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Mighty Mike flies back with the Manfreds

Mike D'Abo, second from left, with The Manfreds

11:05am Friday 3rd October 2008

Back in early 1966, chart-toppers Manfred Mann faced a dilemma, with lead singer Paul Jones eager to leave the band and the group urgently needing a replacement.

Falling in lust

8:51am Friday 3rd October 2008

Audiences be warned – Bolt Production’s staging of Lusting After Pipino’s Wife, a caustic comedy charting tangled love lives, has arrived at the Tabard Theatre.

Hogging the limelight

8:49am Friday 3rd October 2008

Pilot Theatre’s multi-award winning production of Lord of the Flies is embarking on its 10th anniversary tour and comes to Richmond Theatre from October 7-11.

David Gest visit on hold

9:13am Thursday 2nd October 2008

A musical comedy about David Gest’s life has been cancelled because he injured himself doing a back flip.

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A new fortnightly comedy club begins at Fairfield Halls this month, with eccentric British comedian Paul Foot - a finalist on US TV’s Last Comic Standing this year - opening it with a bang. GRAHAM MOODY talks to him about his success, setting a world record and Barry Manilow.

Teenager's not afraid of big break

6:21pm Monday 29th September 2008

There are some ghostly goings at the Polka, but that is not enough to frighten off Mitcham girl Patricia Thompson who is currently enjoying her big break in the theatre world.

Toby's happy with big screen translation

6:18pm Monday 29th September 2008

Turning a much-loved book into a blockbuster film is a trick that is not very easy to pull off. Cinema history is littered with examples of high-profile failures, including such horrors as The Bonfire of the Vanities and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. But is Toby Young happy with how the film of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, his best-selling account of time working at Vanity Fair in New York, has turned out?

Callow's hooked on Peter Pan

9:22am Thursday 25th September 2008

After starring in Aladdin in 2005, Simon Callow is heading back to Richmond Theatre for this year’s panto. The respected star of stage and screen will play the dastardly Captain Hook in Peter Pan. He spoke to Will Gore What is it about Peter Pan that draws you back to panto?

Doing things by the book

9:26am Thursday 25th September 2008

Jonathan Dimbleby, Sir Richard Attenborough and Gail Porter are just a few of the star names who will be appearing in Richmond’s annual literature festival next month.

Art on the outside

9:18am Thursday 25th September 2008

Seven years after Orleans House Gallery brought Outsider Art in from the margins with the groundbreaking Private Worlds exhibition, a new show at the gallery is continuing to showcase the very best work by an extraordinary group of artists.

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Northern Bank prosecution defended

Updated 9:38pm Friday 10th October 2008

The head of Northern Ireland's prosecution service has defended his decision to put Chris Ward in the dock over the £26.5 million Northern Bank robbery.

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