Sanctuary

Cassie has decided to hide out in her basement from the growing right-wing unrest in the American city where she lives in Christine Rose’s topical

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Jack and the Beanstalk

It’s a sign of a successful panto when the performers are struggling to continue because they can’t stop laughing. There are two action-stopping moments in

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Madama Butterfly

It is 21 years since the première of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production for the Royal Opera, since which time there have been many

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The Nutcracker

As seasonal as Christmas pudding, turkey, stuffing and sprouts, Nutcrackers get family audiences out for their postprandial annual treat, tonight filling the five-thousand-plus-seater Royal Albert Hall.

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The Legends of Them

Sutara Gayle, AKA Lorna Gee, is a celebrated actor and reggae singer. As solo performer for the entire show, Gayle sings and acts out her

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Great start with the entrance of Fleshcreep (Richard Meek) magnificently attired (Elizabeth Dennis) and straight into boos and “oh no you won’t”. He is joined

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The Invention of Love

A longish evening (three hours if you include the interval) of donnish talk about classical poetry and male-on-male love won’t be everyone’s taste, but, though

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

This is director Rebecca Frecknall’s third Tennessee Williams for the Almeida after Olivier-winning Summer and Smoke and A Streetcar Named Desire, soon to be briefly back in the

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Cyrano

Virginia Gay’s romantic comedy, Cyrano, could almost have been a party. There are dances, songs, and an audience wearing party hats chucking streamers across the

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Sleeping Beauty

This is a jolly rendition of Sleeping Beauty, which starts with the familiar story then, retaining the plot, largely leaves convention behind. So it starts

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A Christmas Carol

First performed in 1992 and staged only fitfully since then, Northern Ballet’s version of A Christmas Carol is further proof of the company’s flair for creating enthralling

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