Michael Ball will be boasting a scene-stealing, 54EEE treasure chest in the hit musical Hairspray when it moves to a brand new date in the autumn. Ball won awards and accolades during the original run 13 years ago for his turn as larger-than-life laundress Edna Turnblad. In addition to that awe-inspiring bust, Edna is also … Read more
Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis have been toying with the idea of making their first West End appearance together — hopefully next year, if their respective upended commitments will permit. The couple fell in love when both were cast in the play Five Gold Rings at the off-West End Almeida Theatre back in 2003. ‘Damian … Read more
Award-winning star Kristin Scott Thomas is delighted that people will still get to hear her sing in the Military Wives feature film, even though its cinema release was cut short by the coronavirus outbreak. Scott Thomas plays Kate, the colonel’s lady who, with other wives on an army base — including fellow star Sharon Horgan … Read more
Judi Dench declared that we could all do with some ‘levity’ and ‘cheering up’. The great dame enters that spirit with a deliciously comic masterclass as clairvoyant Madame Arcati in a new film version of Noel Coward’s 1941 dark comedy Blithe Spirit. It features Charles Condomine, a playboy novelist who invites the eccentric medium to … Read more