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Dazzling line-up for Barbican's 2012 season

24.05.11
Cate Blanchett will be joined by Juliette Binoche in an 'unparalleled' Barbican programme to take place during the Olympic year... more

Three million to enjoy Olympics arts spectacular

07.12.10
More than three million people are expected to attend what will be the biggest arts celebration ever held in Britain — the London 2012 Festival... more

A Country shows trouble in the sticks

01.10.10
Everything is in place for a potent 90 minutes of foreboding in A Country... more

Glossy and knowing — a first Knightley from Keira in The Misanthrope

18.12.09
The Misanthrope, a play about the perils of celebrity and falsity of the media seems the perfect platform for Keira Knightley's West End debut.... more

The 12 shows you must see in London this Christmas

11.11.09
From posh panto to burlesque, London is full of festive entertainment. Here are a dozen shows that should entice children — and adults — into the theatre.... more

'Friends' given a Viennese Whirl in Pains of Youth

29.10.09
Although Pains of Youth's erotic charge has been extravagantly talked up, it is about as sexy as a cold hip bath.... more

Keira Knightley to make West End debut

09.10.09
Keira Knightley is to make her stage debut in a West End production of one of France's most famous comedies.... more

Taxing role in Into the Little Hill

16.02.09
Martin Crimp's Into the Little Hill has a contemporary political slant while remaining elusive and suggestive.... more

City couple caught in an imaginary apocalypse

30.04.08
Deciphering the meaning of Martin Crimp's The City is a process that intrigues and mystifies, irritates and engrosses.... more

Daring to be different

20.11.07
Despite the controversy caused by her last production, theatre director Katie Mitchell is pulling no punches with her interpretation of Women Of Troy.... more

Mocking a metamorphosis

28.09.07
Absurd and hilarious, black comedy Rhinocerous is an accomplished British send-up of Gallic pomposity and pedantry.... more

An Attempt that tries too hard

15.03.07
Frantic on-stage activity distracts from what is said and done in Attempts on her Life, making Martin Crimp's satirical panorama hard to understand.... more

Two cheers for tragic Chairs

29.11.06
The Chairs is billed as a tragic farce, but Fiona Mountford feels the play's damning conclusion suffers from being underplayed here.... more

A return to Exiles

01.08.06
Theatre interview: James Macdonald is best known for directing new plays by playwrights at the more radical, experimental end of the spectrum. He explains to Claire Allfree why he's tackling a rare James Joyce play about infidelity.... more


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