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tv

Sci-fi car race stars Sean Bean, Phoebe Fox and a nasty virus

Alice Levine follows far right activist Jack Sen with mixed results

Battling Stalin's secret infiltration of Whitehall
film

Reality and fiction collide in Nadine Labaki's powerful exposé of Lebanese street children

Gold Rush social history seen through revelatory silent cinema documentary
new music

Spell-binding and joyous playing
classical

Brutally brilliant playing, but inwardness only came at the end of this performance

Vigorous, fresh playing from India’s only professional symphony orchestra

Wide-ranging duet recital covers the joys and trials of home and family
opera

Move over Wagner, there's a new set of operatic gods in town

Odd-couple double bill of Stravinsky and Puccini with plenty to delight ear and eye

Mozart's pantomime about Nature and Reason stuck in a box
theatre

Brilliant revival of the 1970s classic about pagan worship and repressed sexuality

Stephen Adly Guirgis play is best when most reflective

Brexit provides an unwelcome motor for John Donnelly's Molière-with-a-twist
dance

Odd-couple double bill of Stravinsky and Puccini with plenty to delight ear and eye

The south-coast's arts extravaganza reveals its 2019 line-up

Traditional stagings don't come much more satisfying than Derek Deane's for ENB
comedy

Friendship, fake gurus and fun

The south-coast's arts extravaganza reveals its 2019 line-up

Immersive show examines male-female engagement in the #MeToo era
gaming

Nearly a decade has passed since the last incarnation but little has changed in this stagnant shooter

The veteran series returns for another ambitious tour of duty

When home runs go horribly wrong
visual arts

The darkest, most compelling exhibition you are ever likely to see

A major retrospective of the French post-impressionist is huge, but unilluminating

Daring, flair and elegance over 80 years
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