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Architecting, Barbican (Pit), London

Much of this New York theatre company’s evaluation of the way America has fashioned itself is fascinating, but not all of it is necessary, writes Sarah Hemming

Agon/Sphinx/Limen, Royal Opera House, London

‘Agon’, the single most significant ballet of the 20th century, was handsomely danced and a reproach to what ensued writes Clement Crisp

Seize the Day, Tricycle Theatre, London

Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah’s chronicle of an imaginary black candidate’s campaign for the London mayoralty is all ‘tell’ and no ‘show’, writes Ian Shuttleworth

Armitage Gone! Dance, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Apollinaire Scherr sees a distasteful exercise in cultural appropriation rescued only by an excellent band

Rambert Dance, Sadler’s Wells, London

Mark Baldwin is inventive in shaping dance, but the sum effect here is less than that of its parts, writes Clement Crisp

A Streetcar Named Desire, Eisenhower Theatre, Washington

Cate Blanchett’s performance as Blanche is sustained, affecting and unhinged, writes Brendan Lemon

The Han Tang Yuefu Music and Dance Ensemble

Apollinaire Scherr sees a dreamily slow, meticulously constructed dramatisation of a treasured scroll depicting a night of debauchery

Finian’s Rainbow, St James Theatre, New York

This show’s combination of combination of whimsy, romance and satire is like nothing Hollywood has ever devised, writes Brendan Lemon

Mrs Klein, Almeida Theatre, London

This play is clever, amusing and poignant, sometimes all at once, writes Ian Shuttleworth

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Vaudeville Theatre, London

Diana Vickers may have star quality but it isn’t quite right for this role, writes Ian Shuttleworth

A salute to the Mark Morris Dance Group

Kate Valk’s devotion to the stage

Pains of Youth: National Theatre, London

Garth Fagan Dance, Joyce Theater, New York

The Sleeping Beauty, Royal Opera House, London

What Fatima Did..., Hampstead Theatre, London

Continuum, Sadler’s Wells, London

Work No 1020, Lilian Baylis Studio, London

If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet, Bush Theatre, London

After Miss Julie, American Airlines Theatre, New York

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