12 h. ago Tour de France reveals the six UK stage plans for historic 2027 Grands Départs

British roads will host the start of both races next yearFirst time both Grands Départs have been outside FranceThe men’s Tour de France will start in Scotland for the first time in 2027 and make its first visit to Wales when Britain stages the Grand Départ of the men’s and women’s races in the biggest festival of elite cycling on the isles since London 2012.Across six days of racing on British roads, the men’s Tour will visit Edinburgh, Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, Welshpool and Cardiff, while the Tour de France Femmes races from Leeds to Manchester, then to Sheffield and also includes a central London stage. On Thursday night all host cities were illuminated by yellow beams in recognition of them staging the Tour. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Will Be on Stage at the Barbican

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Will Be on Stage at the Barbican  London On The Inside

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28 h. ago Wicked's Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande to reunite on stage in London as they star in a new production of Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George

The Wicked stars will appear opposite each other in the musical for a production at London's Barbican Centre in the summer of 2027.

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35 h. ago Ariana Grande to make London stage debut alongside Jonathan Bailey in Sunday in the Park With George

The singer will reunite with her Wicked co-star in a revival of the musical inspired by artist Georges Seurat in summer 2027Wicked co-stars Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey are to reunite on stage in Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park With George. The production, hotly rumoured and finally announced on Wednesday, will run at the Barbican Centre, London, in summer 2027.Sunday in the Park With George, which has a book by Sondheim’s long-term collaborator James Lapine, is a tale of two artists. One is inspired by the pointillist Georges Seurat and the other is the character’s great-grandson. On Wednesday, Bailey and Grande shared a photo on Instagram of them sitting in front of the Seurat painting that inspired the production, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, which is on display in the Art Institute of Chicago. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's nepo baby daughter Apple, 21, poses submerged in water as she lands another high

The privileged daughter of Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin takes centre stage in her latest campaign with London based fashion house Self-Portrait.

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49 h. ago City to fight disinformation that undermines London on world stage

City to fight disinformation that undermines London on world stage  Financial Times

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3 d. ago See 2026 Golden Globes nominees and winners on stage in London

See 2026 Golden Globes nominees and winners on stage in London  London Theatre

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7 d. ago New Play Slated for London’s West End Sets the Stage for the Battle of Britpop

New Play Slated for London’s West End Sets the Stage for the Battle of Britpop  VICE

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8 d. ago School of Rock London Takes the Stage with First Student Concert

School of Rock London Takes the Stage with First Student Concert  London Post

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2 w. ago January on the London Stage: Billy Crudup in High Noon, Levi Kreis' Already Perfect, Another Mary Todd Lincoln Play

January on the London Stage: Billy Crudup in High Noon, Levi Kreis' Already Perfect, Another Mary Todd Lincoln Play  Broadway Shows

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2 w. ago Stage might: the most exciting theatre shows hitting London in 2026

Sadie Sink, Billy Crudup, Chris Pine and Self Esteem are among the stars hitting London stages this forthcoming year

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2 w. ago ‘Move fast, break stuff’: how tech bros became Hollywood’s go

From Stanley Tucci’s imperious tech titan to Lex Luthor’s distractingly hot CEO and Elon Musk-esque blowhards, films this year took us inside the billionaire mindsetBetween the slash-and-burn US government reboot led by a dank meme fan and the relentless pushing of AI by venture capital-backed blowhards, 2025 has felt like peak obnoxious tech bro. Fittingly, jargon-spouting, self-regarding digital visionaries also became Hollywood’s go-to baddies this year in everything from blockbusters to slapstick spoofs. Spare a thought for the overworked props departments tasked with mocking up fake Forbes magazine covers heralding yet another smirking white guy as “Master of the Metaverse” or whatever.With such market saturation, the risk is that all these delusional dudes blend into one smarmy morass. It felt reasonable to expect that Stanley Tucci might sprinkle a little prosciutto on The Electric State, Netflix’s no-expense-spared alt-history robot fantasia. As Ethan Skate – creator of the ...

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2 w. ago No Time for Goodbye review – well intentioned drama about the loneliness of the asylum

Journalist Don Ng’s debut feature raises interesting questions about the asylum experience – but his film is too sentimental and superficial to truly answer themThis is a film made with the best of intentions – and it has some good insights into the loneliness and isolation of seeking asylum in the UK. But there are a few too many sentimental moments to properly work as social-realism, or anything close to convincing drama, which is disappointing given its creator, Don Ng, is a journalist-turned-director making his feature debut. It’s set in London, where Bosco (a sensitive performance by Yiu-Sing Lam) has arrived from Hong Kong fleeing the government’s crackdown on political freedom, though he doesn’t really talk much about the situation back home.Bosco is sent to live with other asylum seekers on a military base while his application is processed. Some of the best scenes turn out to be gentle observations of his sense of dislocation: walking around the local corner shop, for examp...

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3 w. ago Helen Mirren's real age and very blunt advice on getting older

The Oscar winner stars in Kate Winslet's directorial debut Goodbye June, which features a family saying their final farewell to their dying mother and arrives on Netflix on Christmas Eve

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3 w. ago Kate Winslet's son reveals the tragic family loss that inspired her tear

Kate Winslet's son Joe has revealed the family tragedy that inspired his mum's tear-jerking new Netflix film, Goodbye June

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3 w. ago Emotional Netflix film with top cast released as fans 'in tears' over trailer alone

The movie is Kate Winslet's directorial debut and features a screenplay written by her son Joe Anders. It stars a top cast including Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Helen Mirren, and Winslet herself

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3 w. ago And the 2025 Braddies go to Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year

Now the Guardian’s Top 50 countdowns, as voted for by the whole film team, have announced their No 1s, here are our chief critic’s personal choices – in no particular order• The 50 best films of 2025 in the UK• The 50 best movies of 2025 in the USThe time has come once more for me to present my “Braddies”, a strictly personal awards list for films on UK release in the year just gone and, as ever, quite distinct from this paper’s collegiate best-of-year countdown. These are my top 10 lists for best film, director, actor and supporting actor, actress and supporting actress, directorial debut, cinematographer, screenplay and film most likely to be overlooked by the boomer mainstream media (or MSM).As we look back over the last 12 months, there can be no doubt of the villain of 2025: Tilly Norwood, the female AI star. Launched in October, she is a smilingly bland and really very convincing non-human being who will work uncomplainingly and cheaply without ever storming off to her trailer...

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4 w. ago When We Are Married at the Donmar Warehouse, London: zippy banter

When We Are Married at the Donmar Warehouse, London: zippy banter  The Stage

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4 w. ago Stanley Tucci to Make London Stage Directing Debut With Richard Nelson's Springwood

Stanley Tucci to Make London Stage Directing Debut With Richard Nelson's Springwood  TheaterMania

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4 w. ago ‘Paddington: The Musical’: At Just 4 Feet, He’s London’s Biggest New Stage Star

‘Paddington: The Musical’: At Just 4 Feet, He’s London’s Biggest New Stage Star  The New York Times

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