Evening Standard Entertainment

Wayne McGregor/Candoco/Hofesh Shechter, Sadler's Wells - review


At first sight this evening was a pretty disparate bit of packaging. An excerpt from Wayne McGregor's FAR was followed by Set and Reset/Reset, Candoco Dance Company's reworking of an Eighties minimalist classic by Trisha Brown...
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The Changeling, Young Vic - review

First night: Jam, jelly and custard do not usually play a large part in The Changeling. The opening night shows a messy approach to a tale of tragedy and vengeance...
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My play's a big noise at Old Vic but I thought no one would stage it


It has become the highest-grossing Old Vic show since Kevin Spacey took over at the theatre's helm...
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More tickets to see Hockney blockbuster


The Royal Academy is to release more advance tickets for its blockbuster exhibition of David Hockney landscapes after the first batch sold out within weeks...
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SeatChoice Blog

From Pop star to Rock star: Noel Sullivan joins We Will Rock You

Former popstar Noel Sullivan will be taking over the lead role of ‘Galileo’ in the smash hit musical We Will Rock You from 20 February at the Dominion Theatre.

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Society of London Theatre

The Play’s The Thing for Spiro at the Globe

Olivier Award-winning actress Samantha Spiro will star in Shakespeare’s Globe’s production of the Bard’s controversial comedy The Taming Of The Shrew this summer....
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Ellis and Langford among 1000 Voices

A host of West End stars will be behind some of the many voices participating in this year’s The Night Of 1000 Voices at the Royal Albert Hall, which will take place in May....
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The Changeling

Thomas Middleton’s asylum sub-plot in The Changeling is a somewhat confusing addition to his dark revenge tragedy. To counteract this problem, director Joe Hill-Gibbins has chosen to transform his Young Vic production into a mental, anarchic experience......
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Noises Off takes off

Michael Frayn’s Noises Off will transfer to the West End following its overwhelming success at the Old Vic theatre....
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Whatsonstage Forum Community Blog List

Arts Jobs - Visual Arts event organiser - Volunteer

We are looking for a part-time volunteer to help us organise a series of four events over the course of 2012, at the headquarters of the Artists Studio Company, a major London arts organisation....

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Arts Jobs - Production and Project Volunteers

Spare Tyre needs you! Enjoy working with different communities? Organised and creative? We need you!
Spare Tyre are currently recruiting volunteers for projects taking place over summer. We need...

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Arts Jobs - Musical Theatre and Street Dance Teachers

Flex Dance Inc LTD are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our team. We currently require musical theatre and street dance teachers available to work on a Saturday in...

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Arts Jobs - Freelance Research Assistant

Part-time research assistant for Michael Rosen at The Story Museum, Oxford
Round the World (of Stories) in 80 days! Wanted on Voyage: part-time research assistant for Michael Rosen, the...

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The Stage :: Reviews

Without Warning, The Old Vic Tunnels

The Old Vic Tunnels: For an essay in disorientation, the vaulted labyrinth of The Old Vic Tunnels could hardly be a better choice of venue. Ushered into the damp dust miasma beneath Waterloo station, where sputtering neon and random pools of light struggle against the encroaching darkness, the audience is placed in an environment that approximates that of Brian Keenan, the man imprisoned for four and a half years by Islamic Jihad.

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Nora, Belgrade, Coventry

Belgrade, Coventry: Ibsen's Nora Helmer is a woman up against it.

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Night of January 16th, White Bear, London

White Bear, London: There's much to like in Jane Moriarty's dastardly production of Ayn Rand's melodramatic courtroom saga, Night of January 16th.

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Missing, Tristan Bates, London

Tristan Bates, London: Posters paper the walls, tapes lie scattered about and boardgames nestle beneath the bed in Luke and Andy's bedroom. They are the remnants of a typical childhood but, in Barney Norris' new play, Missing, the time has come to set aside childish things. Younger brother, Andy, wants to join the army and experience a real and exciting life, beyond his bedroom walls.

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The Stage :: News

Shakespeare's Globe casts Samantha Spiro

Samantha Spiro is to appear in The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare's Globe this summer....
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Old Vic transfers Noises Off into the West End

London's Old Vic Theatre is to transfer its production of Noises Off into the West End for a limited season this summer....
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Oscar nominees stretch UK-trained success to 24 years

Kenneth Branagh, Gary Oldman and Janet McTeer are the latest British-trained actors to be nominated for Oscars, carrying on a continuous run that stretches back 24 years....
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Chichester's Rattigan double-bill transfers to West End

The Chichester Festival Theatre productions of The Browning Version and South Downs are to transfer to London's Harold Pinter Theatre this April....
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Whatsonstage

News: Arlene Phillips jumps aboard Starlight Express, tour dates confirmed

Full dates have now been announced for the UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe's 1984 musical Starlight Express which, as was previously reported, will tour from the New Wimbledon on 10 May 2012. Following Wimbledon Starlight Expres......
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Review Round-up: Strictly dancers Tango into Aldwych

Strictly Come Dancing dancers Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace opened Midnight Tango at the Aldwych Theatre earlier this week (31 January, previews from 20 January 2012). Having dazzled television audiences for six series of the BBC's competition ......
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News: Cast: Spiro is Globe Shrew, Flynn & Barnett support Rylance

Two time Olivier Award-winner Samantha Spiro will star as Katherina in the Globe's forthcoming production of The Taming of the Shrew, which opens on 23 June. Spiro, whose recent credits Company at Sheffield Theatres and Hello, Dolly! at the Open A......
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Review: Umoja *****

“Music is the rhythm of life” says our narrator/guide and, if that’s the case, Umoja is the most life affirming musical ever. Packed with the sights and sounds of the Rainbow Nation the show takes us on a circular journey from t......
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SeatChoice Tickets

The Umbilical Brothers, Southbank Centre.

Tickets for The Umbilical Brothers, Southbank Centre. ....
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Thin Lizzy, HMV Picture House.

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Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, Park and Dare Theatre.

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Danny Bhoy, The Junction.

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BBC Entertainment News

Vettriano's Butler in rare show

One of the most famous paintings by Fife artist Jack Vettriano has gone on public display for the first time in two decades....
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Acting veteran Ben Gazzara dies

US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81....
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Gruffalo author pens protest poem

Children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country....
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£18m arts centre shows revealed

Belfast's new £18m Metropolitan Arts centre - MAC - is prepares to open its doors in the city's Cathedral Quarter....
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BreakingNews.ie - Entertainment

Rape trial shock for Corrie viewers

Viewers were left stunned as they saw Coronation Street’s scheming Frank Foster walk free from court after he was found not guilty of raping Carla Connor....
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Pitt reveals 'stripper driving' past

Brad Pitt once had a job driving strippers to their gigs....
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Dublin kids set to battle for dance final

Dublin hip hop crew Lil' Hustlers are set to battle their way into the final of Sky 1's 'Got to Dance'....
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Cowell believed to want Egan as 'X Factor' judge

With Simon Cowell wielding the axe on the X Factor USA, it has now been rumoured that he may be planning to do the same with the UK version of the show....
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The Telegraph - Entertainment

We can lay a wreath for Dickens, but we'll never lay his ghost

Did Dickens believe in Resurrection? Well, whether or not he will rise from the grave, the novelist lives, triumphantly, says John Sutherland.

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Top 10 Super Bowl half-time shows

As Madonna takes her turn at the Super Bowl we look at the top crowd-pleasing performances....
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It's the Dickens of a name to deal with

Being descended from Dickens can mean more hard times than great expectations, says Nigel Farndale.

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John Preston: There's no use crying over bad melodrama

John Preston reviews Prisoners' Wives, BBC One's new female-led drama, My Child the Rioter (BBC Two) and Inside Men (BBC One)....
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Yahoo Entertainment

Tim Tebow’s Alter Ego (omg!)

omg! - Tim Tebow will play no part in the Super Bowl but his visit to Indianapolis ahead of Sunday’s big game has certainly been eventful....
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Playmates Discuss Hugh Hefner Charm (omg!)

omg! - Hugh Hefner has been handling his high-profile split from fiancee Crystal Harris by showering his Playmates with a series of romantic gestures and gifts....
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