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Is King Lear a mountain or molehill? How to play the tragic monarch and ‘stupid old fart’

Paul Scofield, Ian McKellen and Glenda Jackson have all redefined Shakespeare’s unpredictable ruler – a role in which actors usually succeed

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Metamorphosis review – Lemn Sissay adaptation is more poetic than dramatic

This staging of Kafka’s story is physically exciting, even tireless, but it hits an early peak of terror then has nowhere to go for two hours

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After Amadeus: Brian Cox as Bach is theatre’s latest orchestral manoeuvre

Oliver Cotton’s The Score, a new drama about Bach’s confrontation with Frederick II, continues a rich tradition of plays about great composers

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King Stakh’s Wild Hunt review – operatic fairytale of rebellions and false myths has present-day echoes

Belarusian and Ukrainian performers come together in this creepy and atmospheric haunted house story

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‘I threw my pop records in the bin’: George Benjamin on his defining moments – and his latest opera

As Picture a day Like this comes to the London stage, the composer speaks about finding his dream collaborator, entering ‘a different dimension’ with Olivier Messiaen – and the day Disney changed his life

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‘The most dangerous stage I’ve ever been on’: the wildest performances of Wagner’s Ring

Gods! Dragons! Horned helmets! Swords! Valkyries! The 15-hour apocalyptic epic is about to explode onto the Royal Opera stage. But what’s the best way to tackle ‘the ultimate opera’?

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The best theatre to stream this month: Rufus Norris’s barmy take on Sleeping Beauty, Ian McKellen unmasked and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes the warped fairytale Hex, Neil LaBute’s dark relationship comedy and a classic Gilbert & Sullivan romp

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Carlos at 50 review – Acosta’s gorgeous birthday bash with friends and family

There’s less gravity defying, more gravitas as the Cuban star makes a dazzling return to the Royal Opera House in a seamless show of crowd-pleasing highs

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The Australian Ballet: Jewels review – lots of glitter but no gold

George Balanchine’s choreography is gorgeous to look at, and there are standout individual performances, but it really needs more lush grandeur

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The week in classical: Itch; Semele; Prom 16: Hallé/Elder – review

Jonathan Dove transforms Simon Mayo’s ripping yarn into an exhilarating instant classic; it’s Thebes by way of Port Talbot in Adele Thomas’s Glyndebourne debut; and all hail the Hallé

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No for An Answer review – touching moments but Blitzstein’s ‘play with music’ offers at best curiosity value

Part of Grimeborn opera festival, Marc Blitzstein’s 1941 work has here an economical production and strong and committed cast, but it’s no forgotten masterpiece

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Carlos at 50 review – stunning tricks and charisma to burn

Of course Acosta has lost a little bounce after half a century, but the Cuban master still dances with care, specificity and dramatic flair

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Semele review – outstanding mezzos enliven dour take on Handel’s tale of desire

Joélle Harvey and Jennifer Johnston are ravishing, and the chorus sensational, but Adele Thomas’s staging feels neither funny nor erotic enough for what is essentially a barbed Restoration comedy

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Itch review – a tale of chemistry, corporate muscle and kidnap

Based on Simon Mayo’s children’s books, OHP’s mainstage premiere features a nerdy teenager, radioactive rocks, greedy executives and a stunning Tetris-like set

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La Bohème review – fine performances but Puccini is swamped by busy staging

Although musically very strong and with Katie Bird a lovely Mimi, Natascha Metherell’s relocation of Puccini’s bohemians to a 1950s film studio brings as many distractions as it does insights

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Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras: Alma review – mesmerising power and fluency

The Spanish star kicks off London’s annual Flamenco festival with a dazzling bolero-infused tribute to her late father

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They review – Maxine Peake’s powerful delivery leaves us wanting more

The actor’s controlled inner outrage reels us in with this eerily prescient tale from 1977 of a dystopia in which art is criminalised

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The best theatre to stream this month: Like Water for Chocolate, Heart and more

Our roundup of the drama to enjoy at home in July includes a glorious adaptation of the Laura Esquivel novel and Saoirse Ronan in The Tragedy of Macbeth

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A Playlist for the Revolution review – Hong Kong romcom turns serious

Set against a backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, AJ Yi’s thought-provoking and zingy culture-clash comedy contrasts online bedroom activism with the real thing

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Review: The Faggots and Their Friends Between The Revolutions at Manchester International Festival

This masterpiece does not rewrite history, it radically retells it

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The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions review – unforgettable celebration of queer activism

At times chaotic but never less than virtuosic, Philip Venables’ take on Larry Mitchell’s 70s manifesto is gritty but sensual and extravagant

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Tarantino Live review – a megamix of songs, speeches and severed ears

Spattered with blood and brains, this blend of cabaret and cosplay brings together Quentin Tarantino’s career highlights with flashes of divine inspiration

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‘We sing the word faggot lovingly, hundreds of times’: inside Manchester’s queerest show

Composer Philip Venables and director Ted Huffman’s previous shows have caused panic attacks. How will The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions go down? Ahead of its premiere, the duo talk f-words, love-ins and the capitalist patriarchy

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Scouts! The Musical review – family show wins gold badges for enthusiasm

Be prepared to be won over to the pleasures of scouting by Gigglemug’s winning mix of knots, knockabout games and infectious songs

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Robin Hood The Legend. Re-Written review – inventive take on outlaw tale

With anarchic comedy, songs and merry gender twists in Carl Grose’s version, the folk hero of Sherwood Forest blazes a fresh trail of must-see summer fun

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