Zemira e Azor, Schwetzingen " a charming operatic treasure is unearthed

Performed at the town's Schlosstheater, this neglected fairytale work is a delight

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Lenny Henry shines in the wonderful, shocking Windrush drama August in England

Also on the London stage: Dixon and Daughters at the National Theatre

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Why must I suffer in the name of art?

'A Little Life' and other works of endurance theatre are hard work for actors " and audiences

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Russia arrests two theatre workers on 'justifying terrorism' charges

Case marks first time since Soviet era that a high-profile criminal case opens over contents of a theatre play

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Tatjana von Stein's theatre of interiors

The Sella Concept founder's first furniture collection blends dance, daring and drama

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Dancing at Lughnasa " a beautiful new staging of Brian Friel's play at the National Theatre

Also opening on the London stage: The Secret Life of Bees at the Almeida, and Temptations musical Ain't Too Proud at the Prince Edward Theatre

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Ghosts, Abbey Theatre " intense performances animate Ibsen's haunted family

Also new in Dublin: Arthur Miller's 'The Price' revived at the Gate Theatre

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Evil Dead Rise " slapstick theatre of cruelty runs out of steam

The latest in the horror series has bucketloads of gore but lacks wit

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A Streetcar Named Desire, Scottish Ballet " grace and menace in the Deep South

Tennessee Williams's play gets a sultry dance treatment at the Theatre Royal Glasgow with a beguiling Ryoichi Hirano as Stanley

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Producer John Berry: 'Subsidised theatres could learn a lot from the commercial world'

The former artistic director of ENO is putting on a new Pavarotti musical as well as old favourites

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Bravo! Boo! Audience participation is no bad thing

Rowdy theatregoers at the Whitney Houston musical are part of a theatrical tradition as old as Greece

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Hamnet, Swan Theatre " tender take on Maggie O'Farrell's novel

The relationship and tragic parenthood of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway reaches the stage

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From cycle-powered lights to recycled sets: how theatre is going green

Director Katie Mitchell's new production is touring the UK using an environmentally friendly blueprint

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Further than the Furthest Thing, Young Vic review " a volcanic contemporary classic

Plus: Dance of Death at The Coronet Theatre has bite and bitterness

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Ivo Van Hove on the theatre of trauma: 'It's devastating, in a good way'

The Belgian director and purveyor of raw emotion discusses his staging of Hanya Yanagihara's 'A Little Life', starring James Norton

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A wry staging of Tartuffe in Dublin " review

No one escapes unscathed in Frank McGuinness's version of Molière's comedy at the Abbey Theatre

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Romeo and Julie " a radical, funny modern tragedy at the National Theatre

Plus: Shakespeare confronted and reassessed in The Merchant of Venice 1936

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Lin-Manuel Miranda's Heights society

The Hamilton creator on his vision to reshape Broadway

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Immersive production Saint Jude: a hotline to the unconscious

Elements of theatre and gaming are combined in a new show that claims to let participants converse with coma patients

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Acosta Danza's Spectrum at the Linbury Theatre " five works glide by smoothly

The London programme from Carlos Acosta's company features fine dancers, but the choreographic choices are questionable

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A Streetcar Named Desire, Almeida Theatre " Paul Mescal is brilliantly brutal

Also opening in London: 'Watch on the Rhine' at the Donmar Warehouse is a second world war drama with lessons for today

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Least Like The Other, Linbury Theatre " new opera tackles the forgotten Kennedy sister

Brian Irvine and Netia Jones have created an intense piece but make some questionable choices

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Best theatre shows of 2022

A scintillating political drama, a tender Japanese film adaptation and a reimagined classic musical made our critic's list

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Five stars for L'arbore di Diana, Vienna " steamy operatic satire

Theater an der Wien delivers a real rediscovery from a contemporary of Mozart's

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Ruination, Royal Opera House review " up-tempo Medea combines tragedy and farce

Lost Dog's dance production at the Linbury Theatre is surprisingly funny and steamy

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