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King of planet Bollywood

A MASSIVE, once-in-a-lifetime show is about to take the country s Asian community by storm. Some of Bollywood s best-loved screen stars, including the biggest of all – the legendary Amitabh Bachchan – will appear together for the first time ever, in an al... » MORE

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Come on Field the noise

IF the usual festival idea of big bands on big stages and big rock fans with big hair in big fields is all a bit scary for you, then your day has come. Offering up an exemplary cross-section of indie jangling bands, artists and DJs, Field Day is back at V... » MORE

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Mummy's the word for terror-cotta warriors

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Female of the Species is deadly

IF I were one of the most powerful women in the world, I might think it would be necessary to keep a gun so that I could hold it against the head of any student who thought she had something in common with me, writes KAREN BURKE. I would then make it loo... » MORE

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Mz Bratz, the one to watch

TEENAGE grime sensation Mz Bratz is a busy young woman. After the success of her Wiley response track, the19-year-old from Chigwell – real name Cleopatra Humphrey – is in the middle of a 30-date European tour and bound for the States. She is also hoping h... » MORE

What's the Emergency then?

Emergency – Pigeon Detectives (Dance To The Radio) Released just a year after their debut, and with another already written, this is either an attempt to show how proud they are of their new material, or a bid to make some more cash before the big indie b... » MORE

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Ashes to Ashes - Barbara Nadel

AS LONDON suffers at the hands of the German Luftwaffe during the height of the Blitz, East End undertaker Francis Hancock finds himself caught up in the middle of a terrifying web of murder and abduction. It s December 29, 1940 – the night Hitler has cho... » MORE

The Balloom Factory - Alexander Frater

EVERYONE knows about the Wright brothers, the American siblings who were the first people to fly an aeroplane. But very few know about the British aviation pioneers, a motley band of men who competed to build the country s first plane, the real magnifice...

Essex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll - Jonathan Durden

MARK Cohen appears to have everything – a successful job in advertising, money, a mansion in Woodford Green, a beautiful wife, three children, and a cocaine habit. Returning home from a business trip, he finds his alcoholic wife seriously ill and his teen...

Girl in High Heels - Ellouise Moore

FRECKLE-faced Ellouise Moore – author of Girl in High Heels (£6.99, Ebury) – was just 18 when she nervously knocked at the door of London s world-famous strip joint, Stringfellows. Armed with a frumpy floral dress – with a hacked off hem – some clumpy hee...

A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif

TWENTY years ago next month, Pakistan s military dictator, General Zia ul-Haq was killed when the internal flight he was travelling on, crashed. Why? Was it mechanical failure? Human error? Sabotage? Mohammed Hanif tackles one of the sub-continent s most...

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UP WEST - Theatre Guide

ADELPHI, Strand, WC2E 7NA (Tube: Charing Cross); 0870 895 5598 (bkg fee) – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Musical).

ALBERY/Noel coward, St Martin’s Lane, WC2N 5AU (Tube: Leicester Square); 0870 850 9175 (bkg fee) – Avenue Q (Musical).

ALDWYCH, Aldwych, WC2B 4DF (Tube: Covent Garden); 0870 400 0805 – Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage (Musical).

ALMEIDA, Almeida St, N1 (Tube: Angel/Highbury & Islington); 020 7359 4404 – The Homecoming (Drama) previews from Jan 31.

AMBASSADORS, West Street, WC2H 9ND (Tube: Leicester Square); 0870 060 6627 – Stomp (Entertainment).

APOLLO, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1V 7DH (Tube: Piccadilly Circus), 0870 890 1101 – An Audience With The Mafia (Drama).

APOLLO VICTORIA, 17, Wilton Road, SW1V 1LL (Tube: Victoria); 0870 161 1977 – Wicked (Musical).

ARTS, Great Newport Street, WC1E 7HF (Tube: Leicester Square); 020 7836 3334 – Theatre is dark.

BARBICAN, Silk Street, EC3Y 8DS (Tube: barbican); 020 7637 8891 – James Son of James (Performance) Until Saturday.

Cambridge, Earlham Street, WC2 9HH (Tube: Covent Garden); 0870 890 1102 – Chicago (Musical).

Comedy, Panton Street, SW1Y 4DN (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 060 6637 – The Lover and The Collection (Comedy).

CrITERION, Piccadilly Circus, W1V 9LB (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 060 2313 – The 39 Steps (Drama).

DOMINION, Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7AQ (Tube: Tottenham Court Road); 0870 169 0116 – We Will Rock You (Musical).

DONmar warehouse, Earlham Street, WC2H 9LX (Tube: Covent Garden); 0870 060 6624 – Othello (Drama).

Drury Lane, Catherine Street, WC2B 5JF (Tube: Covent Garden); 0870 890 1109 – The Lord of the Rings (Musical).

Duchess, Catherine Street, WC2B 5LA (Tube: Covent Garden); 0870 890 1103 (bkg fee) – Buddy (Musical).

Duke of York’S, St Martin’s Lane, WC2H 4BG (Tube: Leicester Square); 0870 060 6623 – Rent (Musical) until Saturday.

FORTUNE, Russell Street, WC2B 5HH (Tube: Covent Garden); 0870 060 6626 – The Woman in Black (Thriller) until Saturday.

Garrick, 2, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0HH (Tube: Charing Cross); 0870 890 1104 (bkg fee) – Absurd Person Singular (Drama).

GIElgud, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6AR (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 950 0915 – Iolanthe (Opera).

haymarket, SW1Y 4HT (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 400 0858 – The Sea (Comedy).

HER MAJESTY’S, Haymarket, SW1Y 4QL (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 160 2878 – The Phantom of the Opera (Musical).

LONDON PALLADIUM, Argyll Street, W1A 3AB (Tube: Oxford Circus); 0870 890 1108 – The Sound Of Music (Musical).

LYCEUM, Wellington Street, WC2E 7RQ (Tube: Covent Garden); 0870 243 9000 (bkg fee) – The Lion King (Musical).

LYRIC, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 4ES (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 890 1107 – Cabaret (Musical).

NATIONAL THEATRE, Upper Ground, SE1 9PX (Tube: Waterloo); 020 7452 3000 – Cottesloe: Happy Now? (Drama). Lyttelton: Women of Troy (Drama); The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other (Drama) previews from Feb 6. Olivier: War Horse (Drama); Much Ado About Nothing (Comedy).

NEW LONDON, Drury Lane, WC2B 5PW (Tube: Holborn); 0870 890 0141 (bkg fee) – Theatre is dark.

novello, Aldwych, WC2B 4LD (Tube: Charing X); 0870 950 0935 – Shadowlands (Drama).

THE OLD VIC, Waterloo Road, SE1 8NB (Tube: Waterloo); 0870 060 6628 (bkg fee) – Speed-The-Plow (Drama).

PALACE, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5AY (Tube: Leicester Square); 0870 895 5579 – Monty Python’s Spamalot (Musical comedy).

PEACOCK, Portugal St, WC2A 2HT (Tube: Holborn); 020 7863 8222 – Tango Por Dos: Miguel Angel Zotto’s Buenos Aires Tango. (Dance).

PHOENIX, Charing Cross Road, WC2H OJP (Tube: Tottenham Court Road); 0870 060 6629 – Blood Brothers (Musical).

PICCADILLY, Denman St, W1V 8DY (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0844 412 6666 (bkg fee) – Grease (Musical).

PLAYHOUSE, Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5DE (Tube: Embankment); 0870 060 6631 – Ring Round The Moon (Drama) from Feb 5.

PRINCE EDWARD, Old Compton Street, W1D 4HS (Tube: Leicester Square); 0870 850 9191 (bkg fee) – Theatre is dark.

PRINCE OF WALES, 31, Coventry Street, W1D 6AS (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 850 0393 (bkg fee) – Mamma Mia! (Musical).

QUEEN’S, Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6BA (Tube: Piccadilly Circus); 0870 950 0930 (bkg fee) – Les Misérables (Musical).

ROYAL COURT, Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS (Tube: Sloane Square); 020 7565 5000 – Jerwood Theatre Downstairs: The Vertical Hour (Drama). Jerwood Theatre Upstairs: Scarborough (Drama).

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, Covent Garden, WC2E 9DD (Tube: Covent Garden); 020 7304 4000 – La Traviata (Opera) until Feb14.

ST MARTIN’S, West Street, WC2H 9NZ (Tube: Leicester Square); 0870 162 8787 – The Mousetrap (Whodunnit).

SAVOY, Strand, WC2 OET (Tube: Charing X; 0870 164 8787 – Fiddler on the Roof (Musical).

SHAFTESBURY, Shaftesbury Avenue WC2H 8DP (Tube: Holborn); 020 7379 5399 – Hairspray (Musical).

SOHO, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE (Tube: Tottenham Court Road); 0870 429 6883 – White Boy (Drama) until Saturday.

VAUDEVILLE, Strand, WC2R ONH (Tube: Charing X); 0870 890 0511 – The Importance of Being Earnest (Comedy).

VICTORIA PALACE, Victoria Street, SW1E 5EA (Tube: Victoria); 0870 895 5577 – Billy Elliot – The Musical (Musical).

WYNDHAM’S, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA (Tube: Leicester Square); 0870 950 0925 (bkg fee) – The History Boys (Drama)

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A MASSIVE, once-in-a-lifetime show is about to take the country s Asian community by storm. Some of Bollywood s best-loved screen stars, including the biggest of all – the legendary Amitabh Bachchan – will appear together for the first time ever, in an al... » MORE

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