Rush

You don’t have to look very hard to find a regeneration area in London. We see some of them in the film footage projected onto

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Marjorie Prime

Prime—would does that word mean—in the prime of life, prime numbers? In Jordan Harrison’s Pulitzer-nominated 2014 play, made into a sci-fi film in 2017, it’s

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Aida

Staging the most spectacular of Italian operas is a logistical challenge for any company, as Verdi himself discovered when his scenery for the Cairo première

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Leaving Vietnam

America’s brutal war against Vietnam killed, according to many estimates, over a million people. It left many more people deeply traumatised. Richard Vergette’s sensitive seventy-minute

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An Inspector Calls

Many words have already been written about J B Priestley’s stage thriller An Inspector Calls, now approaching the 80th anniversary of its first performance in

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The Verdict

If you love courtroom drama, then The Verdict is probably one of the best—and even if like me it’s not really your favourite genre, this

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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

This lively musical, originally commissioned by Singapore Repertory Theatre, where it premièred in 2015, is based on a Norwegian fairytale collected by Hans Anderson. It

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Black Superhero

Olivier-nominated actor Danny Lee Wynter’s debut play as a dramatist centres on mixed-race gay black-activist actor David (played by Wynter) and some of his closest

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Hull Truck takes a twirl!

Hull Truck Theatre present everything from musicals to puppetry to plays this spring. With film screenings, workshops and events also happening this month, Hull Truck Theatre

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The Rite of Spring

Choreographer Seeta Patel’s mission is clear. She merges contemporary movement with classical Indian Bharatanatyam dance in one almighty clash of the cymbals where East meets

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