In a rare side-project in theatre, celebrated opera director Richard Jones is staging a version of The Government Inspector at the Young Vic. What he aims to avoid, he tells Richard Godwin, is 'a classy snooze'
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Terrified survivors in a Japanese city devastated by the earthquake tell how they feared the 'world had stopped' as they tried to scramble to safety
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Cineworld, the UK’s only publicly quoted cinema chain, continued to get more bums on its seats and get them to pay more for the privilege, even against the tough comparables of the Mamma Mia quarter... more
Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has given birth to her second child nine weeks early after being struck down by a potentially deadly pregnancy condition for a second time... more
Following his Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk triumph, Richard Jones has returned to Covent Garden with a sparkling double-bill of Ravel at his most inventive and Puccini at his funniest.... more
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