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O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival

The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline

The Guardian - UK

Brat by Charli XCX is a work of contemporary imagist poetry – and a reclamation of ‘bratty’ women’s art

In the song Girl, So Confusing on the 2024 album Brat, Charli XCX declares to an unnamed addressee: “You’re all about writing poems. But I’m about throwing parties.”

The Conversation

Lily Allen to star in new version of Hedda Gabler ‘absolutely for now’

Matthew Dunster, who directed Allen in her West End debut 2:22: A Ghost Story, will write and direct the show for Bath’s Ustinov Studio next year

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Sheridan Smith's best stage roles, as her new musical Opening Night makes its debut in the West End

Over the past 25 years, the darling of British theatre has proved there’s little she can’t do. On the eve of her latest big London show we take a look at her best roles yet

Evening Standard

Ruth Wilson: her 24-hour stint on stage earned her our Editor's Award (and a very much deserved sit down)

The Second Woman went from curious experiment to a bona fide London theatre phenomenon as soon as she stepped on the stage

Evening Standard

OPINION - Antonia Thomas and Nina Segal on Shooting Hedda Gabler, reviews of Mlima’s Tale and Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play: Theatre Podcast

‘It’s quite weird, the different ways people interact with each other on film sets, “I have my trailer, and you have your trailer.”’

Evening Standard

Shooting Hedda Gabler at the Rose Theatre: Antonia Thomas is terrific in this stylish spin on an Ibsen classic

It goes way over the top at the end, but until then the production is absolutely gripping

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Hedda Gabler review – queer update of Ibsen’s intense story of desire

It makes sense to rethink the sexual currents running through the classic drama, but this version has lost the nuance it needs

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: Edinburgh fringe, Jane Eyre and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes highlights from the world’s biggest arts jamboree and startling fresh takes on Charlotte Brontë and Henrik Ibsen

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