Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
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Opening this weekTheatre
Wah! Wah! Girls
British musical meets Bollywood in new love-against-the-odds show set in the East End of London with a cast of 14, almost all British Asians and a Polish handyman. Peacock,London, Thursday to 23 June.
Posh
Laura Wade has updated her Royal Court hit to point the spotlight once again on the Oxbridge dining clubs that spawned the posh boys currently in power. Duke of Yorks theatre, London, until 4 August.
Betrayal
John Simm stars in Harold Pinter's semi-autobiographical play about an adulterous love affair. The power of the piece is that it works backwards from its bitter end to the moment the affair first sparked. Crucible, Sheffield, until 9 June.
Film
The Raid (dir.
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Wah! Wah! Girls
British musical meets Bollywood in new love-against-the-odds show set in the East End of London with a cast of 14, almost all British Asians and a Polish handyman. Peacock,London, Thursday to 23 June.
Posh
Laura Wade has updated her Royal Court hit to point the spotlight once again on the Oxbridge dining clubs that spawned the posh boys currently in power. Duke of Yorks theatre, London, until 4 August.
Betrayal
John Simm stars in Harold Pinter's semi-autobiographical play about an adulterous love affair. The power of the piece is that it works backwards from its bitter end to the moment the affair first sparked. Crucible, Sheffield, until 9 June.
Film
The Raid (dir.
- 5/20/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
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Opening this week
Theatre
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
With the ever-inventive Rupert Goold both writing and directing, there should be no whiff of mothballs about this staged version of the Cs Lewis classic. Threesixtytheatre, Kensington Gardens, London W8 (0844 871 7693), Tuesday until 9 September.
Chariots of Fire
Sprinting in before the rerelease of the 1981 movie and the Olympics, Mike Bartlett's version promises to be no mere screen-to-stage adaptation. A nifty young cast of rising stars alongside some established talent should make sure this is a show that runs and runs. Hampstead theatre, London NW3 (020-7722 9301), Wednesday until 16 June.
Film
Goodbye First Love (dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
Two young people pick up the romance that first flowered between...
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Opening this week
Theatre
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
With the ever-inventive Rupert Goold both writing and directing, there should be no whiff of mothballs about this staged version of the Cs Lewis classic. Threesixtytheatre, Kensington Gardens, London W8 (0844 871 7693), Tuesday until 9 September.
Chariots of Fire
Sprinting in before the rerelease of the 1981 movie and the Olympics, Mike Bartlett's version promises to be no mere screen-to-stage adaptation. A nifty young cast of rising stars alongside some established talent should make sure this is a show that runs and runs. Hampstead theatre, London NW3 (020-7722 9301), Wednesday until 16 June.
Film
Goodbye First Love (dir. Mia Hansen-Løve)
Two young people pick up the romance that first flowered between...
- 5/6/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
(Candid)
Kyle Eastwood and his UK band are touring with this simple, soul-and-Latin-jazzy mix of handy hooks for the hard-boppish hornblowing of Graeme Flowers and saxist Graeme Blevins that sometimes mirrors the economical and unhurried delivery of Kyle's father, Clint. Eastwood Jr, a jazz lover from childhood and a workmanlike bassist on upright and guitar, has branched out from the blend of jazz and dance-groove technology that made his Candid debut Paris Blue an uneasy mix, opting instead for a hard bop and 70s soul-jazz repertoire. It won't stun the cognoscenti, but it's played with honesty and quiet relish, and though some tunes lack muscle, others exert a deceptive charm. A soulful, smoky-sax opener launches fiery solos from both Graemes; Blevins gets into Sonny Rollins territory on Cafe Calypso; and the smouldering Andalucia unsurprisingly has Sketches of Spain hints. The soul-funky finale Down at Ronnie's fires a blazing trumpet/sax exchange,...
Kyle Eastwood and his UK band are touring with this simple, soul-and-Latin-jazzy mix of handy hooks for the hard-boppish hornblowing of Graeme Flowers and saxist Graeme Blevins that sometimes mirrors the economical and unhurried delivery of Kyle's father, Clint. Eastwood Jr, a jazz lover from childhood and a workmanlike bassist on upright and guitar, has branched out from the blend of jazz and dance-groove technology that made his Candid debut Paris Blue an uneasy mix, opting instead for a hard bop and 70s soul-jazz repertoire. It won't stun the cognoscenti, but it's played with honesty and quiet relish, and though some tunes lack muscle, others exert a deceptive charm. A soulful, smoky-sax opener launches fiery solos from both Graemes; Blevins gets into Sonny Rollins territory on Cafe Calypso; and the smouldering Andalucia unsurprisingly has Sketches of Spain hints. The soul-funky finale Down at Ronnie's fires a blazing trumpet/sax exchange,...
- 4/21/2011
- by John Fordham
- The Guardian - Film News
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