The Tsarina's Slippers is well-shod but shoddy
This feeble, unimaginative production at the Royal Opera House is a disappointing pitch for the festive market that’s unlikely to win converts to opera... more | Add your review
New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
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Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor

Florence Welch seemed to arrive fully formed from another world, but ready to take on ours...
This feeble, unimaginative production at the Royal Opera House is a disappointing pitch for the festive market that’s unlikely to win converts to opera... more | Add your review
As he wins the outstanding newcomer prize at the Evening Standard theatre awards for his role as Othello, Lenny Henry has come a long way from black and white minstrels.. more | Add your view
Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended.. more | Add your view
Taylor Swift showed she is like any other teenage girl as she shopped with her mother in London — hours before being crowned the new queen of pop at the American Music Awards.. more | Add your view
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Katie Price has fled the I'm A Celebrity jungle after she was voted by the public to face yet another bushtucker trial.. more

Having celebrated its glorious past with Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, the London Jazz Festival climaxed with a glimpse of the future in the leggy, Afro-haired person of Esperanza Spalding.. more | Add your review
Frank Lampard's ex Elen Rives shows she has moved on from the Chelsea star with a series of stunning pictures as she models a new lingerie range.. more | Add your view
Mama Africa was a celebration of South Africa’s Miriam Makeba, one year after her death. The stellar line-up of African artists made sure it was a sell-out.. more | Add your review
Musicians are realising that there are plenty of ways they can help save the planet — without making the rest of us cringe... more | Add your view
What our critics made of Rihanna, Lady Gaga and 50 Cent's new album... more | Add your view
Joel and Ethan Cohen's A Serious Man isn't just a comedy - the serious edge of human enquiry is there too.. more | Add your review
As the dark nights beckon, it's oddly comforting to be transported to one of Earth’s coldest places with The Fahrenheit Twins... more | Add your review
It's a gloomy Saturday night and the capital is in the grip of the 'storm of the year'. Why not lighten your mood with a trip to the school disco.. more | Add your review
Somehow, despite the corny filth, Julian Clary's show at the Leicester Square Theatre was a hugely enjoyable romp of a comeback.. more | Add your review