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Russell T Davies’s hit TV series It’s a Sin to be adapted as ‘visceral’ dance show

New work will be choreographed and directed by Benoit Swan Pouffer, artistic director of Rambert, with Davies and Pet Shop Boys serving as executive producers

The Guardian - UK

Carol Lawrence obituary

Other lives: Stage and costume designer who made her mark in the BBC’s flagship Saturday morning TV shows

The Guardian - UK

Cynthia Erivo is Dracula, Gentleman Jack does ballet and Phil Wang’s mega-tour: theatre, dance and comedy in 2026

Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner unite for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Michael Sheen launches Welsh National Theatre and Bridget Christie revs up for a return to the stage

The Guardian - UK

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The Red Shoes review, Sadler’s Wells – Matthew Bourne conjures the impassioned, hothouse world of ballet

4/5 This richly realised production packs a wealth of ballet history into deft parodies

The Independent UK

Sir Donald McIntyre obituary

Operatic bass-baritone known for his commanding stage presence and exceptional abilities as a singer-actor

The Guardian - UK

Marking Time review – Nico Muhly inspires a brilliant night of beguiling dance

A trio of choreographers respond to Muhly’s vivid scores with works that veer from the meditative to the macabre

The Guardian - UK

Choreographer Akram Khan on his all-female show inspired by the Saudi desert

British choreographer Akram Khan does things his own way, and his latest mythic show Thikra will also draw to a close his own company... but this is not the end

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Scrooge gets a hip-hop spin and the RSC does the BFG: 20 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas

From musical versions of Pinocchio, Treasure Island and Sherlock Holmes to a comedy about banana-loving beach-dwellers … dive into our selection box of festive theatre

The Guardian - UK

Acosta Danza: A Decade in Motion at Sadler’s Wells review: no fireworks and precious little fun

2/5 This tenth birthday celebration of Carlos Acosta’s company gives its dancers stylish performances, but not always in the material they deserve

Evening Standard

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: ‘Artists are liars who just make things up – but we reveal a lot’

The internationally feted choreographer has worked with pop megastars, a sculptor and the monks of the Shaolin Temple. Now he is tackling the cultural divisions and colonial legacy of his homeland

The Guardian - UK

Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet review – a razor-sharp reboot of the Who’s rock opera

Pete Townshend’s tragic story of teenage angst returns to the stage in a visceral dance production full of the original’s swagger and bravado

The Guardian - UK

The Heat review – Paula Rego’s dog women inhabit Becky Namgauds’ frisky, feral dance-theatre

The choreographer’s unapologetic depiction of female instincts fills a suburban living room with surreal scenes of suppressed sexuality and rage

The Guardian - UK

John Lithgow and Lesley Manville take home acting gongs at starry Olivier Awards

Imelda Staunton and Romola Garai were among the winners of the night

The Independent UK

Dance Reflections at Sadler’s Wells review: roams from the classy to the cutting-edge

4/5 This collection of works shows us what bodies can do — and what they can do together

Evening Standard

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Sadler's Wells East: the insider story behind London's new dance mecca

Sadler’s Wells East has finally opened on the new East Bank: here is the story behind a long but fruitful journey

The Guardian - UK

Michael Keegan-Dolan’s house of dance: ‘I was so caught up with where I’m from – not any more’

After root-and-branch reworkings of Giselle and Swan Lake, the celebrated Irish choreographer is back with Nobodaddy, a trip ‘through the bottomless pit’

Evening Standard

Sadler's Wells East to be transformed into skatepark for 2025 debut dance season

Sadler’s Wells East will open its doors next year

Evening Standard

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The best in art, music, theatre and restaurants for the weekend ahead

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A new start after 60: I started to dance at 63 – and was scouted to perform at Sadler’s Wells

Now 70, Rachel Thompson is part of a troupe that appears regularly on stage, in the UK and beyond. The experience has been like therapy, she says

The Guardian - UK

‘We have to have graffiti!’ How we made the Breakin’ Convention hip-hop dance festival

‘At the first one, we had DJs in the foyer and people were jumping in to battle with the dancers. We took out seats to make more standing room and the noise was crazy’

The Guardian - UK

Emma Gladstone obituary

Dancer and artistic director of the Dance Umbrella festival known for being an innovative force in the industry

The Guardian - UK

Emma Gladstone, dancer and former artistic director of Dance Umbrella, dies aged 63

The Akram Khan Company said the death of the dancer, who shaped the art form as a programmer, was ‘an immense loss for the dance community’

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book in 2024

The new year’s hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen – plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gilbert and Ania Magliano

The Guardian - UK

Rupert Rhymes obituary

One of the leading postwar theatre managers and administrators who started out as a box-office clerk at the RSC

Evening Standard

Sadler's Wells announces its early 2024 season, with Crystal Pite, Wayne McGregor, and an octopus

Sadler's Wells has announced its new season of work for the first half of 2024, including a UK premiere by Dimitris Papaioannou featuring hundreds of litres of water, a golden field of wheat and an octopus – of course – plus the UK premiere of the latest work by Crystal Pite…

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