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The elusive artist is back in the spotlight with a disco musical about Imelda Marcos. How did he come up with that?
Also opening: ’70s TV series Rock Follies comes to the stage in Chichester; language under scrutiny in Word-Play at the Royal Court
Geoff Sobelle’s spaghetti-strewn performance aims to serve up a meditation on life’s everyday rituals
Also opening: Union at the Arcola Theatre and The Sound of Music in Chichester
With awards cancelled and artists who can’t afford to come, this year’s Edinburgh Fringe shows the threat facing radical, experimental work
New production attempts to scrub clean a show that has attracted criticism for its depiction of south-east Asia
Other political plays opening in London: Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic, and A Playlist for the Revolution at the Bush
Also opening on the London stage: Mark Rylance in Dr Semmelweis and Will Young in Song From Far Away
Also opening on the London stage: Tambo & Bones, and Lily Allen in a revival of The Pillowman
Mei Mac takes on cliché portrayals from ‘Madama Butterfly’ to ‘M*A*S*H’ at the Manchester International Festival
Also on the London stage: two adaptations of much-loved films, Mrs Doubtfire and The Third Man
The ‘My Neighbour Totoro’ star’s new show challenges a century of anti-Asian racism in the theatre
Plus: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Almeida seethes with restless energy; ‘Frank and Percy’ celebrates older romance
Peter Morgan’s power play comes to the West End. Also on the London stage: When Winston Went to War with the Wireless and Groundhog Day
Cast members and movement coaches discuss James Graham’s new play about Gareth Southgate and his men
The star of ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ is embracing pratfalls and comedy’s power to disrupt
Plus the gardener and the nuns, and the world’s best butter
How the pop princess survived success, and then found it all over again
Also on open-air stages in London: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Globe, ‘Once On This Island’ in Regent’s Park
Also on the London stage: Ashley Robinson’s intimate adaptation of Brokeback Mountain
A new documentary adds to play revivals and a hefty biography in appreciation of the Master 50 years after his death
Also opening: two 1920s dramas of deception and disappointment — Somerset Maugham’s ‘The Circle’ and Noël Coward’s ‘The Vortex’
The ‘Luther’ star will be appearing at London’s Young Vic opposite 100 different men
Also on the London stage: Dixon and Daughters at the National Theatre
‘A Little Life’ and other works of endurance theatre are hard work for actors — and audiences
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