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From Frozen II to Anselm Kiefer, here's our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
(Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, 2019, US) 103 mins Continue r…
York Theatre Royal Fugard's profound examination of a South African family ripped apart by a workplace accident is devastatingly brilliant
Hello. Goodbye. These two small, unassuming words b…
Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonElectrifying performances light up a glittering New York Christmas story in this warm-hearted, tuneful two-hander
On Christmas Eve, puppyish twentysomething…
Unicorn theatre, LondonThis take on Oscar Wilde's story of a family moving into their spooky new home is a child-friendly blend of gothic horror and quirky comedy
There's a little bit for ev…
Gate theatre, LondonDespite Temi Wilkey's best efforts, including rolling in slime, Tue Biering's play can't decide whether it is a critique of utopianism or a message of reassurance
'I've s…
Lyceum Theatre, New York
Jack Thorne's Broadway transfer of the Christmas classic is sentimental but moving and boasts a host of surprises
Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol has always been…
Shaftesbury theatre, LondonSongs of the prolific Swedish tunesmith are shoehorned into a silly Shakespeare-derived story for this misguided West End musical
Romeo and Juliet, the starting po…
After a catastrophic fire gutted the building, Melbourne's theatre community banded together to resurrect one of its most prized spaces
When Betty Burstall, a young Melbourne teacher, put he…
From the Chinese scene in Nutcracker to the Moor in Petrushka, are some ballets now offensively outdated? We ask big names in dance if they should be preserved, changed " or binned
It's Chri…
Call Me By Your Name star to appear in Amy Herzog's 4,000 Miles at Old Vic theatre
The Old Vic is bringing TimotheÌe Chalamet to the London stage next spring in a production of 4,000 Mile…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCarlos Acosta's Havana-based troupe makes no wrong steps in charming, evocative and sharply technical mixed bill
It's only three years since Cuban ballet star Carlos Ac…
Larry David took the role of "Larry David" onscreen. But how close are such characters to real life? Three comics starring as versions of themselves reveal where they draw the line
Fans of t…
Noël Coward theatre, LondonSam Tutty shines as the lonely student who fabricates a friendship with a dead boy, but this award-winning musical has plot holes
This musical arrives from the …
Susanne Oberbeck sings sexually charged songs in a German accent while standing topless and sporting a moustache " and at last she's found an audience that understands her
In 2003, Susanne O…
In the past 18 months the actor has become a student, a mother and a more mindful public voice: 'I'm actively trying to be more like me'
Sitting at a picnic table in the sun, Yael Stone, 34,…
The movie adaptation of the Lloyd Webber musical appalled viewers when its first trailer launched four months ago. Now a new one is here, has it improved things?
Four months. It's been four …
The Egg, BathMurray Lachlan Young and Joe Allen deliver a sinister epic about a seven-year-old who inherits his ancestral home
Murray Lachlan Young is a born storyteller " even his name has …
The secrets of the spellbinding West End production are unlocked in a new book that contains previously unseen sketches and designs Continue reading...
Park theatre, LondonAnna Akhmatova is forced to choose between artistic integrity and saving her son in Olivia Olsen's play
In 1935, Anna Akhmatova began writing Requiem in Soviet Russia. He…
Thursford Collection, NorfolkA fever-dream of outrageous talent and suffocating joy, this extravaganza must be seen to be believed, albeit just the once
I close my eyes and can see only sequ…
The actor and standup on the things that make him laugh the most
It would have to be when I saw Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip. I also love anything by Eddie Izzard. Continue readin…
Prince Edward theatre; Southwark Cathedral; Wilton's Music Hall, LondonRichard Eyre's Mary Poppins revival soars, TS Eliot's verse drama struggles under the weight of its gravitas, and Much …
Fairfield Halls, LondonThe perky comic provides plenty of material and eye-rolling at how the other half live but some of the jokes flatline
Some marry for love, some for money, and some " y…
Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonA spectacular Princess Aurora graces a Royal Ballet favourite in dire need of an update, while Merce Cunningham isn't best served by Rambert's latest…
Crucible, SheffieldSilence is both golden and frustrating in Charlotte Keatley's play about four generations of women featuring deaf actors
Fingersmiths theatre company specialises in "ways …
