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It seems an age since Antonio Gades and his exotic foot-stompers were a novelty at Sadler's Wells. London has been flooded with flamenco shows, Argentinian tango shows, salsa dancing, dirty dancing, Matthew Bourne again and […]

David Jones (pictured) – who was associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966 and was last represented in the West End with his production of The Last Confession starring David Suchet – has died […]

Dancer-turned-theatre choreographer and director Craig Revel Horwood became a household name as the outspoken judge on Strictly Come Dancing. As the celebrity TV competition's sixth series commences, he's publishing his no-holds-barred autobiography and, this week, […]

Based on Barry Levinson’s 1988 film, there's no doubting Rain Man's cinematic pedigree. Barry Morrow's screenplay won one of four Oscars, while Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman gave highly memorable performances as two brothers embarking […]

There are obvious difficulties in staging Lord of the Flies, William Golding's novel about boys isolated on a desert island in a failed evacuation from a future war and the ensuing struggle between civilisation and […]

If it's Russia's provincial navel-glazing classes, yearning for a better life in Moscow, it must be Chekhov. This translation (by Michael Frayn) of Three Sisters is a solid, meticulous start to the new Royal Exchange […]

Amongst the major openings in London this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 22 September 2008 (previews from 18 September), flamenco dance show Flamenco Flamen’ka (pictured) opens at the West End's Lyric theatre, based on the […]