McMurphy, though, is an anarchic lord of misrule, who establishes regular card and basketball games on the ward, gets the rules governing TV access changed, and sexually taunts Ratched. He…
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Iphigenia review: A clumsy and unnecessary attempt to make Euripides relevant
by News Roomby News RoomThis play at the Arcola Theatre by Turkish director Serdar Biliş has a contemporary and experimental approach to Greek tragedy that doesn’t quite pull together
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Meet The Lion King’s new leads: ‘The Pride Rock prop is older than us!’
by News Roomby News Room“As performers we like to stay on top of our, physical health and mental health to give the same standard of performance anyway,” says Parker-Wallace, “But here you’ve got to…
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A Doll’s House at the Almeida Theatre review: Romola Garai is wonderfully layered in Ibsen’s tragedy
by News Roomby News RoomGarai, an actress of great poise and focus, is here all a-jitter. Her Nora is fretful, nervy, prone to blurting out unwary truths and possessed of a billowy but self-conscious…
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Copenhagen review: Dazzling but mind-boggling play about quantum theory
by News Roomby News RoomProfessional ambition, nationalism or vengeful fury could be as much of a driver of scientific thought as pure curiosity. So could a certain macho bullheadedness. Kingston’s Margrethe is a partial…
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Inter Alia review: A triumphant, freewheeling turn by Rosamund Pike
by News Roomby News RoomLike Prima Facie, Inter Alia deals with the fact that the system remains rigged against women, particularly the legal system, where convictions for rape and sexual assault are rare and…
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Closure of West End theatre is ‘catastrophic loss to the arts’, say campaigners
by News Roomby News Room“But there’s a huge body of workers underneath that top layer who need to be supported, sustained, who need opportunities to create community, to be together, to make work, to…
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The Authenticator: The legacy of slavery tackled head-on, with humour
by News Roomby News RoomAnd privilege is indeed relative: Fen, who amusingly considers herself an “outsider”, can only keep the Hall going with an annual festival and film shoots. A bodice-ripping show called The…
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the National Theatre review: Lesley Manville alone is worth the price of admission
by News Roomby News RoomThis sumptuous production features killer turns from an imperiously coquettish Manville and an amusedly saturnine Aidan Turner
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Kinky Boots review: Johannes Radebe is the saving grace of this mediocre show
by News Roomby News RoomBut oh dear, what are we to make of Matt Cardle, winner of the X Factor back in 2010, in the underwritten role of reluctant factory owner Charlie Price? The…