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What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMTuesday, September 17, 2024
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger’s 1967 raid and trial caused a national storm, seeming to pitch old against young, Establishment against counterculture. But was the real story overlooked? W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMTuesday, September 14, 2021
Clint Dyer was asked to direct the eagerly awaited reggae rollercoaster the night before he started cancer treatment. He explains why he couldn’t say no
Clint Dyer walks into the cafe of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMSunday, February 21, 2021
Writers and artists including Róisín Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown
There have been many notable nightclubs in film his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMWednesday, July 29, 2020
He’s written songs with everyone from Quincy Jones to John Barry – though his musical about premature ejaculation was a flop. ‘Everyone’s the same when they sit at the piano,’ he r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMFriday, May 11, 2018
The Old Market, Hove With songs about Jacob Rees-Mogg and moonboots, the artist gives us wacky indie rock for car exhausts and one-string guitars – but the truly quirky moments are spread …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMMonday, March 12, 2018
The late comedian’s biggest hits weren’t novelty songs, but earnest romantic ballads that challenged psychedelic pop in a mid-60s generation-gap war From a distance, Ken Dodd’s musical…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:43AMFriday, December 1, 2017
It could have been excruciating: a historical epic told through rap and show tunes. But Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show became a sensation and its million-selling cast album is a triumph in its …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMSunday, January 22, 2017
Former shadow chancellor and what the programme tactfully calls his ‘entertaining approach to dance’ steal the showSeconds after the stars of the tenth anniversary Strictly Come Dancing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, October 6, 2016
Performance poetry might still be a niche concern, but Kate Tempest now gets to do hers on primetime TV – and deservedly so Related: The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kate Tempest review…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMFriday, September 9, 2016
The comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment’s policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMMonday, August 15, 2016
Involving the audience is the big trend at this year’s fringe. How did Alexis Petridis cope when he got up on stage in five shows?It is half past midnight and I am at the Edinburgh festiva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMMonday, October 26, 2015
Piccadilly Theatre, LondonIt's a doughty soul indeed that doesn't flinch a little at the prospect of Viva Forever! The issue is not so much that it's a jukebox musical, written by a former a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:40AMThursday, April 16, 2015
The comedian claims he spent much of the 90s snorting coke with the late Queen singer Freddie Mercury and funnyman Kenny Everett. Anyone buy his implausible bohemian rhapsody? Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMSunday, January 18, 2015
The comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment’s policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMSunday, February 23, 2014
TV Burp made Harry Hill the king of teatime telly. Now, with the blessing of Simon Cowell, he's written an X Factor musical, I Can't Sing – and he promises it will be funnyHarry Hill is si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMTuesday, December 11, 2012
Piccadilly Theatre, LondonIt's a doughty soul indeed that doesn't flinch a little at the prospect of Viva Forever! The issue is not so much that it's a jukebox musical, written by a former a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02PMThursday, April 14, 2011
Michael Jackson's friend has been offered a singing and dancing role in a new stage musical about JackoMohamed Al Fayed's unveiling of a Michael Jackson statue at Fulham's Craven Cottage gro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM 
