Europe's largest bell will ring to start a £27m Olympic opening ceremony inspired by Shakespeare and featuring NHS nurses and 900 local pupils.
First published by BBC on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:16:39 GMT
Demi Moore suffered convulsions after smoking an undisclosed substance, according to a tape of an emergency call made on Monday.
First published by BBC on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:54:51 GMT
Michael Morpurgo's novel War Horse has now sold more copies in the UK in a fortnight than it did worldwide in 25 years.
First published by BBC on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:04:56 GMT
Veteran actor John Hurt will receive the outstanding contribution to cinema award at the Baftas next month, it is announced.
First published by BBC on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:03:17 GMT
British actress Kate Winslet is to receive an honorary Cesar Award and drama Poliss is nominated for 13 prizes at France's equivalent of the Oscars.
First published by BBC on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:41:07 GMT
After reports in the Daily Mail that Frances Ruffelle and Colm Wilkinson have joined the cast of Les Miserables' upcoming screen adaptation, rumours are now rife that more original cast members could sign up for the film.
In their confirmed cameo...
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The League of Gentlemen's Steve Pemberton, Coronation Street's Katherine Kelly and Oliver Award-winning actress Sophie Thompson star in the National Theatre's new revival of Oliver Goldsmith's classic 18th-century comedy of manners She Stoops To Conq...
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Rupert Friend will star in the first major London revival of Dennis PotterÂ’s controversial play Brimstone and Treacle, which opens at the Arcola Theatre on 4 May 2012 (previews from 2 May).
Renowned for being banned by the BBC in 1976, Brimstone...
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Ahead of next week's UK premiere of Brendan Cowell’s dark comedy Happy New at the Old Red Lion, cast member Josie Taylor, recently seen on stage in My Name is Rachel Corrie and on screen in Tamara Drewe, asks why so few Australian plays make it...
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I don't often miss a first night for a party, but I made an exception for Paul Sidey, the retiring editor at Hutchinsons and Random House, who was given a special send off at the Polish Hearth Club in Exhibition Road.
Paul published my book about ...
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Almost half of all gay performers have not come out to their agents, with more than a third admitting they have experienced homophobia in the industry.
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London fringe venues the Finborough and Landor lead the nominations for this year's Off West End Theatre Awards, with seven nods apiece.
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Roy Williams and Kwame Kwei-Armah are among the playwrights who have created new works for a cross-network BBC Radio drama season showcasing the best British writers of today.
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A complaint that a drama school set up for ethnic minority performers is racist has been dismissed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Plans to expand Plymouth Theatre Royal with a two-storey extension and a new education space have been submitted to the venue's local council.
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ITV has commissioned a new six-part drama about the wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
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Richard Eyre, Simon Callow and Tilda Swinton are among the names lined up to curate work for a new online video on demand service screening plays, dance productions and concerts alongside backstage and interview footage.
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First published by The StageLondon fringe venues the Finborough and Landor lead the nominations for this year's Off West End Theatre Awards, with seven nods apiece.
