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5,330 stories from The Independent

From Hamilton to Sylvia: The new wave of woke musicals discussing race, gender, sexuality and identity by Tim Bano, Tim Bano

Hamilton, Fun Home, Suffrageddon, Sylvia, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, and Misty aren't traditional musicals " their scores are hip hop, pop, R&B, soul, grime, garage and funk

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:48pm on September 14, 2018

Natalia Osipova: Pure Dance, Sadler's Wells, review: A slight selection of short works by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Big stars, good intentions, underpowered results. In Pure Dance, ballerina Natalia Osipova has put together an evening of short works, mostly new commissions. It's a chance to see this marve…

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:54am on September 14, 2018

Heathers, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, review: Packed with talent, but is this jollied-up version sufficiently unsettling? by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Part of the appeal of the cult 1989 movie is how it traces a fine line between satire and bad taste as it tackles peer pressure, bullying, body image, teen suicide and mass school shootings

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:32pm on September 13, 2018

Flowers for Mrs Harris: A musical starring a middle-aged woman as the heroine " not a mere sidekick by Sarah Crompton, Sarah Crompton

The 53-year-old lead character in 'Flowers for Mrs Harris' " being revived at Chichester Festival Theatre after a triumphant first run in Sheffield " might be unique in the annals of musical…

SOURCE: The Independent at 3:48am on September 13, 2018

Holy Sh!t, Kiln Theatre, Kilburn, London review: A vigorously funny production of Alexis Zegerman's sharp play by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Zegerman's astringent comedy is in the theatre's best traditions of being provocatively topical

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:54am on September 11, 2018

Joanna Baillie: Who was the Scottish poet and playwright descended from William Wallace? by Joe Sommerlad, Joe Sommerlad

Dramatist behind ambitious Plays on the Passions sequence, admired by Wordsworth, Byron and Scott, celebrated on 256th anniversary

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:18pm on September 10, 2018

The Humans, Hampstead Theatre, review: Remarkably daring production from Edward Hall by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Insecurities stalk this bitterly funny and piercingly sad play

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:33am on September 7, 2018

Play, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London: Beyoncé's dancer is a deft and flexible performer by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Shantala Shivalingappa's show is playful, affectionate and curious.

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:06am on September 5, 2018

National Theatre boss Rufus Norris steps in for ailing lead actor 30 mins before play started by Clarisse Loughrey, Clarisse Loughrey

'I had to give a decent reading of the script. You make sure you're heard and that you're going at the right pace'

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:04am on September 4, 2018

Velvet Petal, Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, dance review: 'Sensuous and powerfully theatrical' by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Scottish Dance Theatre's Velvet Petal is packed with vivid images of seduction, transformation and discovery

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:18am on September 3, 2018

Harold Pinter was a harbinger of our age of threat by Sarah Crompton, Sarah Crompton

A new season of his one-act plays will show that time is proving the playwright right about democracy, fear and the super-rich, says Sarah Crompton

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:54am on September 3, 2018

Love's Labour's Lost, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, review: Enchantingly daft and dexterous by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

There's real delicacy of feeling in this production as well as full-blooded fun

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:42am on August 30, 2018

Mrs Doubtfire musical finally being adapted for Broadway by Heidi Quinn, Heidi Quinn

Beloved family film which starred the late Robin Williams is being adapted for the stage

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:18am on August 29, 2018

Pericles, Olivier, National Theatre, London, review: 'An uplifting achievement' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A company of 200 Londoners of all ages and backgrounds has joined forces with professional actors for this show

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:48am on August 27, 2018

Neil Simon dead: Celebrated New York playwright dies aged 91 by Roisin O'Connor, Roisin O'Connor

'Master of comedy' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1991 along with several Tony Awards

SOURCE: The Independent at 4:42am on August 27, 2018

Tamburlaine, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, review: A vivid and incisive version suggesting resonances with our own age of tyrants by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A stimulating, fluent, and strongly cast production that's trenchantly alive to Christopher Marlowe's provocative black comedy

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:48am on August 24, 2018

Edinburgh Fringe Festival: 2018: Lyn Gardner reviews international shows Home and The End of Eddy by Lyn Gardner, Lyn Gardner

The verdict on some the international shows appearing at this year's Fringe Festival

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:36am on August 24, 2018

The Prisoner, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh review: A limp, wafter-thin evening by Lyn Gardner, Lyn Gardner

It would be a crying shame if this was the show that brought down the curtain on Peter Brook's long and influential career

SOURCE: The Independent at 6:18am on August 23, 2018

La Maladie de la Mort, Lyceum, Edinburgh review: Provocative and bound to cause controversy by Lyn Gardner, Lyn Gardner

A work that speaks to how an inability to emotionally connect turns us into vampires, offering insight into the violence that men commit on themselves and women

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:54am on August 17, 2018

Emilia, Shakespeare's Globe, London - review: a landmark moment for the theatre by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor reviews the stunning Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's extraordinarily rousing new play

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:54pm on August 16, 2018

Proms 2018, Prom 44: Debussy, Ravel & Boulanger review by Alexandra Coghlan, Alexandra Coghlan

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot, Royal Albert Hall

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:42am on August 16, 2018

Edinburgh Fringe: Unconditional - What it's like performing a play as a mother daughter duo by Stefanie Mueller and Josie Dale-jones, Stefanie Mueller and Josie Dale-jones

Josie Dale-Jones and Stefanie Mueller, who co-wrote and perform Unconditional, reveal their working life at the Fringe

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:48am on August 15, 2018

Backbone, Royal Festival Hall, London, review: A circus without sequins by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Nobody is here to strike sexy poses or to act out stereotypes

SOURCE: The Independent at 9:42am on August 15, 2018

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, review - The play has never felt so strongly feminist by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Shakespeare effectively invented the sitcom with the only play he set in England in his own times

SOURCE: The Independent at 8:36am on August 15, 2018

Little Shop of Horrors, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London, review: 'You'd be mad to miss this uplifting revival' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's tongue-in-cheek 1982 musical tells the Faustian story of a hapless Skid Row florist who wins love, fame and fortune when he cultivates a rampantly bloodthirst…

SOURCE: The Independent at 7:33am on August 15, 2018
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