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The week in theatre: Machinal; Blue Beard; The Cord – review

Richard Jones’s supercharged staging of Sophie Treadwell’s 1920s masterpiece hits like a fist; Emma Rice subverts a dark fairytale with circus gaiety; and a young couple unravel beautifully in Bijan Sheibani’s latest

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Check tickets, play a dragon, feed the cat: the volunteers who go all out to keep theatres going

Offering up their time and energy, unpaid staff have become a crucial support for an embattled industry. They explain what’s in it for them

The Guardian - UK

‘We were just hustling to be there’: beatboxer Conrad Murray on bringing working-class voices to theatre

His passion for music took him from the estate to the arts. Now, ahead of his new show Pied Piper, the writer and rapper inspires a new generation as Beatbox Academy’s artistic director

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Exit, pursued by stress: bosses of smaller UK theatres quit in droves

String of vacancies at regional arts venues grows as funding and staffing crisis worsens

The Guardian - UK

Apple opens new store at Battersea Power Station

Outlet is first in Europe of a “next generation” format with high levels of sustainablity and accessiblity

Evening Standard

London’s smaller cultural venues at risk from soaring rents

Many of London’s small museums, galleries, theatres and music venues are struggling to access long-term or affordable leases

Evening Standard

Regional theatres are on their knees – support your local one

Covid cut off the communal experience of live performance and venues have taken a battering. Let’s return and reconnect

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Tanz review – gross-out body-horror ballet is an unlikely laugh

Florentina Holzinger’s show has inspired audience walkouts but others stay and cheer at its bloody-minded audacity

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Pick of the BBC Proms 2022: Presenters on the concerts they can’t wait to see

From the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, to a celebration of Aretha Franklin and the music of video games, BBC TV presenters on the Proms not to miss this summer

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