Mark Strong, SJ Watson, Heida Reed and Jack Farthing
Claudia Winkleman interviews Mark Strong, who is starring in A View From The Bridge, SJ Watson on his novel Second Life and stars of Poldark Heida Reed and Jack Farthing.
Claudia Winkleman interviews Mark Strong who's starring in "A View From The Bridge" and NT Live, SJ Watson on his novel "Second Life", author Joseph Connolly about his novel "Style" and stars of Poldark Heida Reed & Jack Farthing. Theatre critic Ed Seckerson on musicals, Film critic Camilla Long on this week's film releases. Plus, Paul Sexton interviews Florida Georgia Line on this weekend's Country 2 Country Festival at The O2.
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Huey Lewis and the News
The Power Of Love
- Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
- Chrysalis.
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David Bowie
Oh! You Pretty Things
- David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
- EMI.
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Van Morrison & Michael Bublé
Real Real Gone
- Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue.
- RCA.
- 001.
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Eurythmics
Right By Your Side
- Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Bee Gees
Nights On Broadway
- Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
- Polydor.
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Mark Knopfler
Beryl
- (CD Single).
- Universal.
- 001.
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Michael Jackson
Rock With You
- Michael Jackson - History.
- Epic.
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Badfinger
Come & Get It
- Magic Christian Music By Badfinger.
- Apple.
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Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin
Style
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Florida Georgia Line
Sippin' On Fire
- Anything Goes (Deluxe).
- Big Machine Records.
- 6.
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Florida Georgia Line & Nelly
Cruise
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Blondie
The Tide Is High
- Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
- EMI.
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Jennifer Lopez
Ain't It Funny
- (CD Single).
- Epic/Sony.
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The Rolling Stones
Honky Tonk Women
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
Mark Strong
S J Watson
Ed Seckerson with Theatre News
Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation, with countless classics such as "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman", "Take Good Care of my Baby", "You’ve Got a Friend", "So Far Away", "It Might As Well Rain Until September", "Up on the Roof" and "Locomotion".
Made In Dagenham – Adelphi Theatre – closes April 11th
Inspired by a true story and based on the hit movie, Made in Dagenham is the uplifting new West End musical comedy about friendship, love and the importance of fighting for what is right. Essex 1968. Like millions of other working women, each morning Rita O’Grady is just trying to get her husband out of bed, get the kids off to school and get to work at the factory on time. But life is about to change forever when it’s announced that the girls in the stitching room of Ford’s Dagenham car plant will have their pay grade dropped to ‘unskilled’. Quickly drawing on a strength she never knew she had, Rita leads her friends in a battle against the might of Ford and the corruption of the Union supposed to protect them. As the girls’ inspiring journey gets bigger than anyone could have imagined, the pressure is too much for some, but can Rita keep up the fight and the happy home she’s worked so hard for?
Memphis The Musical – Shaftesbury TheatreÂ
Direct from its smash hit Broadway run and a triumphant 55-city North American tour, the multi award-winning musical MEMPHIS is set to be London’s hottest new destination! In the underground nightclubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, the soul of a new era is dawning as the first incredible sounds of rock ‘n’ roll, blues and gospel are emerging into the mainstream.Falling in love with a beautiful club singer, one young man’s vision to bring her voice and her music out of the clubs and onto the airwaves of America will fly in the face of cultural divides and spark a music revolution that will shake the world.
Gypsy –  Savoy Theatre – Opens 28th March
This colourful show tells the story of Gypsy Rose Lee, one of America's most famous Burlesque strip artistes from the 1920s. Everything's Coming Up Roses one of the hit songs, could not be further from the truth as Rose takes us on the tortuous journey from childhood ambition to final stardom for her much loved daughter and the enormous sacrifices on the way
Bend It Like Beckham –  Phoenix Theatre – Opens 15th May
Written by Paul Mayeda Berges and Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham (film), Bride and Prejudice). The original score is an East-West fusion of Bhangra and soaring joyous melodies with music by Howard Goodall (Love Story, The Hired Man) and lyrics by Charles Hart (Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Love Never Dies). Pioneer of British Bhangra sound, composer and performer Kuljit Bhamra has collaborated with Howard Goodall to create a truly unique cultural blend of musical theatre.
Kinky Boots – Adelphi Theatre – Opens 21st August
Inspired by a true story and based on the Miramax film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, Kinky Boots tells the story of Charlie Price who has reluctantly inherited his father's Northampton shoe factory. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save the family business from bankruptcy, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola. A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he's meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible... and discovers that when you change your mind, you can change the world.
Heida Reed and Jack Farthing
Joseph Connolly
"Style" by Joseph Connolly is out now and published by Quercus.
Camilla Long with the film review
Director: Â Richard Glatzer, Wash WestmorelandStarring: Â Julianne Moore, Alex Baldwin, Kristen Stewart
Synopsis: Â Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
Still Alice is out now and Rated 12A
2. WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD
Director: Â Gregg ArakiStarring: Â Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Thomas Jane, Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez
Synopsis: In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears
White Bird In A Blizzard is out now and Rated 15
3. CHAPPIE
Director:  Neill Blomkamp Starring:  Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley
Synopsis: Â In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. But now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. Â As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind
Chappie is out now and Rated 15
PRIDE – DVD & BluRay
Director: Â Â Matthew WarchusStarring: Â Â Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West
Synopsis: Â U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Pride is out on DVD & BluRay now and Rated 15
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