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As it turns 60, the National Theatre must balance past and present

The NT has a civic duty to revive woefully neglected plays from the world repertory. Doing so will make modern drama stronger

The Guardian - UK

‘Delicate, dangerous, anarchic’: Daniel Craig, Michael Mann, Matthew Macfadyen and more remember Michael Gambon

He wasn’t just a magnificent actor – he was also a raconteur, mentor, joker, engineer and pilot. Friends including Tom Hollander, Penelope Wilton, Simon Callow, Nicholas Hytner, Matthew Warchus and Rupert Goold pay tribute to the star

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Don Carlo; Woman at Point Zero; History of the Present – review

Lise Davidsen is exceptional in Verdi’s masterly study of war and leadership; and Belfast is the focus of a bold four-woman collaboration on film

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Don Carlo at the Royal Opera review: a legendary performance from Lise Davidsen

A memorable revival at Covent Garden

Evening Standard

The Card review – a sparkling adaptation of Arnold Bennett’s rags-to-riches comic novel

Conrad Nelson’s fast-flowing production, which races through time and space, exemplifies the ingenuity of regional theatre

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Natasha Lyonne rocks in excellent new series Poker Face

The must-watch comedy crime drama continues. Plus: the undercover mission gears up in Black Ops. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on excellence in the arts: it’s not about elites

Editorial: It is refreshing to hear new ideas, but dividing culture into the best and the rest won’t do anyone any good

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The flaws in Nicholas Hytner’s plan to save the performing arts

Letters: Jamie Hale, Richard Eyre and Chris Hodgkins respond to the director’s proposals

The Guardian - UK

The arts in Britain are teetering on the brink. Here is my plan to save them

The Arts Council should focus on high-quality performances while a new body deals with community-based initiatives, says Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director at the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Guys and Dolls review: a ‘solid-gold’ revival at the Bridge Theatre

With hits ranging from One Man, Two Guvnors and The History Boys to Miss Saigon, it is fair to say that Nicholas Hytner “knows how to put on a show”, said David Benedict in Variety. So it was always likely that if he took on “arguably the greatest musical comedy…

The Week

The week in theatre: five stars for Guys & Dolls, plus Marjorie Prime and The Tragedy of Macbeth – review

The audience is swept along with the action in Nicholas Hytner’s thrillingly immersive new Guys and Dolls; Nancy Carroll and Anne Reid surf memory and identity; and Shakespeare’s witches multitask

The Guardian - UK

Guys and Dolls review: You’ll struggle to find a classier revival

Nicholas Hytner’s immersive production sends audiences into the seedy, neon-lit underbelly of Depression-era New York

The Independent UK

Guys and Dolls review – Nicholas Hytner’s gamble pays off

This immersive production of the New York musical has a bold design, superb singing and chemistry between its stars

The Guardian - UK

Guys & Dolls at the Bridge review: Marisha Wallace is a standout in this blissful and exhilarating revival

This near-flawless revival boasts excellent leads, astonishing choreography and gorgeous costumes

Evening Standard

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Guys & Dolls: casting has been announced for Nicholas Hytner’s new production at the Bridge Theatre

From an award-winning team and with a star-studded cast, Guys & Dolls is set up for success

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Emily Blunt’s bloody, beautiful western The English lands at last

This sweeping drama by Hugo Blick sees a vengeful English aristocrat hunt down her son’s killer in the Old West. Plus: the boisterous football fans who’ve formed a choir

The Guardian - UK

By all means cry God for Harry, England and St George. Just don’t puff out your chest too far

A new production of Henry V has been called a ‘woke King Harry’ – but Englishness has always been complex

The Guardian - UK

John Gabriel Borkman review – Simon Russell Beale magnetic as the shamed alpha-male banker

Turning to a lesser-staged work by Ibsen might seem risky, but Nicholas Hytner’s production is held together by some powerhouse performances

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Evening Standard

John Gabriel Borkman review at the Bridge Theatre: this unsympathetic Ibsen is hard going

The three central performances are focused and intense, but even Simon Russell Beale can’t leaven the gloom

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to do things I’ve never done’: The History Boys’ Samuel Barnett on his new one-man show

Making his fringe debut with a show about a troubled standup, the actor explains why he loves solo performance, his issues with The History Boys, and why this government’s days are numbered

The Guardian - UK

The Southbury Child review – a vicar picks an odd hill to die on

Even-handed to a fault, Stephen Beresford’s new comedy coasts by on sub-Alan Bennett humour and the odd eye-roll at wokeness. But its hero’s stance on balloons beggars belief

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