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Topol: A performer of immense charisma who brought Tevye to life

The actor, who has died, aged 87, played the role 3,500 times and was regarded as Israel’s greatest export since the Jaffa orange

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Topol: A performer of immense charisma who brought Tevye to life

The Merchant of Venice theatre review: Oberman’s Shylock takes on the fascists

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Shirley Valentine theatre review: Shirley sets herself free

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Medea theatre review: A mother takes her bloody revenge

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How Arlene Phillips danced from poverty to fame

We meet the choreographer as she prepares an immersive production of Guys & Dolls

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February 23, 2023 12:53

How Arlene Phillips danced from poverty to fame

Theatre review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge - 'It aspires to be a state of the nation musical'

This Sheffield show amounts to less than the sum of its parts

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February 16, 2023 14:24

STANDING ON THE SKYS EDGE by Bush, , Writer - Chris Bush, Music and Lyrics - Richard Hawley, Director - Robert Hastie, Designer - Ben Stones, Choreographer - Lynne Page, Lighting - Mark Henderson, A Sheffield Theatres Production, 2022, Credit: Johan Persson/

Theatre review: Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons - 'What if words were limited?'

Starry cast of Poldark's Aiden Turner and Jenna Coleman fail to rescue Sam Steiner’s unconvincing romcom

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February 16, 2023 13:10

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner, , Director - Josie Rourke, Designer - Robert Jones, Lighting - Aideen Malone, Harlod Pinter Theatre, London, 2023, Credit: Johan Persson/

Theatre review: Winner’s Curse - The most that can be said about the show is that there is nothing else like it.

This tale of diplomacy is a mixture of play and interactive stand up

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February 16, 2023 11:02

Linck & Mülhahn Theatre review: Two women in love? Or something more trendy?

Historical play about a married couple in 18th-century Prussia who were tried when it was discovered that the husband was born a woman is dulled by its messaging

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February 9, 2023 14:12

Linck & Mulhahn by Ruby Thomas ; Production ; Cast: Maggie Bain, Helena Wilson, Lucy Black, Daniel Abbott, David Carr, Marty Cruikshank, Kammy Darweish, Qasim Mahmood, Leigh Quinn and Timothy Speyer ; Directed by Owen Horsley ; Set Design by Simon Wells ; Lighting Design by Matt Daw ; Sound Design and composition by Max Pappenheim ; Movement by Natasha Harrison ; Flight and intimacy co-ordinator: Rachel Brown-Williams and Ruth Cooper Brown of RC ANNIE LTD ; Casting by Helena Palmer CDG ; Assistant Director: Dewi Johnson ; Hampstead Theatre ; London, UK ; 28th January 2023 ; Credit and copyright: Helen Murray www.helenmurrayphotos.com

A diplomat and a TV producer plot a comic end to conflict

Daniel Taub and Dan Patterson discuss their new play, Winner's Curse

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February 9, 2023 14:01

A diplomat and a TV producer plot a comic end to conflict

Shylock as you've never seen her

Get ready for the Shakespeare character based on outspoken East End boobas, says Tracy-Ann Oberman

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February 2, 2023 14:42

The Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruise

Steven Moffat's farce is the perfect antidote to our winter of discontent

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January 26, 2023 11:11

The Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruise

In the Net Theatre review: Eruv in a criss-cross crisis

Misha Levkov’s debut has an interesting conceit but it needs believable characters who live in a convincing period and place to turn it into an evening of drama

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January 19, 2023 15:53