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RSS This is London / Evening Standard | Theatre

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RSS Financial Times | Arts & Weekend

Girls (and bags) on film
As luxury brands eagerly take part in the promotional hype surrounding the 'Sex and the City' movie, Vanessa Friedman asks if big-screen product placement can still sell heels and handbags during a downturn - 1 day ago

Up close and personal
Despite the mixed track record of such films, fashion documentaries and biopics are quickly emerging as the 'it' genre of the moment, writes Bronwyn Cosgrave - 1 day ago

'Head to Brooklyn'
Nicholas Lander can't get enough of the restaurant-led renaissance of the borough, which he calls an important dining destination in New York City - 1 day ago

Rules of abstraction
The haze of ideas of two rival critics still blurs the clamouring and visceral canvasses of abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning - 1 day ago

The mother of her dreams
Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing plays the invented against the remembered, writing about her parents as they might have been and as she saw them - 3 days ago

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RSS Daily Telegraph | Arts

The Simpsons become art for this year's Turner Prize
Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes are the artists on this year's Turner Prize shortlist. - 20 mins ago

Review: Harold Pinter's 'The Birthday Party' 50-year revival
Charles Spencer reviews Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at the Lyric Hammersmith, 50 years after it first opened there. - 10 hours ago

The English Game: cricket tests the boundaries
Charles Spencer reviews The English Game at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. - 10 hours ago

On radio: turkeys, gaffes and Robbie Williams's quest for aliens
Gillian Reynolds says every word matters in the intimate sphere of radio. - 10 hours ago

Chinese Whispers: enchanted land of dreams and dragons
You won't see a prettier show this year than this visually sensuous survey of Chinese decorative art, says Richard Dorment. - 10 hours ago

Market news: buyer's premium
Colin Gleadell rounds up the latest developments in the art market. - 10 hours ago

Noseda: perfect equation for mystique
David Fanning reviews BBC Philharmonic, Noseda, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - 10 hours ago

Last night on television: Teen Mum High (BBC2) - Shrink Rap (More4)
By James Walton - 10 hours ago

Art sales: soaring prices mask the jitters
Colin Gleadell on New York sales. - 10 hours ago

Tuesday's TV & radio choices
By Patricia Wynn Davies, Catherine Gee, Clive Morgan & Gillian Reynolds - 10 hours ago

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RSS Guardian | Theatre

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RSS Independent | Theatre

The Big Question: Why are so many political memoirs published, and does anyone read them?
- 11 hours ago

Funny Girl, Minerva Theatre, Chichester
<p>Can you do Funny Girl without Barbra Streisand? As Angus Jackson's supremely intelligent and sensitive production shows, the answer is yes, yes, and yes some more. Though Streisand's image is intimidatingly welded to the show that made her a star, that chilly egomaniac was never good casting as Fanny Brice, a performer so lovable, so nakedly vulnerable that not laughing at her jokes would have been like spitting in your mother's soup. </p> - 11 hours ago

Ballet Boyz Greatest Hits!, Sadler's Wells, London
<p>Over seven years, Ballet Boyz William Trevitt and Michael Nunn have built an adventurous company, focused on new work. Their range and ambition has been admirable. Characteristically, even this Greatest Hits! programme sneaks in a little new work, alongside a group of past successes.</p> - 1 day ago

Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3<br />Richard III, Roundhouse, London
<p>The procession of bloodstained ghosts that began in Michael Boyd's previous tetralogy for the Royal Shakespeare Company grows in number and pace in this, and some of them are angry. The murdered Duke of Gloucester hovers over the deathbed of his old rival, Beaufort, and strings him up. The howling bishop rises heavenwards, trailing a crimson coverlet, his terror and agony suggesting that he is really going in the opposite direction. </p> - 1 day ago

Preview: Jane Eyre, Peacock Theatre, London
<p>The London Children's Ballet is set to bring Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece, Jane Eyre, to London's West End. This adaptation, performed by 54 rising stars between the ages of nine and 15, follows the young orphan Jane's bittersweet journey from her bleak time at the charity school, Lowood, through to her tender relationship with Mr Rochester.</p> - 1 day ago

The Ballet Boyz, Sadler's Wells, London<br/>Alina Cojocaru, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
<p>If you had to sum up the career of William Trevitt and Michael Nunn in a single word, audacity would do it. Ever since they dumped their safe, salaried jobs with the Royal Ballet, the duo have dared more and more. While it was fine and noble to want to take modern ballet to places such as Leicester and Aberdeen, it was hardly a new idea. It took their particular nerve to pull it off, lifting the mask to show audiences the gritty reality, the blood, sweat and blisters that go into putting new dance on stage. The risk was that exposure would kill the magic. In fact, it had the opposite effect. The self-deprecating video diaries threaded through the Ballet Boyz' live shows have made men want to be them, women want to marry them, mums want to mother them, and everyone love them to bits. </p> - 2 days ago

The 5-minute Interview: Helen McCrory, Actress
<p> <i>McCrory, 39, is best known for her theatre roles, in particular playing Rosalind in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', for which she received an Olivier Award nomination. She has appeared in a number of high-profile films including 'Interview With A Vampire', 'The Queen' and – most recently – 'Flashbacks Of A Fool' alongside Daniel Craig. She is currently filming 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', in which she plays Narcissa Malfoy and starring in the play Rosmersholm which opens at the Almeida Theatre on 15 May.</i> </p> - 3 days ago

Oxford Street, Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London
<p>Levi David Addai's new play Oxford Street is dedicated "to all those who toil or have toiled in retail, particularly those who work on that mile-and-a-half high street in London W1". That sympathetic salute, like the lively detail of his mischievous, closely observed comedy, smacks of insider knowledge. It would be no surprise to learn that he has paid his dues temping in that neck of the woods.</p> - 4 days ago

You write the reviews: Jerry Herman's Broadway, Palladium, London
<p>This tribute to the composer and lyricist Jerry Herman includes highlights from his shows La Cage aux Folles, Dear World, Mack & Mabel, Mame and Hello, Dolly!. His first show, Milk and Honey, opened in 1961 and his subsequent productions have gone on to collect numerous Grammy and Tony awards. To celebrate this history of Broadway, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the directorship of Donald Pippin, Herman's long-time friend and a fellow Tony award winner, squeezed on to the stage of the London Palladium. </p> - 4 days ago

Ballet National de Marseille Dome, Brighton
<p>The Ballet National de Marseille, returned to open this year's Brighton Festival. Flamand uses Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana to give this show its distinctive look.</p> - 5 days ago

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RSS Daily Mail | Baz Bamigboye

Natalie Portman walk-out plunges Wuthering Heights film into chaos
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Brideshead Revisited gets an Italian touch
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Helen Mirren goes to war for a piece of Russian romance
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Oz comes to England with Eileen Atkins
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Lesley Garrett will never sing alone
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Watch out for... Burn Gorman in Oliver!
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Michelle Monaghan keeps on trucking in 'gritty' independent film
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Tough talking to save Rhett and Scarlett as Gone with the Wind fails to blow audiences away
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Luke Goss shoots for fame in the underworld in Hellboy II
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Three's a crowd for feisty Jersey girls who say a cast of less women is 'lovely'
- 11 hours ago

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RSS Reuters | UK Entertainment News

Actors and studios clash over Web clips
- 1 hour ago

Moyles beats Vaughan in breakfast battle
- 2 hours ago

Sex and The City quartet return
- 2 hours ago

Joaquin Phoenix a perfectionist in recording studio
- 10 hours ago

For "Indy" billboard campaign, more is more
- 4 hours ago

Metallica taking fans inside new album sessions
- 10 hours ago

Writer Moresco plans feature on Castro's daughter
- 4 hours ago

Father of Malawian boy backs Madonna adoption bid
- 15 hours ago

Shyamalan delivers intense frights in "Happening"
- 14 hours ago

Adult-themed CrushedPlanet back in orbit
- 1 hour ago

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RSS BBC News | Entertainment

Stars at Sex and the City launch
Hundreds of fans greet the stars of the Sex and the City movie at its world premiere in London's West End. - 13 hours ago

Four artists up for Turner Prize
The four artists nominated for this year's Turner Prize are revealed, as film and sculpture dominate the line-up. - 2 hours ago

Ross and Brand win at Sony Awards
Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are winners at the Sony Awards, with BBC Radio 4 named station of the year. - 2 hours ago

Iron Man holds on to UK top spot
Comic-book movie Iron Man is the number one film in the UK and Ireland for the second week running. - 40 mins ago

McCall back for new Big Brother
Big Brother host Davina McCall will return for the ninth series of the Channel 4 reality show, it has been confirmed. - 10 hours ago

First R Kelly trial jurors picked
The first three jurors have been chosen for R&B star R Kelly's child pornography trial in the US city of Chicago. - 1 hour ago

Duchess joins benefit family life
The Duchess of York spends six months with a family on benefits for an ITV1 documentary. - 14 hours ago

Iron Man beats box office rivals
Iron Man maintains its grip on the North American box office chart, taking $50m in its second weekend. - 1 day ago

Loaded gun found in actor's bag
Actor Dennis Farina is arrested after a loaded handgun was found in his suitcase at Los Angeles airport. - 1 day ago

Lohan 'not axed' from film
Lindsay Lohan refuses a role in a movie about murderer Charles Manson due to other commitments, her publicist says. - 3 days ago

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RSS The Stage / News Headlines

Cullen replaces Brennan as Irish arts minister
- 11 hours ago

Hairspray creators join school to produce West End-style musical in Sky One show
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Bee Gees plan second stage show of their hits
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Bafta Craft hat-trick for C4 drama Boy A
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BBC ordered to apologise for keeping charity cash
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Joseph Fiennes to star in UK premiere of Weigh's 2,000 Feet Away
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Reggae musical to transfer to West End after sell-out runs
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Tate, Annis and O'Dowd to star in Eldridge's play Under the Blue Sky
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Brief Encounter extends run to October
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Talent scheme to strengthen Welsh indie TV production
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RSS Society of London Theatre | News

Cajun musical sizzles at The Scoop
A new Cajun-inspired family musical version of Little Red Riding Hood is to be staged at outdoor theatre The Scoop at More London this summer, from 13 August to 7 September. - 22 hours ago

Duke of York’s welcomes That Face
The cast and creative team of That Face celebrated the show’s year-long journey from the intimate Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs to the West End last Friday, when Polly Stenham’s debut play opened at the Duke of York’s. - 23 hours ago

Scoop’s summer of Hood and Blood
Latin drama Blood Wedding and a Cajun musical version of Little Red Riding Hood make up this year’s summer season of free theatre at The Scoop at More London. - 22 hours ago

Fiennes makes stage return in 2,000 Feet Away
Joseph Fiennes is to return to the London stage for the first time since 2005’s Epitaph For George Dillon when he leads the cast of 2,000 Feet Away at the Bush. - 1 day ago

Stellar cast gathers Under The Blue Sky
Francesca Annis, Lisa Dillon, Chris O’Dowd, Dominic Rowan and Catherine Tate are among the cast for the West End premiere of Under The Blue Sky. - 4 days ago

Rice on stage in extended Encounter
Emma Rice, who directs the stage show Brief Encounter at the Cinema Haymarket, is to guest star in her own production this summer, as the show announces a four-month extension. - 4 days ago

Manville revealed as Naked Skin lead
Lesley Manville has been announced as the lead in Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s new play, Her Naked Skin, which will run from 24 July at the National’s Olivier theatre. - 4 days ago

Beau Jest
James Sherman’s light-hearted, sweet romantic comedy has been a huge hit Stateside for years, yet this is the first time it has been produced in the UK. - 4 days ago

The Harder They Come(s) to the Playhouse
Reggae musical The Harder They Come will receive its West End debut when it transfers to the Playhouse on 9 June. - 4 days ago

Half term dance at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler’s Wells has a feast of dance productions taking place this summer half term, especially catered for families and designed to give kids a taste of modern dance. - 4 days ago

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