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Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review - this shamelessly hedonistic production is a triumph

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Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Fernandes, Gent, 229 review - a beguiling trip around the world

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Kyoto, Soho Place Theatre - blistering, darkly witty play raises more questions than it answers

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Sun Rings, Sacconi Quartet, Festival Voices, Kings Place review - lift-off for an exhilarating voyage into the unknown

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Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Dudamel, Barbican review - an epic journey from gossamer-like intimacy to apocalyptic rage

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You Me Bum Bum Train, secret location review - a joyful multiverse of anarchic creativity

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Messiah, Wild Arts, Chichester Cathedral review - a dynamic battle between revelatory light and Stygian gloom

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, RSC, Barbican review - visually ravishing with an undercurrent of violence

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The Importance of Being Earnest, National Theatre review - no shortage of acid-tipped delight

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Rajakesar, Selaocoe, The Hermes Experiment, Wigmore Hall review - a joyful, fascinating laboratory of noise

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Interview: rising star Chloe Savage on the Arctic, outer space, and igniting children's wonder for the unknown

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Perianes, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Payare, Barbican review - elegance and drama but not enough bite

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Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, La Nuova Musica, Bates, Wigmore Hall review - thrilling Handel at full throttle

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Dr Strangelove, Noël Coward Theatre review - an evening of different parts

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Music from Pole to Pole, Clark, City of London Sinfonia, Smith Square Hall review - talk of clouds, music to match

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Natalie Tenenbaum, Oslo Hackney review - shimmering hailstorms of notes

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