Last full week before Christmas, we expect your bank account’s feeling the strain. All that Christmas shopping and partying taking its toll? If you want to make the most of being out and about before Christmas cabin fever and complete exhaustion set in then we’re …
We were hoping Bobby Davro would get a plum lead in a seasonal favourite this year and had early bets on a Dick Whittington. Or at least his cat. However, we can now reveal that in fact he’ll be hamming it up as Muddles the …
Anyone who has ever surfed the internet in a quest for enlightenment about British theatre will undoubtedly have come across the West End Whingers’ blog. By now, Andrew and Phil have become internet blogging stars, doing for theatre what Belle de Jour did for prostitution …
This week – Spiderman gets into more bother (Spiderman 3) and a film that features Avril Lavigne (Fast Food Nation). Peter Bradshaw begins his review of Spiderman 3 thus, Global warming continues. The magnolias are blooming obscenely early. The sky is an unseasonable blue. The …
Two arrests have been made following the Elephant & Castle shooting we told you about yesterday. The Olympics will ‘eliminate child povery’ according to Gordon Brown and Ken Livingstone. Thames Water has been sold for £8bn to Australian banking group Macquarie. Let’s hope they can …
After getting thoroughly soaked this morning on the way to work (TV Troll’s tolerance for H2O is somewhere around the level of the Wicked Witch of the West’s) , we are in need of a nice night at home in front of the telly – …
A draw seems fair. Barcelona deserved to beat Chelsea and Arsenal deserved their victory over Los Galácticos. Honours even then. A balance is maintained. There is the feeling that London’s chances of claiming its first European Cup might have disappeared with Chelsea exiting the tournament, …
Some of the people who were present at the protests at the Danish Embassy last month will be arrested ‘in the near future’ the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Passengers on a flight from London to Gothenburg were held at gunpoint when they reached Landvetter …
It seems like we can’t stop talking about musicals, even though we prefer our theatre with fewer songs and more interesting restrictions. However, yet another new musical has been announced for September this year and we think it’s worth a mention. Wicked will transfer from …
