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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Southwark Playhouse
A fun, inclusive take on a flawed satire.
Guide to The Time Traveller’s Wife musical in the West End
Audrey Niffenegger’s hit novel has already been adapted for screen – now, it comes to the stage.
Posted in Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged adaptation, apollo theatre, audry niffenegger, dave stewart, david hunter, eric bana, film, joanna woodward, joss stone, lauren gunderson, london, musical, rachel mcadams, rose leslie, Steven Moffat, the time travelers wife, the time travellers wife, the time travellers wife musical, theatre, theo james, tv, west end
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Meet The Wizard of Oz West End cast
Ashley Banjo, Jason Manford, Gary Wilmot, Dianne Pilkington and more will all go over the rainbow.
Eurovision 2023 results: Sweden’s Loreen wins the song contest for a second time
The singer dominated the jury vote as Liverpool hosted on behalf of Ukraine.
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged bbc, blog, eurovision, eurovision 2023, eurovision song contest, finland, graham norton, hannah waddingham, live blog, liverpool, loreen, mae muller, music, recap, review, sweden, telegraph, tv, ukraine
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This tale of Georgian London’s sexual underworld is lurid – but is it true?
In Neil Blackmore’s latest historical novel, the city drips with forbidden desire, but the line between fact and fiction makes little sense.
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, gay, gay marriage, georgian, historical fiction, historical novel, john church, lgbt, london, molly house, neil blackmore, novel, queer, radical love, review, telegraph
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Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre
This gem of a musical is a rip-roaring British success story.
All the songs in 42nd Street
A guide to the ravishing score of this tap-happy musical.
How do you make a musical out of Operation Mincemeat?
This musical retelling of the daring wartime operation has impressed the relatives of those involved, including Ian Fleming’s niece.
Get tickets to popular West End shows now adapted into movie musicals
Wicked isn’t the only musical to get the big screen treatment…
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged Ariana Grande, book tickets, cabaret, cynthia erivo, film, guys and dolls, les miserables, london, london theatre, mamma mia, matilda, movie, movie musical, musical, newsies, Oklahoma, Phantom of the Opera, the king and i, theatre, west end, wicked, wicked film, wicked movie
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