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Crybabies: Bagbeard review – sci-fi caper boldly goes down a storm

The sketch trio throw a lot into their screwball adventure, from pagan festivals to alien apocalypse, but every gag pays off

The Guardian - UK

Cirque du Soleil: Kurios review – a gasp-inducing steampunk celebration of virtuosity

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s choreography connects amazing talents from yo-yoers to contortionists in a slick and seamless show

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George Takei’s Allegiance review – shocking history given musical uplift

The Star Trek actor appears in an epic story of Japanese Americans interned after Pearl Harbor but there is never enough emotional force

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Dance: Sarah Crompton’s five best shows of 2022

Past and present entwined in a sparkling postmodern revival, a sensational take on Stravinsky and Crystal Pite’s sublime dance of life

The Guardian - UK

Classical music: Fiona Maddocks’s 10 best concerts and operas of 2022

Excellence and perilous funding went hand in hand, Salome sizzled, a piano great led the way, and India and Italy became musical neighbours

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The best dance of 2022

Exhilarating highlights this year ranged from tech-savvy ballet and a juggling celebration of Merce Cunningham to a daring flamenco Rite of Spring

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The best theatre of 2022

In a superb year for the stage, our chief critic gives 10 shows an extra round of applause. Plus, Guardian theatre reviewers each pick their 2022 standout

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From Wagatha Christie to Donald Trump: can rapid-fire real-life drama upstage the news?

Dramatising the latest watercooler story doesn’t guarantee you box-office success. The stiffest competition may come from reality’s own high drama

The Guardian - UK

Ruination review – fabulous festive myth and murder from Lost Dog

Ben Duke’s retelling of the Medea myth may not have the trappings of Christmas cheer, but its inventive wit brings real delight

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Gloriana review – superb singing and smart staging illuminate Britten’s coronation opera

English National Opera’s one-off performance of Britten’s uneven opera was very fine in every respect, with Christine Rice an exceptional Elizabeth I

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Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty review – doing the fairytale twist

Crammed with the choreographer’s trademark wit and OTT theatrics, this is an irresistible spin on the story

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The Nutcracker review – the Royal Ballet’s winter warmer

This sumptuously designed production is a treat if you don’t dwell on the dramatic flaws and just enjoy the magical music and performances

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‘Don’t waste time’: War Horse composer Adrian Sutton on living with an incurable cancer diagnosis

Adrian Sutton has written acclaimed orchestral, choral and chamber works, and been Tony-nominated for his theatre scores. Now, as he prepares his final two concerts, he shares what he has learned from a life in music

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Ruination review – you’ll laugh and cry at this ‘Christmas show’ Medea

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonBen Duke brings fresh life to the classics again with deft movement between tragedy and comedy

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The Week on Stage: From Othello to Vardy v Rooney

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: It’s a Wonderful Life; A Child of Our Time; IMS Prussia Cove – review

ENO’s warm-hearted production of Jake Heggie’s operatic take on the classic Frank Capra film is full of poignant ironies

The Guardian - UK

The Wind in the Wilton’s review – Mr Toad and pals take on weaselly property developers

Piers Torday’s update of the children’s classic brings Kenneth Grahame’s animals to modern-day London

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The best theatre to stream this month: Age of Rage, A Scary Little Tempest and more

Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove’s epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas

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Jack and the Beanstalk review – sumptuously OTT panto has a big heart

A streetwise Jack sells his cow for a tin of baked beans in this sugar rush of a show, which is underpinned with an anti-greed moral about the collective good

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It’s a Wonderful Life review – operatic adaptation is on the side of the angels

Jake Heggie’s take on the heartwarming Christmas classic has a glittering, melodic score with a gift of a role for soprano Danielle de Niese as goofy guardian angel Clara

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Israel Galván: La Consagración de la Primavera review – Stravinsky with a flamenco stamp

The maverick choreographer makes his mark on The Rite of Spring in this elementally austere exercise in anxiety and loose-cannon footwork

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Henry V review – a troubled king reaches for foreign quarrels

In this coruscating production from Headlong and Shakespeare’s Globe, Henry’s grasp for power is cast in a stark light

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Sarah review – pungent story of self-destruction

Jonathan Slinger is the antihero – and all the other characters – in an adaptation of Scott McClanahan’s novel, staged by Oliver Reese

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‘We put Disney in the bin’: Victoria Hamilton-Barritt on being theatre’s top Christmas villain

She starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights while eight months pregnant and played Cinderella’s stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s abruptly closed musical. Now Hamilton-Barritt has bounced back as a tormented ogress in Hex

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The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration review – looking forward with friends

World premieres, old favourites and a ballet legend in the house make for a memorable gala evening

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