THEATRE REVIEW: Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch

WORTH A LOOK? ****

WHERE: Barbican

WHEN: 5/8 runs to 31/10

‘F**k!’ A stage manager has just told an exasperated Cumberbatch that tonight’s production must be halted an hour or so in because of a faulty trap door. Hamlet’s just been visited by the ghost of his father and his out-of-character expletive says it all.

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EP REVIEW: Love Is Free by Robyn and La Bagatelle Magique

WORTH A LOOK: ****

OUT: 7/8

Tracklist: Lose Control; Love Is Free; Got To Work It Out; Set Me Free; Tell You (Today)

In pop’s holy trinity of 2015 singles we’d place Robyn’s Love Is Free between current favourite King by Years and Years and Little Mix’s Black Magic.

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THEATRE REVIEW: The Trial starring Rory Kinnear

WORTH A LOOK? *****

WHERE: Young Vic

WHEN: 1/8 runs to 22/8

Have you ever seen a play set on a travelator? The biggest triumph in this fantastic Kafka adaptation is Miriam Buether’s design, combining a Generation Game-style conveyor belt surrounded by jury-style benches where the audience sits.

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