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Our nearest celestial neighbour inspires former Zun Zun Egui mainstay
tv

Technology brings dinosaurs to life in microscopic detail

Look out U-boats, Commander Swinburne is coming for you

The battle of ideas comes to the East Coast in exquisitely shot treatment of Sarah Perry's novel
film

Roger Michell's swansong is a curious, humane jubilee collage

Juliette Binoche determinedly takes on the gig economy

Bureaucracy and the boat: real-life fishermen excel in this debut feature
new music

Deep-digging collection reframes perceptions of feted composer’s soundtrack work

Our nearest celestial neighbour inspires former Zun Zun Egui mainstay

Sheffield's glam-metal master craftsmen can still deliver... mostly
classical

Lying down and listening; a pianist and healer contemplates her work

Contrasting landscapes, vibrant chamber music and revolutionary oboe repertoire

A new group starting to make its stylish and confident mark
opera

Peerless mezzo and conductor, promising tenor at the heart of this hard-to-stage hybrid

Superb music making against the backdrop of a sumptuous Sevillian set

Blowsy, intriguing grand opera by Ethel Smyth has full theatrical impact
theatre

Marina Carr's angry, poetic take on Clytemnestra's story is delivered in all its gory glory

A ten-foot golden phallus is launched from the musicians’ gallery

Lucy Moss puts the 'camp' into campus with her riotous, inclusive revival
dance

Classical piano music, French symphonies and a big box of ballets

Swiftly-assembled charity effort demonstrates dancers' engagement with the world

Strong one-act works by Kyle Abraham and Crystal Pite show the dancers at their adaptive best
comedy

Setting the world to rights, one joke at a time

Steve Coogan's creation doesn't quite hit the spot
Books

A mother’s enveloping love is tested against her desire for conformity

Alyn Shipton is a meticulous historian

Into the glitchy, liminal space of the woman-cum-girl
visual arts

Previously unseen "overpainted photographs" take pride of place
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