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Escape from respectability

  • 14 August 2006

A struggle against Dublin society in 1912 creates two moral outcasts Exiles Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1

Won't you charleston with me?

  • 07 August 2006

Naughty girls and frisky fellows make for perfect summer entertainment The Boy Friend Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London NW1

Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler?

  • 31 July 2006

A brave attempt to recreate Blitz spirit sounds one too many wrong notes Blonde Bombshells of 1943 Hampstead Theatre, London NW3

Pass the false breasts, please

  • 24 July 2006

Alan Bennett's disappointingly dated farce smacks of mid-life crisis Habeas Corpus Theatre Royal Bath

Lost in the moral maze

  • 17 July 2006

Two masterpieces pose brutal human dilemmas, but only one moves us The Seagull Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1 The Life of Galileo Olivier Theatre, London SE1

Sesame Street grows up

  • 10 July 2006

A cynical, riotous adult puppet show is a tonic for anyone over 30 Avenue Q Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2

Waiting for the Big Number

  • 03 July 2006

New production of a classic musical relies on a single, spellbinding song Evita Adelphi Theatre, London WC2

Where did it all go wrong?

  • 26 June 2006

European history gets a make-over in an uneasy marriage of politics and pop Rock'n'Roll Royal Court Theatre, London SW1

When Britain was true blue

  • 19 June 2006

A loving paean to the Eighties comes complete with snow-washed denim. By Rosie Millard Market Boy
Olivier Theatre, London SE1

A night of severed limbs

  • 12 June 2006

A dark and thrilling new production is Shakespeare for the Post-Tarantino age. By Rosie Millard Titus Andronicus Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1

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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