Movie
Almost Christmas
As Christmas approaches, the festive mood invades cinemas, too. The Yuletide film trend can be said to have become…
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Movie
Allied
Leaving aside the tabloids and the parallel narrative that has preceded the release of the film in the…
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Play
King Lear at the Barbican
Following a run in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company brings artistic director Gregory Doran’s King Lear to London.…
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Musical
The Beggar’s Opera at the Jack Studio Theatre
Reviving a work as popular as The Beggar’s Opera is both a safe bet and an enormous challenge,…
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Play
In Love and Warcraft at Theatre N16
Modern theatre cannot escape technology’s enormous influence on society. The already complex interactions between people are now further…
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Play
Deny Deny Deny at Park Theatre
It is not often that the world of sport is the theme of a theatrical production, and yet, as…
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Dance
Darkness Poomba at The Place
Part of K-Music, London’s festival of Korean music, Darkness Poomba is a ten-year-old piece by the company Modern…
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Cinema & TV
Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders interviews at the Jack Reacher: Never Go Back premiere in London
Tonight, at the Jack Reacher: Never Go Back London premiere in Leicester Square, we caught up with Tom…
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Cinema & TV
I, Daniel Blake premiere: A chat with Ken Loach and the cast on social injustice
Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Ken Loach’s latest film I, Daniel Blake…
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Cinema & TV
London Film Festival Awards: Certain Women wins best film at star-studded ceremony
After ten days of showcasing diverse and thought-provoking films, the 60th edition of the BFI London Film Festival…
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