine's meditative show
The feelings that words create, rather than their meaning, come to the fore in this quietly revealing piece
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Stephen Fry Live! in Heroes review – myths and Melchett around the fire
Fry’s retelling of Greek myths makes for an engaging evening, but it takes Blackadder and Harry Potter to ignite the audience
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Lands review – romance is a jigsaw puzzle of bouncing trampolines
This initially charming and thoughtful take on a couple in trouble casts hobby-obsession as the villain of the piece
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Pinter Three and Four review – terror from Tamsin Greig, and a hilarious Lee Evans
Greig shows nothing is now beyond her range while Evans’s physical comedy is a delight as this short-drama season highlights Pinter’s fascination with marital solitude
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On my radar: Nish Kumar’s cultural highlights
The comedian on US rapper Noname, heist-gone-wrong movies, and Inua Ellams’s audacious Barber Shop Chronicles
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The week in theatre: White Teeth; Dealing With Clair – review
Zadie Smith’s White Teeth bounds on to the stage leaving some of the novel’s subtleties behind. And 30 years on, Martin Crimp’s Dealing With Clair has chilling resonance
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La Bayadère review – moonlit heights from Nuñez and co
Visually intoxicating and beautifully danced – mostly – by the Royal Ballet, Petipa’s Indian romance remains problematic
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The Madness of George III review – Mark Gatiss is sensational
Through Gatiss, the audience feels the agonies of Alan Bennett’s tormented monarch
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Laura Wade: ‘Theatre has something important to offer in these dark times’
The playwright on picking up where Jane Austen left off, being overtaken by events – and working with her partner, Samuel West
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Live theatre goes to a risky new level: inside a real-life care home
Immersive show The Home will give audiences the chance to confront their own futures
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Pop Music review – life throws shapes on the dancefloor
Anna Jordan tunes into intertwined lives and captures the oblivion and camaraderie of the dancefloor in her new drama
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