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‘We put Disney in the bin’: Victoria Hamilton-Barritt on being theatre’s top Christmas villain

She starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights while eight months pregnant and played Cinderella’s stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s abruptly closed musical. Now Hamilton-Barritt has bounced back as a tormented ogress in Hex

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The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration review – looking forward with friends

World premieres, old favourites and a ballet legend in the house make for a memorable gala evening

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Pinocchio review – a truly bold take on Carlo Collodi’s classic

Mosquitos, cats and smartly defined morals feature in a complex and well-crafted reimagining of the beloved tale

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Here review – creepy and captivating kitchen-sink gothic

Clive Judd’s Papatango-winning play about a West Midlands family haunted by the past is unorthodox and invigorating

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The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration review – pick ’n’ mix gala with some sparkles

A grab-bag of nine pieces, from Wheeldon to Tanowitz, make up a celebratory programme delivered with customary aplomb by the Royal’s dancers

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Candoco: In Side Out review – an intimate night of new work

Fresh pieces by the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers open up its artistic direction

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We don’t want to bring down the curtain on ENO, but opera has to change

Funding shake-ups have come as a shock, but offer the art form an opportunity to find a new direction and new audiences, says Darren Henley of Arts Council England

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English National Ballet: Ek/ Forsythe/ Quagebeur review – a fantastic farewell from Tamara Rojo

Mats Ek’s riveting new Rite of Spring for the #MeToo era is the centrepiece of the company’s last triple bill under its transformative artistic director

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The week in classical: The Yeomen of the Guard; Alcina – music under siege

ENO stands firm amid extreme funding cuts with a Gilbert and Sullivan staging full of vim and vigour, while animal magic ripples through Richard Jones’s new Alcina

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Julie Cunningham & Company review – holding the moment

In this double bill, a queer response to Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, the dancing is direct, controlled and compelling

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Arts Council England funding cuts: London’s institutions fight back after the big betrayal

The rug has been pulled out from many of the capital’s arts organisations, but they’re not going to take it lying down

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Blackout Songs review – drunk and disorderly exploration of love and addiction

Joe White’s romantic tragedy is a brave and original depiction of the hedonistic excess and inner battles of a co-dependent couple struggling with alcoholism

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Swarm review – a scathing appraisal of Britain’s political parasites

Donning an insect costume, the magnetic Liv Ello uses clowning to land a deeply serious point about our times

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An explosive act of violence: why Britten’s Rape of Lucretia speaks to our brutal times

Britten’s opera is a strange, unsettling and unbearably private piece. Set in ancient Rome and written over 70 years ago, its theme is still all too contemporary, writes the director of a new production

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Defunding ENO is devastating – but the writing was on the wall

The decision to produce fewer operas at English National Opera sowed the seeds of last week’s disaster – which strips London of an irreplaceable cultural jewel, writes the company’s former musical director

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English National Ballet: Ek/Forsythe/Quagebeur review – masters at work

Mats Ek’s Rite of Spring is a pared back but powerful take on Stravinsky’s mighty score and William Forsythe’s Blake Works 1 is intensely watchable

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Alcina review – witty and vibrant staging full of beastly style

With Antony McDonald’s colourful designs, Richard Jones’s lively production is aimed as much at the eye as at the ear, and Lisette Oropesa is perfect in the title role

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From Here to Eternity review – guns n’ poses in a well-drilled musical

Tim Rice’s lyrics are the most striking aspect of a crisp production which can also feel heavy-handed

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Mikhail Baryshnikov: ‘The thought of going back to that Brezhnev swamp was impossible’

The illustrious ballet dancer on natural insecurity, his defection from the USSR to Canada – and how his body feels these days

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London’s cultural venues from Donmar Warehouse to Royal Opera House respond to major Arts Council funding cuts

Some of the capital’s most prestigious venues face huge funding cuts or removal of Arts Council support altogether

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The Yeomen of the Guard review – tonal uncertainties but G&S update has plenty to enjoy

Jo Davies’ 1950-set staging of the late G&S opera may not fully cohere but musically we’re in excellent hands and Richard McCabe’s is a moving – and sweatily desperate – Jack Point

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Super High Resolution review – compelling exploration of a crumbling NHS

Directed by Blanche McIntyre, Nathan Ellis’s drama serves as a reminder of what cuts are doing to our health service but it tells more than it shows

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Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music review – an allegro trio

From dancers partnering with projections and CCTV-style surveillance to an engrossing piece inspired by Edvard Munch, Carlos Acosta’s company is continuing to carve out a niche

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Evening Conversations review – warm meditations from midlife

Sudha Bhuchar’s monologue, drawing on chats with her children, has much likable detail but slightly less focus than you’d wish for

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Jasmin Vardimon: Alice review – a fairytale that never quite goes through the looking-glass

A krumping Cheshire cat enlivens this well-danced adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s coming-of-age story, but Alice’s deeper life remains unexplored

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