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Created in 1960, Frederick Ashton's ballet is a story of village lovers
This musical tells the real-life story of a young man who becomes trapped in the cave he has discovered in 1920s Kentucky
Joshua Schmidt, composer for Adding Machine: The Musical, tells how this show asks us to look closer at ourselves, and to feel compassion and empathy as we fall into a most uncertain abyss
Dominic Cooper plays hedonistic 17th Century rake the Earl of Rochester in this sexually charged play by award-winning playwright Stephen Jeffreys
The 93-strong cast ranges from alumni of the National Youth Dance company to first-time dancers, from children to the theatre's Company of Elders
John Malkovich's play never feels like a Hollywood-star-does-serious-theatre vanity project
The film adaptation, directed by Danny Boyle, was a hit success at the box office in 1996
To mark the centenary of Roald Dahl's birth, theatre company Les Enfants Terribles joined forces with Bompas and Parr to serve up his 1979 children's book as an immersive theatrica…
A beautiful and painfully perceptive portrait of a family and the frictions that arise when grown-up children try to push beyond the confines of their loving parents' expectations
It's no wonder that Ryszard Kapucsinski's 1978 book appeals to theatre-makers, says Paul Taylor
As the London premiere of A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur takes place, director Michael Oakley talks about the lesser known works of Tennessee Williams and the similarities between this and …
Gregory S Moss's 2009 play is now receiving its UK premiere
Founded by Ailey in 1958, the company became the most high-profile and influential African-American modern dance ensemble, mixing modern and contemporary styles with roots in black culture
Some may feel it is a bit too school-of-Enron for comfort
Maxine Peake has starred as Martha Costello QC in Silk on BBC1, followed by two series of Grace Middleton in period drama The Village. Now she is playing Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams…
Zoe Lewis's new play, starring Sadie Frost, is based on true events
Antony Sher played a memorable Fool to Michael Gambon's Lear at the RSC in 1982. Now he returns to the tragedy as the lead
Owen McCafferty takes what could have been a hackneyed scenario " middle-aged marriage rocked by the imputation of infidelity " and gives it a raw contemporary twist
John Logan and Alex Timbers are on board as playwright and director respectively
A slick production of an abbreviated version of Shakespeare's comedy
His stories might seem like a golden ticket, but endless stage and screen versions risk over-exposure
Playwright Atiha Sen Gupta explains how her new play Counting Stars, set in a nightclub toilet, makes an audience face up to our current climate of fear
Music hall meets domestic drama in this revival of John Osborne's classic play
Scottish Ballet's new double bill for the Edinburgh Festival is ambitious, tough and danced with fierce conviction
