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<p>On pointe: William Bracewell as Prince and Fumi Kaneko as Sugar Plum Fairy in ‘The Nutcracker’</p>

Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker is a classic Christmas confection

Viola Pantuso’s Clara travels from her family home in 19th-century Nuremberg to the Land of Sweets in this festive treat

<p>Bryan Cranston as the wily American patriarch of Arthur Miller’s play</p>

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Bryan Cranston is magnetic in this masterful staging of All My Sons

<p>Clive Owen (Alfie) and Saskia Reeves (Julie) in ‘End’ at the National Theatre</p>

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Clive Owen is on rumpled good form in the emotive End

<p>Matthew Ball and William Bracewell in Cathy Marston’s ‘Against the Tide’, part of ‘Perspectives’ at the Royal Ballet</p>

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Royal Ballet’s Perspectives combines fun, confusion and Sufjan Stevens

<p>As the movement takes over, it’s fiercely convincing</p>

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Thikra: Night of Remembering is a fitting farewell from Akram Khan

Esteemed choreographer shows off his characteristic mix of contemporary dance with classical Indian style for a final time at his company

<p>Not quite soaring new heights: Hannah Saxby and Daniel Krikler as Wendy and Peter Pan</p>

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The Barbican’s Wendy & Peter Pan rewrite is bleak and beautiful

This show’s punchier second half benefits from a horde of dastardly pirates and Colin Richmond’s gorgeous set design

<p>Kara Lindsay as Michele Weinberger and Laura Bell Bundy as Romy White in 'Romy and Michele: The Musical'</p>

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Romy & Michele: The Musical is a fine high-energy nostalgia trip

<p>Three is a crowd: David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald star in ‘Othello’</p>

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David Harewood on Othello: ‘I had to go off and have a little sob’

<p>Lydia Wilson in 'The Maids' at the Donmar Warehouse</p>

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The Maids glibly updates an absurdist classic for the TikTok era

<p>Diminishing returns: Paddington Bear in ‘Paddington in Peru’</p>

In Focus

How Paddington the Musical put the world’s favourite bear on stage

As Peru’s most famous ex-pat gets given a theatrical makeover, Helen Coffey sits down with scriptwriter Jessica Swale and McFly frontman and musical maestro Tom Fletcher to get the inside scoop on the five-year journey that led to Paddington’s West End debut

<p>Vadim Muntagirov as Colas and Marianela Nuñez as Lise in ‘La Fille mal gardée’ at The Royal Opera House</p>

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Royal Ballet revives La Fille mal gardée – and it’s a complete joy

Interviews

<p>Emmanuel Sonubi: 'I remember a lot of laughing, a lot of fun – but, looking back now, a lot of trauma'</p>

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Emmanuel Sonubi on nearly dying on stage: ‘I felt something was wrong’

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Alistair Petrie: ‘Connor Swindells is like my son. We speak every day’

<p>James McArdle: ‘I remember not being able to sleep towards the end of Macbeth’</p>

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James McArdle: ‘Listen, there’s ego in theatre too’

<p>Andy Nyman: ‘The taboo of The Producers is, I think, more essential, more shocking – and funnier – than it’s felt for years’</p>

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Andy Nyman: ‘The Producers doesn’t care about getting cancelled’

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Surreal and silly, Julio Torres pulls off the impossible in Hollywood

The leftfield comedian and actor is behind some of the best ‘Saturday Night Live’ skits in recent memory. Off the back of his surreal and spectacular HBO series, he speaks with Annabel Nugent about why he has zero interest in going mainstream, his latest colour-focused show – and why Ellen DeGeneres is red

<p>Sean Hayes on his Tony-winning turn: ‘Nobody would have ever cast me in this role’</p>

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Latest features and reviews

Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker is a classic Christmas confection

Bryan Cranston is magnetic in this masterful staging of All My Sons

Clive Owen is on rumpled good form in the emotive End

Royal Ballet’s Perspectives combines fun, confusion and Sufjan Stevens

Alan Cumming: ‘After my rant about trans rights, I was worried I would be deported’

Ambika Mod’s bold addiction drama Porn Play resists simple answers

Fiery and intense, After Sunday is a pressure cooker of a debut play

The Hunger Games: On Stage doesn’t quite catch fire, but sparks fly

John C Reilly: ‘It’s rough when people scream “Boats ’N Hoes” at you’

Toby Jones plays Iago as a peevish middle manager in updated Othello

Figures in Extinction captures a disconnected world in climate crisis

The Line of Beauty is a wild ride through Thatcher-era high society

Thikra: Night of Remembering is a fitting farewell from Akram Khan

The Barbican’s Wendy & Peter Pan rewrite is bleak and beautiful

Romy & Michele: The Musical is a fine high-energy nostalgia trip

David Harewood on Othello: ‘I had to go off and have a little sob’

The Maids glibly updates an absurdist classic for the TikTok era

How Paddington the Musical put the world’s favourite bear on stage

Royal Ballet revives La Fille mal gardée – and it’s a complete joy

Interviews

Emmanuel Sonubi on nearly dying on stage: ‘I felt something was wrong’

Alistair Petrie: ‘Connor Swindells is like my son. We speak every day’

James McArdle: ‘Listen, there’s ego in theatre too’

Andy Nyman: ‘The Producers doesn’t care about getting cancelled’

Surreal and silly, Julio Torres pulls off the impossible in Hollywood

Sean Hayes: ‘I love Will & Grace but I was thinking how do I get out?’

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Jackie Siegel’s kids say Kristin Chenoweth plays her better

Jackie Siegel’s kids say Kristin Chenoweth plays her better

Tom Felton supported by Harry Potter co-star on Broadway

AI set to revive French playwright centuries after sudden death

Stranger Things star to make West End debut in Romeo & Juliet

‘Joyful’ Quentin Blake book to be adapted into new stage show

‘Joyful’ Quentin Blake book to be adapted into new stage show

Inside the mad genius of making a Hitchhiker’s Guide stage show

Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen launch new Shakespeare curriculum

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