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NOW RUNNING and TOURS
Theatre & Comedy
- Deathtrap is at the Noel Coward Theatre, London. Run time tba. Read Veronica Lee's review
- Scorched at the Old Vic Tunnels until 2 October. Read Aleks Sierz's review
- Dirty Dancing is booking at the Aldwych Theatre, London until April 2011. Read Ismene Brown's review
- The Thunderbolt continues at the Orange Tree Theatre until 2 October. Read Matt Wolf's review
- Clybourne Park is at the Royal Court Theatre until 2 October. Read Aleks Sierz's review
- Wicked is playing at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Read Matt Wolf's review
- Chicago is playing at the Cambridge Theatre. Read Matt Wolf's review
- Into the Woods is at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre until 11 September. Read David Nice's review
- Sister Act is at the London Palladium until 30 October. Read Matt Wolf's review
- Les Misérables is playing at the Queen's Theatre. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- The Merry Wives of Windsor in rep at Shakespeare's Globe until 3 October, then touring to Santa Monica, New York, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Richmond and Bath. Read Jasper Rees's preview. Read Matt Wolf's review
- The Woman in Black is playing at the Fortune Theatre, London. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- Earthquakes in London is in rep at the National Theatre. Read Aleks Sierz's review
- The Phantom of the Opera is playing at Her Majesty's Theatre, London. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- The House of Bilquis Bibi runs at Hampstead Theatre, London to 14 August; thereafter to the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (7-11 Sept); Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate (14-18 Sept) and Coliseum Theatre, Oldham (28 Sept-2 Oct). Read Carole Woddis's review
- Danton's Death is in repertoire at the Olivier until 14 October. Read James Woodall's review
- The Secret of Sherlock Holmes is at the Duchess Theatre until 11 September. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue plays at the Vaudeville Theatre until 25 September. Read Sheila Johnston's review
- La Bête plays at the Comedy Theatre until 4 September. Thereafter it transfers to Broadway from 23 September to 13 February. Read Sheila Johnston's review
- Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, The Willy Russell Season in London, at Trafalgar Studios to 30 October. Read Jasper Rees's interview with Willy Russell
- Our Day Out at Royal Court Liverpool 27 August-9 October. Read Jasper Rees's interview with Willy Russell
- Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre, London, Read Jasper Rees's interview with Willy Russell
- Oxford Shakespeare Company outdoor production of The Tempest is at Gray’s Inn Gardens, London, touring to Greenwich Royal Park, Wadham College, Oxford and Hampton Court Palace, London until 30 August. Read Mick Gordon's feature on directing the play
- All My Sons is booking at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London till 11 September with a likely extension to 2 October. Read Ismene Brown's review
- Shakespeare's Globe continues its Kings & Rogues season through 3 October. Read Matt Wolf's interview with Dominic Dromgoole
- Peter Pan is touring to Inverness, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Read Alexandra Coghlan's review
- Ricky Gervais is on tour with Science in the UK throughout 2010. Read Jasper Rees' review
- Hair is running indefinitely at the Gielgud Theatre, London W1. Read Matt Wolf's review
- Beyond the Horizon is in rep at the National Theatre. Read James Woodall's review
- Sean Lock's Lockipedia is touring Britain until 12 November. Read Veronica Lee's review
- Love Never Dies is at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Read Matt Wolf's review
- The Habit of Art is at the Lyttelton, National Theatre from 14 July with Desmond Barrit and Malcolm Sinclair. Then tours to Birmingham Rep (28 Sep-2 Oct), The Lowry, Salford (5–9 Oct), Venue Cymru, Llandudno (12–16 Oct), Milton Keynes Theatre (19–23 Oct), Grand Opera House, Belfast (26–30 Oct), Theatre Royal, Nottingham (2–6 Nov), Leeds Grand Theatre (9–13 Nov), Theatre Royal, Newcastle (16–20 Nov), Theatre Royal, Glasgow (23–27 Nov). Read Ismene Brown's review
Art
- Gregor Schneider: Fotografie und Skulptur at Sadie Coles HQ until 2 October. Read Fisun Güner's review
- Jake and Dinos Chapman: Childrens Art Commission at Whitechapel Gallery until 31 October. Read Fisun Güner's review
- Familiar Visions: Eric and James Ravilious, Father and Son, is at Towner Gallery, Eastbourne till 12 September. See theartsdesk's gallery of images
- Romantics at Tate Britain is an ongoing display. Read Judith Flanders' review
- Futureproof, (Some) New Photography in Scotland runs to 12 September. Read Sue Steward's review
- PhotoEspana Madrid runs through to 24 September at various sites. Read Sue Steward's review
- Joana Vasconcelos: I Will Survive/ Polly Morgan: Psychopomps at Haunch of Venison until 25 September. Read Fisun Güner's review
- Camille Silvy: Photographer of Modern Life 1834-1910 is at the National Portrait Gallery until 24 October. Read Judith Flanders' review
- Sargent and the Sea at the Royal Academy until 26 September. Read Fisun Güner's review
- The The Things Is (For Three) at Milton Keynes Gallery until 12 September. Read Mark Hudson's review
- Alice Neel: Painted Truths at Whitechapel Gallery until 17 September. Read Fisun Güner's review
- Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries is at the National Gallery until 12 September 2010. Read Judith Flanders' review
- BP Portrait Award 2010 at the National Portrait Gallery until 19 September. Read Fisun Güner's review
- The Surreal House at the Barbican until 12 September. Read Judith Flanders' review
- Rude Britannia: British Comic Art at Tate Britain until 5 September. Read Jasper Rees' interview with McGill collector Michael Winner. Read Fisun Güner's review
- Newspeak: British Art Now is at the Saatchi Gallery until 17 October. Read Fisun Güner's review
- Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera at Tate Modern, London SE1 to 3 October. Read Sue Steward's review
- David Nash is at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield until 27 February 2011. Read Judith Flanders' review
- Picasso: The Mediterranean Years (1945-1962) at the Gagosian Gallery, London until 28 August. See theartsdesk's gallery
- Bridget Riley: From Life at the National Portrait Gallery until 5 December. Read Fisun Güner's review
- The Printed Image in China is at the British Museum until 6 September. Read Fisun Güner's review
Opera & Classical
Dance
- Political Mother tours to South Hill Park, Bracknell, 28 September, then goes to the Sheffield Lyceum, Warwick Arts Centre, Nottingham Playhouse and Truro's Hall for Cornwall. Read Ismene Brown's review
- Cruel tours to Northampton, Bradford, Cardiff, Birmingham, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Nottingham, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London. Read Ismene Brown's review.
- Gnosis tour details on the Akram Khan Company website. Read Ismene Brown's review
Festivals
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