Hints and tips:
...Old Friends was first mounted in 2022 as a one-off gala in honour of the incomparable Stephen Sondheim, the great composer and lyricist who died in 2021....
...With Toby Stephens swashbuckling around the globe as 007 and Martin Jarvis interjecting as the voice of Ian Fleming (not to mention Janie Dee as Moneypenny), this is a highly entertaining, ever-so-slightly...
...The main draw here is the razzle-dazzle, delivered by choreographer Stephen Mear, who fills the stage with sizzling jazzy routines, and the swoony crooning of Danny Mac as Bob (the Bing Crosby role)....
...The exchange marked the end of an arduous seven-year negotiation over the acquisition of Italian streetwear brand Fiorucci by Knickerbox founders Janie and Stephen Schaffer from the Japanese denim company...
...He added that the company was seeking to preserve Janie and Jack, “a strong brand that is poised to grow”....
..., in which former stars of the Broadway show Weismann’s Follies both reunite and face up to their ageing, followed by the Stephen Sondheim classic “I’m Still Here”, belted out with the composer’s characteristic...
...Peter Forbes as Buddy, all jovial chit-chat, reveals the torment of loving a woman who loves someone else; Philip Quast’s Ben drops his urbane façade mid-routine to collapse into a puddle of self-loathing; Janie...
...Stephen Unwin directs a prime cast: David Calder, Lesley Joseph, Nichola McAuliffe and Stephen Moore are all on form, give or take a too-hefty cockney accent....
...“Hats are quite an antidote to what’s going on in the world,” says Stephen Jones....
International Edition