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<p>Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson in ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ </p>

Brian Cox gives an acting masterclass in Long Day’s Journey Into Night

The ‘Succession’ star returns to his stage stomping ground, and it’s where he stomps best. Alongside an extraordinary Patricia Clarkson, he owns the stage in Jeremy Herrin’s spare, bleak – and very long – revival of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece

<p>Cox’s latest role is in ‘a beast of a play’ that’s ‘unremitting’ and ‘never lets you off the hook’ </p>

Brian Cox: ‘I can’t afford $110 each for one night at the theatre’

<p>Myles Frost moves with a dreamy, fantastically eerie lightness as an older Michael Jackson </p>

Dark and dazzling, MJ the Musical isn’t just another cash grab

<p>Minju Kang as Carmen and Sangeun Lee as Manuela in Johan Inger’s ‘Carmen’ </p>

Aware of its stark violence, this Carmen ballet has a welcome edge

Interviews

<p>Expect floods of water, a golden wheat field, an octopus, and sci-fi horror vibes</p>

Ink at Sadler’s Wells is a spectacularly splashy dance duel for power

<p>Laura Donnelly, star of ‘The Hills of California’, on working with partner Jez Butterworth: “I’ve definitely had a few moments that are like, ‘I cannot believe you’re making me do this’” </p>

Interview

Meet Laura Donnelly, star of Jez Butterworth’s new West End smash

<p>‘I was young and foolish. I suppose I had a certain amount of arrogance’ </p>

Interview

Jonny Lee Miller on fame, heroin and Harvey Weinstein: ‘I felt fury’

<p>Fern Brady has recently toured the US and is about to tour Australia and the UK </p>

Interview

Fern Brady: ‘Why are female comics always expected to speak out?’

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