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Theatre review: Relatively Speaking at Wyndham’s Theatre
This new production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking may only be a couple of hours long, but it crams in the comedy.
Tom Hiddleston to take lead role in Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus
Avengers Assemble actor Thom Hiddleston and Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss are to star in a West End production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.
Theatre review: Larisa and the Merchants, Arcola Theatre, E8
Lashings of authentic Roma Gypsy music and chilly Russian bite colour this engaging 19th century play by Ostrovsky, brought to life in its UK premiere by Insite Performance. Originally entitled, ‘Without A Dowry’, this version has been re-coined ‘Larisa and The Merchants’ by Samuel Adamson and it expertly details the wavering fickleness of the human spirit and the price of love.
Theatre Review: Taming of the Shrew. Theatro Technis, NW1
With a setting revision to the 1950s, when the times were a-changing, Theatro Technis welcomes a fresh twist on the established Shakespeare comedy.
Theatre review: These Shining Lives, Park Theatre, N4
‘It begins like a fairy-tale’. With these lines, Charity Wakefield, playing Katie Donohue, opens These Shining Lives, and the Park Theatre’s inaugural season.
Theatre review: Hutch at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
The story of Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson promises on paper to be a humdinger.
Hackney’s Sutton House will be transformed into racoon-infested pit
Hackney’s oldest historic home will be transformed into a racoon-infested filthy flea pit this weekend, as the National Trust tries to shake off its fuddy-duddy image and opens its doors to an immersive, trashy cinematic experience.
Helicopter opera wins top gong at Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards
A lengthy and “bold” opera including four helicopters and flying musicians claimed a leading theatrical award this evening.
Felicity Kendall and Kara Tointon in Relatively Speaking in the West End
One of Britain’s best-loved actresses will join a former EastEnders star on the West End stage this month in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking.
Theatre preview: We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, Little Angel Theatre
One of the most-loved contemporary stories, Michael Rosen’s We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, has been adapted for the puppet theatre in what its director has promised could be one of Little Angel’s best works to date.
Former Monty Python member to direct ‘challenging’ opera at London Coliseum
Monty Python man Terry Gilliam is to return to London’s opera scene to direct a rarely performed work.
Album review: Michael Bublé – To Be Loved
The second-biggest-selling artist last year returns with a deflating clutch of covers, buffed-up but bereft of soul.
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