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A vandalised venue made for a tentative performance from the improvisational jazz trio
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Fight the power.
The France-based dance troupe performed the episodic ‘Borderline’
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Emma Rice returns to the London stage with an exuberant celebration of theatre
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The latest misfire in an oddly underwhelming solo career
West London hip-hop’s poster girl sings about states of disorientation
The artist probes the borders between reality and illusion to twanging surf guitar
The young tyro plays dazzling solos, greeted with a roar of applause
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The artist’s pioneering abstractions feel right at home on the spiral ramp of New York’s Guggenheim
FT critics review the latest and best shows in the West End, across the capital and the UK
The new Albukhary Foundation Gallery charts the culture of Islam with breathtaking scope
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The dance company is staging a new wave of work by women
