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Jonathan Hacker’s film about militant Islam and Saudi Arabia is a house of horrors
Ella Hickson’s play tilts at power structures but feels fatally self-absorbed
Kenneth Lonergan scripts a four-parter starring Hayley Atwell, Tracey Ullman and Matthew Macfadyen
A new awareness of the intimacy of radio have recently transformed poetry
Though atmospheric, this multimedia work doesn’t quite get under the skin
A revelatory staging of Chekhov’s first three full-length plays
The album represents the best of the UK composer, performed with noble feeling by the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Laura Wade’s compelling evening weaves together drama and music
A new play explores age, motherhood and our expectations of women
The pianist siblings were undeterred by an interruption to their performance
Unexpected postscript to the composer’s centenary shows his versatility and completes the picture of his formative years
Jamie Glover makes his London directorial debut with a modest but heartfelt venture
Reports on Michaël R. Roskam’s miserablist powerhouse, Robert Zemeckis’s moral-uplift mega-drama and Roger Michell’s FDR biopic
An adventurous visiting Russian production of Chekhov’s play trumps its star-studded British counterpart
Superb casting does justice to the fine music of Alex Glasgow and the prose of Sid Chaplin
This production feels more like a spectacle than a romp
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