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...that those ugly sentiments are not only still with us but are repeatedly pushed to the fore of the current culture wars is surely one reason for this ebullient staging (a co-production between the RSC and Wise...
...Wise Children — a talismanic work for her and the name of her company — combined Shakespearean plot twists with backflips and end-of-the-pier razzle-dazzle....
...The women stride to the fore here: Maclean’s wonderfully headstrong Bella; Crystal Condie’s wise, sharp-eyed pub landlady; Tredrea’s beautiful, blazingly spirited Lizzie; and Ellie-May Sheridan’s astute...
...What if Sarah Lucas is simply seeking joy?...
...The American actor, loved by many as the wise detective Lester Freamon in HBO’s The Wire and now 71, is taking a break from working on one of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic characters: the Fool in King Lear...
...There are lovely performances too from Rider, as Leo, a man buckling under his experience, Nicholas Day as the bemused rabbi, and Sue Kelvin as a worldly-wise landlady. ★★★☆☆ To February 3. arcolatheatre.com...
...The spoken dialogue is cut to a minimum (always wise), but a few morsels of the earlier material Bizet cut from the score are put back (not so wise). A second cast takes over from mid-May....
...And as someone who spends more time than feels wise sitting gloomily on cold station platforms awaiting a delayed late train, I’d love the option of an occasional earlier start....
...Hermès, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Gucci and Prada are all currently offering a version, while fans include Bella Hadid (seen in the buzziest current model, the Bubble (by Simon Miller), Julia Roberts and Sarah...
...The only real and grounded characters are Higgins’s wise mother (Sylvestra Le Touzel) and his sensible housekeeper (Penny Layden)....
...Sarah Lucas has been a colossus of the art world since the 1990s, and her work – witty, subversive, sexually provocative and squidgy – continues to inspire....
...But his performance brings a lump to your throat when he struggles to get through “Edelweiss” at the crucial, final concert, and there’s cracking work from Janis Kelly as the wise Mother Abbess who proves...
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...On his series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, he takes Sarah Jessica Parker to task for her habit of tipping only 20 per cent....
...Sarah Pennells, consumer finance specialist at Royal London, tells me one of the most popular questions people ask is “What’s actually in my pension?”...
...There is lovely quiet work too from Priyanga Burford as Florence’s wise, besotted friend Helen and Hugh Ross as her long-suffering husband....
...Nissan, which reports earnings for its full year on Thursday, had projected in February that sales of Chinese cars would fall 24 per cent volume-wise to just over 1mn in the 12 months to the end of March...
...The transition to net zero carbon emissions was never going to be an easy win for workers, writes our colleague Sarah O’Connor....
...Some in the industry, however, murmur that these government efforts are not enough, not just investment-wise but also because ministers could be even more forceful in their messaging....
...“He always wanted whatever a person was due, to get it, especially money-wise and especially for young black entertainers,” said singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson....
...And these are the events that change lives, that make us wise or fragile — that entirely remake us.” In a sense, the book turns the tables on scholarly works on Shakespeare....
...Takei himself, however, lights up the stage, playing Sammy’s wise, mischievous grandfather in the camp, and then the older Sammy in the modern-day scenes that bookend the story....
...But this is still a wise, witty show that celebrates the power of imagination and the collective strength of women, and it’s deftly delivered by a very good ensemble....
...So is it wise, as a writer, to restrict your fundamental means of expression?...
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