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When her tour was axed by coronavirus, the dancer set up an online festival with karaoke aerobics. She talks about her Bronx childhood, the pressure of Strictly and life beyond lockdown
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The Guardian and the Unicorn theatre present a fun series of short performances, created in lockdown, for children aged three to eight. Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom is available from 11am on 13 June until 8pm on 4 July.
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From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon
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Roy Williams, Rachel De-lahay, Justin Audibert and Charlene James select dramas that speak to our current moment
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It would be a tragedy if the lockdown left drama narrower and risk-averse. Our chief critic hears from Kwame Kwei-Armah, Indhu Rubasingham, Lynette Linton and Rachel De-lahay
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Rockets and Blue Lights review – swirling journey through black history
4 out of 5 stars.Winsome Pinnock’s play, responding to JMW Turner’s Slave Ship painting, is a timely contribution to the Black Lives Matter campaign -
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Continuity review – gripping study of Irish republican terror
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This is a moment of movement: as people gather to push for change, collective dancing has become activism in motion
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Chappelle performs a surprise new set, entitled 8:46, before a socially distanced audience
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3 out of 5 stars.Quinoa, veganism and lakehouses are ticked off on the Bronx comic’s journey to affluence but her charm shines through
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The comedian, comedy writer and TV producer on the things that make her laugh the most
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How do you make audiences laugh in a town that hates show-offs and loves to hassle performers? Our writer gets some hot tips
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Puppets were once ubiquitous on TV, but over the past two decades they’ve all but vanished. What happened to them – and to the humans who used to control them? Rich Pelley investigates
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As he returns to his role in Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, the actor, writer and director talks about Black Lives Matter, Martin Luther King and the state of UK theatre
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The NT’s popular online initiative continues with the ambitious 2019 adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Windrush novel and four more shows
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What makes Wicked and Starlight Express so addictive? A new documentary, Repeat Attenders, chronicles the reasons superfans return to see their favourites
Pictures & video
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As the RSC’s production starring Christopher Eccleston is broadcast on BBC Four, take a look back at some of the most arresting stagings of the ‘Scottish play’
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The Guardian and the Unicorn theatre present a fun series of short performances, created in lockdown, for children aged three to eight. Anansi and the Two Dinners is available until 8pm on 27 June
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The Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, starring Tom Hiddleston, is being streamed for National Theatre at Home. Here are some of the other stagings of the bold and bloody tragedy
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John Boyega has issued an emotional rallying cry in support of Black Lives Matter at London's Hyde Park. 'I need you to understand how painful it is to be reminded every day that your race means nothing,' the Star Wars actor said. 'Black lives have always mattered'
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Throughout theatre’s shutdown, photographer Kurttz has been taking portraits of creatives remotely, capturing images from video calls. Portraits in Isolation is her document of this time, collaborating with each sitter
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British theatre teeters on the brink of total collapse and restaurants, pubs and cinemas are yet to reopen. Photographer Martin Godwin takes a stroll through an eery West End
Europeans
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Original drama from across Europe: A Swedish dad warns of the internet undermining democracyOriginal drama from across Europe Sweden: A Swedish dad warns of the internet undermining democracyEuropeans part of This is Europe
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Our series on forgotten theatre classics continues with Timberlake Wertenbaker’s stylish dissection of Thatcher-era morality
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The ballerina stars in a stylish short film made in isolation and is about to perform at the Royal Opera House after months away
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With arts venues closed, ballerinas and b-boys are expressing themselves online. Here are some of the stunning results
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The star of Nottingham Playhouse’s The Madness of George III, streamed for National Theatre at Home, talks about royalty, lockdown and theatre’s future
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Berliner Ensemble unveils auditorium with most chairs ripped out, but some left in pairs, for a socially distanced audience who can visit the toilet during the play
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Following the cancellation of its UK tour, the cast of Bourne’s acclaimed dance production perform it in their living rooms and gardens in a 12-minute lockdown film
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