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NOW RUNNING and TOURS
Theatre & Comedy
- Anne Boleyn is at Shakespeare's Globe until 21 August. Read David Nice's review
- The Prince of Homburg continues at the Donmar, London until 4 September. Read Veronica Lee's review
- The House of Bilquis Bibi runs at Hampstead Theatre, London to 14 August; thereafter to the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (7-11 Sept); Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate (14-18 Sept) and Coliseum Theatre, Oldham (28 Sept-2 Oct). Read Carole Woddis's review
- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is at Minerva Theatre, Chichester until 26 August. Read Bella Todd's review
- Danton's Death is in repertoire at the Olivier until 14 October. Read James Woodall's review
- The Beauty Queen of Leenane continues at the Young Vic until 21 August. Read Carole Woddis's review
- The Secret of Sherlock Holmes is at the Duchess Theatre until 11 September. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- Pygmalion is at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 27 August. Read Bella Todd's review
- Lingua Franca is at the Finborough Theatre until 7 August. Read Aleks Sierz's review
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue plays at the Vaudeville Theatre until 25 September. Read Sheila Johnston's review
- The Railway Children is at Waterloo Station until 5 September. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- La Bête plays at the Comedy Theatre until 4 September. Thereafter it transfers to Broadway from 23 September to 13 February. Read Sheila Johnston's review
- Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, The Willy Russell Season in London, at Trafalgar Studios to 30 October. Read Jasper Rees's interview with Willy Russell
- Our Day Out at Royal Court Liverpool 27 August-9 October. Read Jasper Rees's interview with Willy Russell
- Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre, London, Read Jasper Rees's interview with Willy Russell
- Through a Glass Darkly runs at the Almeida Theatre until 31 July. Read Matt Wolf's review
- The Fantasticks is at the Duchess Theatre until 5 September. Read Matt Wolf's review
- After the Dance at the National's Lyttelton Theatre until 11 August. Read David Nice's review
- Oxford Shakespeare Company outdoor production of The Tempest is at Gray’s Inn Gardens, London, touring to Greenwich Royal Park, Wadham College, Oxford and Hampton Court Palace, London until 30 August. Read Mick Gordon's feature on directing the play
- All My Sons is booking at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London till 11 September with a likely extension to 2 October. Read Ismene Brown's review
- Shakespeare's Globe continues its Kings & Rogues season through 3 October. Read Matt Wolf's interview with Dominic Dromgoole
- Peter Pan is touring to Inverness, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- Ricky Gervais is on tour with Science in the UK throughout 2010. Read Jasper Rees' review
- Hair is running indefinitely at the Gielgud Theatre, London W1. Read Matt Wolf's review
- Beyond the Horizon is in rep at the National Theatre. Read James Woodall's review
- Sean Lock's Lockipedia is touring Britain until 12 November. Read Veronica Lee's review
- Love Never Dies is at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Read Matt Wolf's review
- The Habit of Art is at the Lyttelton, National Theatre from 14 July with Desmond Barrit and Malcolm Sinclair. Then tours to Birmingham Rep (28 Sep-2 Oct), The Lowry, Salford (5–9 Oct), Venue Cymru, Llandudno (12–16 Oct), Milton Keynes Theatre (19–23 Oct), Grand Opera House, Belfast (26–30 Oct), Theatre Royal, Nottingham (2–6 Nov), Leeds Grand Theatre (9–13 Nov), Theatre Royal, Newcastle (16–20 Nov), Theatre Royal, Glasgow (23–27 Nov). Read Ismene Brown's review
Art
Opera & Classical
Dance
- The Bolshoi Ballet performs at the Royal Opera House 19 July-8 August. Grigorovich's Spartacus 19-21, 31 (mat & eve) July, Petipa/Vikharev Coppélia 22-24 (mat & eve) July, Balanchine's Serenade and Coralli/Perrot/Petipa/Grigorovich 26-28 July, a 'Russian' triple bill of Fokine's Petrushka, Ratmansky's Russian Seasons and Petipa/Burlaka's Paquita 29-30 July, Petipa/Ratmansky/Burlaka Le Corsaire 2-5 August , Petipa/Gorsky/Fadeyechev Don Quixote 6-8 August. Read theartsdesk reviews so far: Spartacus, Coppelia, Serenade/Giselle.
- Political Mother tours to Galway, Ireland, 20-24 July, Hamburg, Lyon and Paris in the summer. Its autumn UK tour begins at South Hill Park, Bracknell, 28 September, then goes to the Sheffield Lyceum, Warwick Arts Centre, Nottingham Playhouse and Truro's Hall for Cornwall. Read Ismene Brown's review
- Cruel tours to Northampton, Bradford, Cardiff, Birmingham, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Nottingham, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London. Read Ismene Brown's review.
- Gnosis tour details on the Akram Khan Company website. Read Ismene Brown's review
Festivals
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