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The self-conscious shockers that characterised theatre in the late 20th century are fading fast from the mind. But, says Johann Hari, Tom Stoppard's magisterial 'Arcadia' has only grown in p…

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A Doll's House, Donmar Warehouse, London - Reviewed by Michael Coveney (****)

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Obituary: Andrew Downie: Director, singer and actor whose parts ranged from Gilbert and Sullivan to 'Dr Finlay's Casebook'

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Dolly Parton: Feminist heroine

Singer, businesswoman, philanthropist - and now Broadway impresario. It's time to claim the country star as a feminist icon, argues Joan Smith

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Obituary: Greg Smith: Producer of the 'Confessions' films

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Consider yourself a Muslim, Fagin

The British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili is a strange choice to take over from Rowan Atkinson in the West End production of 'Oliver!'. He tells James Rampton how he'll make the role his own

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Bart paid off the real author of 'Oliver!' musical?

The smash-hit musical was not the sole work of the man who made millions from it. Simon Wroe and Andrew Johnson report

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Calendar girls laid bare By Michael Coveney

Nudity is back on the West End stage, but this time there's less to it than meets the eye

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

First Night: Madame de Sade, Wyndhams Theatre, London By Michael Coveney (**)

A lovely-looking de Sade - alas for masochistic audiences only

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

End of the road for old-school drag queens

The misogynistic, wig-wearing female impersonator is being replaced by a sassier, more sophisticated act. Andrew Johnson reports

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Alan Ayckbourn stole my sex-swap play, writer claims

Comedy written by an unknown in the mid-1990s bears strong similarities to a production by one of the giants of British theatre. Simon Tait reports

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

First Night: Oliver! Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London By Michael Coveney (***)

Mr Bean is great but do we really need the people's choice?

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Clint Ballard Jnr: Songwriter best known for 'The Game of Love' and 'You're No Good'

He and Lee Goldsmith wrote a musical adaptation of the play Come Back Little Sheba but it never reached Broadway.

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

My secret life: Juliet Stevenson

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Mandy Patinkin, Duke of York's, London - Reviewed by Claudia Pritchard

Sarah Palin gets her own power balladeer

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Actor leaves Dury show after dispute with Langham By Arifa Akbar

Leading man says jailed comedy writer ruined script

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Robert Winder: The untimely dismissal of a most singular figure

Among his more famous accomplishments - the vivid and original theatre, the world-spanning production schedule, the screenplays, the political fury, the Nobel Prize - there is a fraternity o…

SOURCE: The Independent at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Credo: Sir Ian McKellen - Actor, 69<br> Interview by Rob Sharp

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