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"He said he did these big gigs to make money, but what he enjoyed best was playing in churches and castles with his missus." Russ Ballard's wild tales of Ritchie Blackmore, The Beatles, Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and more

Go-to songwriter, solo artist and former Argent guitarist/singer Russ Ballard hung out with The Beatles, is mates with Roger Daltrey and heard Elvis stories from Robert Plant

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‘In the past, there was lots of swearing and saying you were crap’: my day at the all-new Italia Conti stage school

From Noël Coward to Martine McCutcheon, the famed institution has been hothousing talent for more than a century. Our writer finds there’s a softer approach these days – and a food bank

The Guardian - UK

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean review – a dashing retrospective for a cinematic titan

Cannes film festival: Barnaby Thompson’s documentary on the great British director is an exhilarating delve into the ebb and flow of Lean’s peerless career and sometimes complex personal life – with a grand cast of talking heads

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The Electric Kiss review – belle époque seance comedy struggles to summon real magic

Cannes film festival: Pierre Salvadori’s whimsical period farce about a fake medium and a grief-stricken painter has charm and elegance, but its romantic fantasy never quite ignites

The Guardian - UK

Our top picks for this year’s Tony contenders

THE LIST: With another busy spring on and off Broadway in the books, it can be difficult to decide which productions to see — especially with limited time and resources. After seeing nearly two dozen productions, Caitlin Hornik rounds up the must-see shows that have opened since the start of…

The Independent UK

Fallen Angels review – Rose Byrne is utterly delightful in Noël Coward comedy revival

Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are comic gems in a pitch-perfect revival that sparkles like champagne

The Guardian - US

Christine Baranski says West End debut 'a dream come true' alongside Richard E Grant

The pair will star in a revival of the classic comedy of Bad Manners at Wyndham’s Theatre in London for a limited 12-week run from 22 September

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Christine Baranski to make West End debut alongside Richard E Grant in Hay Fever

Tony award-winning actor will play lead role of Judith Bliss in Noël Coward’s comedy at Wyndham’s theatre in London

The Guardian - UK

Rufus Wainwright's My London: Brooches, Dim Sum, and bidding farewell to Judy Garland

Singer Rufus Wainwright gets his bling in Cecil Court and has a grand old time at the Delaunay

Evening Standard

Vogue's darkroom printer kept some of World War II's best photographs for himself – secret album of prints by Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton revealed

This 80-year-old collection of Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton's wartime work will soon get its first public appearance

Digital Camera World

Private Lives review – Noël Coward’s queasy merry-go-round of desire and spite

Sparring lovers play a capricious game in Blanche McIntyre’s revival – but the cut and thrust is kept witty, rather than curdling into danger

The Guardian - UK

Easy Virtue review – Trevor Nunn brings back Noël Coward’s divorce dramedy in high style

Marital uncoupling may not be the social taboo it was in the 1920s, but this sumptuous revival delivers timeless pathos with the witty barbs

The Guardian - UK

The Rat Trap review – teenage Noël Coward’s jaundiced marital portrait

Bill Rosenfield reimagines the playwright’s early work about the souring relationship between two newlywed artists

The Guardian - UK

How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now

There’s nothing new about calling George Orwell’s most influential novel prescient. But the focus has usually been on his portrayal of the oppressive aspects of life in Oceania, the superstate in which Nineteen Eighty-Four is set.

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The Guardian - US

Dolly, Dreamgirls and Daniel Radcliffe: the biggest Broadway shows of 2026

After a record-breaking season, big stars and big revivals hope to lure in New York audiences over the next 12 months

The Guardian - UK

Stanley Baxter obituary

Scottish comedian whose spectacular sketch shows on television made him a household name

The Guardian - UK

Fallen Angels review – fizz-fuelled lust drives a Coward comedy that was almost banned

Janie Dee and Alexandra Gilbreath are excellent as wives preparing to meet an old flame in an entertainingly directed play that builds to comic chaos and a marital reckoning

The Guardian - UK

Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance

The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig

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Evening Standard

Take That singer Jason Orange's former West End apartment for sale for £2.85m

Jason Orange bought the newly-converted property in the Strand’s Gatti House in 2015, a year after leaving Take That

Evening Standard

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale review — a sparkling nostalgia lobotomy

2/5 It seems we’re all having a hard time letting go of a glorious past that never was

The Guardian - UK

Richard Greenberg obituary

Playwright once dubbed ‘the American Noël Coward’, who skilfully poked beneath the surface of his middle-class characters’ lives

The Guardian - UK

Frank Barrie obituary

Witty and elegant actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Dot Cotton’s gentleman friend in EastEnders

The Guardian - UK

Alan Strachan obituary

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn

The Guardian - UK

Roland Curram obituary

Actor best known for playing the gay companion to Julie Christie’s good-time girl in Darling

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Lest we forget the Indian soldiers who fought for Britain

Brief letters: Lessons on war history | Noël Coward’s multitasking | Morris dancing at rugby | Nether regions | Top Tory failures

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