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Meat cleavers at dawn: Imelda Staunton beats Sweeney Todd co-star Michael Ball to theatre awards gong
Monday 29 October 2012
He may have been the demon barber brandishing the cleaver, but Imelda Staunton has been proven stronger than her Sweeney Todd co-star Michael Ball after she beat him to win best performance in a musical at the Theatre Awards UK.
DVD: The Awakening (15)
Friday 23 March 2012
Rebecca Hall's author, Florence, is a supernatural sceptic who debunks supposedly ghostly happenings in 1921 Britain.
A Delicate Balance, Almeida Theatre, London
Monday 16 May 2011
Edward Albee's 1966 country house comedy is a still startling mix of bizarre story-telling, sozzled sarcasm, unnamed terror and ruminations on friendship and alcohol.
The rise of the understudy: A crisis on stage, starring a cast of total unknowns
Sunday 27 March 2011
Audiences are unhappy about the vanishing big names in the West End
Sondheim feted by Olivier Awards
Saturday 05 March 2011
The songwriter Stephen Sondheim is to be honoured at this year's Laurence Olivier Awards.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (12A)
Friday 19 November 2010
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes
Howard Jacobson: How happiness can inspire great art
Saturday 13 November 2010
Part of Jane Austen’s greatness is something that Mike Leigh also demonstrates in his magnificent new film
Another Year, Mike Leigh, 129 mins (12A)
Sunday 07 November 2010
Bitterly witty, his film about ageing is compelling
Another Year (12A)
Friday 05 November 2010
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, David Bradley
Mike Leigh - Secrets and Leigh lines
Friday 29 October 2010
As Mike Leigh's new film, Another Year, is released, James Mottram explores the rigorous processes behind the performances his work is famed for, while stars reveal the demands involved.
British realism amid the glamour of Cannes
Sunday 16 May 2010
Mike Leigh makes a triumphant return to the festival
Cannes Film Festival
Sunday 16 May 2010
Ridley Scott's new version of 'Robin Hood' is a heavy-handed way to open the most important festival in cinema's year
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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