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Theatre review: Ain't Too Proud - Temptations reign supreme

Joyfully told story of Motown band in musical packed with brilliantly performed songs won't disappoint fans

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AINT TOO PROUD, BOOK BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU, MUSIC AND LYRICS FROM THE LEGENDARY MOTOWN CATALOG, BASED ON THE BOOK ENTITLED THE TEMPTATIONS BY OTIS WILLIAMS WITH PATRICIA ROMANOWSKI, MUSIC BY ARRANGEMENT WITH SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING,DIRECTED BY DES MCANUFF, CHOREOGRAPHED BY SERGIO TRUJILLO, SCENIC DESIGN ROBERT BRILL, COSTUME DESIGN PAUL TAZEWELL, LIGHTING DESIGN HOWELL BINKLEY, SOUND DESIGN STEVE CANYON KENNEDY, PRODUCTION DESIGN PETER NIGRINI, PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE, 2023, Credit Johan Persson/

Theatre review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - the hunted's revenge

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Theatre review: A Little Life - Unbearable pain among NYC’s beautiful people

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Guys & Dolls theatre review: Thrills and a spill as Hytner takes risks and hits the jackpot

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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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March 9, 2023 17:48

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

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

Shakespeare’s problematic play is imbued with a Jewish sensibility - with actress excelling as first woman to play Shylock in a significant production of the work

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March 9, 2023 15:55

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

Shirley Valentine theatre review: Shirley sets herself free

Sheridan Smith holds court in revival of Willy Russell's one-woman play

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March 2, 2023 17:41

Shirley Valentine theatre review: Shirley sets herself free

Medea theatre review: A mother takes her bloody revenge

Sophie Okonedo is utterly compelling in Dominic Cooke’s steely, modern-dress production

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February 23, 2023 13:49

Medea theatre review: A mother takes her bloody revenge

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