12 stories by "Adam Sweeting"
Acclaimed British composer best known for War Horse, Coram Boy and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The composer Adrian Sutton, who has died of cancer aged 58, became best k…
John Cleese's sitcom masterpiece makes seamless transition to the stage
There are many definitions of bravery, and taking on the challenge of embodying John Cleese as Basil Fawlty in Cleese'…
The songwriter behind the theme for the TV sitcom Friends and hits for Earth, Wind & Fire and the Pet Shop BoysAmong the many enduring hits penned by the songwriter Allee Willis, who has…
★★★★ ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET Rollicking remake of much-loved TV sitcom
Lovely jubbly! The Trotters return to Peckham
It was TV gold-dust. The o…
★★★★ ALL OR NOTHING: THE MOD MUSICAL, ARTS THEATRE Tribute to the brief but brilliant career of the Small FacesTribute to the short but brilliant career of the Small …
The bittersweet career of The Kinks is portrayed to surprisingly potent effect in this fast, funny and sometimes poignant musical, now transferring to the West End from the Hampstead Theatre…
It's difficult to give Simon Russell Beale a brief introduction, so encyclopedic is his list of stage and screen acting credits. He has cruised masterfully through Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekho…
New York-born actor Robert Vaughn achieved massive popular success when he starred as the sleek secret agent Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which ran for four seasons from 1964 to…
Actor and singer of The Windmills of Your Mind, a huge 1960s hit that won an OscarNoel Harrison, who has died aged 79 following a heart attack, was the son of the actor Sir Rex Harrison and …
Guitarist with the Pogues and great Irish songwriter who found worldwide recognition with the evocative Thousands Are SailingA veteran of the Irish band the Radiators from Space and folk-pun…
Oscar-winning composer who had a Broadway hit with A Chorus LineThe American musician Marvin Hamlisch, who has died aged 68 after a short illness, won three Oscars, four Emmys, four Grammys …
At Murry Bergtraum high school in Queens, New York, John Leguizamo was voted the "Most Talkative" student by his classmates. Not much has changed. As this one-man show demonstrates, Leguizam…
