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PATRICK MARMION: Yes, actors on skis slalom across the Donmars boards in an impressively ambitious adaptation of the Ruben Ostlund film Force Majeure.

Nell Leyshon's play-with-music asks questions of a legacy. Theatre review by Helen Hawkins

This music is not everyone’s mug of ale, but in addressing the importance of its place in England’s national culture, Leyshon knows her business...

Folk revival pioneer Cecil Sharp collects songs from Somerset sisters Louie and Lucy Hooper in Nell Leyshon's slow-paced elegiac play

My new play Folk focuses on two Somerset sisters whose – uncredited – recall of traditional songs helped Sharp save the music from extinction. It’s an ambivalent legacy

The songs that unite two grieving sisters are collected and ‘tidied up’ by Cecil Sharp in this historical drama

The show has its world premiere in north London

This Hampstead production about folk song pioneer Cecil Sharp and the women who inspired him is a gripping tussle over England's soul

Kate Middleton extends an olive branch to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle during the Christmas carol concert

Kate Middleton reaches out to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle with her Christmas carol performance