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...While the protagonists of The Commitments (1991), Brassed Off (1996) and Billy Elliot (2000) followed and achieved their dreams, Robert Carlyle’s Gaz and co were driven by desperation and found only temporary...
...Acts announced so far include Andrea Bocelli and Robbie Williams — with plenty more to come. 2023’s line-up included Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Guns N’ Roses....
...Graham’s local connections helped (his family still live there), as did two crucial distinctions from previous dramas set during the strikes and pit closures, such as Billy Elliott and Brassed Off....
...realistic person might say that it is because of their talent and training: the dancer/choreographer Josh Johnson has danced with the Forsythe Company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre; the composer Billy...
...Activists have taken aim at museum funding in recent months, with institutions such as the Tate and the Guggenheim under siege over their affiliations with Sackler family members tied to the opioid epidemic...
...With Ben Tucker on bass and Grady Tate on drums, Taylor’s eloquent piano solo is bookended by a full horn chorus that’s almost hymnal....
...Tate Modern has set a precedent for scale — but does every museum have to be this big? Is exhibition the best medium through which to understand these projects?...
...“Robert Rauschenberg” is at Tate Modern, December 1-April 2 2017; tate.org.uk....
...For a long time this has been Penzance’s lot: overlooked in favour of gentrified, resort-feel destinations such as nearby St Ives, with its more upmarket shops, sweeping beaches and a Tate gallery....
...Tate Modern, London, April 17-September 17; tate.org.uk 5....
...Publishing may be in dire straits but even ballet, it seems, still leans on the beleaguered book for inspiration: choreographer Peter Schaufuss is bringing his Midnight Express (adapted from the 1977 work by Billy...
...Item: lunatic “Scottishness” of manner, with every female character doing Jean Brodie vocals while the males sport mad hair, mad skirts and “och-aye” accents (led by Billy Connolly’s king)....
...Billy Bragg enjoins us to “do unto others as you would have them do to you”; Rowan Williams offers a profound response to the story of Lazarus....
...“We are selling a property in The Bishops Avenue that was the former home of the Lyle family of Tate & Lyle,” Abrahmsohn says. The area has long been associated with celebrities....
...It kept me amused but heed this health warning: the film may prove insufferable to those with little to no tolerance for Jack Black, or Billy Connolly, or Catherine Tate, or – in a small role, but it may...
...From Billy Bragg to David Cameron, most of us now are basically Levellers at heart. Isn’t that enough of a parallel to be getting on with?...
...art-world heft: Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor and Sam Taylor-Wood are among those who have contributed to the Baltic’s status as a dazzling millennial showcase for contemporary art ranked alongside the Tate...
...The Lyle family of Tate & Lyle built East Weald, for example. In the 1960s you had captains of industry and celebrities – Billy Butlin, Gracie Fields, John Collier....
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