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The Taming of the Shrew: It’s Shakespeare… but Woke

A witty, tongue-in-cheek adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic reimagines 16th century Padua as a matriarchy, challenging sexist assumptions

The Mikado - Stylish Set, Passé Plot

3.5 stars The Mikado is perhaps the most well-known of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Victorian-era comic operas, famously set in Japan. Why Japan, one might wonder? Back in 1885, it was all about keeping political satire hidden in plain sight. By setting their scenes in fantastical or wildly foreign

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

A show bound to make you pine for a relationship or send you running scared

The Music of the Night

A joyful celebration of musical theatre

Birmingham Royal Ballet Mixed Bill: A three-course meal

Birmingham Royal Ballet is on tour at Sadler’s Wells with a three-part mixed bill to suit anyone’s taste. Three separate pieces by different minds to dive into. The first piece, A Brief Nostalgia (directed by Jack Lister) is unsettling. Two large slates. One dancer. Her shadow cast on

BEAT: A breath of fresh air

Dance reconstructed for the modern audience

The Magic Flute - Mozart’s classic

It isn’t easy to picture a more magical setting than sitting in the historical auditorium of the Royal Opera House as you listen to the overture, eagerly waiting for the curtain to rise. Back for its seventh revival at Covent Garden, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) manages

A fairytale on Old Compton Street - Soho Cinders

Anne Boleyn, from Six, and Jamie, from Jamie, shine as hearts are broken and political careers are ended

Frankenstein: Resurrected for the Modern Day

Forget the body horror of the original - this monster is a cold and calculating AI from the future, a relentless killing machine that will chill you to the core

Felix Arts: Interview with Anita-Joy Uwajeh

Anita-Joy is playing Roxane, the heroine in Jamie Lloyd’s upcoming production of Cyrano de Bergerac

Gaslight- A Play About Mental Delusion

Gaslight is a production raising important facts about the realities of mental abuse

[Blank]- Giving Justice to Women’s Voices

[Blank] focuses on bringing women in the criminal justice system back into the dialogue