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The funereal opening scene, marking the Duchess a widow This time last year there were two tragic Duchesses vying for your theatrical pounds. Greenwich Theatre’s production opened this week as part of their second ‘Stage on Screen’ season, reviving classic texts for performance and committing …

Ziggy Stardust as Macbeth played by a woman with incredible bone structure Get Over It’s rapid Hamlet last year was a surprise treat, one of those pot luck shows that won us over. This year, they’re tackling Macbeth, swopping speed for glamrock. The tragic hero …

In dealing with subject matter that is almost unbearable, the ancient form of Greek Tragedy with its terrible inevitability and its observing, commenting Chorus, is just the ticket. Only, Niklas Rådström isn’t dealing with myth or fiction. The murder of two year old James Bulger …

At its official world première after two years in gestation, Brazilian-British collaboration Hotel Medea is about as far as one can get from an ordinary night at the theatre. The performance by Zecora Ura and the Urban Dolls Project announces itself with an unapologetic challenge: …

It’s not quite as easy to capture the imaginations of a modern audience with Greek tragedy as it was at the old Dionysia festival, but when it works, it works. This season, Dalston’s Arcola Theatre seem keen to bring a whole new spirit to the …

Photo by Laurent Liotardo Nothing like a dose of tragedy in taffeta for the New Year blues. English National Ballet’s production of Manon opened at the glorious Coliseum last night, amidst much dressing up – there was one lady even spotted sporting an Edwardian bustle. …

In the relentless battle against anti-social behaviour and juvenile crime on our public transport we’ve reported on 999 text hotlines and genuine gansters brought in to educate the kids. We’ve had local heroes, PCSOs, poster campaigns and overzealous bus drivers. Now, apparently, we need God. …

Northwick Park Hospital: not the place to have babies. Now they’re trying to find out why. Data: let’s just ban the stuff and stop getting all stressy about it. Now it transpires that no less than 13 London councils have lost sensitive material in the …