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Critics tip Acaster's 'superbly controlled' new show for the Edinburgh Comedy Award

One-man play about child with depressed mother steers clear of mawkishness and delights critics

New feature from Animal Kingdom director David Michôd features a 'magnificent' central performance

An enchanting trilogy illuminates the reigns of three little-known Scottish monarchs

A 'superb' revival of Elyot's sharp-witted modern classic about love and death

Critics call 'magnificent' St Petersburg dance company's fairytale classic 'the very essence of ballet'

Black comedy about an Iraqi refugee trying to escape his past is 'witty, topical and devastating'

Dolce vita take on Shakespeare's rarely seen early romance has comic fizz and complexity

Critics call 'imaginative, thought-provoking' activist design show 'one of the best this year'

Oscar-winning historical rom-com finds its true home in Lee Hall's delightful stage version, say critics

Provocative art duo's new show about paranoia, drugs and religion is 'offensive, urgent and brilliant'

Critics praise gripping, spectacular and 'impressively un-stupid' Apes franchise follow-up

The Mona Lisa of modernism, Black Square, is the centrepiece of Tate Modern's compelling survey show

Lynn Nottage's tale of a lonely black seamstress in early 1900s New York is 'a serious delight'

Ambitious whistle-stop tour of astonishing digital creations is best when it escapes the screen

A riotous update of The Beggar's Opera with a soundtrack from dub to disco, delights critics

'Superb' photo show reveals Hopper's self-taught brilliance and quest for creative freedom

Superlative revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein classic offers five-star fun in a small venue

Clare Higgins thrills in Edward Albee's great America drama about a desperate marriage

Brilliant update of classic comic romance makes for a summery treat in Regent's Park

Critics are mesmerised by Abramovic's strange, hypnotic new interactive performance

Friel's soulful adaptation of Turgenev's tale of tension between the generations is deeply satisfying

Two powerful new shows by the dissident artist remind us of his fighting spirit, say critics

X-Men revisit their past in a 'fantastic', bewildering chapter that refreshes the series, say critics

Critics 'fascinated' by Lily Cole's full stage debut as Helen in raw new Homer adaptation

Exhilarating, disciplined urban dance festival has critics shouting ‘Hip Hop Hooray!’

Recent controversy can't ruin Allen's 'sparkling' return to the stage to promote her new album, say critics

Bryony Lavery's 'deliciously spooky' new drama about belief is another hit for Tricycle, say critics

You don't have to be a hardcore golf fan to get hooked on this charming new Mario game, say reviewers

Revival of Mitchell drama about the boyhood of a Cambridge spy is 'funny, painful and relevant', say critics

Game of Thrones's Gemma Whelan 'brilliantly harrowing' as teenage sex slave, say critics

'Wildly eccentric' X Factor spoof delights some critics, but doesn't go far enough for others

Berenice Bejo is 'a revelation' in tense family drama from the director of A Separation

BioShock game gets 'mind-bending send-off' to saga of existentialism and quantum mechanics