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Top 10 Newest Articles
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British reggae legends of the seventies and beyond: Linton Kwessi
Johnson, Denis Bovell, and guests
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Godfather of dub poetry Linton kwesi Johnson Continues the
Barbican's Spring Season of Contemporary Music.
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US jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater premieres her ‘ode to
Mali' at the Barbican!
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Internationally decorated ‘grand dame of jazz' Dee Dee
Bridgewater gives the first UK performance of her grammy nominated
album Red Earth to carry on the Barbican's Spring Season of
Contemporary Music. After a career spent singing with jazz royalty,
performing her one woman Billie Holiday tribute and even taking on
French chanson, Dee Dee Bridgewater makes her ‘homecoming' with
traditional African instruments amongst her transatlantic backing band.
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SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
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Amanda Whittington's powerful adaptation of Saturday Night and
Sunday Morning is at the Harrogate Theatre.
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THE GROUCH
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The world premiere of Ranjit Bolt's brilliant reworking of a
French classic, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
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A new take on Brecht's The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui as
created by Lucian Msamati and David Farr for the Lyric Hammersmith.
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Six Characters in Search of An Author
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A co-production between the National Theatre, Lyceum and Citizens
Theatre this is a new version of the Pirandello play by David Harrower.
Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh 15 Feb to 8 March 0131 248 4848,
www.lyceum.org.uk Citizens Theatre, Glasgow 12 March - 29 March 0141
429 0022 www.citz.co.uk Ticket prices vary.
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South Pacific
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Dave Willets and Helena Blackman head UK Productions tour of South
Pacific as it hits Milton Keynes as our first Musical of 2008
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The Merchant of Venice
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A pound of flesh - nothing more and nothing less. At the Greenwich
Playhouse
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Speed-The-Plow
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David Mamet is an actors playwright. He writes in such an honest and
realistic way and it allows an actor to shine. If they get it right.
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Equus - Theatre Royal, Glasgow - 12th-16th Feb
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As the tour of Peter Shaffer's Equus rides into Glasgow, this
is a chance for many to see if the play can live up to the hype of both
it's original 70s production or of the recent West End revival.
And it does. With simple staging and performances, which could be
considered character studies in themselves, the slightly updated text
is delivered passionately by the cast.
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