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Don’t cry for me, all you boozers! The trouble with shifting Evita’s big balcony number from stage to street

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick catch on?

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Brecht’s answer to Beckett’s question

Letters: The Solution | Thames Water bonuses | Ofwat fines | Football shirts

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Renee Goddard obituary

Actor and script editor who oversaw programmes at ATV and introduced foreign drama to Channel 4

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Guide to the classics: Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread

Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our earliest surviving piece of standalone literary criticism. It has had a profound influence on storytelling ever since.

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Why you should swap the crowded French Riviera for Marseille’s lesser-known shores

Nice local Chloe Braithwaite finds respite from the summer crowds of the Cote d'Azur in the sleepy towns that surround France’s oldest city

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Eddie Redmayne’s Emcee performance has caused uproar – but there is more to this Cabaret than meets the eye

Eddie Redmayne’s performance at the 2024 Tony Awards in June has been a hot topic among theatre fans. British director Rebecca Frecknall’s imaginative revival of Cabaret (1966) opened in London in 2021 and on Broadway in April 2024. Broadway critics have not been as overwhelmingly positive as London’s – and…

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Glued to Hitler: what Brecht’s overlooked collages tell us about how fascism takes hold

Throughout his life, the great German playwright made punky montages that explored how fascism infested the country he had to flee. Why have they taken so long to come to light?

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Barrie Kosky carves his name with The Threepenny Opera

Barrie Kosky's version of The Threepenny Opera is tipped to become a definitive production of the Brecht and Weill masterpiece.

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The Threepenny Opera review – Barrie Kosky’s deliciously entertaining take on Brecht

The director brings great urgency and panache to this scathing critique of capitalism, with knockout performances in a bold and seductive show

The Guardian - AU

Front row at the wedding from hell: a toast to theatre’s marital ding-dongs

Party punch-ups, brides in disguise, simmering family rancour … playwrights have cordially invited audiences to some nightmarish nuptials

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Palestinians are freedom fighters, says Muneer

At an IUML event in Kozhikode, M.K. Muneer, MLA and IUML leader, called Palestinians fighting for their land "freedom fighters". He condemned Israel's actions as a "genocide" and quoted German poet Bertolt Brecht to show the resilience of the children in Palestine.

The Hindu

Shows to look out for at this year’s Edinburgh Festivals

THIS year’s Edinburgh Festivals open in the coming days.

The National (Scotland)

Glenda Jackson obituary

Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MP

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Robert Falls leaves an indelible legacy at the Goodman Theatre as his final season ends

Under his leadership, the Goodman produced more than 150 world premieres. It also sent more than two dozen shows to Broadway, where they garnered 22 Tony Awards.

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‘Europe is in a dangerous place’: Theatre Olympics staged against a backdrop of war

Festival curtain rises to debate – and discontent – over the role of drama, censorship and Russian artists

The Conversation

Schmigadoon!: darker musical influences make season two a more complex, but satisfying watch

Warning: the following article contains spoilers for Schmigadoon! series one and two.

Evening Standard

The Good Person of Szechwan at the Lyric Hammersmith review: slick, kitsch and buckets of fun

There’s a distinctive feel to Lyric Hammersmith shows that’s like nothing you’ll find at other London theatres

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Canberra festival with a child's heart

The Director of the Canberra International Music Festival fizzes with enthusiasm

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The Good Person of Szechwan review – Brecht’s parable gets a bold revamp

Anthony Lau brings rich cultural authenticity to the stinging China-set capitalist critique – as well as slides and giant frogs

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The week in classical: The Decision; The Dream of Gerontius; Soloists of the CBSO – review

Birmingham Opera Company regroup, and the CBSO triumph in Elgar’s great oratorio as the city’s rich musical life thrives. And shock and anger as the BBC Singers are axed

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The Decision review – didactic, two-dimensional and dramatically obvious

Bertolt Brecht’s tale of four agitators dispatched from Soviet Russia to foment revolution in pre-communist China is almost a parody of previous Birmingham Opera Company productions

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Marie Straub obituary

French film-maker who challenged the primacy of narration and orthodox notions of realism

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‘Eclectic range’ of first-timers come together in Doncaster Brecht update

National and Cast theatres assemble diverse Doncastrians who just ‘would not have met any other way’

Los Angeles Times

Appreciation: The radical majesty of British theater director Peter Brook

I've been fortunate to have met a number of geniuses in my years as a theater critic but only one who was a true sage.

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An ever innovative director, Peter Brook reminded us how high the stakes of theatre can be

I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.

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