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<p>Jack Butterworth and Arty Froushan in 'American Psycho'</p>

American Psycho is the grimmest musical to darken our stages in years

Rupert Goold’s slick and shiny take on Bret Easton Ellis’s disturbing satire returns to the stage after more than a decade

<p>‘Mine own king’: Faizal Abdullah as Caliban in ‘The Tempest’</p>

There’s not a Shakespearean rule the Globe’s Tempest won’t break

<p>‘Atys’ is an opera that shows Jean-Baptiste Lully at his best</p>

In Focus

The wrenching beauty of Lully at the Palace of Versailles

<p>Jessica Ferretti and Devon Louis in ‘Under the Rhythm’</p>

Paul Taylor Dance Company show is an athletic take on modern classics

<p>‘Christmas Day’ at the Almeida, London</p>

Almeida show Christmas Day lands like an ice-cold snowball to the neck

<p>Gwyneth Keyworth as Viola and Daniel Monks as Orsino</p>

The Barbican’s take on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is intoxicating

<p>This mash-up of familiar children’s fairytales evolves into an exploration of thornier human realities</p>

Into the Woods revival is a thing of lush and arresting beauty

<p>Nicola Coughlan in ‘The Playboy of the Western World’</p>

Nicola Coughlan leads gorgeous but uneven Playboy of the Western World

<p>Dancer Ashley Shaw shows the burning intensity of the heroine’s ambition</p>

Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes conjures the hothouse world of ballet

<p>A real boy: Aya Nakamura and Andrea Sadler as Puppeteers and Lee Braithwaite as ‘Pinocchio’ at Shakespeare’s Globe</p>

Full of heart, Pinocchio at Shakespeare’s Globe is anything but wooden

<p>The cast of ‘Ebony Scrooge’ hang out at Bar Humbug</p>

At Sadler’s Wells, Ebenezer Scrooge gets a fabulous hip-hop makeover

<p>I Spy: Rory Keenan and Mat Betteridge in John le Carré's ‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’</p>

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is lean, pacy and skips cliché

<p>Adorabear: Paddington and the Brown family are a delight to watch</p>

Paddington the Musical transports this furry legend to the stage

Interviews

<p>Centre-stage: Alan Cumming has announced his inaugural season as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre</p>

The Saturday Interview

Alan Cumming: ‘After my rant about trans rights, I was worried I would be deported’

<p>Mister Romantic: ‘I’m much more shy and private than fame allows’</p>

The Saturday Interview

John C Reilly: ‘It’s rough when people scream “Boats ’N Hoes” at you’

<p>Three is a crowd: David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald star in ‘Othello’</p>

Interview

David Harewood on Othello: ‘I had to go off and have a little sob’

<p>Emmanuel Sonubi: 'I remember a lot of laughing, a lot of fun – but, looking back now, a lot of trauma'</p>

Interview

Emmanuel Sonubi on nearly dying on stage: ‘I felt something was wrong’

<p>Alistair Petrie</p>

Interview

Alistair Petrie: ‘Connor Swindells is like my son. We speak every day’

<p>James McArdle: ‘I remember not being able to sleep towards the end of Macbeth’</p>

Interview

James McArdle: ‘Listen, there’s ego in theatre too’

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