Performance

Culture

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

Theatre

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

Music

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

Theatre

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

Dance

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

Theatre

Tailor-made viewing

• 18 September 2008

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

Music

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

Theatre

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

Theatre

Fit for a prince

• 21 August 2008

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