Amongst the major openings in London – in the West End and further afield – this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 23 November 2009 (previews from 18 November), Timberlake Wertenbaker’s new play The Line opens […]
There’s nothing to frighten the children or horses in Francesca Zambello’s ravishingly colourful, but at the same time rather dull, new production of Cherevichki (translated here as The Tsarina’s Slippers). The score does not show… […]
Pope Benedict tries to bridge the gulf between Catholicism and the arts by gathering 250 of the world’s leading artists, musicians, architects and sculptors at the Sistine Chapel. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8370683.stm
Would you go to the theatre alone? This week Jake at A Younger Theatre embarked on a challenge of seeing seven shows in seven days – and every single one of them on his own. […]
US artist Jeanne-Claude, whose dramatic installations included The Gates in New York’s Central Park, has died aged 74. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8369993.stm
Singer Nick Cave joins acclaimed authors Philip Roth and Paul Theroux on the shortlist for this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction award. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8367799.stm
Neil Sedaka is the latest singer whose back catalogue will receive the compilation musical treatment. Laughter in the Rain, which takes its title from Sedaka's 1975 chart-topper, charts the highs and lows of the career […]
When Forbidden Broadway::E8831246615105 closed in New York earlier this year, some commentators predicted a gloomy forecast for showbiz satire, blaming factors ranging from TV casting and the death of the diva, to the blandness of […]
The final ever South Bank Show to be broadcast on 20th December 2009, will focus on The Royal Shakespeare Company. A fascinating documentary that goes behind the scenes of the RSC will be the very […]
Blood Brothers is often considered in the public conscience as ‘the weepie musical with that song’. Since its 1983 premiere, a parade of leading ladies, from Barbara Dickson to Niki Evans via Kiki Dee and […]
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