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MJ The Musical review: Jacko show is an off-the-wall Thriller

The show’s star Myles Frost matches the moves of the best dancer of a generation

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Beat it: Myles Frost and ensemble in MJ The Musical (Photo: Johan Persson)

Giles Terera (left) and Ovenden

Meet the playwright who doesn’t think free speech is sacred

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Poignant energy: A scene from For the Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, at the Garrick Theatre (Photo: Johan Persson)

Review: For Black Boys… Nothing on stage now is more essential than this

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Deli Segal brings her sell-out comedy 'Pickle' back to London's Soho Theatre (Photo: Lexi Clare)

Arts agenda: From ‘Pickle’ to klezmer, get ready for showtime

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The man in striped pyjamas: Michael Sheen as Anuerin Bevan

An education in what made the creator of the NHS tick

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Homage: Pearl Mackie, Jack Davenport and Tom Goodman on stage at the Donmar Warehouse

The Human Body review: silver-screen style... NHS substance

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl’s antisemitism is the subject of a new play at the Royal Court

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Nachtland review: Is that a Hitler in the attic?

Maybenburg’s play warns the Shoah was not the end of German antisemitism

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February 27, 2024 12:33

Jane Horrocks in Nachtland at the Young Vic Credit: Ellie Kurtz

Theatre review: The Hills of California

This family reunion is great – but it’s no Jerusalem

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February 8, 2024 09:42

The Hills of California - a co-production between Neal Street Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions at Harold Pinter Theatre. Key Creatives: Written by Jez Butterworth Directed by Sam Mendes Design by Rob Howell Lighting Design by Natasha Chivers Sound Design, Composing and Arrangement by Nick Powell Choreography by Ellen Kane Musical Supervision and Arrangement by Candida Caldicot Casting by Amy Ball Young Person’s Casting by Verity Naughton Associate director is Zoé Ford Burnett Cast: Laura Donnelly Leanne Best Ophelia Lovibond Helena Wilson Bryan Dick Shaun Dooley Corey Johnson Richard Lumsden Natasha Magigi Nancy Allsop Sophia Ally Alfie Jackson Lara McDonnell Lucy Moran Nicola Turner

Theatre review: Plaza Suite: ‘A perfectly-formed play and Sarah-Jessica Parker is a revelation.’

Ticket prices are high but for fans of Neil Simon this is an unmissable revival

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February 1, 2024 14:07

Theatre review: Plaza Suite: ‘A perfectly-formed play and Sarah-Jessica Parker is a revelation.’

Kin at the National Theatre: This is a play that makes the case for Israel

Those who have bought into the narrative that the Jewish state is white and colonialist entity need to watch this show

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January 18, 2024 16:34

Physical theatre: the dancing in Kin is superb

Should Roald Dahl’s witches be cancelled?

The National Theatre’s production was hard to watch, especially after October 7

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December 28, 2023 11:16

The Witches company at the National Theatre (Photo: Marc Brenner)

The Homecoming review: Pinter returns after a short pause

John Nathan enjoys a new revival

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December 7, 2023 09:28

Manuel Harlan

The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family show

Bertie Caplan is superb in a production that pleasingly provides a platform for young Jewish talent in a musical based on famous children's book writer's story

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November 23, 2023 16:13

The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family show

Tracy-Ann Oberman

By Tracy-Ann Oberman

A moment of communal grief in York helped me begin to heal

I never thought that I would feel the way I feel now

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November 23, 2023 15:31

York, England reputed to be the most haunted city in the world. , Cliffords Tower is part of York Castle. It is a keep atop the motte of the medieval fortification.

Obituary: Anna Scher

Drama 'legend' who taught Islington children truths beyond stardom

By Gloria Tessler

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November 23, 2023 11:58

Obituary: Anna Scher

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