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Black Sabbath: The Ballet review – riveting riffs, endless kisses and flying limbs

Three choreographers use inspiringly orchestrated tracks from the city’s heavy metal legends to spring some surprises

The Guardian - UK

That Face review – stunning revival will tear right through you

Revelatory performances fill this devastating production of Polly Stenham’s play about a family ripped apart by addiction and loneliness

The Guardian - UK

Ainadamar review – a defiant and impassioned defence of freedom

Welsh National Opera mount Osvaldo Golijov’s opera about the assassinated Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca – a fiercely evocative piece with the feel of a passion play

The Guardian - UK

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Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet review – more compelling than ever

Set in an asylum, the choreographer’s bleak yet passionate adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragic romance triumphs in a newly honed revival

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Rock Follies; The Crown Jewels – review

The wit and sharpness of the 70s TV series about a pioneering all-female band is partially captured in a spirited stage adaptation. As for Simon Nye’s new regal romp, the more off-script the better

The Guardian - UK

Iconic Broadway musical West Side Story will be performed at India’s Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, Mumbai

Love, cadence and music collide as the Broadway runaway hit comes to Bombay for the first time

The Hindu

Lily Allen halts The Pillowman play after audience member ‘collapses’

Actor and singer plays a writer of disturbing short stories in revival of dark Martin McDonagh play

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Rock Follies review – girl power pioneers earn their encore

Based on the 70s TV drama, this musical depicts patriarchal power structures in the music industry which haven’t changed much in five decades

The Guardian - UK

Word-Play review – amusing riffs on slippery language and politicians

Daring production ranges boldly from very funny Westminster satire to suffering families at the sharp end of Home Office policy

The Guardian - UK

Miss Saigon review – slick machine of a musical rather than a radical rewrite

Billed as an opportunity to reframe Boublil and Schönberg’s original, this is more of a tweak but it is a visually captivating production

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love to close in West End three months early

Show received a two-star review from The Independent

The Independent UK

The Pillowman review – Lily Allen fails to deliver visceral punch

In this revival of Martin McDonagh’s play about child mutilation, tyranny and freedom of expression, the twists and turns between comic and macabre sadly do not come off

The Guardian - UK

42nd Street at Sadler’s Wells review: when its star is onstage this love letter to Broadway is pure pleasure

There’s something about the sheer, silly exhilaration of tap that’s downright irresistible

Evening Standard

Assassins review – Sondheim’s dark study of aspiring presidential killers

Polly Findlay’s production underlines the way these left-behinds and psychopaths invert the American dream

The Guardian - UK

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Manchester Evening News

Review: No Pay? No Way! at Royal Exchange Theatre - belly laughs in the dark and an important question

This brilliantly funny adaptation is skilfully realised, but the real issues are deadly serious, says Rob Williams.

Manchester Evening News

Review: The King and I at the Palace Theatre

"The show, like the relationship between Anna and the King, grows on you slowly yet surely"

The Guardian - UK

BRB2 review – great start for Carlos Acosta’s young squad

Birmingham company’s offshoot ranges from classical showpieces to modern shorts, allowing its dancers to tackle roles usually kept for principals

The Independent UK

The Week on Stage: From Dancing at Lughnasa to Ain’t Too Proud

A guide to the week’s theatre

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Chronicle Live

The Lion King at Sunderland Empire is a feast for the senses as Disney magic rules over Wearside

Hit Disney musical The Lion King has begun its seven week run at the Sunderland Empire in sensational style

The Guardian - UK

Black Superhero review – original queer drama with plenty of kapow

Part satire, part serious drama, Danny Lee Wynter’s story of gay love and acting slowly reveals its emotional powers

Manchester Evening News

"A world with only 140 words a day... and Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman" Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons review

"That two of our best-loved actors can create such unlikeable characters on stage is testament to their extraordinary talent"

Liverpool Echo

I went to see ABBA Voyage and it was jaw-dropping

A once-in-a-lifetime experience from Eurovision's greatest ever export

The Guardian - UK

Greek tragedies like Medea are an ethical nightmare. That’s why we need them

Ancient classics can reinforce patriarchal lies about women, but they also take us back to the origins of pernicious narratives, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

Manchester Evening News

Peaky Blinders is back in Manchester - this time with dance shoes

"This is dance for people who don't usually watch dance"

Evening Standard

Our pick of playwright James Graham’s ten best works, as new National Theatre Gareth Southgate play announced

There are few playwrights doing it better than Graham

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