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Don't bring the curtain down for the Games

21.10.11
How do you solve a problem like the Olympics? Lord Lloyd-Webber has served notice that he is thinking of closing his Really Useful theatres for two weeks while the Olympic Games are on next year... more

Ikea to sell eco-homes for Olympics

20.10.11
Ikea is building its first British housing development in Stratford beside the Olympic Park, where it plans to turn Londoners into eco-families... more

She bangs the drums: Leslie Feist

23.09.11
Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist may have the mainstream in her sights - but she's determined to do things her own way... more

Up close and personal with Nell Bryden

09.02.11
New York Blues and Country singer Nell Bryden feels quite at home playing to a sold out crowd but she will perform an intimate acoustic set on Feb 23... more

Andrew Lloyd Webber comes back from cancer to the limelight

20.01.11
As he brings his new Wizard of Oz to the Palladium, the veteran impresario assures Nick Curtis he won't yet leave the stage... more

Prince Charles insisted on driving through protesters despite police warning

05.01.11
Prince Charles over-ruled his police protection officers and insisted on attending a Royal Variety Performance despite the presence of rioters, it is claimed... more

Met steps up security on Prince Charles after mob attack

20.12.10
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are to get greater police protection after a review of security failings that allowed a mob to surround and attack their car during the student protests... more

Kylie Minogue and Gary Barlow put Variety on the bill for royals

10.12.10
Cheryl Cole and Kylie Minogue were among the names who entertained the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at the Royal Variety Performance... more

N-Dubz to rap at Royal Variety Performance

11.11.10
Urban trio N-Dubz will entertain the Royals with their rapping at this year's Royal Variety Performance... more

Cookin' with jazz: How Jamie Cullum found perfect harmony

20.08.10
He's Britain's most successful jazz artist ever, is married to Sophie Dahl and puts on electric stage shows complete with exploding pianos. Is there no stopping Jamie Cullum, asks Christopher Silvester... more

Ticket prices soar as fans rush to get in on Whoopi Goldberg’s Sister Act

17.08.10
Fans are paying hundreds of pounds for tickets to see Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act with a surge in online searches for the show... more

Chiswick girl is new face of Topshop

02.08.10
For years Imogen Newton has spent her pocket money on Topshop’s latest designs. Now the 16-year-old from Chiswick will be paid to wear them... more

Simon Cowell to be honoured at TV Baftas

28.05.10
Britain's Got Talent boss Simon Cowell is to be awarded an honorary prize at the TV Baftas next month.... more

Jamie Cullum knows how to deliver a good night

17.05.10
Jamie Cullum, part national treasure, part the national jazz hobbit, wound the clock back at The Palladium.... more

My 365 Days of Live Music in London

16.04.10
As blogger Hugo Simms nears the end of a self-imposed mission to see a gig every day for a year, he vows never to lose touch with music again.... more

West End theatres infested by 'shocking' amount of rats - and bites found in lipstick

04.03.10
West End theatres are infested by a 'shocking' amount of rats, mice and fleas, a survey has found... more

Diana Vickers proves she has X Factor at theatre awards

15.02.10
X-Factor star Diana Vickers joined the likes of Rachel Weisz and Jude Law to scoop prestigious theatre awards.... more

A show bopping night out with Robert Habermann

14.12.09
What happens when the festive buzz wears thin in the new year? Book yourself in for a bop with Robert Habermann.... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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