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Helicopter opera wins top gong at Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards

A lengthy and “bold” opera including four helicopters and flying musicians claimed a leading theatrical award this evening.

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(From left) Jonathan Coy as Philip, Felicity Kendal as Shelia, Max Bennett as Greg and Kara Tointon as Ginny. Picture: ©Nobby Clark

Felicity Kendall and Kara Tointon in Relatively Speaking in the West End

One of Britain’s best-loved actresses will join a former EastEnders star on the West End stage this month in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking.

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Terry Gilliam will direct Berliozs 19th Century opera Benvenuto Cellini. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Former Monty Python member to direct ‘challenging’ opera at London Coliseum

Monty Python man Terry Gilliam is to return to London’s opera scene to direct a rarely performed work.

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Michael Buble - To Be Loved

Album review: Michael Bublé – To Be Loved

The second-biggest-selling artist last year returns with a deflating clutch of covers, buffed-up but bereft of soul.

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Producer and director Patrick Garland with his wife Alexandra Bastedo in 1981. Picture: PA Wire

West End giant Patrick Garland dies aged 78

Patrick Garland, one of British theatre’s most distinguished directors, and the only one ever to have four West End plays running at the same time, has died aged 78.

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Jake Davies as Jamie and Suranne Jone as Sandra in Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre, London. Picture: Michael Lidbetter/QNQ Ltd

Theatre review: Beautiful Thing at The Arts Theatre

There are not many plays that start out on the fringe, spawn a hit movie and are still performed internationally 20 years later.

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Redbridge volunteer Krithika Subramanian helps with admin and other tasks at the centre

Redbridge’s Volunteer Centre hopes to encourage more people to help others with £75k grant

From youngsters fresh out of college to business men and women and retired folk, volunteering catches the mood of plenty in Redbridge.

But it is not a one-way street.

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Rupert van der Werff of Summers Place Auctions with the sign for Abbey Road, which was auctioned off today. Picture: Andrew Hasson

Downing Street and Abbey Road signs auctioned off

Famous signs for streets including Abbey Road and Downing Street have gone under the hammer.

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