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Fri, 17 May 2013 17:38:07 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 05:43:16 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/life-arts/theatre-dance http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/life-arts/theatre-dance http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a048c1ae-b710-11e2-a249-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct There are levels of artistry beyond the most sterling professionalism, the visceral communication of the deepest and strongest emotions, writes Harry Eyres Fri, 17 May 2013 17:38:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a048c1ae-b710-11e2-a249-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a048c1ae-b710-11e2-a249-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b390ede0-b648-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Why 18th-century composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is making a belated debut at Glyndebourne this summer, writes Andrew Clark Fri, 17 May 2013 17:35:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b390ede0-b648-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b390ede0-b648-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a740dc6-be0f-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa and architect Jean Nouvel are working together for the first time on ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, writes Rachel Grant Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a740dc6-be0f-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6a740dc6-be0f-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f8fade30-bed7-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Will Adamsdale’s drama is all terribly amusing, in an easy-going middle class way, writes Ian Shuttleworth Fri, 17 May 2013 15:07:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f8fade30-bed7-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f8fade30-bed7-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f000b648-be13-11e2-9b27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Chicago troupe, visiting New York for the first time since 2008, turned a familiar template to devious and arresting ends, writes Apollinaire Scherr Thu, 16 May 2013 16:46:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f000b648-be13-11e2-9b27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f000b648-be13-11e2-9b27-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/148ae9fa-bd58-11e2-a735-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct This restless and discomfiting staging tackles Ibsen’s perennially topical classic with provocative comic zest, writes Sarah Hemming Wed, 15 May 2013 16:15:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/148ae9fa-bd58-11e2-a735-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 148ae9fa-bd58-11e2-a735-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/695304ae-bd44-11e2-a735-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Though energetically danced, this is a musically flimsy, choreographically unconvincing adaptation of Fitzgerald’s novel Wed, 15 May 2013 14:27:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/695304ae-bd44-11e2-a735-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 695304ae-bd44-11e2-a735-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1df72d64-bcc2-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Figures will deal blow to theatres, galleries and arts groups across regions suffering from cuts in government funding and a sluggish recovery Tue, 14 May 2013 20:05:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1df72d64-bcc2-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1df72d64-bcc2-11e2-b344-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/57c2ff7e-bbea-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A precursor to Chekhov’s dramas, this 19th-century Russian play is given a contemporary flavour by InSite Performance, writes Paul Gould Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/57c2ff7e-bbea-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 57c2ff7e-bbea-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ded31552-bbc3-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct This adaptation of an early Chekhov play is intellectually admirable but dramatically unengaging, writes Ian Shuttleworth Mon, 13 May 2013 16:28:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ded31552-bbc3-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ded31552-bbc3-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f784c256-b954-11e2-9a9f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Harold Pinter’s early play about a sinister medical institution is superbly delivered by a cast that includes a thundering, blustering Simon Russell Beale, writes Sarah Hemming Sun, 12 May 2013 16:21:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f784c256-b954-11e2-9a9f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f784c256-b954-11e2-9a9f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5bafc22c-b954-11e2-9a9f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Though musically excellent, these staged performances of Britten’s Canticles detracted from the imaginative thrust of the poetry, writes Andrew Clark Sun, 12 May 2013 16:21:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5bafc22c-b954-11e2-9a9f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5bafc22c-b954-11e2-9a9f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/19aa91f6-b952-11e2-bc57-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Art fairs such as Frieze New York are increasingly incorporating performance art into their programmes, writes Griselda Murray Brown Sun, 12 May 2013 16:21:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/19aa91f6-b952-11e2-bc57-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 19aa91f6-b952-11e2-bc57-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fdc6a308-b7c6-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Ayad Akhtar tells Maya Jaggi his Pulitzer-winning play navigates the ‘minefield of religious identity in a secular world’ Fri, 10 May 2013 17:35:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fdc6a308-b7c6-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fdc6a308-b7c6-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/15eba112-b408-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As Calixto Bieito prepares to stage Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ in Basel, and to bring ‘Fidelio’ to London, he discusses his controversial career with Julius Purcell Fri, 10 May 2013 17:35:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/15eba112-b408-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 15eba112-b408-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1f1c504-b89a-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Christopher Luscombe directs a cast of four grey-haired men in scenes that flit about in pleasant, spritely fashion, writes Alexander Gilmour Fri, 10 May 2013 17:33:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1f1c504-b89a-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c1f1c504-b89a-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0c875e8a-b89b-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Signature themes in the choreographer’s ‘Soirée Musicale’ and ‘A Place for Us’ infuse ballet’s future with hope once more, writes Apollinaire Scherr Fri, 10 May 2013 17:33:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0c875e8a-b89b-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0c875e8a-b89b-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fe0b1fa4-b890-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct An admirable cast and a strong score are insufficient compensation for this production’s predictable choreography, writes Clement Crisp Thu, 09 May 2013 16:35:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/fe0b1fa4-b890-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fe0b1fa4-b890-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3616e9c6-b8a2-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Frank McGuinness’s one-woman play is harrowing but flecked with humour, writes Sarah Hemming Thu, 09 May 2013 16:35:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3616e9c6-b8a2-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3616e9c6-b8a2-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cc3eba74-b7d4-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_theatre-dance%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct At its best, this innovative exploration of infidelity is mercilessly brilliant, writes Sarah Hemming Wed, 08 May 2013 17:04:17 GMT 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