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There Will be Blood is part of Epsom Playhouse's new movie menu

6:33pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Film fans who fancy adding a healthy side order of Oscar-winning snacks to their diet of summer blockbuster fare are in for a treat when the Epsom Playhouse launches its new movie menu.

Gags and gore

Hollywood-bound? Jennifer Ellison

10:32am Friday 14th March 2008

Art-house acceptance and multiplex adulation are generally considered mutually exclusive.

Kingston's Rose will need careful tending, says Neil Pearson

Not just a star: Neil Pearson is a vocal supporter of local theatre

11:41am Tuesday 8th January 2008

A week tomorrow, the non-existent fly curtain at Kingston's Rose Theatre will finally lift, almost two decades after the original Bankside venue was excavated.

Richard Briers is wild about the west

Happy to help: Richard Briers will be appearing St Michael and All Angels Church this Saturday

4:52pm Thursday 13th December 2007

Christmas isn't Christmas without a major TV marathon. But why not take time out from the spangle of X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing this Saturday for a festive concert in aid of Musequality in Chiswick?

Eastenders' Lucy Benjamin swops Walford for Croydon

Yummy mummy: Lucy Benjamin does panto (and baby comes too)

1:43pm Friday 23rd November 2007

I know that TV stars are often smaller in the flesh than on screen, but ex-Eastender Lucy Benjamin is positively minuscule.

Handbags and Gladrags for Penelope Keith

Surrey girl born and bred: Penelope Keith

5:29pm Tuesday 13th November 2007

Penelope Keith may tire at times of Margo Leadbetter, the Surbiton house-wife she portrayed in 1970s sit-com, The Good Life.

The rom-com Don

Love story: Tom Conti and Kate Atkinson play the romantic leads

3:26pm Thursday 1st November 2007

Romantic Comedy might sound like a Scary Movie take on chick flicks but Bernard Slade's play - which comes to Richmond Theatre next week - is more an affectionate homage than a post-modern parody.

Tommy Steele does a lot for Doctor Doolittle

Not so steely: Doctor Tommy

4:55pm Friday 12th October 2007

When it comes to a night out at the theatre, nothing beats a traditional family show, says Tommy Steele.

On good terms

Endearing: Linda Gray joins former Coronation Street star Suranne Jones on stage at Richmond Theatre

12:48pm Thursday 11th October 2007

A West End run has long been a Hollywood rite of passage. From Christian Slater to Nicole Kidman, they have all done a stint on Shaftesbury Avenue.

Holding the whip hand

Whipping em into shape: Richard Wilson plays the Tory chief whip in Steve Thompson's political satire.

3:15pm Thursday 27th September 2007

Richard Wilson is eating cherries. I don't know why I mention it, except that cherries seem a rather whimsical snack for an actor best known for his role as an old curmudgeon.



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