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Perrault’s classic fairy tale opens at the Sydney Opera House, important Dutch paintings arrive in Madrid, and the V&A opens ten renovated galleries
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Carlos Acosta, Sadler’s Wells, London
The choreographer turns to mythology in his latest season at the dance theatre, but Clement Crisp finds the opening show is rather economical with its effects
Gwilym Simcock, Pizza Express, London
The musician ensured this would be no rest-on-your-laurels romp, writes Mike Hobart
Boom times for black British musicians
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney on the resurgence of homegrown urban music
Sweet Charity, Menier Chocolate Factory, London
This superb production is a toothsome, bitter-sweet confection for Christmas, says Sarah Hemming
Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention, The Jewish Museum, New York
Ariella Budick explores hidden meanings in the artists’ works
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