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Oscar: the tragedy and beauty of Wilde’s life, and an historic moment on the ballet stage

Christopher Wheeldon and The Australian Ballet’s Oscar, which had its world premiere in Melbourne on September 13, is based on the story of Oscar Wilde: the writer, the man, the protester.

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The Australian Ballet: Oscar review – much to love in this blend of classical and contemporary dance

Regent Theatre, MelbourneThe Australian Ballet’s male dancers shine in Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet but stage design often obscures view of dancers’ feetGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email

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Wilde dance a groundbreaking ballet of queer love

With its world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar, the Australian Ballet has put queer love into classical dance.

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‘How far do you go in the depiction of gay lovemaking?’: Christopher Wheeldon on his new Oscar Wilde ballet

There has never been a gay-themed work in the classical dance repertoire – until now. The esteemed choreographer hopes to change that for good, even if he’s sometimes the one blushing

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V&A celebrates a century of national theatre archive with tribute to avid collector

New exhibition, named after ‘theatrical encyclopedia’ Gabrielle Enthoven, showcases British stage history from the Restoration to Fleabag

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Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

The Australian Ballet's 2025 season features two world premieres, by Stephanie Lake and William Forsythe, and the return of Nijinsky, Manon, and Carmen.

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Dorian the Musical: this rock adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic missteps at every turn

In the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde wrote: “There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

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Fame, lust and drugs: Dorian Gray staged as a genderfluid rock musical

Alfie Friedman delves into the dark side to star in Linnie Reedman and Joe Evans’ Southwark Playhouse production

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The Importance of Being Earnest review – Algernon et al get a 21st-century makeover

Director Josh Roche’s new perspective – complete with smartphones, Instagram and Whitney Houston – breathes fresh life into a familiar classic

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Don’t tell me ‘ambition’ was all Taylor Swift needed – I’d rather see the return of the heroic slacker

Culture myths that peddle the power of ‘wanting it’ over wealth and privilege are so much guff, says Oliver Keens – let’s get back to enjoying life in the margins, where most of us have to get by

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The Goriest Sci-Fi Movie of the Year is a Brutal Satire Without Much to Say

Coralie Fargeat's body-horror satire takes the genre to truly wild places, but at a cost. Read our review of 'The Substance' out of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

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A Different Class: Oisín McKenna on moving up to the middle

When debut novelist Oisín McKenna left his old life in an Irish town behind, he felt like he’d graduated from homophobia and boredom. But what appeared was a social chasm between him and his family, which was harder to bridge

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Marquess of Queensberry, 94, reveals he fought off mugger with judo move near west London home

Marquess of Queensberry David Douglas used judo move against mugger

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Best biographies of all time to add to your 2024 reading list

Intricate, academic explorations of lives and careers past

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Annual Oscar Wilde Awards Celebrate Pierce Brosnan's Cinematic Contributions

The 2024 Oscar Wilde Awards celebrated Pierce Brosnan's cinematic achievements in a star-studded event honoring Irish talents in American pop culture.

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AI Tools Generate Sexist Content, Warns UN

The biggest players in the multibillion-dollar AI field train their algorithms on vast amounts of data largely pulled from the internet, which enables their tools to write in the style of Oscar Wilde or create Salvador Dali-inspired images.

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Emilia Clarke tells of 'terrifying' brain haemorrhage ordeal as Game of Thrones star receives MBE

The actress opened up over her struggles after suffering brain haemorrhages

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The week in theatre: Dear Octopus; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Just for One Day – review

Lindsay Duncan and co create a living period piece in Dodie Smith’s rarely performed marvel of a family portrait; Sarah Snook’s one-woman Wilde is so wrong it’s almost right; and the music carries a tame Live Aid nostalgiafest

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Going Out with... Liana Oster of NoMad London

The NoMad’s bar director shares her secrets with Tyler Zielinski

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The Picture of Dorian Gray review – Sarah Snook plays 26 characters in dazzling, dangerous solo show

Aided by elaborate tech, multiple screens and an angelic wig, the Succession star gives a performance that is mischievous, swaggering and operatic

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The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket review: Sarah Snook is astonishingly good

Morphing from character to character, it’s a virtuoso performance from the Succession star

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The picture of Sarah Snook: First look at Succession star's Oscar Wilde stage return

Sarah Snook plays all 26 characters in her new play which opened on Tuesday night at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

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Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe review – Christianity’s barbaric war against homosexuality

Historian Noel Malcolm’s survey of gay life in the 15th to 18th centuries debunks many myths, but mostly catalogues the extreme violence perpetrated against those judged to have broken religious doctrine

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Reading gaol, prison home of Oscar Wilde, sold to educational foundation for £7m

Initial proposals for historic site include plans for educational centre, museum and exhibition space

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