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TV tonight: the uplifting story of Welsh miners and Pride activists

A moving documentary celebrates how two beleaguered communities changed history. Plus, a deep and meaningful chat with Juliette Binoche. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Sky Documentaries Continue reading...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 08:17
The best theatre to stream this month: David Suchet’s Poirot secrets, Oklahoma! and more

This month’s roundup includes the versatile actor’s 75th birthday show, Succession’s Harriet Walter playing Lorca’s matriarch and supreme showman Hugh Jackman in the classic musicalTo mark his 75th birthday, David Suchet headed out on tour with an affable show that combined Shakespearean speeches, tips on acting and anecdotes from his career on stage...

Sat Jun 1, 2024 02:24
Circle Mirror Transformation review – Annie Baker’s drama class is a lesson in power-play

Gate theatre, Dublin Directed by Róisín McBrinn, this 2009 play is an absorbing study of group dynamics, deepened by intricate dialogue and superb actingSix weeks is a long time in theatre, as a group of strangers discover when they come together for a drama class in Annie Baker’s ensemble play from 2009. This American playwright has since been acclaimed...

Fri May 31, 2024 20:24
Coram Boy review – hectic melodrama about the Georgian-era baby trade

Chichester Festival theatre The performances are strong, but can’t rescue a convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning novel about foundlings and orphans sold to criminals for a shilling This adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning children’s novel about 18th-century foundlings plays out under an aspic glow. But beneath the handsome, period-drama...

Fri May 31, 2024 18:54
Grace Jones shakes her bones! Great moments in after-dark photography

The perfect post-sundown shot has long proved elusive. But a new book called Night Fever is celebrating the trailblazers who caught not just what the small hours look like – but how they feelIn 2008, the celebrated photographer Dayanita Singh discovered that using daylight colour film stock at night yielded strange results. When she shot at dusk, the...

Fri May 31, 2024 18:24
Coram Boy review – a show that buries the plot along with the foundling babies

Chichester Festival theatre The performances are strong and the music is beautiful, but they cannot rescue this convoluted adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning children’s novel This adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s award-winning children’s novel about 18th-century foundlings plays out under an aspic glow. But beneath the handsome, period-drama optics...

Fri May 31, 2024 17:54

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