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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSat, 5 Jul 2008 01:32 BSTSat, 05 Jul 2008 12:13:19 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/arts/performing(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1a24b48-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1a24b48-4964-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlAfter the glitter of 'Gershwin', this triple bill is a reminder of what the company can do with classical ballet rather than Broadway, says Clement Crisp Sat, 5 Jul 2008 01:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdfa5246-490e-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdfa5246-490e-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlThis is the time of year when couples who have arranged to go on holiday together suddenly have a moment's doubt about the wisdom of the enterprise, writes Sarah Hemming Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:24 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7a6d3d8-490e-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7a6d3d8-490e-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlOn the surface Holland Park's 'Magic Flute' has much in common with the Grange Park 'Rusalka'. Both offer outdoor opera and summer work, writes Andrew Clark Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:24 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c6dbf90-484e-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c6dbf90-484e-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlGiorgio Battistelli has termed his new work a 'mute opera' and circumvented the problem of an effective libretto by having no words at all, writes Shirley Apthorp Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c49069fa-4784-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c49069fa-4784-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlThis could be the stuff of black comedy, and the Irish Rep production, with its speedy costume changes and its actors wearing many hats, sometimes borders on slapstick, writes Brendan Lemon Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0777d72-4784-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0777d72-4784-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlStéphane Braunschweig's Siegfried exhibits the same uneasy mix of assured acting and embarrassment at Wagner's epic elements that characterised his Rheingold and Walküre , writes Francis Carlin Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ba1f002-46c1-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ba1f002-46c1-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlAs interpreted by his six terrific dancers from different ethnic backgrounds, it was always watchable, especially when Naima Bigby Sullivan was on stage, writes Hilary Ostlere Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:49 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05af3586-46b5-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/05af3586-46b5-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe score is full of colour, even a little glitzy, but it uses dissonance for expressive ends and the vocal lines are eminently lyrical, writes George Loomis Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:49 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2fc3004-4465-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2fc3004-4465-11dd-b151-0000779fd2ac.htmlFor England sports fans, June brings an annual outbreak of twitchiness. Two new London plays, 'Grand Slam' and 'Running the Silk Road', start promisingly but find their legs won't go the distance, writes Sarah Hemming Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7d8a5d8-43e7-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7d8a5d8-43e7-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlNo one is excluded from the performing arts at Chickenshed theatre, where the teenage truant mixes with the middle-class boy and the girl with Down's syndrome to produce socially groundbreaking workSat, 28 Jun 2008 02:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cda656b0-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cda656b0-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlDavid Cronenberg talks to Tobias Grey about the experience of revisiting 'The Fly', one of his greatest cinematic successes, for his first foray into directing operaSat, 28 Jun 2008 02:27 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb74cb9c-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb74cb9c-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe director's production of 'The Magic Flute' for Holland Park Opera will be measured against his conviction that he alone knows how to stage this difficult Mozart piece, writes Anna Kythreotis Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:27 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d591d8e0-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d591d8e0-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlOrkney's sense of locale and creativity are vital to the St Magnus Festival – especially to Peter Maxwell Davies's chamber opera 'The Martyrdom of St Magnus', writes Andrew Clark Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1ac4d78-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1ac4d78-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlGregory Burke's topical piece about the conflict soldiers face is a superb, multi-faceted political and social drama that explores the male psyche with sympathy and wit, writes Sarah Hemming Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cfa8542c-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cfa8542c-43e9-11dd-842e-0000779fd2ac.htmlThis staging of the wayward masterpiece about America in the 1950s is not just a satirical punch-bag: it is a show with bags of theatrical know-how and razzamatazz, writes Richard Fairman Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:26 BST