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Cabaret works its wicked way

  • 23 October 2006

Witches from Oz are no match for the sexy and sinister Kit Kat Klub Wicked Apollo Victoria Theatre, London SW1 Cabaret Lyric Theatre, London W1

Comedy: Sand in the underpants of power

  • 16 October 2006

A remarkable show which combines activism, journalism and good gags Mark Thomas: as used on the famous Nelson Mandela Farnham Maltings and touring

Drunk and disorderly

  • 09 October 2006

The acting in Kevin Spacey's latest offering elevates this minor work A Moon for the Misbegotten The Old Vic, London SE1

Let's play master and servant

  • 02 October 2006

Eve Ensler turns to dialogue to tackle torture and Iraq in a patchy two-hander The Treatment Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street, New York City

The National strikes gold

  • 25 September 2006

Nicholas Hytner brings Ben Jonson's London bang up to date in a fine staging The Alchemist Olivier Theatre, London SE1

Chattering classes in need of a plot

  • 18 September 2006

There's sex, alcohol, arguments and cancer, yet what this show lacks is drama Rabbit Trafalgar Studios, London SW1

Saved by the golden codpiece

  • 11 September 2006

A dull production is enlivened only by a line-up of strapping male physiques Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cold sweat beneath the smiles

  • 04 September 2006

Tricky Dicky and Frosty face off in the 1970s' most riveting battle of wits Frost/Nixon Donmar Warehouse, London WC1

On a wing and a prayer

  • 28 August 2006

Edinburgh's oddest, most electrifying work is produced far from the Fringe Edinburgh International Festival Various venues

Despatches from the front line

  • 21 August 2006

Reportage and Middle Eastern crisis lend a raw tone to this year's Fringe Edinburgh Fringe Festival Various venues

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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