THEATRE REVIEW: Les Misérables
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Queen’s Theatre
WHEN: 6/1, runs to 10/16
Billed on its official website as the ‘world’s longest running musical’, is Les Misérables sprinting ahead, keeping pace or losing puff?
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SINGLE OF THE MONTH: Lush Life by Zara Larsson
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: UK iTunes 15/1/16
You might remember this 18-year-old Swede as MNEK’s duet partner on the anthemic top 5 hit Never Forget You from late last year.
Q&A: Absolute Beginners featuring David Bowie, Patsy Kensit and Julien Temple
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 22/9
Director Julien Temple has just seen his film Absolute Beginners (1986) on the big screen at the BFI and he is complaining it was shown out of focus and is an ‘abomination’.
THEATRE REVIEW: A Christmas Carol
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Noel Coward Theatre
WHEN: 11/1, runs to 30/1
So why should you venture out to the theatre in January to see this when Christmas may feel packed away with your decorations in a cupboard?
THEATRE REVIEW: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Gielgud Theatre
WHEN: 1/1, runs to 18/6
This production opened in the round at the National three years ago, transferred to the West End, won seven Oliviers and five Tonys and survived a roof collapse before moving to its current home. Has its power diminished?
TV REVIEW: The Man In The High Castle
FILM REVIEW: The Hateful Eight
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN: Out in the UK 8/1/16
When a prisoner played by Jennifer Jason Leigh is punched in the face by her captor (Kurt Russell) early on here it seems to confirm the worst fears about director Quentin Tarantino: his films are too violent and potentially misogynistic.
AWARDS: The winners of the 2015 monstas are …
2015’s best gig:
- SUEDE at Camden Roundhouse 13/11/15
- Read on for the remaining 10 pop, theatre, TV and film winners.
6 ways to find the cheapest tickets
Is money too tight to mention this month? Living on a budget doesn’t mean you have to miss out on tickets to your favourite London shows. Read on for our six ways to find the cheapest tickets.
FILM REVIEW: The Danish Girl starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
OUT: 1/1/16
British director Tom Hooper’s last two films – The King’s Speech and Les Miserables – won seven Oscars between them and so hopes are high for this, the story of one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery.
