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From his sickbed, after a nervous breakdown during basic training for the army, the 18-year-old Noel Coward started churning out plays,…

There are many things that drew me to re-imagining Noel Coward's The Rat Trap, an early play from the author of such enduring classics as…

New writing takes many forms: this is one of the glories of contemporary British performance. One of these is the shared narrative, a style…

Nothing about this album suggests that it’s a debut. Shaking Hand’s eponymous introductory shot is so assured it sounds as if an awful lot…

On a dank January evening in St Albans, there seemed little sign of life or excitement on the streets. To reach my destination – St Peter’s…

When news first filtered through that the Scouse comedian John Bishop’s marital woes were going to be turned into a film, my brain lazily…

The Weaving is an Ango-Irish trio of accordion, voice, fiddle and piano. The voice belongs to Méabh Begley, from Kerry’s prominent musical…

“One pure sonofabitch 45. The record to put them high in the national charts. Top five at least.” In October 1976, the weekly music paper…

There is nothing to compare with the visceral experience of hearing a massed choir – in this case the 230-strong combined forces of the…