5 reasons to be excited about Rewind 2015

5. Kim Wilde

The 30,000 tickets for 80s festival Rewind South at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 21-23/8 sold out this month. We’ve picked our favourites from the 27 acts performing and in at number 5 is the turn no train journey would be complete without. This YouTube clip of Kim Wilde returning home from a party performing Kids In America and Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree went viral. Performing on Saturday we hope she also plays You Came and You Keep Me Hangin’ On. Train optional.

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5 reasons why we can’t wait for Kinky Boots in the UK

5. The soundtrack

A confession: we’ve loved the soundtrack since we bought it after Kinky Boots, which is in previews at the Adelphi Theatre from 21/8, won six Tonys in 2013. Hold Me In Your Heart (You Tube clip above) is the showstopper Whitney should’ve recorded. But there’s so much more to the soundtrack than that.

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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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