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This extraordinary new Hamlet turns Shakespeare inside out with infinite jest – and cuddly toys

Sadler’s Wells East, London Ben Duke’s clever, witty and wholly unpredictable new show, The Last Hamlet, takes big liberties with the story that pay off Hamlet is trying to get a hire car. He has missed his dad’s funeral because he was at a silent retreat, dealing with his abandonment issues and the disturbing memory of a year 7 disco when his uncle and mum danced together to Yazoo’s Only You. There have been many takes on the troubled Prince of Denmark, but performer/director Ben Duke, co-founder of Lost Dog, has a talent for fresh readings. If Duke has a shtick – which after similar reworkin

Guardian Culture · EN

LEGO’s 2026 Holiday Ad Stars Daft Punk, E.T. & ‘KPop Demon Hunters’: Shop the Sets Featured in the Video

LEGO's latest holiday ad encourages families to spend more quality time together through hands-on play.

Billboard · EN

After KCRW, Travis Holcombe Is Still Championing Music Discovery Beyond the Algorithm

The former KCRW DJ has brought his beloved "Freaks Only" show to an internet radio format dedicated to the belief that music sounds better when a human is choosing what you hear.

Billboard · EN

‘Turner prize for dance’ winner Christos Papadopoulos: failure, friction and my forgotten youthquake

Amid galloping global crises, the Greek choreographer has returned to his revolutionary ideals. He explains how asking the near-impossible of dancers brings a shared joy Christos Papadopoulos is talking about how to spend £40,000. Specifically the winnings he scooped from the first ever Rose international prize for choreography in 2025 – the dance world’s equivalent of the Turner and the Booker. The Greek choreographer came out top of four finalists, picked by a judging panel including Arlene Phillips and PJ Harvey, for his piece Larsen C, a shadowy, trance-like and glacially paced crescendo o

Guardian Culture · EN

Playing Dance Weekends Without Taking PTO

When I first started playing dance weekends I would fly Friday and Monday, and I quickly realized that if I took two vacation days for each I'd run out of vacation. [1] The typical dance weekend schedule, however, is Friday evening, all day Saturday, and Sunday until early afternoon: if you live near an airport with a lot of direct flights , it's possible to do this without missing any work! The pattern I've used for most dance weekends is: Fly Thursday evening, after work. Work remotely Friday. Play the weekend Friday-Sunday. Fly home Sunday night. This approach does depend on a few things: H

LessWrong · EN

Juan Atkins Mourned By Fellow Artists: He ‘Sparked the Electronic Music Revolution We’re Living in Today’

The founding father of techno died on Oct. 31 at age 64.

Billboard · EN