After four years of planning, a nationwide search for new child stars and six months of gruelling rehearsals Billy Elliot: The Musical will face the critics tomorrow night - and it is still not known just who will play Billy, says Luke Leitch... read
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Film-maker Morgan Spurlock told McDonald's to 'Super Size Me' - and now his fiancée has written a book on how he managed to lose the unwanted weight. Dietician and chef Alex Jamieson helped Spurlock back to health after he piled on 11kg (25lb) by tucking into McDonald's meals... read
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Art Review: The art of Keisuke Kishi encompasses a world of strange and exotic looking 'robots' - and, although they don't actually move, they are nonetheless beguiling, delightful and beautifully crafted, says Fisun Güner.
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Gig Review: According to David Smyth, the hottest ticket in town last night was Montreal-based septet Arcade Fire. Having played their first ever UK concert only in March, they closed their first proper British tour with their largest show yet... read Ticket offers
Theatre Review: He has now written more than 65 plays, but Alan Ayckbourn shows no sign of slowing up with his tragi-comic bulletins from the frontline of middle-class isolation and Private Fears in Public Places shows him to be somewhere near the top of his game... read
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Theatre Review: In a rural village in a country with overtones of Afghanistan, an American pilot has crashed his plane. No one is sure how to deal with the unexpected guest until a local warlord leading a group of rebels against the American-backed government gets involved. .. read
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