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Oscar Wilde was vibing before the Beach Boys

Letters: The notion of ‘vibes’ may originate in The Importance of Being Earnest, says Richard Haslam

The Guardian - UK

The Invention of Love review – Simon Russell Beale yearns from the underworld

The quicksilver actor is a vocal glory as the poet and classicist AE Housman looking back at his younger, tormented self in Tom Stoppard’s play

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Ballet Shoes; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Devil Wears Prada; The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary – review

At the National, Noel Streatfeild’s classic flies while Oscar Wilde’s wit is gorgeously unleashed. Elsewhere, a slavishly faithful take on The Devil Wears Prada and a bijou Flaubert caper

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Dame Edna Everage spectacles among items in Barry Humphries auction

Christie’s will auction Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection in London on February 13 next year.

The Independent UK

Nicholas Cullinan's guide to London: Korean fried chicken, karaoke and The River Café

The British Museum boss on his favourite karaoke spot, nights out with Courtney Love and the Miuccia Prada line he lives by

Evening Standard

Five ways to predict the future from around the world – from spider divination to bibliomancy

Some questions are hard to answer and always have been. Does my beloved love me back? Should my country go to war? Who stole my goats?

The Conversation

The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre review: Ncuti Gatwa stars in a fizzing production

4/5 Expect Bridgerton-style colourblind casting and sexual fluidity in this radical reinvention of a 19th-century classic

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The Importance of Being Earnest review – Ncuti Gatwa leads a Wilde party of irresistible anarchic charm

Gatwa’s Algernon brings delightful mischief to a high-camp production pointing up the classic Victorian comedy’s subversive queerness

The Guardian - UK

30 Wildest Comebacks That People Have Heard Or Come Up With

Someone asked “What is the most brutal insult you’ve ever heard in your life?” and people shared their best examples. The post 30 Wildest Comebacks That People Have Heard Or Come Up With first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The American No by Rupert Everett review – blackly comic short stories

The actor, writer and director mines his own backlog of unmade projects to create an exhilarating collection

The Guardian - UK

After 50 years, overdue library book is returned to Massachusetts library with a sweet note

‘It’s a rarity that someone found this,’ said one staffer at the Worcester Public Library

The Independent UK

Discovery of lost Oscar Wilde books hailed a 'miracle'

Librarian’s detective work links three books to the world-famous author

Evening Standard

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Baszucki Group | Manchester Utd v FC Twente | Oscar Wilde sculpture | Settle, North Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK

Arty outrage, ancient sweets and Abba’s nuptials – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Oscar Wilde’s grandson condemns ‘hideous’ new statue of the playwright

‘Segmented head’ sculpture was designed by the late Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi

The Guardian - UK

‘Absolutely hideous’: new London sculpture of Oscar Wilde condemned by his grandson

Gloomy segmented head of famed playwright fails to convey his wit and brilliance, says Merlin Holland

The Guardian - UK

It’s only LSD but I like it: the play telling the untold story about the Rolling Stones drugs bust

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger’s 1967 raid and trial caused a national storm, seeming to pitch old against young, Establishment against counterculture. But was the real story overlooked? We return to the 60s at their most swinging

The Conversation

Oscar: the tragedy and beauty of Wilde’s life, and an historic moment on the ballet stage

Christopher Wheeldon and The Australian Ballet’s Oscar, which had its world premiere in Melbourne on September 13, is based on the story of Oscar Wilde: the writer, the man, the protester.

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The Australian Ballet: Oscar review – much to love in this blend of classical and contemporary dance

Regent Theatre, MelbourneThe Australian Ballet’s male dancers shine in Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet but stage design often obscures view of dancers’ feetGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email

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Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

With its world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar, the Australian Ballet has put queer love into classical dance.

The Guardian - UK

‘How far do you go in the depiction of gay lovemaking?’: Christopher Wheeldon on his new Oscar Wilde ballet

There has never been a gay-themed work in the classical dance repertoire – until now. The esteemed choreographer hopes to change that for good, even if he’s sometimes the one blushing

The Guardian - UK

V&A celebrates a century of national theatre archive with tribute to avid collector

New exhibition, named after ‘theatrical encyclopedia’ Gabrielle Enthoven, showcases British stage history from the Restoration to Fleabag

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Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

The Australian Ballet's 2025 season features two world premieres, by Stephanie Lake and William Forsythe, and the return of Nijinsky, Manon, and Carmen.

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Dorian the Musical: this rock adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic missteps at every turn

In the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde wrote: “There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

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Fame, lust and drugs: Dorian Gray staged as a genderfluid rock musical

Alfie Friedman delves into the dark side to star in Linnie Reedman and Joe Evans’ Southwark Playhouse production

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