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Making music from children+#039;s old toys
Making music from children's old toys

- (BBC Entertainment News) - 20 hours, 4 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments....


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Ian McEwan: Booker winner +#039;not my best+#039;
Ian McEwan: Booker winner 'not my best'

- (BBC Entertainment News) - 20 hours, 4 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

Author Ian McEwan talks to Matt Stadlen about the exercise of writing, the importance of long, moody walks, the "thinginess" of James Joyce and getting to grips with quantum mechanics....


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Robbie Williams lights up Blackpool
Robbie Williams lights up Blackpool

- (BBC Entertainment News) - 1 day, 4 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Blackpool's illuminations have been switched on by Robbie Williams....


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Robbie turns on Blackpool lights
Robbie turns on Blackpool lights

- (BBC Entertainment News) - 1 day, 5 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations....


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Weston Mercury - Theatre

A fun night for kids
A fun night for kids

- (Weston Mercury - Theatre) - 1 day, 18 hours ago... (hits: 1)

AN enthusiastic cast got the crowd roaring at the new stage version of a classic children's story at The Bristol Hippodrome last night (Thurs)....


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Society of London Theatre

Wicked soars into its fifth year
Wicked soars into its fifth year

- (Society of London Theatre) - 1 day, 15 hours ago... (hits: 1)

The witches of Wicked will defy gravity to soar into their fifth year in the West End; the Laurence Olivier Award-winning musical extends its booking period today to 29 October 2011....


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Donmar debuts Spelling Bee in 2011
Donmar debuts Spelling Bee in 2011

- (Society of London Theatre) - 1 day, 16 hours ago... (hits: 1)

The Tony Award-winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will receive its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse next spring as part of a season that also includes the first major London revival of Harold Pinter’s Moonlight and Schiller’s Luise Miller....


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Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park

- (Society of London Theatre) - 1 day, 16 hours ago... (hits: 4)

Following his dissection of middle class guilt in The Pain And The Itch, American playwright Bruce Norris turns his biting wit onto the subject of prejudice across a period of 50 years....


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Autumn Access London Theatre brochure out now
Autumn Access London Theatre brochure out now

- (Society of London Theatre) - 1 day, 16 hours ago... (hits: 1)

The new Access London Theatre brochure is now available and contains details of over 120 assisted performances taking place across London’s Theatreland this autumn....


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The Stage :: Reviews

Chris Dugdale - An Evening of Magic and Mindreading, Riverside Studios, London
Chris Dugdale - An Evening of Magic and Mindreading, Riverside Studios, London

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Riverside Studios, London: Chris Dugdale is a fine sleight of hand magician - really superb.

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Bliss, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Bliss, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

- (The Stage :: Reviews) - 1 day, 13 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: Musically dense and morally ambiguous, Brett Dean and Amanda Holden's operatic adaptation of Peter Carey's novel is a powerful and intense experience. With a decisive filleting of the plot they get right inside the story of successful advertising agency boss Harry Joy, whose heart-attack opens his eyes to the hell he lives in and leaves him determined to find some kind of atonement.

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The Two of Us, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
The Two of Us, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

- (The Stage :: Reviews) - 1 day, 15 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds: Four days in Bury and then the company heads out to lots of small village venues for the Theatre Royal's twelfth annual rural tour. It is small in scale but hugely important in bringing the best of theatre to parts of East Anglia that remain very remote. A two-hander, this early work by Michael Frayn is ideal. The Two of Us consists of four one act plays which explore the many aspects of marriage. In Black and Silver a couple are on holiday wit...


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Tell Me on a Sunday, Royal, Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Tell Me on a Sunday, Royal, Royal and Derngate, Northampton

- (The Stage :: Reviews) - 1 day, 15 hours ago... (hits: 2)

Royal, Royal and Derngate, Northampton: "Dreams never run on time," Claire Sweeney sings at the end of Tell Me on a Sunday, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's 1981 song cycle about a single British woman looking for love in all the wrong places in New York and LA. It's fair to say that Sweeney's voice didn't always run in time with the music, either, at this matinee performance.

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Evening Standard Entertainment

Shrieks in Why Did I Get Married Too?
Shrieks in Why Did I Get Married Too?

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Tyler Perry’s latest domestic drama Why Did I Get Married Too? presents us with four black American males in crisis with their wives

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Dinner for Schmucks is truly awful
Dinner for Schmucks is truly awful

- (Evening Standard Entertainment) - 1 day, 13 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Dinner for Schmucks is a truly terrible comedy has Paul Rudd invited to a dinner by his bosses at which the dumbest guest will be the attraction

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Jonah Hex is one hell of a weird Western
Jonah Hex is one hell of a weird Western

- (Evening Standard Entertainment) - 1 day, 15 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Jimmy Hayward’s screen version of the popular DC comic Jonah Hex looks like an attempt to make a spaghetti Western in America

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Sound Check: The Nick Hornby sessions
Sound Check: The Nick Hornby sessions

- (Evening Standard Entertainment) - 1 day, 16 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Bestselling author Nick Hornby’s love of pop is well documented — now he is putting his own words to someone else’s music


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The Stage :: News

Free acting workshops to form part of BBC Blast tour
Free acting workshops to form part of BBC Blast tour

- (The Stage :: News) - 1 day, 12 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Theatre company Tangled Feet is to run free workshops for young people as part of the Mayor's Thames Festival 2010....


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Artistic team leaves Glasgow Citizens
Artistic team leaves Glasgow Citizens

- (The Stage :: News) - 1 day, 12 hours ago... (hits: 1)

The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow has parted company with its joint artistic directors, Jeremy Raison and Guy Hollands, as its board of management considers an organisational review....


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Jennifer Saunders to pen Spice Girls musical
Jennifer Saunders to pen Spice Girls musical

- (The Stage :: News) - 1 day, 16 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Jennifer Saunders to to write the book for the forthcoming West End Spice Girls musical, which is to be called Viva Forever....


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Donmar Warehouse announces its 2011 spring season
Donmar Warehouse announces its 2011 spring season

- (The Stage :: News) - 1 day, 16 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Harold Pinter's Moonlight will receive its first major London revival in the Donmar Warehouse 2011 season....


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Whatsonstage

Round-up: Review Round-up: Clybourne Satirises Race + Wins
Round-up: Review Round-up: Clybourne Satirises Race & Wins

- (Whatsonstage) - 1 day, 11 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Royal Court artistic director Dominic Cooke launched his Sloane Square tenure with a production of Bruce Norris' satire The Pain and the Itch in 2007. Still committed to tackling the complacencies of bourgeois society, Cooke last night (2 September 2......


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Radio: WOS Radio: Dos Santos + Pigott-Smith Educate Us
Radio: WOS Radio: Dos Santos & Pigott-Smith Educate Us

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After last week's trip to SHIRLEY VALENTINE, Whatsonstage.com theatregoers returned to Trafalgar Studios last night (2 September 2010), for the second part of our Willy Russell Season events to see Jeremy Sams' Menier Chocolate Factory revival of EDU......


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Gossip: Matthew Fox Gets Lost in New London LaBute???
Gossip: Matthew Fox Gets Lost in New London LaBute???

- (Whatsonstage) - 1 day, 11 hours ago... (hits: 2)

Lost fans, prepare yourselves. Matthew Fox, who played the hunky Dr Jack Shephard in the hit American TV series, is reportedly gearing up to make his West End debut. On the red carpet at the Emmys earlier this week, he let slip that he’s in talks to ......


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Gossip: Pigott-Smith Gives Lear to Leeds, Willy Extends in West End???
Gossip: Pigott-Smith Gives Lear to Leeds, Willy Extends in West End???

- (Whatsonstage) - 1 day, 12 hours ago... (hits: 1)

Speaking to theatregoers at last night's Whatsonstage.com Outing to Educating Rita, Tim Pigott-Smith revealed that, for his next stage appearance, he’ll be tackling the title role in King Lear in a production that will open at the West Yorkshire Play......


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The Scotsman

Theatre review: Diciembre
Theatre review: Diciembre

- (The Scotsman) - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

DICIEMBRE **** ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH...


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Opera review: Bliss
Opera review: Bliss

- (The Scotsman) - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

Bliss **** Edinburgh Festival Theatre...


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Gig review: Duo Sol
Gig review: Duo Sol

- (The Scotsman) - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

DUO SOL **** QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH...


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Gig review: Doves
Gig review: Doves

- (The Scotsman) - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

DOVES *** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW...


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BreakingNews.ie - Entertainment

O+#039;Leary wants Gaga back on +#039;X Factor+#039;
O'Leary wants Gaga back on 'X Factor'

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Dermot O'Leary wants Lady Gaga to perform on this year's 'X Factor'....


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Pattinson almost squashed by elephant co-star
Pattinson almost squashed by elephant co-star

- (BreakingNews.ie - Entertainment) - 13 hours, 32 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

Robert Pattinson was almost squashed by an elephant on the set of his new movie....


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Frost: Jude was the love of my life
Frost: Jude was the love of my life

- (BreakingNews.ie - Entertainment) - 13 hours, 32 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

Sadie Frost says Jude Law was the "love of her life"....


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Aniston enjoying single life
Aniston enjoying single life

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Jennifer Aniston has been spotted on a date with ‘Cougar Town’ actor Josh Hopkins, just one night after enjoying a meal with Hard Rock heir Harry Morton....


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The Telegraph - Entertainment

X Factor 2010 episode 3, ITV1: review
X Factor 2010 episode 3, ITV1: review

- (The Telegraph - Entertainment) - 6 hours, 25 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

Tonight's episode of X Factor 2010 featured tuneless twins, hairy tenors and an on-stage punch-up. Michael Hogan couldn't tear his eyes away....


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Reading old diaries is a cringe-worthy experience
Reading old diaries is a cringe-worthy experience

- (The Telegraph - Entertainment) - 8 hours, 54 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

Reading my teenage diary has left me wondering one thing, says Michael Simkins: who was this prize twerp?...


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Juliette Binoche + Gerard Depardieu: Une entente that+#039;s far from cordiale
Juliette Binoche & Gerard Depardieu: Une entente that's far from cordiale

- (The Telegraph - Entertainment) - 8 hours, 54 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

They are France's biggest stars, but have never worked together - and are now engaged in a very public feud. William Langley investigates...


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Herbert Howells drew glory from a well of grief
Herbert Howells drew glory from a well of grief

- (The Telegraph - Entertainment) - 8 hours, 54 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

The Hymnus Paradis is the greatest piece of English choral music, argues Simon Heffer...


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Yahoo Entertainment

Kanye West: +#039;I bled hard+#039; over Swift debacle 
    (omg!)
Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle (omg!)

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omg! - AP - Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his trophy grab from Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter....


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Browser: Real Housewives of D.C.+#039;s Michaele Salahi Posing for Playboy 
    (omg!)
Browser: Real Housewives of D.C.'s Michaele Salahi Posing for Playboy (omg!)

- (Yahoo Entertainment) - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago... (hits: 1)

omg! -

Michaele Salahi, the so-called White House party crasher and star of The Real Housewives of D.C., is posing nude for Playboy, according to a report on TMZ.

Whoopi Goldberg: I exchanged "choice words" with the Salahis — and I don't regret them

The shoot will happen later this month and Salahi is "very excited," her rep tells the website.

Michaele Salahi talks "media torture" (not by Whoopi Goldberg)

The Real Housewives star and her husband Tareq Salahi ...


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Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 
    (omg!)
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 (omg!)

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omg! - AP - Paul Conrad, the political cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years, died Saturday, his son said. He was 86....


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SeatChoice Tickets

The Saturdays, Pavilions.
The Saturdays, Pavilions.

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Tickets for The Saturdays, Pavilions. ....


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Sarah Millican, Town Hall.
Sarah Millican, Town Hall.

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Tickets for Sarah Millican, Town Hall. ....


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We Will Rock You, Birmingham Hippodrome.
We Will Rock You, Birmingham Hippodrome.

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Tickets for We Will Rock You, Birmingham Hippodrome. ....


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The Saturdays, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.
The Saturdays, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

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Tickets for The Saturdays, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. ....


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