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Directed by Sam Mendes, the National Theatre’s production rattles through 160 years of history to explain the bank’s collapse
Armando Iannucci’s Soviet-era satire is full of grand absurdity and violent dread
How the writers of ‘Veep’ and ‘The Thick of It’ brought their gift for profanity to Stalinist Russia
Celebrities are just a side dish at the busy annual film event
Digital wizardry and terrific performances create a moving production of Shakespeare’s play
A performance of Bach’s oratorio that followed the path of compromise
State-of-the-art stagecraft meets a career-best performance by Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale plays the one-legged transvestite comedian Samuel Foote
A gripping drama based on the Occupy movement shows a clergy struggling with anguished indecision
A solo celebration of performer and activist Paul Robeson portrays a flawed but magnificent figure
Richard III, Perseverance Drive, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Great Britain, Skylight, The Events and The Elephantom
Juliet Stevenson brings a resolute breeziness to Beckett’s challenging role
Sam Mendes’ production is a very good one, though not a landmark
Harold Pinter’s early play about a sinister medical institution is superbly delivered by a cast that includes a thundering, blustering Simon Russell Beale
A ludicrously dragged-up Simon Russell Beale heads an excellent cast in this revival of the 1977 play with songs
Mary McCann gives a well-crafted performance in Simon Stephens’ unsettling play about a woman in midlife crisis
Nicholas Hytner’s deft staging makes Shakespeare’s tale of a rich man’s fall a trenchant play for today
The 60-minute film chronicles the mystical and aesthetic links which have influenced the composer’s music
Nigel Andrews reviews ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ by Terence Davies and ‘My Week with Marilyn’ by Simon Curtis
The National Theatre director on Stanislavsky, Bulgakov and James Corden
This production has been keenly anticipated for the better part of a year, and Rory Kinnear delivers a fine performance
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