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Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Review: This old pals' act is a riotous reunion DONKEYS' YEARS
DONKEYS' YEARS (Rose Theatre, Kingston-on-Thames)
Verdict: A tour de farce
Rating:
There used to be a
cricket writer, Alan Gibson, whose despatches invariably included a
description of his calamitous train journey to the county ground from
which he was reporting. I thought of Gibson on my way to see Michael
Frayn’s ace 1976 farce Donkeys’ Years.
Farce
preceded the farce. My head full of politics and cobwebs, I clambered
aboard the wrong train, which then crawled at the pace of a slug. When I
finally realised my error, it took a while to find a connecting train.
That, too, made slow progress.
On
reaching Kingston I found no taxis to speed me to the Rose Theatre, so
had to run. I arrived with a stitch, bathed in sweat. And I had missed
the start.
...
Kate Moss wears towering platform heels as she leads a star-studded guest list at intimate Prince gig
She’s been a regular fixture at
London Fashion Week, but supermodel Kate Moss took a break from the
front row on Monday evening for a night out in central London.
The
40-year-old clothes horse was accompanied by husband Jamie Hince at
legendary Soho jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, where they took in an intimate
performance from Prince....
Review: THE HOTEL PLAYS
THE HOTEL PLAYS (Langham Hotel)
Verdict: Suite idea
Rating:
Three Tennessee Williams
playlets, with all set in hotel rooms, are being performed at a central
London hotel, the Langham (opposite the BBC).
This is a neat little effort. Each scene lasts less than half an hour and is staged in a different bedroom suite.
The
audience is limited to about 30 (it is surprising how many you can
squeeze on to benches in a small room) but there are three ‘sittings’ a
night.
Playwright
Williams had a thing about hotels — he even died in one. Hotels capture a
certain transient glamour, a suggestion of the flaky rendezvous. Yet
intimate. Sitting in these rooms, watching actors play characters in
their night clothes, one feels almost voyeuristic.
The
Pink Bedroom...
Strictly Come Dancing Live combines twangable thighs and ivory smiles for a night of spangly fun
STRICTLY COME DANCING LIVE (Wembley Arena and touring)
VERDICT: Cha-cha-charming!
Rating:
Sequinned hyperbole is the order of the night at Strictly Come Dancing’s road show.
From
the blasting music to the judges’ scripted putdowns, from rugby player
Ben Cohen’s biceps to knicker-model Abbey Clancy’s almost twangable
inner thighs, everything is madly, merrily exaggerated.
The
glitter ball hanging over the ballroom is bigger than a Nasa space pod.
The singers who come prancing on are noisier and warblier — and fatter —
than Christmas turkeys.
They
smack their palms together till the things must sting, such is their
determination to agitate the crowd of crisp-munching family groups and
hen parties.
Some
audience members (ladies, refreshed) scream...
Pictures: Lady Gaga wears just a fishnet bodysuit in New York
She is known for her outrageous ensembles.
But
Lady Gaga appeared to be made of steel as she stepped out in the
freezing -5C New York on Monday night wearing just a fishnet bodysuit.
The 27-year-old singer's eye-popping
black fishnet bodysuit showed off her fit frame as she left the
television studios and headed to her car following an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's new show.
Gaga also courted attention with her
almost floor-length, icy blonde wig, which nearly dragged along the
ground as she made her way to her waiting vehicle....
'I don't wear a bra': Rihanna reveals to US Vogue
Rihanna likes to shock and for her third cover of US Vogue she hasn't broken the habit.
The
Barbados beauty told the March issue of the fashion bible, 'If I'm
wearing a top, I don't wear a bra. If I'm wearing a bra, I just wear a
bra.'
The 25-year-old also
revealed to the massive 648-page monthly - in which she modeled suits,
sequined slacks and slinky dresses - she dressed like a boy as a child.
The cover girl explained she didn't take to girlish clothes because she really wasn't around her gender growing up.
'When I was 13 or 14, I didn't want to wear what my mother wanted me to wear,' she share...
THE BLOG FROM BRAZIL: Big Phil's pursuit of a big man, Neymar's ups and downs and Hodgson turns smooth operator
Never mind what loudmouth Texans might say, everything is actually bigger in Brazil. And right now, a mere four months out from hosting football's biggest party in their big ol' back yard, the country has a problem. A big one. It's not unfinished stadia or the protest movements that show no sign of slowing down. Instead it's the chronic shortage of big men. See, Luiz Felipe Scolari (Big Phil, see a pattern?) loves a big man. Always has, always will. His plan to ensure that the only ending natives can countenance - a glorious triumph - comes to pass, is centred on a big man. Little short up front: Big Phil (Felipe Scolari) lacks the big man up front he believes his Brazil team need Injured: Scolari's first-choice 'big man', Fluminese's Fred, has struggled with goals and injury...
Man City 0-2 Barcelona: Messi and Alves hand Catalans first-leg advantage after Demichelis is sent off for controversial foul
It is fair to say that Martin Demichelis did not exactly answer his critics on Tuesday night. Nor did he silence the doubters, or confound those who doubted his inclusion in the biggest match of Manchester City’s season.No, Demichelis eschewed the usual cliches of sporting redemption and played it straight. He gave away the penalty that cost his team the game, and was sent off. The best that can be said is that this allowed a large number of people to feel good about their understanding of the game.Picking Demichelis was not a populist decision by Manuel Pellegrini. Many had not forgotten his performance against Chelsea earlier this month — although he was left badly isolated by his team-mates on that occasion — and feared the worst if he was left one on one with Lionel Messi. In...
As Szczesny relaxes in his luxury pool at home, Arsenal former keeper Lehmann offers £2,000 reward for his stolen bag
It was a mixed bag for Arsenal goalkeepers past and present on Tuesday. While current No 1 Wojciech Szczesny was preparing for tomorrow's Champions League last 16 clash against Bayern Munich by enjoying a swim at his house, the club's legendary stopper Jens Lehmann was on the hunt for a missing bag. Lehmann, Arsenal's No 1 for their Invincible campaign in 2004, took to Twitter offering a £2,000 reward for a bag which he claimed had been stolen in London. Hit back and relax: Wojciech Szczesny posted this picture to his Facebook account on Tuesday afternoon Plea: Jens Lehmann took to Twitter in a bid to hunt down a person who he claims stole his bag from a Fiat500'My dear followers, I am asking for some help,' Lehmann, a pundit for BT Sport during Arsenal's FA Cup win against Liverpool...
Ozil is soft, Podolski is lazy... and Arsenal are chokers! Ex-Bayern star Babbel sticks boot into Wenger's men on eve of clash
Markus Babbel has launched an attack on Arsenal ahead of Wednesday night’s Champions League clash against Bayern Munich.The former Bayern and Liverpool player accused Arsenal of being chokers, who would be 'no problem' for Bayern. Both Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Arsene Wenger had spoken in the last few days as saying that Arsenal had a better chance against Bayern than at this time last year, and that the north London side had raised their level in the last 12 months. Scroll down to watch Arsenal training ahead of the clash with Bayern Munich Chokers: Ex-Bayern Munich Markus Babbel has labelled Arsenal chokers ahead of the Champions League tie Personal criticism: Babbel has been surprised by 'lazy' Lukas Podolski's (centre) progress at Arsenal No bottle: Babbel said Arsenal...
Ferne McCann recreates Dirty Dancing with TOWIE co-star Elliot Wright
With the new series of The Only Way Is
Essex recently begun filming, Ferne McCann is preparing to return to
the small screen as a single lady as splitting with Charlie Sims
off-camera.
And it looks like she's revealing in her single status as she's been posing for flirty photos with co-star Elliott Wright.
After
recreating a pose from a particularly racy scene from The Wolf Of Wall
Street last week, Ferne and Elliott took on a saucy sequence from Dirty
Dancing.
With Elliott taking on
the Patrick Swayze role as Johnny Castle, he holds up Ferne, who wraps
her legs around him as she leans back as Jennifer Grey's Baby.
Hairdresser Ferne posted their attempt on Twitter alongside the original shot from the classic 1987 movi...
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