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Arts

Aldo Di Toro as Nemorino is a hit thanks to the ‘love potion’ (Picture: Fritz Curzon)
Life and soul of the party
Tenor Aldo Di Toro is just the tonic Donizetti’s comedy opera needed in what is a mixed production…
Cush Jumbo as the irrepressible Josephine Baker (Picture: Simon Kane)
The fabulous Baker girl
The charismatic and energetic nature of Cush Jumbo’s performance drives a sometimes fractured biography of legendary entertainer Josephine Baker…
David Greig's play is a warm celebration of the art of storytelling (Picture: Johan Persson)
Rhyme time
David Greig’s whip-smart, irreverent play has received huge acclaim around the world since its 2011 Edinburgh Festival debut.…
Bryn Terfel is one of three singers playing Wotan (Photo: Kevin Kane/WireImage)
Wagner week at the Proms
There are seriously exciting times ahead this week for Wagnerians…
The Diamond Diadem (Picture: The Royal Trust)
The Queen's 60th Coronation anniversary celebrated in a Buckingham Palace show
The Queen's 60th Coronation anniversary is to be celebrated in a dazzling Buckingham Palace show…
Film
The Floating Cinema is nearly ready to set sail (Picture: Hydar Dewachi)
The Floating Cinema returns to London
UP Project's The Floating Cinema is back, to play host to a series of screenings and special events on London's canals…
Matthew Herbert's sound work has encompassed records, live gigs and now theatre (Picture: supplied)
A sonic adventure
Experience ominous and eerie utterances in an experimental new sound play, The Hush. We meets its creator, Matthew Herbert…
Yulia Makhalina as Zobeide and Xander Parish as The Golden Slave (Picture: Kashvili)
Xander Parish steals the show
On a night intended to showcase the legends of Russian Ballet, it was no small irony that an English dancer stole the show…
Punchdrunk's latest production has astounding attention to detail (Picure: Pari)
The Drowned Man lives up to its ambition
The Drowned Man is an evocation of low life, illusion and torrid betrayal in a tormented Tinseltown - and it's good enough to be worth…
A SEASON IN THE CONGO by Cesaire, , Playwright - Aime Cesaire, Director - Joe Wright, The Young Vic, 2013, Credit: Johan Persson/
Chiwetel Ejiofor at Young Vic is a captivating tragic hero
The searing story of Congo's assassinated leader Patrice Lumumba is thrillingly staged by Atonement director Joe Wright
Life & Style
The Tutti Frutti Boating Experience with Bompas & Parr (Picture: A Dawson)
Cool off at Kew's giant fruit salad boating lake
BlogArchitectural foodsmiths Bompas & Parr have transformed a Kew Gardens pond into a giant fruit salad boating lake for the summer
Imelda Staunton stars in Circular Mirror Transformation (Stephen Cummiskey)
Imelda Staunton leads action in Circle Mirror Transformation
Imelda Staunton stars in James Macdonald’s beautifully acted production which has a magical final sequence…
Miles Aldridge's works are on show at Somerset House (Picture: Miles Aldridge)
Miles Aldridge exhibition is a dazzling display
More than just the work of a fashion photographer, Miles Aldridge’s images play out like the storyboard to some fantastical, candy-coloured film…
Books
JK Rowling
JK Rowling secret crime novel sales rocket
JK Rowling's crime novel debut has gone on to top sales charts after it emerged that she had written it under a false name to…
What Happens To The Hope At The End Of The Evening starring Tim Crouch and Andy Smith (Picture: Katherine Leedale)
Friends reunited in an unconventional experience
There’s a spontaneity and freedom that help two acquaintances meeting in What Happens To The Hope At The End Of The Evening crackle with anarchic…
Emily Taafe plays Lili in The American Plan (Picture: Jane Hobson)
Summer lovin’ happened so fast
Loyalties are tested at an upstate New York resort – but who is lying to who and why…
Seeing Josephine Baker in the 1934 film Zouzou was a moment of awakening for Cush Jumbo (Picture: Simon Kane)
Childhood idol saved my career
Cush Jumbo was about to give up acting when her fascination for a 1930’s performer turned her life around…
John Cording's elderly model-maker at The Paper Architect (Picture: Benedict Johnson)
A small story magically executed
The Paper Architect is a show so delicate, you wonder if you should hold your breath…
Beauty
Paul F Tompkins is so suave and laid-back, he’s almost horizontal (Picture: Lisa Whiteman)
Old-school comedian takes you back to the 1970s
Old-school comedian Paul F Tompkins is so popular, he is doing extra dates…
Design collective The Cloth modelling their prints in 1985 (Picture: Anita Corbin)
Go beyond big hair and shoulder pads
The V&A’s much-anticipated Club To Catwalk show is an exuberant reminder of unabashed 1980s style…
Sergei Polunin: Being a ballet dancer isn't cool
Dance’s 23-year-old tattooed bad boy talks about why he has no time for ‘happy ballets’.…
Joseph Millson is a physical force in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe (Picture: Tristram Kenton)
The lighter side of Macbeth
Acclaimed actress Eve Best bravely takes on the Scottish Play for her directorial debut…
Culinary delights from ElBulli on show at Somerset House (Picture: ElBulli-Ferran, Francesc-Guillamet)
ElBulli: Ferran Adrià And The Art Of Food is tantalising
Ferran Adrià was the head chef of ElBulli and a major exhibition celebrates his culinary creations…
Dan Wheeler and Vince Leigh as Katherine and Petruchio in The Taming Of The Shrew (Picture: Manuel Harlan)
The Taming Of The Shrew and Twelfth Night opt for zany antics
The Taming Of The Shrew gets a high-tempo assault while Twelfth Night hits upon the fun factor…
Getting to know you
Winners and losers
Boston Ballet is in and out of step
Clean fingers are key for success in The Paper Architect
Passion is missing from Simon Boccanegra
The Moment Of Truth is painfully stilted