Entertainment Birmingham Hippodrome cancels Christmas season
Sunday, 09 August 2020 03:27As a theatre which stages one of the UK's most popular pantomimes Birmingham Hippodrome has announced that it has cancelled its Christmas programme due to Covid-19 and will not reopen this year and...
Entertainment Bastille Release New Track ‘What You Gonna Do???’ Ft. Graham Coxon
Sunday, 09 August 2020 03:22Bastille’s electrifying new song might feel like a bit of a surprise release, not least to the band themselves, but as frontman Dan Smith says: “We finished the song and it felt...
Entertainment Vamos Theatre’s Culture in Quarantine short films reach touching finale
Thursday, 06 August 2020 02:34Despite the theatre industry still in lockdown Worcester’s acclaimed Vamos Theatre has been busy over the last few months producing HOW HARD IS WAVING? a phenomenal 20 short...
Entertainment Return of indoor shows delayed and masks enforced
Monday, 03 August 2020 01:50The socially-distanced reopening of indoor performances in England has been delayed until at least 15 August, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. The easing of restrictions at theatres and music...
Entertainment Film director Sir Alan Parker dies
Monday, 03 August 2020 01:47The acclaimed British director of such films as Fame, Evita and Bugsy Malone, Sir Alan Parker, has died. The double Oscar nominee's many other credits include Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning,...
Entertainment The REP becomes the first theatre in the UK to partner with Open Kitchens
Monday, 03 August 2020 01:23The REP becomes the first theatre in the UK to partner with Open Kitchens - providing 9,000 meals for children in poverty in Birmingham Birmingham Repertory...
Entertainment Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green dies
Tuesday, 28 July 2020 02:21Fleetwood Mac co-founder and influential blues rock guitarist Peter Green has died. Green, from London, formed the band with drummer Mick Fleetwood, in 1967, after Green's stint in John Mayall's...
Entertainment Kim Kardashian West addresses state of husband Kanye's mental health
Friday, 24 July 2020 03:28Kim Kardashian West has publicly addressed her husband Kanye's mental health issues following his recent series of erratic statements after writing on Instagram: "As many of you know, Kanye has...
Entertainment Theatre to drop use of BAME
Sunday, 19 July 2020 02:55Theatre officials will stop using the term BAME (Black, Asian and Multy Ethnic), saying it is outdated. Coventry's Belgrade Theatre said it made the decision after listening to local Black artists...
Entertainment Redundancy Consultations Sadly Begin At Town Hall Symphony Hall
Wednesday, 15 July 2020 05:11Due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, and the extended closure of both concert halls, Town Hall Symphony Hall have entered a period of redundancy consultation, with half of their staff at...
Entertainment Hollyoaks star Talia Grant says Black people treated as 'disposable' on TV
Wednesday, 15 July 2020 05:09Hollyoaks actress Talia Grant has spoken about how the TV industry, "like life in general", treats Black people as being "disposable". She told the soap's Don't Filter Your Feelings podcast that...
Entertainment Three generations of legendary Bollywood family Covid-infected
Tuesday, 14 July 2020 03:09Three generations of a high-profile Bollywood family have tested positive for Covid-19, officials in the Indian state of Maharashtra say. Results showed the actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a former...
Entertainment John Travolta’s wife, the actress Kelly Preston, dies
Tuesday, 14 July 2020 03:07Actress Kelly Preston, the wife of John Travolta, has died. Travolta posted on Instagram: "My beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight...
Entertainment MOBO Award-winning DJ Steve Sutherland dead
Tuesday, 14 July 2020 03:06Award-winning DJ Steve Sutherland has died, according to the organisers of the MOBO Awards. The MOBO Awards paid tribute to his contribution to the Black British music scene and tweeted to say they...
Entertainment Is there no end to the ‘good’ that Stormzy is doing - ongoing?
Saturday, 11 July 2020 01:39There’s no end to the on-going benevolence of mega superstar, Stormzy. After breaking onto the music scene the rapper has used his highly-polished platform for doing seemingly nothing but good;...
Entertainment Vamos Theatre announce transmission dates for ‘How Hard is Waving?
Saturday, 11 July 2020 01:22Vamos Theatre announce transmission dates for ‘How Hard is Waving?’ marking the company’s BBC debut Worcester-based Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading full mask theatre company,...
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