BBC News - Arts and Culture
Nigerian scoops African ‘Booker’
Nigerian writer EC Osondu wins this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/8137365.stm
Month: July 2009
Whats On Stage
Review: A Lament for Medea
This devised piece by Zecora Ura and Urban Dolls Project takes a poetic and theatrically unique approach to the tragedy of a wife scorned: audience members sit barefoot in a pool of water as the […]
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Producers beg Diana Vickers to play Little Voice
She was the little pixie in the last series of X Factor tipped to have a successful music career, yet Diana Vickers’ journey has taken an unexpected twist. It has been announced that she is […]
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News: Alan Cumming Parks His Car at Vaudeville, 1 Sep
Olivier Award winner Alan Cumming, who was recently appointed an OBE (See News::E8831245059479, 15 June 2009), will return to the West End stage in September when he brings his one-man musical show Alan Cumming: I […]
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Laurence Olivier Bursary winners announced
The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has awarded bursaries to 13 second year drama students from across the UK to continue their final year studies. The nine recipients of this year's Laurence Olivier Bursaries were […]
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Thriller – Live announces world-tour tribute
Jackson fever continues to sweep around the world. The producers of Thriller – Live, the UK smash-hit featuring the music of the King of Pop, have announced that the show is to embark on a […]
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News: TEAM & Idiot in Final Phase of Barbican’s bite09
The Barbican has announced the full line-up for the September-December phase of its bite09 programme, which will include performances in the Barbican Theatre, Pit and, for the first time, the medieval church of St Giles, […]
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Radio: WOS Radio: Musical Summer at Cadogan Hall
Next month, Chelsea concert venue Cadogan Hall presents two concerts celebrating the Great American Songbook. From 5 to 9 August 2009, Maria Friedman, Mary Carewe, Graham Bickley and Tim Howar star in Sing for Your […]
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News: Idle Messiah Debuts at Albert Hall for Python 40th
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), Eric Idle's follow-up musical to Spamalot::E8821161075678, will receive its European premiere in a one-off performance on 23 October 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall as part of […]
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A game of cat and mouse in London’s Theatre Land
Theatre Land could see the return of cats to fight against the problem of vermin running wild in older theatres. Actor's union Equity have agreed on a motion to lobby theatres to house ‘theatre cats' […]