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Stage

  • The jailed sibling (Matt Monaco), sitting at a table, wearing a white vest and an orange jumpsuit, receives a prison visit from his brother (Blake Stadnik) in Rift

    Rift review – can a liberal and his white supremacist brother ever see eye to eye?

    Humanity and understanding permeate Gabriel Jason Dean’s play inspired by a real-life relationship but awkward questions remain unasked
  • Sami Abu Wardeh in Palestine: Peace de Resistance at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Festival.

    Palestine: Peace de Resistance review – an absurdist response to an abominable situation

  • Johnny McKnight as Dorothy Blawna-Gale at Traverse theatre, Edinburgh.

    She’s Behind You review – Christmas comes early to Edinburgh with panto songs, sweets and subversive spirit

  • ‘There was quite a buzz’ … Jon Strickland and Dominic Letts in the original 1987 production.

    ‘I’ve seen tough, rugby-playing men cowering’: how we made theatre horror The Woman in Black

  • Tyrone Huntley (Simon) left Cynthia Erivo (Jesus) center Phillipa Soo (Mary) right Jesus Christ Superstar

    Jesus Christ Superstar review – Cynthia Erivo leads rousing LA revival

  • Punk performance … Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia at the National.

    ‘We can hear their saliva’: why are so many actors suddenly using microphones?

  • Talking shop … Arinzé Kene in Alterations at the National Theatre.

    The best theatre to stream this month: tailoring comedy Alterations gets a fitting tribute

Reviews

  • K Mak at the Planetarium, at Summerhall, Edinburgh.

    K Mak at the Planetarium review – cosmic trip into the void

  • A scene from Tom at the Farm, in muted red/brown colours, showing an actor covered in mud and splashed with water

    Tom at the Farm review – a staggering study of homophobia

  • In Bed With My Brother perform Philosophy of the World at Summerhall, Edinburgh.

    Philosophy of the World review – an anarchic ode to ‘the world’s worst band’

  • slugs<br>Slugs SLUGS Sam Kruger & S E Grummett. Red Lecture Theatre at Summerhall. Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland UK 03/08/2025 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. A22U4Y, sgealbadh, A22R4S

    Creepy Boys: Slugs review – howling existential rave through modern life’s mayhem

  • Julia Dearden and Andrea Irvine in Consumed at Traverse theatre, Edinburgh.

    Consumed review – mothers and daughters clash in Women’s prize for playwriting winner

  • Rapturous affection … Rosie O'Donnell.

    Rosie O’Donnell: Common Knowledge review – sentimental sermon with a self-mocking edge

  • Michelle Collins in Motorhome Marilyn.

    Motorhome Marilyn review – Michelle Collins’ Monroe lookalike adrift on river of no return

  • The Horse of Jenin Presented by Palestine Comedy Club/The Pleasance, produced by Troupe CourageA universal story of resilience and imagination, written and performed by Palestinian comedian and actor, Alaa Shehada. Blending storytelling, mask and stand-up, the show follows the life of a boy growing up in Jenin, Occupied Palestine, who, like any child, just wants to play. After a 2002 invasion, local children and a German artist built a five-metre horse from debris, a symbol of freedom and resistance. In 2023, it was destroyed. With humour and heart, Shehada asks what became of the Horse of Jenin and rebuilds it on stage from fragments of memory, loss and hope Pleasance. Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Running from 1-24 August, Edinburgh, Scotland UK 02/08/2025 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. A22U4Y, sgealbadh, A22R4S

    The Horse of Jenin review – a funny, haunting coming-of-age tale of boyhood in occupied Palestine

Dance

  • Physical forces … Olivier Mathieu in Yoann Bourgeois’s Touch.

    Yoann Bourgeois on his mindblowing viral stair climbing act: ‘I want to return to the spirit of childhood’

    Everyone from Harry Styles to Selena Gomez has been captivated by the French choreographer’s stunning trampoline performance. Now he’s bringing a new work to the UK, featuring a revolving mirrored door and a pole dancer
  • Frenetic ensemble … Delirious Night.

    Tanz fever: a whirl through the Viennese festival where dance erupts across the city

  • Twyla Tharp’s Slacktide.

    Smart, sharp and nonstop dance: how Twyla Tharp is bossing the Venice Dance Biennale in her 80s

  • Soviet Ballet Dancers Valery Panov And His Wife Galina<br>Soviet dancer Valery Panov with his wife and ballerina Galina performing at the Royal Festival Hall on July 19, 1978 in London, England. (Photo by Nobby Clark/Popperfoto via Getty Images)

    Valery Panov obituary

  • Nightclub dancefloor

    ‘That’s where I found my family’: dancefloor devotees on hedonistic moves and healing grooves

Comedy

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    ‘I spent a month sleeping in a cupboard’: comedians on the true cost of the Fringe

  2. ‘It’s a show about powering on when the whole world wants you to stop’ … Moore.

    ‘I didn’t cry till the following year’: standup Thanyia Moore on the tragedy she turned into laughter

  3. Anton Tymoshenko in a spotlight with a mic stand on stage in Kyiv's Underground Standup club in July 2025.

    ‘War is very funny for the first couple of years’: how Russia’s invasion transformed Ukraine’s comedy scene

  4. Charlotte Otton: ‘My algorithm feeds me the worst the internet has to offer.’

    Charlotte Otton: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

Theatre

  • Robert Wilson - (c) Lucie Jansch 2011

    Robert Wilson, theatre director and visual artist, dies aged 83

  • Francesca Moody.

    Fleabag and Baby Reindeer superproducer Francesca Moody: ‘The next best play can come from anywhere’

  • Stephen Sondheim At Michigan State University<br>View of American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (1930 - 2021) on stage during an event in the Michigan State University Auditorium, East Lansing, Michigan, February 12, 1997. (Photo by Douglas Elbinger/Getty Images)

    ‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection

  • ‘It was more fun than I’d ever imagined’ … Michael Gambon as Falstaff in Henry IV.

    The play that changed my life: ‘Michael Gambon’s offstage anarchy as Falstaff made the show better’

Pictures & video

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    Mballet dance academy in Thembisa, South Africa – in pictures

    Mballet is a small dance academy in the Winnie Mandela section of Tembisa township in South Africa. It was created not just to teach ballet but to open doors in a community where resources are few and dreams often feel out of reach
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  • Ayano Akai with dancers of The National Ballet of Japan backstage during Etudes as part of a performance of Ballet Coffret in Tokyo

    ‘Beautiful form isn’t enough’: National Ballet of Japan – picture essay

  • A scene from Into the Wild by Murmuration, part of Gala de Danza

    All the right moves: the London premiere of Gala de Danza

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  • Susannah Fielding (Titania/Hippolyta) in A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Re-met by moonlight: A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to the Bridge

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  • Tony awards fan trail

    Tony awards 2025: red carpet looks and best of the show

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You may have missed

  1. Sylvia Young, photographed in a dance studio at her Theatre School in central London. 1 April 2022

    Sylvia Young obituary

  2. ‘My consciousness exploded’ … Paul Foot.

    ‘I’d had 28 years of depression – now it was gone’: Comic Paul Foot on three seconds that changed his life

  3. ‘The quiet desperation of the unfulfilled’ … Dervla Kirwan, Brian Cox and Ardal O'Hanlon) in Josie Rourke’s production of The Weir at Wyndham’s theatre, London, in 2014.

    Cheers to The Weir! What makes Conor McPherson’s mysterious pub drama so mesmerising?

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