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Carlos Acosta

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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