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Anne McElvoy

Anne McElvoy is Senior Editor at the Economist and presents the culture show Free Thinking on Radio 3. She tweets at @annemcelvoy

Sheridan’s The Rivals plot is taken to different heights

West End zingers on stage now

Summer theatre where anything, including a return to rehearsal-room Brechtian, goes

Beth Steel’s House of Shades is a confident new nod to the tradition of multi-generation family sagas

Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it

A new Mockingbird is masterful

This Belarusian play at the Barbican is timely and urgent

Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production

Rupert Goold’s Spring Awakening was too woke to be stirring

Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine