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Anne McElvoy
Playing the Wall game
Ella Hickson’s new play is a clever—and technically inventive—portrayal of East Germany in the 1960s
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Miller’s tales and Nordic gloom
Willy Loman is back in town, still pursuing the American dream, while Ibsen’s unhappy ghosts return too
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
All boys together in Pinterworld
A new production of Betrayal reminds us of the playwright’s insights into male relationships
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Spoiled for choice
Joshua Harmon’s new play about the struggle to get into top American universities could not be more timely
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Molière still hits the spot
The classic Tartuffe transposed to Highgate provides a witty commentary on post-crash London
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Thrashing out a few solutions
New plays on Broadway and at the Royal Court take on gay coming of age and corporal punishment
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Underrated: Wolf Biermann
The brave dissident East German singer and songwriter still standing up for freedom
Anne McElvoy
Underrated
A nuanced take on immigration
A new play about a bereaved London Caribbean family avoids the preachiness of much contemporary drama
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Porgy’s blessed: songs, cast, dance
George Gershwin’s masterpiece is revealed in all its splendour by ENO’s sprightly new co-production
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
Everyday story of Trump’s folk
Stephen Karam’s Broadway hit about a family at the mercy of the market resonates in London too
Anne McElvoy
Theatre
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Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley
Underrated
The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart
Food
A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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