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On my radar: Lesley Sharp’s cultural highlights

The actor on her love of dance, the reality TV series Below Deck and what helps her to write

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2023

‘God, I really need a pint after that’: actors on the toll of dying on stage night after night

What’s it like to expire every evening, often in devastating, drawn-out scenes? Nathan Lane, Josette Simon and more talk about how playing death messes with their minds – and describe the ‘de-role’ rituals that bring them back

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023

Werther review – Kaufmann heads strong cast in stylishly sung and fabulously played revival

This revival of Benoît Jacquot’s 2004 staging of Massenet’s tragedy sees Antonio Pappano and his orchestra on top form. Kaufmann was not at full strength but Aigul Akhmetshina’s Charlotte shone

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023

42nd Street review – frivolous fantasy given punch, precision and panache

This classic song-and-dancer directed by Jonathan Church has a tight ensemble cast and sunny vibes throughout

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023

The week in theatre: Aspects of Love; Rose; The Shape of Things – review

A superb cast, including opera star Danielle de Niese, elevates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s plodding 80s musical; Maureen Lipman gives a one-woman masterclass; and Neil LaBute’s romcom gets a sharp, funny revival

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

‘They don’t know the rules’: actors hit back at theatregoers phoning, drinking and fighting

What’s it like to star in a play when audience members watch football, ring friends, open lagers or pass round entire chickens? Actors vent their anger at the ‘Netflix mindset’ of the new post-Covid generation

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

Encore! Surefire shows returning for the Edinburgh festival in 2023

In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

Aspects of Love review – a preposterous blast from the past

Michael Ball returns to sing Love Changes Everything, this time as the uncle, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of romantic entanglements

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – giddy shenanigans with a brilliantly chaotic Puck

This bright, bold show tries to balance humour and darkness but tends to land on the silly side of things

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2023

Wozzeck review – Gerhaher’s victim shuffles towards disaster in nuanced staging

Deborah Warner’s focused and vivid new production avoids caricature, and, with superb singing and Antonio Pappano’s conducting, drama and music dovetail perfectly

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023