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Aqua Nueva is slow, ceremonial and bleak

01.10.09
Opposite The London Palladium in Argyll Street is a dark doorway with a canopy bearing one word, “aqua”, in diminutive lower-case type.... more

Charity that takes poor to theatre hit by cash shortfall

22.09.09
A charity that provides cheap theatre tickets to low-income families and disabled children is facing a funding crisis... more

Royal visit to Sister Act from Princess Beatrice, Chelsy Davy and friends

11.06.09
Princess Beatrice, accompanied by boyfriend Dave Clark and Chelsy Davy were in the Sister Act audience.... more

Abseiling nuns promote Sister Act musical at Palladium

07.05.09
After the Singing Nun and the Flying Nun, it’s the Swinging Nuns... more

Run as a nun for Barnardo's

24.02.09
Sister Act has teamed up with Barnardo's to bring you London's first charity Nun Run.... more

Craig and Bruno are strictly off duty

12.12.08
The Strictly Come Dancing judges were on comic form as they attended the Royal Variety Performance.... more

Whoopi! Goldberg brings her Sister Act to the West End stage

14.11.08
OSCAR-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg is to produce a musical based on her hit comedy Sister Act, opening in London next May... more

Speedy Me and My Girl at the Palladium

27.10.08
By the happy ending, cast and audience of Me and My Girl had enjoyed themselves as much as the other.... more

Les and Mel host West End charity show

23.10.08
Les Dennis and Mel Giedroyc will host a West End production of Me And My Girl for which the cast rehearsed for only 48 hours... more

Daniel's secret service

06.10.08
With Daniel Craig's arm out of action in a sling, it looks like his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell has a licence to itch his behind.... more

Telling Cherie to 'b***** off!', Camilla sitting on Santa's lap, and other tales from backstage

23.08.08
A leading actress reveals the champagne-soaked secrets of stars' dressing rooms.... more

Meet the Sound of Music's new Captain von Trapp... Simon MacCorkindale

22.08.08
He's friends with Prince Charles and married to Susan George, voted the world's sexiest woman in the sixties... It's not easy being Simon MacCorkindale... more

ITV will bring back variety shows to win Saturday night ratings battle

14.08.08
ITV is to bring back variety shows for its autumn season in a bid to win the Saturday night prime-time ratings war.... more

Casualty star takes Sound Of Music lead

29.07.08
Actor Simon MacCorkindale is to take over as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music next month... more

It's been a right Carry On for evergreen star Anita Harris

10.07.08
After two miscarriages and falling victim to a £1 million fraud, the Swinging Sixties sweetheart is back in style.... more

London's must-see musicals

09.07.08
The hit West End shows to see this summer, by Daralyn Danns.... more

BBC axes 'What the Papers Say' after 52 years

29.05.08
The BBC has axed the second longest running show on British television - newspaper review programme What The Papers Say.... more

It's hilarious ... until you see the show

23.05.08
Theatre owners who use misleading quotations from critics to promote plays and musicals risk up to two years in prison from next week... more

Cranford's Bafta bonanza: Dame Judi receives record 24th Bafta nomination

19.03.08
She has had plenty of practice making acceptance speeches over the years. But Dame Judi Dench, 73, may have to reel off the list of thank yous once again after receiving a record 24th Bafta nomination. She is up for the best actress prize for her role in BBC series Cranford, along with her co-star Dame Eileen Atkins, also 73 ... more

Hot Summer! Hollyoaks star triumphs as Lloyd Webber's new Maria in Sound of Music

04.03.08
A musical star has been born as Hollyoaks star Summer Strallen made her debut in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Sound of Music. In his bravest experiment yet, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber merged fiction with fact to introduce his new Maria via the teenage soap opera. But has he again managed to solve a problem like Maria? And will his gamble on the Hollyoaks star pay off? ... more

'Fruit for lunch and the love of a young woman': Bruce Forsyth's recipe for a long life as he turns 80

22.02.08
In his eight decades in showbusiness, he has won the nation's heart with his extraordinary energy and charisma. And both talents were very much on show yesterday when Bruce Forsyth celebrated his 80th birthday. He turned up for a party in his honour at the Dorchester in Mayfair with Miss England on one arm and Miss Puerto Rico on the other ... more

Maria makes TV dream come true

07.02.08
New Sound Of Music star Summer Strallen has spoken about the bizarre audition process that won her the role.... more

Kenwright signs Dream boy band of Josephs

31.01.08
Theatre producer Bill Kenwright is investing close to £500,000 of his own money in a new boy band made up of rejected Josephs.... more

Just the ticket

13.11.07
A hit must-see musical makes the perfect festive family outing - or buy some tickets as a gift.... more

Aoife solves the problem with Maria

12.04.07
A runner-up in TV show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? is to share the lead role in The Sound Of Music with Connie Fisher.... more

Critic's choice: top five gigs

23.02.07
The Killers' Wembley Arena gig, Rufus Wainwright's tribute to Judy Garland and The Automatic at the NME Awards Indie Rock Tour 2007 are among David Smyth's picks.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 gigs

16.02.07
Rufus Wainwright gives a song-for-song reinterpretation of Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall concert, The Hold Steady play Koko and it looks like, shock, horror, Babyshambles’ gig will go ahead.... more

Maria and the 20 von Trapps

10.10.06
The cast for Andrew Lloyd Webber's £3 million revival of The Sound Of Music has been unveiled with 20 children lining up alongside the show's stars Connie Fisher and Simon Shepherd.... more

A £37 million song and dance

06.10.06
With advance sales hitting nearly £37 million, new musicals including Daddy Cool and The Sound of Music are giving the West End a huge lift.... more

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