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What's on > Film Pain and Glory Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar's latest creation, Pain and Glory, is a film with slow-burn soulfulness that etches itself on the mind. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	14th Aug 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear - the Musical! Laurence Green immerses himself in the psychedelic colours and sounds of this wisecracking, rib-tickling, side-splitting phantasmagoria. Read more	0	5th Aug 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream Nicholas Hytner returns to the Bridge Theatre once again with another Shakespearn classic, this time venturing out of Rome and into the dream-forest outside of Athens in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Read more	0	25th Jul 2019 Theodore Hung
What's on > Film Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love The idea of an artist and his muse may sound romantic but Nick Broomfield's new documentary about Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen tells us nothing we don't already know writes Laurence Green Read more	0	25th Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Jesus Christ Superstar The Rice/Lloyd Webber-penned classic still feels fresh and vibrant and provides an entertaining and thought-provoking experience for audiences of all ages, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	19th Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Hunt Adapted from the acclaimed 2012 film, The Hunt is a disturbing and powerful drama that you won't forget in a hurry! Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	12th Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre On Your Feet Christie Prades gives a performance of great personal magnetism, tenderness and sensitivity in this absorbing and occasionally moving musical about the life of Gloria Estefan. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	8th Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Present Laughter Andrew Scott steals the show with a fascinatingly detailed interpretation of a character who is flirtatious, stroppy and sardonic, yet also drowning in melancholy in Noel Coward's comedy. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	2nd Jul 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Bitter Wheat David Mamet's trademark whip-crack smart dialogue is much in evidence throughout this acid portrait of Hollywood power and manipulation starring John Malkovich. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	25th Jun 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre The Starry Messenger Laurence Green finds the eagerly awaited The Starry Messenger a play that fails to drum up much interest in or empathy with the characters and the situations they face. Read more	0	7th Jun 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Rutherford and Son An impressive, intimate family drama that has aged well and provides plenty of topical resonance in its sense of festering tensions between the generations, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	7th Jun 2019 Laurence Green
What's on Salt Salt is a heartfelt production which takes the form of a brave, honest and unforgiving poetic meditation. But it suffers from repetition with the points made somewhat over-emphasised. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	31st May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on La Voix Gabriel Wilding enjoys a knockout evening under the Spiegeltent, on London's Southbank, in the company of the inimitable La Voix. Read more	0	30th May 2019 50connect editorial
What's on > Theatre Our Town Thornton Wilder's revived Pulitzer-winning play is a grand meditation on human life, celebrating what it is to be alive and the bonds that unite us all. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	29th May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Death of a Salesman Wendell Pierce excels in this compassionate, psychologically acute interpretation of Arthur Miller's classic that allows us to see a familiar play with fresh eyes. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	21st May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on Amour Amour is a lightweight musical fantasy about daring to dream and the power of self-belief, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	21st May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Rosmersholm This timely revival of Ibsen's Rosmersholm "is a piercingly relevant work of personal and political passion, ambitious, complex and dramatically compelling. It might now in our troubled, searching times have found its right moment." Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	13th May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Small Island A passionate engagement with the past that is sure to resonate with audiences at a time when recognition and compensation for the Windrush generation is under such fierce scrutiny. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	8th May 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre All My Sons Sally Field and Bill Pullman bring a real sense of authenticity to this production that is a testament to the enduring power of Arthur Miller's appeal to our collective conscience. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	30th Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With Why Have You Been Sleeping With My Wife: A Play by Christopher Bliss With dad jokes flying left right and centre and some nice physical comedy, this is a show for those who have never truly grown up and long may they remain! Gabriel Wilding reviews. Read more	0	26th Apr 2019 50connect editorial
What's on > Theatre Sweet Charity A heart-pounding, foot-tapping ode to Broadway musicals which sees Anne-Marie Duff steal the show as the titular heroine. Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	23rd Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Top Girls Top Girls presents an argument for compassion, as well as a sharp look at social inequality in a country divided by its own ambitions, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	12th Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Fiddler on the Roof The resurgence in ant-Semitism ensures a timeless resonance to Trevor Nunn's revival of Fiddler on the Roof at the Playhouse Theatre, writes Laurence Green. Read more	0	5th Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Emilia Elements of pantomime and boisterous backchat make Emilia a rousing reminder of creative women who have been omitted from history or have had to fight to make themselves heard. Read more	0	5th Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on The Bay at Nice A small gem that says more in its 80 minutes than many plays more than twice its length and certainly makes for essential viewing. Laurence Green reviews The Bay at Nice. Read more	0	1st Apr 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Film At Eternity's Gate Willem Dafoe stars as Vincent van Gogh in Julian Schnable's biopic but a sluggish, labouring script that labours not so much on the life of the painter or even his work but on the never ending question of “why”. Read more	0	1st Apr 2019 50connect editorial
What's on > Theatre Admissions Alex Kingston and Andrew Woodall are perfectly cast in Joshua Harmon's satirical comedy skewering of the hypocrisies of the liberal left. Read more	0	25th Mar 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Waitress "A truly tasty treat, bringing an uplifting celebration of love and laughter to the West End stage." Laurence Green reviews Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre. Read more	0	20th Mar 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Berberian Sound Studios Cult 2012 film Berberian Sound Studios, playing at the Donmar Warehouse, is an example of how what works on celluloid can fall flat in the theatre. Read more	0	12th Mar 2019 Laurence Green
What's on > Theatre Only Fools and Horses An affectionate, if lightweight, homage to the classic BBC sitcom with delightful performances from Tom Bennett (Del Boy) and Paul Whitehouse (Grandad). Laurence Green reviews. Read more	0	11th Mar 2019 Laurence Green