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(Domino)After years of remote collaboration and standins, the indie experimentalists are all back in the same room – and overburdened with ideasIn the 23 years since their debut album was released, Animal Collective have honed the art of the jam. Wor...
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National Gallery, LondonOften overshadowed by his contemporary Rembrandt, the 17th-century Haarlem artist is revealed to be a genius of the seemingly nonchalant yet telling portrait in this first showcase of his work in 30 yearsTwo portraits: Marie L...
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Royal Opera House, LondonWith its stellar leads and lively background action, this sprightly revival of Carlos Acosta’s revised staging is a celebration of the pleasure of classical danceIs there a narrative ballet with less meaningful plot than Don...
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Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the director’s lovingly detailed short film based on Dahl’s tale of a man who can see through objectsOnly the most hardened Wes Anderson sceptic could fail to be charmed by the director’s latest. The Wo...
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Royal Court, LondonWe’re left wondering not just whodunnit but what was done and why in this lushly designed but confusing production This postmodern whodunnit begins, tantalisingly, with a body lying prone in what looks to be a crime scene. Seven n...
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A promotion imperils the relationship between two hedge fund analysts in Chloe Domont’s overheated psychodramaSex and power are inextricably grafted together in the relationship between Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich), both rising...
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The Chilean author’s assured fictionalised portrait of the visionary Hungarian scientist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and laid the foundations of modern computing is darkly intelligent and feverishly propulsiveEarly on in this darkly fasc...
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Our roundup of stage shows to watch at home includes a revival of Polly Stenham’s debut play, London’s international dance festival and Patrick Stewart suffering toil and troubleThe first major revival of Polly Stenham’s heated family drama, which ca...
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Liverpool’s Royal Court; Duke of York’s; Kiln, LondonAlan Bleasdale’s 80s TV classic about jobless workers hits home in James Graham’s adaptation; Andrew Scott is not alone in his one-man Chekhov; and Lynn Nottage adds imagination to a tale of ivory...
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George Kay’s Yorkshire Ripper drama tries to subvert expectations; Matt Hancock goes commando; the murder of Jill Dando still haunts; and Bake Off newbie Alison Hammond is the icing on the cakeThe Long Shadow (ITV1) | itv.comCelebrity SAS: Who Dares...
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The Honolulu-born singer on playing Norma Desmond in the West End, the heartbreak of the Hawaiian wildfires, and the roots of her work ethicNicole Scherzinger, 45, was born in Honolulu and raised in Kentucky. She started acting age 14 and studied mus...
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Birmingham Hippodrome; Sadler’s Wells, London The fathers of heavy metal have gained at least one new fan thanks to an inspired new Carlos Acosta commission. And the music’s the star in the English National Ballet ambitious new mixed billMusic and da...
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The veteran US philosopher renowned for his theories of consciousness is an intriguing figure but too prone to ‘professorial preening’One summer’s day in 1976, the philosopher Daniel Dennett was driving along the Massachusetts turnpike when he had a...
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The historian’s new TV series, Union, exposes the contradictions and conflicting identities that have beset the United Kingdom from its earliest alliances to our present divisionsMaking a TV series, by its nature, involves a deep dive into the topic,...
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(Fat Possum)With contributions from Segal, Shabaka Hutchings and more, rappers Billy Woods and Elucid bleakly fizz on an album that deserves your full attentionLeft-field New York rapper Billy Woods – half of Armand Hammer – is a prolific collaborato...