‘Look at the camera as if it’s your enemy’: Shobana Jeyasingh’s desert dance among Hollywood ghosts
The choreographer describes her challenging film shoot in the Spanish desert, where dancers are pitted against scorpions, fierce winds and punishing sun
The play that changed my life: Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9
Kwame Kwei-Armah: arts education cuts pose danger to diversity in theatre
The art of audio description can turn dance into a moving experience for all
Caroline Butterwick
‘One thing goes wrong and that’s it’: how Janet Jackson’s career was wrecked in a split second
‘I’ve stumbled deep into alien territory’: our sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs
Small step or a giant leap? What AI means for the dance world
As a new show co-created by an AI performer opens in France, industry leaders including Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo and Jonzi D contemplate the technology’s possibilities and perils
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‘The flaws are the sexy bits’: Anne-Marie Duff on courage, curiosity and the rare gifts of ageing
You be the judge: should my husband stop smuggling his hip flask into the theatre where I work?
‘You get more confident as the parts run out’: Harriet Walter on her stage career, Succession and Shakespeare’s women
‘The worse the world gets, the better for this play’: Armando Iannucci on staging Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan
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Pictures & video
Face value: the masterly theatrical masks of Kitazawa Hideta
Behind the scenes with The Lion King in London at 25
Our photographer is given backstage access at The Lion King in the lead up to the 25th anniversary of the London production at the Lyceum Theatre. Since 19 October 1999 the musical has been seen by more than 19 million theatregoers
In the workshop with the Royal Academy of Music’s luthiers
The academy’s luthiers are responsible for conserving and maintaining the academy collections of bows and stringed instruments
Maggie Smith: a life in pictures
Jasmin Vardimon toasts 25 years of dance with Now
Michaela Mabinty DePrince: a life in pictures
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'It was really sad': Raygun speaks about reaction to Paris 2024 breakdancing performance
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