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...Backstairs Billy Duke of York’s Theatre, London There’s a moment in Backstairs Billy when the Queen Mother (Penelope Wilton) and her devoted servant Billy (Luke Evans) plot an escape....
...And it is them that this heartfelt, though flawed, musical from Luke Sheppard (direction), John O’Farrell (book) and Matthew Brind (musical arrangements) seeks to remember, staged like a gig with the band...
...Now that extraordinary double act moves to the West End stage with Backstairs Billy, a new comedy from Marcelo Dos Santos, starring Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans....
...Luke Sheppard’s witty staging glitters with good ideas: lighting and video work from Howard Hudson and Luke Halls flood the stage with colour in line with Henry’s feelings; Mark Smith weaves sign language...
...Sheppard....
...(The foil is the likeable Luke Macfarlane.)...
...The latter was a seminal reference for Financial Times columnist Luke Edward Hall when considering the patterned tanks that feature in his new brand, Chateau Orlando....
...That’s not a huge surprise since it stars and is co-written by outspoken New York comic Billy Eichner, who broke through as a gonzo street interviewer....
...Follow Joy @joy_lo_dico Luke Edward Hall returns next week Follow @FTProperty on Twitter or @ft_houseandhome on Instagram to find out about our latest stories first...
...If you have a question for Luke about design and stylish living, email him at lukeedward.hall@ft.com....
...(Billy Nauman) Chart of the day We wrote a bit about China’s national emissions trading system on Friday just as the news broke....
...Set design, Josh Stovell at Saint Luke. Photographer’s assistants, Ivano Pagnussat, Charlotte Ellis and Rob Palmer. Stylist’s assistant, Ady Huq. Hair assistant, Yuri Kato....
...The American decorator Billy Baldwin was particularly good at achieving this....
...David Sheppard...
...Reece James and Luke Shaw shot high and wide from good positions. Their opponents launched stealthy counter-attacks through indefatigable players such as 20-year-old midfielder Billy Gilmour....
...On Thursday, Intercontinental Exchange confirmed it will be the venue for UK carbon allowances to start trading in 2021, the FT’s David Sheppard reported....
...Luke answers readers’ questions on design and stylish living every week....
...As the American decorator Billy Baldwin (another of my design heroes) said: “Be faithful to your own taste, because nothing you really like is ever out of style”....
...Luke Edward Hall All of my family live in England, so I’ve never had to consider sharing Christmas with anyone not in proximity to me....
...But Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is offering a film of Luke Sheppard’s live production of Jonathan Larson’s 1996 show (available in the UK only), reworking the story of Puccini’s La bohème to reflect...
...“It constitutes the clearest and most detailed road map to Big Energy that any of the majors have provided to this point,” said Luke Parker at Wood Mackenzie....
...Billy Nauman...
...Previous series have seen Gemma Arterton as a struggling Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot with James Purefoy as Billy Wilder, and a recreation of the Sex Pistols’ destruction of the broadcaster Bill Grundy...
...Billy Baldwin said, “Of all the country houses I’ve ever seen or known by photographs, the most beautiful of them all was hers.”...
...Director Luke Sheppard infuses an easy, matey panto spirit into his company of 10....
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