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Ma foi, c'est Martha Wainwright

12.11.09
Martha Wainwright seized Edith Piaf's haunting tales of prostitutes, death and ennui for herself and didn't let go.... more

Diana Vickers is a fine new Little Voice in a big role

21.10.09
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is amusing, affecting and decidedly old-fashioned.... more

X Factor star Diana Vickers makes West End debut

20.10.09
Former X Factor wannabe Diana Vickers vamps it up as a sequinned sex-bomb in her new West End show.... more

Essential summer reading

09.07.09
As baggage restrictions on budget airlines are so mean, it’s crucial to choose your holiday reading wisely. Here are some books that truly deserve to make the cut... more

Lots of queens - but where's the real history?

02.07.09
The National Portrait Gallery has decided to go gay with an exhibition dedicated to the evolution of gay icons which should be fascinating, but isn't... more

Theatre school of the stars is on the move

19.09.08
The home of the theatre school which launched the careers of Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis is to be transformed into a block of flats... more

Chop Suey tells wrestler's tale

03.07.08
Bruce Weber, maker of Let's Get Lost, the recently re-released film about jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, takes a loving look at Peter Johnson.... more

Divas leading ladies astray

26.06.08
It makes you miserable to think that a ballerina as able as Irina Kolesnikova is hamming it to Over the Rainbow in Divas.... more

How Doris Day's third husband cost her sanity - and her £66million fortune

15.06.08
After two disastrous marriages, the actress was sure husband No3 was the answer to her prayers. But she was about to enter a nightmare... more

It's her turn now

20.05.08
Having made a name as special guest to her numerous musical chums, including brother Rufus, Martha Wainwright has finally merited her own spotlight.... more

We’re off to see Oz again

10.04.08
Festival Hall is to premiere the stage version of The Wizard of Oz this summer, following the success of spin-off musical Wicked.... more

Patched up and make-up free: Liza Minelli hits London for first British tour in 20 years

04.04.08
With two false hips, a wired-up right knee, two crushed discs and a curved spine, patched up singer Liza Minnelli arrived in London for her first British tour in 20 years ... more

Unique welcome at Enak Enak

28.01.08
Enak Enak is a real tardis of a restaurant and made critic Mark Bolland ridiculously glad to be back in London.... more

Magical alternative to panto

07.01.08
If panto's not your thing, but you're looking for a post-Christmas show for the kids, Liz Hoggard recommends the hit musical Wicked.... more

Say it with a DVD this Christmas

20.12.07
Whether it's Bond, Borat or a seasonal classic, there's a wealth of choice for when the TV schedules let you down.... more

CDs of the week

30.11.07
Rufus Wainwright's Carnegie Hall tribute to Judy Garland, U2's Joshua Tree sprouts once more and the distinctive Souad Massi in CDs of the week.... more

Classic remake sees a lot more whizz in Oz

23.08.07
The Wizard of Oz is to be remade by Warner Brothers, who will inject a "2007 wow factor" into the classic film. ... more

Critic's choice: Top five gigs

17.08.07
Among the top five gigs this weekend, you can rock out at the V Festival and catch Prince's funky moves at the O2 Arena.... more

Piaf might regret a thing or two

21.06.07
A stunning performance from Marrion Cotilard lifts La Vie En Rose, a film that leaves us none the wiser about the extraordinary life of France's best loved singer.... more

Sensational Rufus's star is Rising

29.05.07
Rufus Wainwright amps up the campometer to 11 in his new show, which even includes Rising Damp's Miss Jones. Sell a relative to get a ticket, says John Aizlewood.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 gigs

25.05.07
David Smyth picks the weekend's best gigs. Amy Winehouse - if she turns up - and Rufus Wainwright in non-Judy Garland mode are among them.... more

Rufus pushes himself higher

20.04.07
Rufus Wainwright wants to be a 'premier vocalist', he tells David Smyth. There's also a sneak listen to the new White Stripes record.... more

Here's how to do it, Britney

02.03.07
Stockholm singer Robin Carlsson could teach Britney Spears a thing or two about how to emerge gracefully from a teenage pop career, says David Smyth.... 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

Somewhere over the Rufus

19.02.07
Rufus Wainwright gave the performance of his life, recreating his idol Judy Garland's legendary 1961 comeback concert at Carnegie Hall, says David Smyth.... 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

Pint-sized Kylie falls a bit short

10.01.07
Does the world really need a live double album of Kylie's recent Showgirl tour? This CD is one for hardcore fans only - everyone else should wait for the inevitable DVD, says Paul Connolly.... more

Still a whiz of a Wiz

14.12.06
Now re-released with spanking new prints, the 1939 classic adventure The Wizard Of Oz has lost none of its appeal.... more

Keira is 'greatest Hollywood starlet'

18.09.06
Keira Knightley has been rated the greatest ever Hollywood starlet.The British beauty was chosen ahead of Scarlett Johansson and movie legend Judy Garland in the survey of film fans.... more

Wayward idols face the music

22.08.06
Caroline O'Connor plays Judy Garland in Peter Quilter's moving Fringe play, End of the Rainbow, in a story that follows the star's last professional comeback.... more

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