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Arts around the world
Including a Thai dancer in New York, this year’s Wagner festival in Bayreuth and a series of large-scale art installations in Tokyo
Reviews
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, London
The story of selfish Mag Folan reveals an imagination that revels infectiously in bad taste, writes Ian Shuttleworth, and familiarity with Martin McDonagh’s dramatic strategies has not lessened their impact
Cinema Soloriens and The Cosmo Drama/Marshall Allen, London
There were a few seat-emptying moments, but the music drew Mike Hobart in.
Pilobolus, New York
It is easy to overlook the troupe’s theatrical savvy – until it goes missing, writes Apollinaire Scherr
Spur of the Moment, London
Anya Reiss considers the destabilising potential of desire, writes Sarah Hemming
Tolomeo, New York
Chas Rader-Shieber treats Tolomeo as farce, writes George Loomis
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Film
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Nigel Andrews reviews Lee Unkrich’s ‘Toy Story 3D’, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’, Lucas Belvaux’s ‘Rapt’, and ‘Mega Piranha’
Theatre
What makes a great Falstaff
What the Globe’s new staging of ‘Henry IV’ lacks in attentiveness to the text it makes up for in ensemble fellowship, writes Simon Schama
Visual Arts
World-class surrealist works
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art displays its extensive holdings in the field for the first time, writes Jackie Wullschlager
