Michael Portillo

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Theatre - Shock and awe

  • 05 June 2006

A lavish Danish Ring is often silly, occasionally sublime, writes Michael Portillo The Ring Cycle Copenhagen Opera House

Murder they wrote

  • 29 May 2006

Theatre - A witty, gory Jacobean thriller offers titillating entertainment The Changeling Barbican Centre, London EC1

Rewriting history

  • 22 May 2006

Theatre - A paranoid dictator's imagined nightmares fail to convince, writes Michael Portillo Breakfast With Mugabe Duchess Theatre, London WC2

Family jewels

  • 08 May 2006

Theatre - Respectability poses problems in a smart Edwardian satire, writes Michael Portillo The Voysey Inheritance Lyttelton Theatre, London SE1

Pure Bliss

  • 01 May 2006

Theatre - Dame Judi hams it up in a Coward country-house classic, writes Michael Portillo Hay Fever Theatre Royal Haymarket, London SW1

All that glitters

  • 24 April 2006

Theatre - A clunky tale of conquistadors and Incas fails to strike gold, writes Michael Portillo The Royal Hunt of the Sun Olivier Theatre, London SE1

Martyr act

  • 17 April 2006

Theatre - A superb portrait of enforced intimacy makes us suffer as much as laugh, writes Michael Portillo Smaller Lyric Theatre, London W1

His master's voice

  • 10 April 2006

Theatre - Two shots of pure misery give Beckett addicts an uplifting fix, writes Michael Portillo Come and Go Footfalls The Pit, London EC2

They had it coming

  • 03 April 2006

Theatre - Jailbirds sing and dance their way through prison high jinks, writes Michael Portillo ChicagoHMP Bronzefield, Ashford, Middlesex

Marriage rows

  • 27 March 2006

Theatre - comedy of sexual frustration proves as bitter as any tragedy, writes Michael Portillo Period of Adjustment Almeida Theatre, London N1

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

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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