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Previewing from today, the National Theatre’s big comedy for the Spring/Summer season is Dion Boucicault’s 1841 romp London Assurance. Starring theatre stalwart Simon Russell Beale (no relation to Ian,) you’d think the presence of Celebrity Lesbian Fiona Shaw playing a character called Lady Gay Spanker would be the main attraction here. In fact you should [...]
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When he appeared as a guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks last year, a lot of us here at LC Towers were rather taken with Tom Basden. So you’d think the London debut (running for just two weeks) of his award-winning play Party, in which he also stars, would be an easy recommendation. However this [...]
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Just like buses, you wait ages for a London theatre opening with a lowculture connection then two come along at once. (Actually they came along yesterday but Damages deserves a day to itself.) First we’re in the West End where Kim Cattrall stars in Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Cattrall is of course best known for [...]
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Oh noes! Two of the big digital channels are launching the new seasons of their signature drama series tonight, and they’re both on at the same time! Which one to watch? Obviously both ITV2 and E4 have +1 channels, not to mention umpteen reruns, so it’s perfectly easy to watch both shows. But let’s pretend [...]
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A few years ago, Radio 4 phone-in show Down The Line caused no end of controversy as the complaints flooded in, from listeners who hadn’t quite cottoned on to the fact that it was a spoof. It’s taken its time getting there but the character-based comedy show has finally arrived on TV, as Bellamy’s People, [...]
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It started out as the show whose pilot was considered “not as good as Phoo Action” and had to be rescued by a fan campaign. Now it’s got a worldwide fanbase, is on the cover of magazines and an American remake is in the works (now let us never speak of that again, it’s already [...]
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First up in 2010’s big-name productions in the West End is the British premiere of a big US hit, Douglas Carter Beane’s The Little Dog Laughed, previewing from tonight. While Keira Knightley continues with her stage debut, her boyfriend Rupert Friend (who is totally famous in his own right and not just as Mr Keira, [...]
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Knock, knock, (bear with, it should be worth it) knock, knock . Who’s there? The Doctor. Doctor Who? Yes! Well, no, actually. I’m not quite sure who’s there because I’ve not yet worked out who’s going to knock four times. Obviously someone who has never had to actually knock on a door before because I’ve [...]
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Continuing our look at the best in CDs, DVDs, books and whatnot that you might want for Christmas, we move onto DVD box sets today. There are a whole bunch of decent offers around at the moment, and here are some of the best…
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Over the past three weeks, word of mouth has steadily been growing about new BBC Two comedy, Miranda. At first glance, it’s a rather curious proposition: a star vehicle for Miranda Hart, which is sort of in the style of an old-school sitcom, features Tom Ellis and Patricia Hodge, and has a mixture of [...]
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I saw them perform it "live" on GMTV this morning and I nearly spluttered out my tea. 