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Alicia Vikander's guide to London: martinis at Claridge’s, Primrose Hill Books and Lime biking

As the Oscar-winning actress returns to the London stage, here’s where she’ll be spending her time in the capital

Evening Standard

Alicia Vikander to make West End debut in Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea

The Oscar winner, 36, admitted she was both ‘thrilled’ and daunted by the challenge, admitting: ‘... it's my first time on stage as an adult’

Evening Standard

Innocence review – monumental achievement shows how essential opera can be

Adelaide festival Finnish opera of staggering depth by Kaija Saariaho and directed by Simon Stone, set in the aftermath of a school shooting

The Guardian - AU

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Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

The contemporary opera Innocence, directed by Australian Simon Stone, will headline the 2025 Adelaide Festival.

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Opera about a school shooting's aftermath has its US premiere in San Francisco

The aftermath of a school shooting is the subject of an opera, “Innocence,” that will get its U.S. premiere in San Francisco beginning June 1

The Independent UK

One of London’s best-preserved Huguenot houses in Spitalfields hits the market for £4 million

The house is 303 years old, and would originally have been home to a wealthy Huguenot merchant

Evening Standard

Manchester United takeover twist as Sheikh Jassim 'exclusivity' claim made

The Man Utd takeover has taken a twist with reports claiming Sheikh Jassim is set to be granted exclusivity in the negotiating process ahead of Sir Jim Ratcliffe

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‘One of the most important works of our time’ – inside Innocence, Kaija Saariaho’s school-shooting opera

Sung in nine languages, with music by one of the world’s most acclaimed composers, Innocence comes to the UK this month. The team behind it reveal how it drew on everything from The Last Supper to Finnish cowherding music

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

The Guardian - UK

National Theatre’s Phaedra review: suicide tragedy leaves a bad taste

Suicide is an act so shocking and violent that it undoes not only sensation, memory and feeling, but meaning. Poet and novelist Ocean Vuong describes how it unpicks even the connective tissue of language.

The Conversation

The week in theatre: Phaedra; Sylvia; Standing at the Sky’s Edge – review

Lyttelton; Old Vic; Olivier, LondonJanet McTeer is mighty in Simon Stone’s electric remaking of myth; dance, not speech, powers Kate Prince’s suffragette musical; and Richard Hawley’s paean to Sheffield finds a home from home

The Guardian - UK

Phaedra at the National Theatre review: Janet McTeer leads a fine cast in Simon Stone’s must-see show

A high-spec, richly-textured chamber extravaganza

Evening Standard

Our pick of the 50 best plays of the 21st century

The last two decades have been full of extraordinary theatre – it’s a thrilling indication of what’s ahead of us when doors reopen

Evening Standard

Director Simon Stone: ‘My heroes are women’

The innovative Australian director who successfully cast Billie Piper in Yerma is now reframing Phaedra as a postmenopausal love story with Janet McTeer

The Guardian - UK

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Declan Rice 'lucky' to avoid major injury during West Ham's Premier League draw against Leeds

Leeds United's Rodrigo caught Declan Rice with a high challenge during West Ham United's 2-2 draw and BBC journalist Simon Stone says the injury could have been worse if it was 'the other way'

The Independent UK

Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town

Call it bel canto in the Rust Belt

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