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Queen of outrage

  • 23 October 2008

America's favourite taboo-breaker is sharper on gender than she is on race Sarah Silverman Hammersmith Apollo, London W6

Prophecy and prejudice

  • 16 October 2008

Stereotypes mar a beautiful production about life in the Louisiana projects In the Red and Brown Water Young Vic, London SE1

A fight of titans

  • 09 October 2008

Messiaen and others give London's new concert venue an auspicious launch Opening Festival Kings Place, London N1

There's more to life than comedy

  • 02 October 2008

The ghost of Hamlet haunts this winning revival of Chekhov's overlooked first play Ivanov Donmar West End, London WC2

In leaps and bounds

  • 25 September 2008

Juliette Binoche makes an impressive foray into the world of modern dance in-i Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1

Tailor-made viewing

  • 18 September 2008

There are moments of brilliance in this innovative and haunting production Helium The Pit, Barbican, London EC2

Seen it all before

  • 11 September 2008

After 25 years of pop hits, Madonna's shock tactics are just embarrassing Madonna Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

The unbearable light-heartedness of being

  • 04 September 2008
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Peter Brook tries to put an optimistic spin on Beckett, with tedious results Fragments Young Vic, London SE1

Beauty and the beast

  • 28 August 2008

Oscar Wilde's novel is transposed into the vicious world of modern celebrity Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Fit for a prince

  • 21 August 2008

David Tennant is mesmerising yet baffling in an eccentric production Hamlet Courtyard Theatre, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

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