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Production photo by Nobby Clark Can she or can’t she? Most of the first-night audience were secretly betting Kim Cattrall wouldn’t be able to shake off the shadow of ‘Samantha Jones’ from ‘Sex and the City’ and turn herself into Noel Coward’s wittiest and most …

This week – Dame Dench catches Cate Blanchett fiddling with a child and goes nuts (Notes on a Scandal) and Beyonce fronts the Supremes (Dreamgirls). Bradshaw gives Notes on a Scandal 4/5. So we have some “tremendous acting” from Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett, director …

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. A quick note to say The Godot Company is performing Marguerite Duras’ La Musica at Bookshop Theatre, 51 The Cut, SE1 8LF, (opposite the Young …

It’s the 30th year for the Laurence Olivier Awards, the biggest and arguably the most coveted item of recognition and achievement for London theatre. Presented this year by Richard “I don’t believe it!” Wilson, the gala night on 26th February will mean the gathering of …

A 52-year-old, successful corporate lawyer killed herself at Jurys Hotel, South Kensington yesterday by leaping from a 100ft high window ledge. Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt is to make a film “inspired in part by July’s London bombings” called, unsurprisingly, Suicide Bomber. Kate Moss has been …

Lambis Nikolau, the Greek IOC member who is said to have pressed the wrong button and handed London the 2012 Olympics, has said that the allegations are “unfounded”. As of this morning the New Year tube strike is still on, but the RMT and London …