WORTH A LOOK?: *****/****
WHERE: National Theatre
WHEN?: 29/4/17, runs to 19/8
Today’s two-plays-in-a-day extravaganza will be much appreciated by those who enjoy bingeing on their favourite TV boxsets.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Park Theatre
WHEN: 28/4, runs to 27/5
Helena Rubinstein emigrated from Poland to Australia in 1902, with no money and little English, formed one of the world’s first cosmetics companies and became one of its richest women.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Almeida
WHEN: 27/4 to 10/6
How comfortable are we with the notion that no-one’s real life story is actually their own?
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN: 22/4/17
WHERE: East London/Westminster Abbey
We started Shakespeare’s birthday weekend with Live In This And Dwell In Lovers’ Eyes, a two-hour walk from Shoreditch to the Globe Theatre.
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 8/4
He’s midway through shooting the second series and Tom Hughes has his head in his hands as key scenes from it are shared with this Q&A audience.
The final of the 62nd contest takes place in Kiev, Ukraine, on 13/5 at 8pm on BBC1 and the pre-contest publicity has been dominated by the host country’s banning of Russia’s entry. Check out the search box for our predictions for this year which include the contest’s most surefire winner: Occidentali’s Karma by Francesco Gabbani (pictured above).
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios 2
WHEN: 8/4 (matinee), runs to 29/4
Do you remember the first time?
WHEN?: 11/5
WHERE: BBC 8pm (link below)
We’ll be throwing our support behind Estonia here, with France, Germany and Ukraine voting of the countries already qualified for the final. Rehearsals started 30/4 and we’ve been updating our semi 2 predictions to reflect them as they progress. Here’s our thoughts on the 18 entries vying for 10 final slots.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 28/3, film released in the UK 7/4
‘Straight in, no messing,’ jokes Rogue One: A Star Wars Story actor Riz Ahmed as the first question the audience asks is his thoughts on Brexit.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Southwark Playhouse
WHEN: 1/4 (matinee), runs to 29/4
We loved Cy Coleman’s score for film noir musical City Of Angels at the Donmar and so had to see his show about 80s New York prostitutes starring one of our favourite actresses, Sharon D. Clarke (pictured second from left above).
