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Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll review – Taskmaster star’s endearing, earthy tour of the East End

www.silverguide.site – The comic delivers candid gags about her life and neighbourhood with choice descriptions and brutal punchlines…
Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll review – Taskmaster star’s endearing, earthy tour of the East End
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Our Public House review – a heartfelt portrait of divided Britain set behind the bar

www.silverguide.site – Dash Arts’ community-inspired production finds warmth and urgency in the local pub – even if its theatrical elements don’t always cohere…
Our Public House review – a heartfelt portrait of divided Britain set behind the bar
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Isabelle review – a sprawling debut driven by big ideas and family conflict

www.silverguide.site – Marc Graham’s debut stretches from festival short to full-length play, tackling inheritance, class and familial resentment with plenty of theatrical confidence…
Isabelle review – a sprawling debut driven by big ideas and family conflict
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Nine Sixteenths review – what Janet Jackson’s ‘Nipplegate’ scandal really exposed

www.silverguide.site – Paula Varjack’s kinetic play uses lip syncing and dance routines to show how prejudice turned a ‘wardrobe malfunction’ into a career disaster…
Nine Sixteenths review – what Janet Jackson’s ‘Nipplegate’ scandal really exposed
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Revolution Days review – fearless aid worker bears witness to the Arab spring

www.silverguide.site – Based on her real observations of the civil uprising, Mariem Omari’s play looks at its humanitarian impact…
Revolution Days review – fearless aid worker bears witness to the Arab spring
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Retrograde review – newcomer Donné Ngabo is dazzling as Sidney Poitier in this taut drama

www.silverguide.site – Ryan Calais Cameron’s play dramatises a real meeting the film star had in the 1950s that became a moral reckoning…
Retrograde review – newcomer Donné Ngabo is dazzling as Sidney Poitier in this taut drama
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Scenes from a Friendship review – a platonic One Day that will melt your heart

www.silverguide.site – Teenage crushes, breakups, careers, kids, fallings out and unbreakable loyalty – Jane Upton gives us a luminous, sweeping story of two best mates…
Scenes from a Friendship review – a platonic One Day that will melt your heart
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Quartet in Autumn review – Samantha Harvey gives new life to Barbara Pym tale of imminent retirement

www.silverguide.site – The 70s novel about the everyday grumbles of four office workers remains just as relevant, playfully staged by director Dominic Dromgoole…
Quartet in Autumn review – Samantha Harvey gives new life to Barbara Pym tale of imminent retirement
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Uncaged+ review – elegant sketches of Lee Krasner and her life with Jackson Pollock

www.silverguide.site – Fame’s Antonia Franceschi delivers a double portrait of Krasner, with music by Claire van Kampen, plus there’s a superb solo from Edward Watson…
Uncaged+ review – elegant sketches of Lee Krasner and her life with Jackson Pollock
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Churchill’s Urinal review – Rosie Holt’s pisstake chancellor turns it up to No 11

www.silverguide.site – An office toilet once used by the wartime PM sparks a culture war in this frenzied show about politics and patriarchy…
Churchill’s Urinal review – Rosie Holt’s pisstake chancellor turns it up to No 11
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John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills review – a handful of dust (and prawn cocktail crisps) in riff on TS Eliot

www.silverguide.site – The comedian addresses a relationship breakup via The Waste Land, Aldi and a dimwit estate agent…
John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills review – a handful of dust (and prawn cocktail crisps) in riff on TS Eliot
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Some West End shows could ‘go dark’ as Equity members back possible strikes

www.silverguide.site – London’s biggest productions could be hit if industrial action over pay and conditions goes ahead, says union…
Some West End shows could ‘go dark’ as Equity members back possible strikes
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Broadway star Jessica Vosk appeals for privacy after ‘super-fan’ sneaks into dressing room

www.silverguide.site – Actor recounts ‘really scary’ situation after leaving the stage of the musical Beaches…
Broadway star Jessica Vosk appeals for privacy after ‘super-fan’ sneaks into dressing room
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Grayson Perry’s life story to be told in ‘outrageous’ musical

www.silverguide.site – Grayson the Musical will explore ‘identity, creativity and self-acceptance … with life coaching from a six-foot teddy bear named Alan’…
Grayson Perry’s life story to be told in ‘outrageous’ musical
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‘Too nice’: Frank Skinner on Gareth Southgate – and his ‘fiery’ successor

www.silverguide.site – Comedian says former manager lacked ‘killer instinct’ but Thomas Tuchel could help England embrace a ‘braver’ style…
‘Too nice’: Frank Skinner on Gareth Southgate – and his ‘fiery’ successor
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Equus review – desire and desperation in Peter Shaffer’s tale of sex, gods and horses

www.silverguide.site – Lindsay Posner’s precise revival flies highest in its most intense moments of beastliness as a psychiatrist sets about ridding a teenage boy of his demons…
Equus review – desire and desperation in Peter Shaffer’s tale of sex, gods and horses
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I’m Not Being Funny review – there’s laughter through tears in emotional dark comedy

www.silverguide.site – Married aspiring standups confront on stage what they’re concealing in real life, in Piers Black’s compelling two-hander…
I’m Not Being Funny review – there’s laughter through tears in emotional dark comedy
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Farm Fatale review – freaky scarecrows make hay out of climate crisis

www.silverguide.site – Between a sci-fi concert for eggs and an interview with a bee, the scarecrow broadcasters in Philippe Quesne’s oddball performance piece make the case for art as salvation and for farms as the lifeblood of humanity…
Farm Fatale review – freaky scarecrows make hay out of climate crisis
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Letter: Paul Seed obituary

www.silverguide.site – Paul Gelling writes: While at Manchester grammar school, Paul Seed took leading roles in dramatic society productions…
Letter: Paul Seed obituary
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Mother Courage and her Children review – moving, funny and savage portrait of life during wartime

www.silverguide.site – Forgoing Brecht’s usual distanciation, Anna Jordan’s new translation and Michelle Terry’s lovable performance bring out the humanity of a woman doing what’s necessary to keep herself and her family alive…
Mother Courage and her Children review – moving, funny and savage portrait of life during wartime
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