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The festival theatre’s artistic director wants to up ‘the gasp factor’, balance radicalism with ‘bums on seats’ — and bring big money to Scottish arts
The choreographer’s newest work uses its cast of young dancers to summon the feel of a party in the desert
Heroin addiction and musical theatre are uneasy bedfellows in this Irvine Welsh adaptation at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket
He and his Sinfonia of London range from Ravel and Rachmaninov to Broadway tunes — and are a hot ticket at the BBC Proms
Timothy Sheader’s staging at the London Palladium holds up a mirror to influencer culture with panache
The 2014 film, based on a real-life story of Eighties Britain, becomes a five-star spectacle at London’s National Theatre
Hopes for deal conclusion soon with theatre group’s private equity owner Providence in the next month
Returning to London’s National Theatre almost two decades after its premiere, this acclaimed production feels as groundbreaking as ever
The hit 2010s show returns with an earnest charm that feels out of step with the times
Four office workers whose lives have stiffened into loneliness are at the centre of a satisfying staging at London’s Arcola Theatre
A famous actor is offered a role he cannot refuse in this clear-eyed portrait of life under dictatorship
How the Gladiator II star fell in love with the city in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains
This year marks the centenary of the births of two musicians who pushed the music in radically new directions
An insider guide to the best and most unexpected places to listen, from grand halls and churches to underground jazz clubs and hidden barns
28-year-old Martina Russomanno brings luminescent, supple singing to this night of Rossini, flush with Sicilian colour and puppets
At the Young Vic, Alexander Zeldin turns the everyday life of a care home into two challenging hours of theatre
They’re the most atmospheric places in town for non-classical concerts — sacred spaces with divine acoustics that draw acclaimed artists from around the world
The Oscar-nominated actors play devout Christian parents in a Norwegian coastal town, where polarised ideologies begin to clash
The quietly powerful Channel 4 show follows Hawes’ nun as she falls for Paapa Essiedu’s priest
Fuelled by viral videos and a desire for authentic nightlife, a new generation of jazz fans is flocking to spots like Caveau de la Huchette, 38Riv and La Gare-Le Gore
A middling staging is made up for by astonishing performances in Verdi’s biblical ‘Nabucco’
The Spanish actor is terrific as a filmmaker-patriarch shooting a film with the child he once abandoned
Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Native American singers, Brent Michael Davids’ premiere is a roll-call of atrocities against Indigenous peoples
The poet and curator was at the forefront of US efforts to project its high art as forcefully as its military might abroad — an idea that now looks dead
The actor and the playwright’s latest collaboration ‘Grace Pervades’ is a study of Victorian thespian royalty
