7 h. ago WICKED: FOR GOOD FILM DIRECTOR JON M. CHU VISITS THE LONDON COMPANY OF THE WICKED STAGE MUSICAL

WICKED: FOR GOOD FILM DIRECTOR JON M. CHU VISITS THE LONDON COMPANY OF THE WICKED STAGE MUSICAL  London Post

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49 h. ago Driverless taxis from Waymo will be on London’s roads next year, US firm announces

Cars with human safety drivers will appear in coming weeks as permissions are sought for fully autonomous ridesDriverless taxis from Waymo will be available for hire on London’s roads next year, the US company has announced.The UK capital will become the first European city to have an autonomous taxi service of the kind now familiar in San Francisco and four other US cities using Waymo’s technology. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Albert Herring review – ENO heralds new era with witty staging of Britten’s story of a mummy’s boy

Coliseum, LondonEnglish National Opera’s first shared production between London and Salford is a fluent and finely sung take on Britten’s 1947 comic opera. Antony McDonald’s lively staging gives the slender tale a sitcom feelThis is English National Opera’s first production shared between London and Greater Manchester – where the company has been obliged to plan to move its base, following Arts Council England’s diktat. The choice of a relatively small-scale opera – necessary in the circumstances – means it was never going to be the kind of show to announce the new era with a bang. Albert Herring is Britten’s 1947 work based on a slender 19th-century French story about a mummy’s boy suddenly finding freedom calls for only a small orchestra and no chorus, so the company won’t be heading en masse to Salford next week. It’s regular fare at music colleges thanks to its large and even cast, but this staging, surprisingly, is an ENO first.Billing Antony McDonald’s production as a semi-sta...

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3 d. ago Watch all the panel videos from Deadline's 2025 Contenders Film London event that included the movies Wicked: For Good, F1: The Movie and more. Read more below.

Watch all the panel videos from Deadline's 2025 Contenders Film London event that included the movies Wicked: For Good, F1: The Movie and more. Read more below.  Facebook

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6 d. ago Historic Cardiff building which once hosted Bob Geldof and Kelly Jones brings back live gigs

The Coal Exchange will once again stage live music

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6 d. ago Jon M. Chu Debuts New 'Wicked: For Good' Clip at London Film Fest

Jon M. Chu Debuts New 'Wicked: For Good' Clip at London Film Fest  The Hollywood Reporter

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6 d. ago Cuozzo.Company wraps London infill block around a deep lightwell

Cuozzo.Company wraps London infill block around a deep lightwell  Dezeen

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8 d. ago Dirty Dancing set to return on stage in Glasgow with tickets on sale now

Organisers promise the stage show will bring the movie to life with exciting music, emotion, and dazzling dance.

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9 d. ago Composer Jay Capperauld on taking centre stage for the SCO's new digital season

All three of the concerts in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 2025/26 Digital Season will showcase music by their composer-in-residence Jay Capperauld. It’s the stuff of dreams, he tells David Kettle

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1 week ago Mother who faked terminal cancer to con boyfriend into paying for boob job must pay back £30,000

Laura McPherson, 35, took photos of herself in a hospital bed and wore clothing that said 'breast cancer support' as part of her 'elaborate tale of deceit' against company director Jon Leonard.

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1 week ago ‘Dereliction of duty’ not to plan for Covid school closures – academy boss

Former DfE director general for schools Sir Jon Coles said his trust got on planning for school closures in March 2020 before receiving direction

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1 week ago ‘An unkind film’: letters reveal rift between director and writer of The Wicker Man

Exclusive: Documents show ‘hostile’ director and ‘self-indulgent’ writer were at loggerheads during production of 1973 cult horror filmA screenplay by one of the UK’s foremost writers, Anthony Shaffer, and a cast headed by Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward should have been the stuff of dreams for the director Robin Hardy in filming The Wicker Man more than half a century ago.Although it is today revered as a cult horror masterpiece, the extent of the misery that it brought the film-makers has now been revealed in previously unpublished letters and script drafts. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Deacon Blue Glasgow Hydro Stage Times: Gig set times, support, tickets, setlist, age restrictions

Fans will have two chances to catch one of Scotland’s most beloved bands this month.

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift's new album title is a lie... and everything you need to know

She owned the world's biggest stage, she reclaimed her music, she got the guy... now Taylor Swift is ready to tell you what it really cost - your ultimate guide to the year's most anticipated album

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2 w. ago City's IPO market roars back to life as US energy and AI data centre developer Fermi lists in London

Innovative dual Nasdaq and London listing of company aiming to build vast energy and AI data centre complex

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2 w. ago 30, flirty and thriving... 13 Going On 30 musical brings pure 2000s nostalgia to the stage in Manchester

The brand new stage adaptation pays perfect homage to the hit movie with tear jerking songs and an abundance of comedy

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2 w. ago Lola Young cancels show in Washington DC one day after collapsing onstage at New York music festival

The singer, 24, collapsed and was 'carried off stage' by medical staff at the All Things Go Music Festival on Saturday, but she later reassured fans she was fine.

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2 w. ago Lola Young cancels show in Washington DC one day after collapsing onstage at New York music festival

The singer, 24, collapsed and was 'carried off stage' by medical staff at the All Things Go Music Festival on Saturday , but she later reassured fans she was fine.

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2 w. ago Lola Young gives health update after collapsing on stage as she cancels another gig

Singer Lola Young has issued an update after she collapsed on stage during a performance at the All Things Go Music Festival in New York City on Saturday

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2 w. ago London Best Place To Build AI Company Outside US, Evantic Capital's Miller Says

London Best Place To Build AI Company Outside US, Evantic Capital's Miller Says  Yahoo Finance

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