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tv

Superb cast and powerful writing fuel this gripping gangland drama

New Williams brothers thriller is violent, far-fetched and extremely watchable

It looks like news photos coming to life, but the dialogue and concept still jar
film

Laughter is the loot in this amiably silly American comedy

The Paddington team struggle to make their usual recipe work

The appalling climax of the Greco-Turkish War inspires a misty-eyed dud
classical

More downtime than expected in an intelligent programme

A meditation on how the pianist handles what he calls 'inconsequentiality'
opera

Saffron Hall celebrates its 10th anniversary in the greatest possible style

Good young singers get more opportunities than the actual work offers

Sobriety and darkness eclipse Handel's dramatic vividness, despite strong performances
theatre

Unsettling investigation of patriarchal family and sexual relationships has uneven force
Terrific showcase for writer-director Kwame Owusu and his performer

Annie Baker delivers a richly satisfying piece about hungry women
dance

Hell and Purgatory get vivid if diffuse music from Thomas Adès, but Heaven is pallid

An attempt to amplify a playscript with dance suggests the play should be left to speak for itself

Rachmaninov and Elgar take the laurels in a brace of prize-winning one-act ballets
comedy

Back on tour, the former TV host has lost none of his charisma and charm

Jovial comic's first tour in five years
Books
A modern morality tale teeming with morbid excess

Fragments span the genration gap in this daring family saga of inheritance and trauma

A vivid eulogy for the Jamaican soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment
visual arts

Abstraction with emotion and soul in a landmark retrospective

Women protesting with all their might in both art and life

Thirty-six African artists reconnect with their heritage in dramatic and moving images
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