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Sylvie Guillem - 6,000 Miles Away Sadler’s Wells

The return of Sylvie Guillem’s triple bill of contemporary work to Sadler’s Wells two years after its premiere confirms her enduring appeal and undiminished talent.

Dance Published on Tuesday May 21 2013 at 12:04

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Relatively Speaking Wyndham’s Theatre, London

In August, Alan Ayckbourn, who turned 74 last month, will premiere not one but three new plays at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre - the theatre that has been his theatrical home for most of his career, including 37 years as its artistic director.

Theatre Published on Tuesday May 21 2013 at 10:31

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Next Thing You Know Landor Theatre, London

Let’s just write some songs about coming of age in New York, the writers Salzman and Cunningham decided during rehearsals for their 2006 Off-Broadway hit I Love You Because.

Theatre Published on Tuesday May 21 2013 at 10:17

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Limbo London Wonderground, Southbank Centre

Another year, another Scott Maidment headline show in the London Wonderground Spiegeltent.

Light Entertainment Published on Tuesday May 21 2013 at 10:17

The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition and The Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize Garrick Theatre, London

This competition, now in its seventh year, was created to give musical theatre students a platform to showcase their work before graduation.

Student Showcase Published on Tuesday May 21 2013 at 10:13

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Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama graduating showcase Criterion, London

Coloured lights, dry ice and angular music are an overture to the stage filling with 18 impeccably drilled and choreographed dancers, twitching and shivering with striking liquidity.

Student Showcase Published on Tuesday May 21 2013 at 09:57

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Ariadne auf Naxos Glyndebourne, Lewes

Glyndebourne opens the summer festival season with a new production of the elegant Strauss/Hofmannsthal conceit in which preparations for a new opera seria by a young composer are rudely interrupted by the announcement that it will be played simultaneously with the frivolous entertainment provided by a commedia dell’arte troupe.

Opera Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 12:57

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Brighton Festival: Faust Jubilee Square, Brighton

This outdoor performance of the famous Marlowe/Goethe story is set in the 1920s prohibition era.

Theatre Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 12:33

Fallen in Love The Tower of London and Gippeswyk Hall, Ipswich

Anne Boleyn is endlessly fascinating - was she a sexy minx, political manipulator, religious reformer or all of these? The facts of her life - her French upbringing, beguiling of Henry VIII and fall from power when she failed to produce a son - are well known, but little is certain about her character or even her appearance.

Theatre Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 11:11

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Varmints Sadler’s Wells, London

“Once, the only sounds to be heard were the buzzing of bees in the grass and the song of birds in the sky,” is the evocative opening of Varmints, Helen Ward’s story for children that describes one creature attempts to preserve his little bit of nature.

Dance Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 11:03

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GSA Three Year Musical Theatre Course BA(Hons) Theatre Showcase 2013 Criterion Theatre, London

In an inordinately large graduating year of 54 musical theatre students it is rewarding to see that GSA does not cut any corners on quality.

Student Showcase Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 10:57

Norfolk and Norwich Festival: Les 7 doigts de la main - Sequence 8 Theatre Royal, Norwich

Sequence 8 is les 7 doigts’, or the 7 Fingers’ eighth creation and rather neatly has a cast of eight.

Light Entertainment Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 10:37

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Hutch Riverside Studios, London

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Grenada-born Leslie Hutchinson was the toast of the cabaret circuit.

Theatre Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 10:29

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Little Angel, London

It’s probably as good a success indicator as any if you come out of a mini-musical humming the songs.

Theatre Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 10:17

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The Victorian in the Wall Royal Court Theatre, London

Will Adamsdale’s trick is to make his pieces look home-made and rather makeshift, when actually they are anything but.

Theatre Published on Monday May 20 2013 at 10:07

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