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James Brining’s first production as Lyceum artistic director finds humour and humanity in a finely etched ensemble

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4/5 Composer Colin Matthews has produced his first opera and sprung a huge surprise with this ambitious work at Aldeburgh Festival

INTERVIEW: The star of cult classics including ‘Bound’ and ‘Face/Off’ is once again stealing scenes, this time in an action thriller called ‘High Rollers’. She speaks to Adam White about the trauma of being in ‘Showgirls’, how it takes 20 years for her films to be embraced, and why she…

With a Chekhov-inspired libretto by William Boyd, this ‘opera within an opera’ had an excellent cast and a lucid staging. Another brand new work by Colin Matthews – his vivid Quartet No 6 – featured the following morning

When Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998, lawyer Philippe Sands was part of the prosecution. As his book about the case comes out, he talks to the Colombian novelist about literature and justice

Cate Blanchett is magnetic – and maddening – as faded actor Arkadina in Chekhov’s supreme play about writers. Plus, James Graham’s bracing real-life drama of actions and consequences hits home

5/5 Blanchett delivers an highly skillful performance in director Thomas Ostermeier’s meta production of the Chekhov class

Thomas Ostermeier’s masterful staging has tremendous performances from a cast including Tom Burke, Emma Corrin and Kodi Smit-McPhee