Poe, A Life Cut Short by Peter Ackroyd, Jack Nicholson in The Bucket List
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
Speed The Plow
David Mamet's play written in 1988 explores the ruthless and banal world of the Hollywood producer, where money matters more than conscience. Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Spacy and Laura Michelle Kelly star in a new production at the Old Vic.
At the Old Vic, London until 26 April 2008
The Bucket List
Jack Nicholson and Morgan appear together for the first time in The Bucket List directed by Rob Reiner in which they play two terminally ill men who escape from a cancer ward determined to live their dreams before they die.
Poe, A Life Cut Short by Peter Ackroyd
The latest biography from Peter Ackroyd tells the life story of one of America's most famous writers Edgar Allen Poe, the author who was credited with pioneering the gothic genre, creating the first fictional detective and starting science fiction.
Poe, A Life Cut Short is published by Chatto and Windus
Pina Bausch at Sadlers Wells
Legendary dance choreography Pina Bausch at Sadlers Wells with The Rite of Spring and the autobiographical CafΓ© Mueller in which she herself dances, one of only two pieces in which she appears.
The Camden Town Group
The first major exhibition of the Camden Town Group for 20 years is at Tate Britain. The group included Walter Sickert, Spencer Gore, Harold Gilman and Robert Bevan. Founded in 1911, the group formed a radically innovative movement who provided a powerful portrait of a nation in transition.
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