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Simon Stephens: why my Cherry Orchard is a failure
16 Oct 2014: Any English-language version of Chekhov is doomed from the start. The nature of translation means that to think otherwise is folly, writes Simon Stephens
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22 Oct 2014: The story of Private James Smith, executed by his colleagues for desertion in 1917, plays like a classical tragedy in Les Smith’s dramatisation, writes Alfred Hickling -
21 Oct 2014: Michael Billington: Awayday adventurers Adrian Edmondson, Robert Webb, Miles Jupp and Neil Morrissey go wild in the Lake District -
21 Oct 2014: This show based on Jeff Brown’s offbeat novel is loud, colourful and cleverly designed – and it will strike a chord for younger siblings, writes Chris Wiegand
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20 Oct 2014: Marcus Gardley’s pulsing new play about a free black woman and her daughters in 1830s New Orleans is a rich mix of rivalry, voodoo and the fight for freedom, writes Michael Billington
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20 Oct 2014: The story of nine black men, falsely convicted of raping two white women, is reframed as a minstrel show with a brilliant cast and electrifying choreography, says Lyn Gardner
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20 Oct 2014: Sarah Argent’s quietly brilliant new play explores the long-distance relationship between a girl and her grandfather, writes Chris Wiegand
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20 Oct 2014: Two stories run in tandem: a young couple expecting a baby and a former child soldier as comfortable with a soccer ball as a gun, writes Alexandra Spring
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19 Oct 2014: David Cromer’s cooly observant narrator leads a radically reworked version of Thornton Wilder’s classic that taps into collective folk memory, writes Michael Billington
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19 Oct 2014: Ambitious vision, tragic themes and excellent performances combine in a piece of theatre as complex as the relationship between black and white Australia, writes Van Badham
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19 Oct 2014: Imelda Marcos takes to the dance floor, David Baddiel takes real risks and Imelda Staunton takes no prisoners in a good week for musical theatre, writes Susannah Clapp
Most recent
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22 Oct 2014:
The novelist has handed over the rights to his Brian Clough novel to the radical Yorkshire theatre company
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22 Oct 2014: In productions such as The Colour of Justice and Justifying War, Nicolas Kent and I aimed to create something with a much greater impact than journalism, writes Richard Norton-Taylor
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22 Oct 2014:
The award-winning supporting actor turned leading man talks to Alexandra Spring about redoing Beckett at the Barbican and his new role – as a rabbit
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21 Oct 2014: Actors including Melanie Griffith will write and perform in The 24 Hours Plays, a Broadway benefit taking place in November
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21 Oct 2014: Immerse yourself in drama, be good at working alone and handling rejection – and make sure you can support yourself
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21 Oct 2014:
The Visitor, which was released in 2007 and starred Richard Jenkins as an isolated economics professor who befriends two illegal immigrants from Syria and Senegal, is set to get the song-and-dance treatment
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21 Oct 2014: Falstaff has been played as fool, villain, weakling and liar. Ashley McGuire, who is starring in the Donmar’s all-female Henry IV, and Joss Ackland, who has played the role twice, explain their different approaches
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20 Oct 2014: Alex Andreou: Funding cuts, a bourgeois industry, and a glut of middle- and upper-class parts might explain why it’s harder than ever for the non-wealthy to make a career in the theatre
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20 Oct 2014:
Inspired by Crufts, Alternative Miss World has welcomed everyone from Angie Bowie to David Hockney. Ellie Violet Bramley spends a night behind the scenes at the riotous dressing up extravaganza – and is still picking the glitter out of her hair
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20 Oct 2014: Star with a wide-ranging TV and stage career, best remembered as the ‘Oxo mum’ in a long-running TV ad
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20 Oct 2014:
Lyn Gardner: Streamed live from Berlin on Saturday night, Speak Bitterness proved that it's possible to have a communal experience watching theatre in your own home
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20 Oct 2014:
Lyn Gardner: Hunt out stories on the streets of Deptford, see Sweeney Todd in London's oldest pie-and-mash shop or catch up with Mark Thomas's raw and angry Cuckooed out on tour
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20 Oct 2014:
Scott Rankin and Trevor Jamieson discuss Hipbone Sticking Out, which covers thousands of years of Pilbara history, and the death in custody of John Pat, in a single performance
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19 Oct 2014: An August Bank Holiday Lark and Brass, both set in 1914, win best new play and best new musical production respectively
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19 Oct 2014:
Ahead of a West End run, Ade Edmondson reflects on his life and work, and on the recent deaths of three close friends, including Young Ones co-star Rik Mayall. By Elizabeth Day
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