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Harry Potter TV series to be filmed in £1bn mini-city - complete with school and medical centre
Warner Bros are splashing out on a new mini-town to film their upcoming Harry Potter TV series - with a school and medical ...
Marvellous Moomins, the downfall of Dahl and David Attenborough’s Ocean – what to see, watch and read this week
Just under a week to go till our much-anticipated Moomin event in Bradford, celebrating 80 years of Tove Jansson’s magical ...
Giant: John Lithgow’s masterful turn explores Roald Dahl’s antisemitism – and wider questions about children’s literature
Giant (written by Mark Rosenblatt) is playing at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre until August 2. It features a masterly ...
Elaine Paige to star in new sitcom about retirement written by Hebburn creator
West End musical legend Elaine Paige is to star in a new sitcom - working title 'Take A Bow' - about retirement, which has ...
Elaine Paige: ‘I enjoy a good play – perhaps more than a musical’
The queen of the stages and Radio 2 presenter, 77, on slow starts, hitting the tennis court and staying impeccably dressed ...
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Giant, Harold Pinter Theatre review - incendiary Roald Dahl drama with topical bite
When Mark Rosenblatt was preparing his debut play, the miseries of the assault on Gaza were still over the horizon. Now they are here, another terrible moment in human history that resonates all ...
Time Out12d
The 10 best new London theatre openings in May 2025
From Sondheim’s final musical to start of open air theatre season, it’s all systems go for London theatre this month ...
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‘Giant’ Review: John Lithgow Is Incendiary in an Arresting Debut Play About Roald Dahl and Antisemitism
One summer’s day in 1983, with “The Witches” nearing publication, Dahl (John Lithgow) and his ex-mistress and soon-to-be-new-wife Felicity Crosland (Rachael Stirling) are hosting lunch for ...