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The Threepenny Opera

The Berliner Ensemble’s The Threepenny Opera opens with a personification of the moon singing ‘The Ballad of Mack the Knife’, the song’s gruesome lyri...
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Trojan Women

During the all-too-frequent outbreaks of global conflict during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Euripides’ The Trojan Women has been a touch...
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Anna Karenina

Writer Lesley Hart and director Polina Kalinina bring plenty of zest and visual panache to this ambitious production of Russian classic Anna Karenina....
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Kidnapped

After first delighting audiences three years ago with Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Isobel McArthur returns to the Lyceum with her distinctive bran...
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Macbeth (an undoing)

Macbeth (an undoing) is a well-meaning attempt to recentre William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy on the figure of Lady Macbeth (Nicole Cooper), as oppo...
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An Edinburgh Christmas Carol

It’s been a mere three years since The Lyceum last staged An Edinburgh Christmas Carol. However, it is easy to see why the accompanying lifetime of ch...
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Medea

There is a moment in the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of Medea when Adura Onashile – playing the titular character – stands stock still, ...
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An Untitled Love

The subject of choreographer Kyle Abraham’s new work is clear from the title. Although the dance celebrates the extraordinariness and complexity of lo...
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Coppélia

This modern-day reworking of Léo Delibes’ Coppélia is an eerie, propulsive, visually arresting but often infuriating ballet. While the music and chore...
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Counting and Cracking

In Sri Lanka, in July 1983, thousands of Tamil civilians were killed during a week of vicious rioting. This horrific period in the country’s history h...