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Portrait of choreographer Akram Khan with a wooden chair resting on his left shoulder.
Akram Khan: Why I made a ballet for Saudi Arabia

The choreographer talks about putting women dancers on stage for the first time in the country and why Brexit is to blame for the closure of his company after 25 years


Nicola Walker as Isabel Adomakoh on her knees and yelling, with two other cast members in the background.
I couldn’t believe in The Unbelievers — but Nicola Walker is outstanding

Vadim Muntagirov as Colas and Marianela Nuñez as Lise dancing in La Fille mal gardée.
La Fille mal gardée — a night of pure joy

Munya Chawawa posing with members of Black Boys Theatre Club in front of the National Theatre.
‘Theatres are too white — so I’m taking black teenage boys for free’
Rafiki in costume, gesturing right, with three gazelle puppets leaping on the left, all against a red and orange gradient background.
Does The Lion King still roar after 26 years?

A puppet show scene where a man holds a chicken puppet while a pig puppet is next to him and a cow puppet looks through a window.
Five things to see this week: A Squash and a Squeeze on stage
Scotland

Vadim Muntagirov as Colas and Marianela Nuñez as Lise dancing in La Fille mal gardée.
La Fille mal gardée — a night of pure joy



Rafiki in costume, gesturing right, with three gazelle puppets leaping on the left, all against a red and orange gradient background.
Does The Lion King still roar after 26 years?

Rafiki in costume, gesturing right, with three gazelle puppets leaping on the left, all against a red and orange gradient background.
Does The Lion King still roar after 26 years?





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Three women performing on stage with microphones.
‘Offensive’ musical starring a pansexual Anne Frank could save Broadway


Abigail Cruttenden (Holly), Ben Lamb (The Lawyer), and Katie Matsell (The Heiress) on stage for the play Ragdoll.
Ragdoll — an atmospheric, time-travelling take on Patty Hearst’s kidnap



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Writer Alan Hollinghurst in a garden pergola.
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