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Fiddler on the Roof’s golden couple: ‘Our Tevye and Golda chemistry is real’

Lara Pulver and Adam Dannheisser reveal what it’s like to play husband and wife in the latest garlanded production of the world’s most loved musical

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Happy together: Adam Dannheisser and Lara Pulver in Fiddler on the Roof (Credit: Marc Brenner)

Shtetl life: the cast of Fiddler on the Roof on stage at the Barbican (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Fiddler on the Roof review: ‘As joyous as it is necessary’ ★★★★★

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Eyeballing: Martin Freeman (left) and Jack Lowden as James and Luka in The Fifth Step (Credit: Johan Persson)

The Fifth Step review: ‘Booze, sex, religion and class go head to head’

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Home is where the heart is: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs in The Salt Path

The Salt Path, review: ‘Jason Isaacs in touching tale of homelessness’

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Shucked, review: ‘Not quite the cream of the crop’

This is an entertaining musical comedy, and its corny gags are fun, but only fleetingly does it soar

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May 29, 2025 15:06

Cord-fed wordplay: the cast of Shucked ultimately failed to raise the roof at the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent Park

The Phoenician Scheme, review: ‘Wes Anderson’s latest absurd comedy’

It’s an enjoyable romp with a succession of big star cameos, but you leave unsure if your time was well spent

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May 29, 2025 14:08

Symmetrical shot: Benico del Toro and Mia Threapleton in a scene from director Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme

Mission Impossible – the Final Reckoning, review: ‘Tom Cruise takes action to the next level’

The 62-year-old actor takes the physicality of the action movie to previously unattained heights and remains cinema’s biggest box office draw for it

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May 23, 2025 18:38

A Comedy about Spies, review: ‘an irresistible comedy of chaos’

The espionage is a farce – just give into the slapstick silliness, and enjoy

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May 23, 2025 17:53

I spy: Charlie Russell in A Comedy about Spies (Photo: Mark Senior)

The film-maker revered by Hitler...and Quentin Tarantino

The director of a new documentary about the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl explodes the myth that she was more than a mere witness to Third Reich crimes

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May 15, 2025 10:46

In the frame: stills from Andres Veiel's new film Riefenstahl

Hallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’

Babak Anvari’s psychological thriller is shot almost entirely from within the confines of a car

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May 14, 2025 15:25

Hallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’

Here We Are, review: ‘this Sondheim musical feels like unfinished business’

The composer’s swansong is best described as a play with some music

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May 14, 2025 15:09

Eerily modern: the cast of Here We Are on stage at the National Theatre (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Thunderbolt review: ‘not even Florence Pugh can fire this up’

The action sequences are excellent, but this film is proof that Marvel’s glory days are over

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May 8, 2025 16:30

Up Hamas, down sense: The music industry’s moral failure

The growing support for Kneecap despite their pro-Hamas comments reflects the culture of self-righteous ignorance that dominates the anti-Israel position.

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May 7, 2025 14:33

Mo Chara (left) and Moglai Bap from Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap perform onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Image: Getty)

Giant review: ‘Dahl – a very poisonous national treasure’

The children’s author’s deep-seated loathing of Jews is slowly and shockingly revealed in this West End transfer of Mark Rosenblatt’s award-winning play

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May 7, 2025 14:12