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<p>Ami Tredrea (Lizzie Hexam) and Bella Maclean (Bella Wilfer) in ‘London Tide’ at the National Theatre</p>

Moody Dickens musical London Tide is hamstrung by dirge-like songs

Ben Power’s deft adaptation of Dickens’s sprawling novel emphasises its brilliant characters and eternally relevant themes, but the bleak production and dour music wrestle with one another rather than cohering as a whole

<p>Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson in ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ </p>

Brian Cox gives an acting masterclass in Long Day’s Journey Into Night

<p>Cox’s latest role is in ‘a beast of a play’ that’s ‘unremitting’ and ‘never lets you off the hook’ </p>

Brian Cox: ‘I can’t afford $110 each for one night at the theatre’

<p>Minju Kang as Carmen and Sangeun Lee as Manuela in Johan Inger’s ‘Carmen’ </p>

Aware of its stark violence, this Carmen ballet has a welcome edge

Interviews

<p>Expect floods of water, a golden wheat field, an octopus, and sci-fi horror vibes</p>

Ink at Sadler’s Wells is a spectacularly splashy dance duel for power

<p>Laura Donnelly, star of ‘The Hills of California’, on working with partner Jez Butterworth: “I’ve definitely had a few moments that are like, ‘I cannot believe you’re making me do this’” </p>

Interview

Meet Laura Donnelly, star of Jez Butterworth’s new West End smash

<p>‘I was young and foolish. I suppose I had a certain amount of arrogance’ </p>

Interview

Jonny Lee Miller on fame, heroin and Harvey Weinstein: ‘I felt fury’

<p>Fern Brady has recently toured the US and is about to tour Australia and the UK </p>

Interview

Fern Brady: ‘Why are female comics always expected to speak out?’

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