When her play Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors opened at Britain’s National Theatre last July, Gillian Slovo worried less about the critics than about her toughest audience: the relatives of those who’d been killed in London’s worst residential fire since the German bombing campaign in World War II. The 2017 inferno, in a public-housing high-rise in one of the richest neighborhoods in the world, took 72 lives and left hundreds injured and homeless. As it turned out, when the … Read more
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Spectacular stage performances, awesome new albums, a host of fantastic films and stunning art shows – they are all featured in our critics’ picks of the best of theatre, music, film and art.
Our experts have explored all the options for culture vultures to get their teeth into, and decided on the plays, albums and movies that are well worth dedicating your weekend to.
Read on to find out what to see and do…
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Meghan Markle put her most fashionable foot forward as she marked International Women’s Day in true Hollywood style by appearing on a celebrity-studded panel at SXSW – while her husband Prince Harry cheered her on from the front row.
The 42-year-old Duchess of Sussex joined actress Brooke Shields and longtime news anchor Katie Couric on-stage at the prestigious festival, where she was leading a panel discussion about ‘breaking barriers’ and ‘women’s representation’.
Beaming with pride as she walked out on
Taylor Swift’s first Sydney concert got off to a late start on Friday night after storms and rain caused Accor stadium to be temporarily evacuated.
Despite the set for support act Sabrina Carpenter being cancelled, Swift finally took the stage a little over 20 minutes after the scheduled start time of 7.30pm.
Proudly watching on was her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, who caused a roar from the crowd as he arrived to proudly view his pop star lover do what she
Taylor Swift stormed the stage at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first night of her Australian Eras tour – and her biggest concert to date – on Friday.
The global megastar, 34, left the crowds reeling as she strutted out in style for the hotly-anticipated show, which kicks off her first Australian tour since 2018.
She pulled out all the stops as she put on her usual high-energy performance for the impressive 96,000 eager Swifties who flocked to Melbourne
A slew of screen stars have made appearances on London’s West End over the years.
And while many actors and actresses have launched their careers in theatre, some have been seen making a return and others have surprised fans with their recent debuts.
One star set to make his return is Tom Holland as he prepares to feature in a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet after his success as Spider-man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Meanwhile, Cara Delevingne,
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will today front up to voters to tout his new Stage Three tax cuts.
He’ll do so against a backdrop of controversy and chaos as his ministers and the Opposition battle it out over the optics of a broken election promise versus needing to help middle Australia ease the cost
Christina Applegate made a surprise appearance at the 2024 Emmys on Monday – with the acclaimed actress making light of her battle with multiple sclerosis.
Tearful Applegate, 52, who was diagnosed with the degenerative condition in 2021, arrived onstage to present the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award – and was met with a standing ovation.
Christina, who leaned on a walking stick as she was escorted onstage by host Anthony Anderson, said: ‘Thank you so much. Oh my
Junior doctors are today set to stage the longest ever strike in the history of the NHS.
Workers began a six-day walkout at 7am, delaying care for tens of thousands of patients and with experts warning it would be the NHS’s ‘toughest challenge yet’.
As many as 200,000 operations and appointments could be cancelled — bringing the total number since junior doctor industrial action started to more than 1million.
The strike comes at one of the busiest times of the
