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...Harry Hill’s new musical (directed by Sean Foley) takes on the Roman circus of our day – the television talent show in all its excess – in the shape of TV colossus The X Factor....
...It also counts actors Michael Douglas and John Travolta, impresario Simon Cowell, Formula One driver Jenson Button and footballer John Terry among its clients....
...Sean Bidder, creative director of Vinyl Factory, says demand for such cross-disciplinary editions is buoyant and comes from all over the world....
...Cowell’s loopy, scattershot imagination is as compelling as ever....
...Ms Cole’s Geordie accent is said to have been a factor, though having a regional British accent never held back John Lennon or Sean Connery....
...Russell (Sean Gallagher), a Simon Cowell-esque TV entrepreneur, has turned up at the house of Tom (Philip Voss), a grizzled police chief, to the dismay of his wife Ellie (Paula Wilcox) and the amazement...
...sometimes prevail is the worthwhile theme of this gentle and nostalgic picture book, in which a cuddly lion decides to make his home in the local library. (3-7) THAT RABBIT BELONGS TO EMILY BROWN by Cressida Cowell...
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