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A ‘sanitised’ Michael Jackson musical? No thanks

With the hit Broadway show about Michael Jackson set to arrive on the West End, Jessie Thompson asks whether a production that completely avoids the more troubling questions of his legacy is appropriate – or any good

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Zoe Anderson Peaky Blinders dance show mixes rock gig energy with physical power

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Kat Lister Crystal Pite: ‘There’s a profound optimism in creating something’

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Anya Ryan David Tennant is hypnotic in Good, a muddled Nazi drama

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Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Good to Peaky Blinders

A guide to the week’s theatre

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Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from The Band’s Visit to Blues for an Alabama Sky

A guide to the week’s theatre

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Latest features and reviews

A ‘sanitised’ Michael Jackson musical? No thanks

Zoe Anderson Peaky Blinders dance show mixes rock gig energy with physical power

Kat Lister Crystal Pite: ‘There’s a profound optimism in creating something’

Anya Ryan David Tennant is hypnotic in Good, a muddled Nazi drama

Michael Church The significance of Opera North’s Orpheus cannot be overstated

Laura Whitmore: ‘Negativity comes with success – look at Olivia Wilde’

Last Days is an extraordinary retelling of Kurt Cobain’s story

Zoe Anderson Mayerling is a rich revival of MacMillan’s ballet of doomed obsession

Alice Saville The Crucible at the National shows the perils of self-righteousness

James Acaster: ‘All my stand-up was in this exaggerated persona’

Mixtape — 20 years of ZooNation is loaded with energetic dance numbers

Holly Williams Royal Exchange’s The Glass Menagerie casts a new, neon light on play

The Week on Stage

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Good to Peaky Blinders

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from The Band’s Visit to Blues for an Alabama Sky

EastEnders actor Josephine Melville backstage at theatre after play

Hamilton audience had a ‘blast’ on day of Liz Truss resignation

Meghan Markle’s Deal or No Deal co-star rejects ‘bimbos’ claim

Michael Jackson musical to open in London’s West End

Lesley Manville says Judi Dench once made her wet herself on stage

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella moving to Broadway with new name

Sir Ian McKellen to star in touring panto production of Mother Goose

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