42 h. ago Play on stage at Ally Pally... and win £180,000! Paddy Power's incredible offer to darts fans who donate to Prostate Cancer charity

Paddy Power has launched a new initiative offering one darts fan the chance to win £180,000 live on stage at Alexandra Palace, provided they can score 180 points with nine darts.

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3 d. ago Alan Carr admits 'she was a bit naive' as he issues 'intimate' Amanda Holden confession

Alan Carr is due to appear in several television programmes on British television over the next few months including a sitcom and travel show

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5 d. ago The play that changed my life: ‘It was frightening at first but The Inheritance let me discover myself’

Roles as EM Forster and a young, gay American dying of Aids in the 2018 play allowed an opportunity for deep personal and social reflectionIn 2018 I had recently lost my mother, so I was looking for connections with the spirit. The Inheritance allowed me to talk about matters of the heart.It was the world premiere at the Young Vic in London, so we were making something brand new, which is always thrilling. They’d already done a week’s rehearsal with another actor who had pulled out of what became my role. I stayed up all night reading Matthew López’s script before my audition. It was so gripping. I was nervous of Stephen Daldry going into the audition, as he has an enormous status and he’s very front-footed in the rehearsal room. I like to be in the background and find my way, so his working methods frightened me a little bit. But I put all of that aside to serve this story. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘It’s important that we tell our own stories’: how the Wicked movies are helping disability representation on screen

Marissa Bode is the first disabled actor to play Nessarose, a key character in the stage turned film franchise – but has had to respond to online abuseDisabled actor Marissa Bode, who plays the prominent role of Nessarose Thropp in the hit film musical Wicked and its forthcoming sequel Wicked: For Good, has called for improved representation for disabled performers in the entertainment industry – and specifically an end to what activists call “cripping up” – casting non-disabled actors in disabled character roles.“I really hope my casting sets precedent,” says Bode, adding: “It’s just navigating a world and a system that we have just not been acknowledged in as we should be.” A recent study by the Rudderman Family Foundation found that only 21% of disabled characters on US TV between 2016 and 2023 were played by disabled actors. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Devil Wears Prada's Emily Blunt slammed by Dame Judi Dench in unlikely row

Oscar nominee Emily Blunt opens up about owing her career to The Devil Wears Prada ahead of next year's much-anticipated sequel - as well as the acting royalty who had cross words with her

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1 week ago Steve McClaren’s Jamaica harbour World Cup dream amid storm devastation

The Reggae Boyz are well placed to play on the biggest stage for the first time since 1998 and lift a nation needing hope in a time of adversitySteve McClaren has spoken of a determination to put “a smile on people’s faces” in Jamaica. Over the next six days the former England manager has a golden chance to do so by guiding Jamaica to the World Cup when they play for the first time since Hurricane Melissa.The devastating category 5 storm that made landfall on the island on 28 October is known to have killed 45 people there and displaced tens of thousands of households, with hundreds still in emergency shelters. The prime minister, Andrew Holness, said it had caused damage to homes and key infrastructure roughly equal to the value of a third of the country’s gross domestic product. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How World Cup expansion is driving Asia’s naturalisation arms race

As Asia’s allocation has now doubled, many nations look to foreign-born talent to push them towards qualificationWhen the United Arab Emirates line up against Iraq on Thursday for the fifth and final round of Asian qualification for next year’s World Cup, it is likely that over half of the home starting XI in Abu Dhabi will be foreign-born. The UAE are, however, merely another participant in a naturalisation arms race in the continent that has been boosted by the expansion of the World Cup from 32 teams to 48.Asia’s allocation has doubled from four automatic spots in Qatar to eight in North America, opening up the tournament to a new array of contenders desperate to play on the greatest stage of all. Japan, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Australia have historically dominated World Cup qualifying, with North Korea the most recent outlier in 2010. Those six are the only teams from the Asian Football Confederation to make more than one appearance at the tournament. Continue readin...

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1 week ago Inside No. 9 play ‘Stage/Fright’ is back for its final ever London shows – and tickets go on sale this week

Inside No. 9 play ‘Stage/Fright’ is back for its final ever London shows – and tickets go on sale this week  Time Out

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1 week ago Tom Felton reprises role of Draco Malfoy in Broadway Harry Potter stage play

The star has returned to playing Draco for the first time in 14 years

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2 w. ago Dame Judi Dench says she's now too blind to watch theatre or TV but still wants the dirt on Celebrity Traitors

The double Oscar-winning actress, 90, has long battled age-related macular degeneration

Culture

2 w. ago Judi Dench, 90, reveals worrying health update saying she struggles every day

JUDI Dench has revealed a heartbreaking health update and admitted she struggles every day. The legendary actress, 90, first opened up about her age-related  macular degeneration (AMD) in 2012. Earlier this year, Dame Judi told how she "can't leave home alone" due to the worrying condition. And now she has admitted she's lost her vision completely. The...

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2 w. ago 'Shocking and thrilling' stage play of iconic Edinburgh novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to tour Scotland

The play is part o the National Theatre of Scotland’s 20th year programme launch

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2 w. ago Dame Judi Dench, 90, despairs that she is now so blind that she can't watch a stage play or television programme

She is Britain's greatest living actress of stage and screen, but Dame Judi Dench can no longer watch a performance by anyone else.

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2 w. ago Actor Eddie Marsan named as one of leading UK drama school’s vice presidents

Dame Judi has been president of Mountview since 2006 and this year it is celebrating its 80th anniversary.

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2 w. ago WTA Finals tennis: Iga Swiatek v Amanda Anisimova; Elena Rybakina beats Ekaterina Alexandrova – live

Updates from the group-stage matches in Riyadh Kyrgios to play Sabalenka in exhibition | Email TahaAlexandrova 3-3 Rybakina* (* denotes server): Rybakina sends down a blistering serve to Alexandrova’s backhand; it’s not one for returning. At 30-all, Alexandrova returns with a stonking forehand winner: break point. Rybakina’s whippy backhand makes it deuce and she saves another break point to hold.*Alexandrova 3-2 Rybakina (* denotes server): Rybakina attacks Alexandrova’s second serve, coming inside to hit a deep forehand return that makes it 15-30. The former steps into a backhand winner to make it 30-40, but Alexandrova resists, closing the game with an ace. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago WTA Finals tennis: Elena Rybakina v Ekaterina Alexandrova, Iga Swiatek v Amanda Anisimova – live

Updates from the group-stage matches in Riyadh Kyrgios to play Sabalenka in exhibition | Email TahaAlexandrova 1-1 Rybakina* (* denotes server): This is quite the start from Alexandrova. She takes us to 0-30 before Rybakina wallops a big serve to set up an advance to the net, smashing away for her first point of the match. A forehand slice goes long from Alexandrova, taking us to 30-all. Rybakina nets a backhand: break point. Alexandrova’s backhand finds the net, too. Rybakina keeps her cool to go level.*Alexandrova 1-0 Rybakina (* denotes server): And we’re off. It’s Alexandrova who gets us going, and with some style too: a couple of forehand winners as she holds to love. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Paddington the Musical’ has finally revealed the surprising truth about who will play Paddington on stage in London

‘Paddington the Musical’ has finally revealed the surprising truth about who will play Paddington on stage in London  Time Out

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3 w. ago ‘Paddington the Musical’ has finally revealed who will play Paddington on stage in London

‘Paddington the Musical’ has finally revealed who will play Paddington on stage in London  Time Out

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3 w. ago Dame Judi Dench brands Harrogate Water's plans to chop down 500 trees to expand its factory 'an act of environmental vandalism'

The Oscar-winning actress said the proposal, earmarked for Rotary Wood in Harrogate, is 'an act of environmental vandalism'.

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3 w. ago Calvin Harris announces major summer gig at Glasgow's Hampden Park

Calvin Harris is set to play Hampden Park next summer, taking to the stage in August 2026 with special guests who are still to be announced

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