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The Observer

Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe, review: ‘bawdy, playful, highly entertaining’

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is excellent in this entertaining look at the life and times of Nell Gwynn

Nell Gwynn, Shakespeare’s Globe, review: ‘bawdy, playful, highly entertaining’
The Nether review – dark desires in a nightmare world

Chilling warning of virtual paedophilia in a dystopian future

The Nether review – dark desires in a nightmare world
Fence Records: a fond farewell

Last week’s Green Man festival featured the final gig by Fife’s Fence Records collective. It marked the end of an era

Fence Records: a fond farewell
Is this a new golden age for ticket touts?

Do resale websites selling seats to hit shows at grossly inflated prices pose a genuine threat to London’s theatreland?

Is this a new golden age for ticket touts?
Jack Whitehall Interview

‘I’ll be telling stories I probably shouldn’t’

Jack Whitehall Interview
Dogfight review – the song of misogyny

This controversial musical about US marines on the eve of war is a critique not a celebration of macho posturing

Dogfight review – the song of misogyny
Neville’s Island review

‘highly enjoyable, not always convincing’

Neville’s Island review
A View from the Bridge, at the Young Vic Theatre, London

‘visceral and vital’

A View from the Bridge, at the Young Vic Theatre, London
Tiger Country, at the Hampstead Theatre, London

A remarkable snapshot of the health service

Tiger Country, at the Hampstead Theatre, London
Fireworks, at the Royal Court, London

Fireworks (Al’ab Nariya) review – fierce, tender account of Palestinian families

Fireworks, at the Royal Court, London

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