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The company of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' perform on a brightly lit stage, with the titular character standing centre-stage, arms raised triumphantly. Many of the other characters point towards him, as if in celebration.
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Theatre review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Birmingham Hippodrome

A gloriously bonkers blast of musical mayhem.

A fair-skinned woman comforts a fair-skinned man as he weeps with his head against her chest. Both are dressed in drab period garments reflecting the play's setting of the 1690s. The photograph depicts Gavin Drea as John Proctor and Phoebe Pryce as Elizabeth Proctor in 'The Crucible' at Shakespeare's Globe.
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Theatre review: The Crucible, Shakespeare’s Globe

Arthur Miller’s haunting drama of the Salem witch trials comes to the Globe.

Two panels. On the left is a profile pic of a man with white hair looking to the left. On the right is the cover of a book, 'Alice's Oxford' which features an illustration of Alice in Wonderland meeting the Queen of Hearts and her entourage.
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Book Review: Alice’s Oxford, Peter Hunt

Tiptoe through the back streets of Oxford with this new book about Alice and her author Charles Dodgson.

A middle-age man in a blue top is confronting a younger bearded man in a grey hoodie.
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Theatre review: The Fifth Step, Soho Place, London

A compelling two-hander about masculinity and dealing with your demons.

A man in a yellow high vis jacket shining a torch in a small room.
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Theatre review: Ghost Stories, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

More haunted house than haunting drama, 'Ghost Stories' offers a jolt to the senses but lacks the quiet dread that…

A woman wearing a colourful pantsuit is in a wheelchair. She is screaming. In the background in the right is a police officer.
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Theatre review: Diagnosis, Finborough Theatre, London

A police procedural drama about the questioning of vulnerable people.

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Book review: That’s All I Know, Elisa Levi

An engaging tale of sadness and quiet desperation. 

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Music review: Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček, Barbican Hall

The London Symphony Orchestra embarked on a bold and boisterous journey with the irrepressible Mr Brouček. 

Against a dark stormy backdrop a man stands in a light brown trench coat on the left. On the right is a young woman with an apron over her drab clothes.
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Theatre review:  An Inspector Calls, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

With its stark visuals and pointed messaging, this enduring production still holds a mirror up to a society reluctant to…

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Theatre review: The Girl on the Train, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Dripping with unease and shadow, this adaptation trades tidy resolution for haunting emotional truth.

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