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France stages a lost opera
If opera needs a way to entrance new, younger audiences, this production of Samson needs to get on the road
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Portraits of rage.. and how we heal
The Death Of England is cutting-edge theatre that doesn’t care who it offends
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Deadpool and Wolverine restore fun to the MCU
Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, streaming and books
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The ego has landed
The man behind the masks and mysteries – James Ensor, the angry, vindictive, solitary genius of Ostend
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An eyemask, a leaf, a lecture… is this really theatre?
A spirited revival of Mnemonic can’t hide its flaws
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A greater showman than Trump
If you want a night of exuberant entertainment, vote for Barnum
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Kiss Me Kate is flawed but irresistible
Line Of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar delights in a clever and seditious classic
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Breast in show
Lust, love and life: an exhibition about the art of the breast
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My Family is David Baddiel's finest writing to date
Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books and streaming
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Pieces of Brecht
The playwright’s archives reveal him as a compulsive newspaper clipper and
a master of montage
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Ismail Kadare, the voice of Albania
Writing during the turbulent regime of Enver Hoxha led the writer into compromise – as well as greatness
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Slave Play is an absolute must-see
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A show that knows optimism is back in the air
The Voice of the Turtle is stylish, compelling and romantic
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Fifty years of The Night Porter
Liliana Cavani's pitch-black tale of a Nazi and a camp survivor bound together enraged almost everybody on its original release. Half a century on, has the tide turned?
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Kinds of Kindness is a deeply strange and wonderful movie
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The Constituent is a waste of James Corden
A flat script does Anna Maxwell Martin no favours either
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The perfect show for a warm summer night
The Secret Garden is assured and stylish
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Rebecca Horn, angel of alchemy
A retrospective opens in Munich of the drawings, films and kinetic sculptures of German artist Rebecca Horn
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Sergio Strizzi: the perfect moment
A new exhibition of the Italian photographer’s work captures the glamour of postwar Italian film
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The Bikeriders is an instant classic of the genre
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Kathleen Jamie’s ‘Cairn’ is poetry in prose
The Scottish writer infuses quiet moments with beauty and profundity. Her new book is so good it’s almost impossible to let it go
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The brightest false dawn
Early Soviet avant-garde art… and how it was crushed
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This Federer documentary packs power
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Why the Brexiteers are lying about trade
A new book explains a dry, complex subject with verve and wit
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Scheidegger, artist of the portraits
How tragedy turned photojournalist Ernst Scheidegger into a recorder of Dalí, Giacometti and more
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Kicking off a football revolution
A choice of reading for the Euros includes the man who prescribed a cure for English football’s problems, a generation early
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A very British scandal
At 75 years old, Emlyn Williams’ Accolade is all too relevant today
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Ian Penman’s portrait of a dead man
A new book tells the story of a German film-maker who tried to break with the country’s past
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Stealing Michelangelo
When the artist died in Rome in 1564, he had one more remarkable journey still to make
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The Beast will haunt you
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A visceral tale of violence and revenge
The Bleeding Tree is startling and compelling
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Sexism, secrets and the Mendelssohns
A sublime look at a hidden musical prodigy