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Once a maker of corporate videos, now a Bafta-winning writer, Patel is about to stage two new plays – one a three-hour historical epic, the other about the changing nature of offensiveness
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The jukebox musical explores the music of the all-female 80s pop-rock band the Go-Go’s and features the first transgender lead in a major Broadway show -
4 out of 5 stars.
Straight White Men Armie Hammer skewers male privilege in dark comedy
4 out of 5 stars.A subversive look at masculinity boasts canny, self-aware performances and a shrewd dissection of gender roles -
4 out of 5 stars.
Incantata Pain, poetry and potatoes with Paul Muldoon
4 out of 5 stars.Town Hall theatre, Galway
Stanley Townsend brings the poet’s searing love poetry to life in a visually stunning show boasting some Beckettian touches -
Words to Abba’s When I Kissed the Teacher were rewritten for the latest film release – but it’s not the first time a musical has been adapted for modern tastes
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3 out of 5 stars.
Sean Patton Sex with Jesus and a burger as big as Texas
3 out of 5 stars.His shtick is schlubby underdog with the heart of a poet – but the New Orleans comic was a bit too hit and miss -
3 out of 5 stars.
South Western Pasties at dawn in a riotous wild west homage
3 out of 5 stars.
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The Fishermen review – brothers hooked by love and fate
4 out of 5 stars.
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With its culture of discipline, control and pecking orders, the dance world has always been plagued by claims of bullying and sexual exploitation. But old hierarchies are being challenged
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A drag queen who impersonates Nicola Sturgeon, Gujurati home life and a truly terrible novelist… we meet the comics behind the hottest Edinburgh festival shows -
The Fawlty Towers star rails against the government, the BBC and British newspapers in stage appearance for Hacked Off -
The comedian’s new show questions how to cope with the relentlessness of today’s politics. He discusses the ‘cult’ of Catholicism, his love of poetry and giving up his vices -
The whip-smart comic talks about mocking Piers Morgan and Donald Trump, mixing scorn with good cheer and moving from songs to satire on The Mash Report
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Following a fire that damaged the building in 2015, Battersea Arts Centre opens up renovated hall – and celebrates community spirit in a photo-letter to the US president -
When Matt Lucas withdrew from the opening night of Me and My Girl, his stand-in had just two hours to prepare -
The choreographer brought her classical training, dramatic eye and vitality to bear on hits such as Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang -
Pamela Carter recognised aspects of her own life in Louis’s book about growing up determined to escape his French village. Now she’s bringing his story to the stage
Pictures & video
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Patrick Ness’s popular children’s book about a worried boy visited by a storytelling monster has been turned into a new show by director Sally Cookson -
In the Guardian’s new VR 360 film, inspired by solar physics, contemporary dancers from the Alexander Whitley Dance Company explore movement across human and astronomical scales -
The dancer and choreographer, who has died aged 92, had a celebrated career in theatre, television and film. Revisit some of her hits, from Yentl to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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A Taiwanese company with a national day – 21 August – and a street named after it, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre combine dance, martial arts, meditation and calligraphy in beautiful visual spectaculars -
In his new show, Akram Khan will give his final performances as a dancer in a full-length piece. He explains how he merged the Prometheus myth with the tale of a shell-shocked colonial soldier
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In the last year, Step Change Studios has held dance events for more than 900 disabled people – the majority of whom have never danced before – in schools, social care, healthcare, education, arts and sports settings
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The creator of Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson is back on stage with a show highlighting the dangers of censorship. He talks about living in a prudish age, sexual harassment and why he regrets voting for Brexit -
Ten times more porters than soldiers died in Africa during the first world war. But they have never been properly commemorated. Now Tate Modern is putting this right – with William Kentridge’s most eye-popping show yet
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MP Andrea Jenkyns sang her own song, Bropera was born – and the ex-singer of Pigface rocked out. So did our writer want to leave or remain at the Big Brexit Party? -
It is the hit that transformed British theatre. As Jez Butterworth’s epochal drama returns, our critic chooses the 25 best plays since Jerusalem – from exploited boxers to warring kings -
Composer, conductor, inspiration, FBI suspect … Leonard Bernstein was born 100 years ago this August, and this summer’s Proms will celebrate his work. Musicians, critics and his own family remember an astounding talent
Brexit shorts
Spamilton A Hamilton parody by numbers
3 out of 5 stars.