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Coca-Cola's Underground jingle deal bursts buskers' bubble

11.11.09
Coca-Cola asks Tube buskers to sing their jingle as live advertising, and Tube will have pitches branded with its slogans this Christmas... more

Musicians stage protest over rules that could drive them off the Tube

05.11.09
Tube musicians took part in a mass busk outside City Hall in protest at what they call draconian new measures... more

Life's a drag for new Hairspray star Phil Jupitus

02.09.09
TV comic Phil Jupitus and Eighties pop singer Belinda Carlisle were unveiled today as the new stars of West End musical Hairspray.... more

Property investor tells how he was 'deceived' by Savills

18.05.09
A property investor who is suing a leading estate agency over the sale of his seven-bedroom country home has spoken of how he was ‘deceived’... more

Michael's still having a Ball

13.03.09
Listen to the Lowdown's exclusive interview with Michael Ball.... more

First class stamps

11.12.08
Wayne Rooney will not face any disciplinary action over an apparent stamp on Aalborg's Kasper Risgard... more

Mayor won't object to 43-storey tower block

25.07.08
Boris Johnson has decided not to object to plans for a 472ft skyscraper on the South Bank... more

London's must-see musicals

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

Hairspray makes profit in record 29 weeks

23.06.08
Hairspray has gone into profit and Wicked has notched up more than £50 million of box office takings to defy the trend of Broadway imports that lose money. ... more

Weekend gig guide

13.06.08
Agnes Deyn joins the Five O'Clock Heroes and Michael Ball has a night off from Hairspray for Hampton Court Palace.... more

Posh Spice goes to war - over her £200 jeans

03.05.08
Victoria Beckham is suing the Los Angeles fashion label that made her own-brand jeans. The Spice Girl is believed to be claiming Rock & Republic owe her as much as £50million for ‘loss of earnings’ following her split with the trendy clothing company... more

The Shaftesbury curse is lifted by Hairspray

17.03.08
Hairspray eminently deserves its four Olivier awards, particularly for the way it has brought the Shaftesbury Theatre back to life, says Nick Curtis.... more

Kenwood House's long hot summer

17.03.08
Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson, opera singer Katherine Jenkins and jazz star Diana Krall will all be in the line-up at Kenwood House this summer... more

Kenwood House's long hot summer

17.03.08
Brian Wilson, opera singer Katherine Jenkins and jazz star Diana Krall will all be in the line-up at Kenwood House this summer.... more

Hairspray sweeps the board at Laurence Olivier Awards

10.03.08
West End musical Hairspray has swept the board at the Laurence Olivier Awards, scooping four of the prestigious accolades. Its star, Leanne Jones, was named best actress in a musical for her role as teenager Tracy Turnblad... more

Stage-struck Kristin's triumph

10.03.08
Kristin Scott Thomas took the top award of Best Actress at the Olivier Awards and declared there was nothing like working in British theatre.... more

Shoestring fish-in-a-barrel fun-poking revue

05.03.08
Entertainment ... My Arts! might land soft punches on obvious targets, but at 30 minutes and a fiver a pop it is hardly fleecing fans in terms of time or wallet.... more

Hairspray collects record award nominations

07.02.08
West End hit Hairspray has received a record 11 nominations at the Laurence Olivier Awards.... 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

Hair apparent

02.11.07
Leanne Jones, who stole the show in Hairspray, tells how she lost more than four stone to play the role and is set on making it big in the West End.... more

Big hair, big fun... and a huge new star

31.10.07
Hairspray, a musical about sex, love and civil rights, sends the rare, sweet smell of success wafting through the Shaftesbury, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

Why Mel's making a song and dance

25.09.07
Mel Smith said he wanted to abandon 'repetitive performance'. So why is the millionaire comedian and director becoming a West End hoofer in Hairspray? Nick Curtis finds out.... more

Ball pulls out the showstoppers

28.08.07
Michael Ball's performance at the Proms was as populist as you like, but about as edifying as a sugar sandwich. ... more

'It was shockingly, gloriously awful'

22.08.07
As Michael Ball prepares for his first Prom, he reveals the full story of his role in English National Opera's biggest critical flop in years.... more

Novice actress set for role in Hairspray

21.08.07
A drama school graduate who has never had a professional role is to star in the West End production of Hairspray.... more

Elgar and Walton kick off the Proms

13.07.07
The 113th Proms kick off tonight at the Royal Albert Hall with some of the most popular works in the classical canon... more

A terrible fate should befall this Kismet

28.06.07
West End star Michael Ball made his national opera debut, but Kismet left Fiona Maddocks asking who on earth allowed the production to happen?... more

Ball swaps West End for national opera

22.06.07
Star of the West End stage and housewives favourite, Michael Ball, will be making his debut at the English National Opera in Kismet on Monday June 25... more

Happy to be Miserables after 21 years

09.10.06
There were no Miserables faces as the unlikely Napoleonic musical notched up 21 years in the West End, writes Tom Teodorczuk.... more

Les Miserables set to break record

21.09.06
Les Miserables is set to become the world's longest-running musical. It will overtake Cats on 8 October by which time it will have been seen by a total of 58 million people.... more

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