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EastEnders' Barry steps into Ronnie Barker's shoes

7:20am Monday 8th February 2010

As a child, Shaun Williamson used to go to school the day after a Porridge episode and recite the best lines to his friends, so you can understand why it didn't take him long to accept the role of Fletcher in the stage adaption of the classic sitcom.

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New Warehouse season set to thrill

8:20am Sunday 7th February 2010

An international playwriting festival, a comedy about a kinky guesthouse owner and an opera group with a difference are all coming to Warehouse Theatre over the next three months.

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Peppa Pig has a birthday to celebrate

12:24pm Friday 5th February 2010

Not content with dominating children's television ratings, Peppa Pig has taken to the stage in her first live show.

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Living the Dream at the Rose

12:00pm Friday 5th February 2010

Actor Oliver Chris was understandably cock-a-hoop when he got a call from Sir Peter Hall telling him he had made it into his cast for the Rose Theatre’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Petit's challenging cinematic vision

5:08pm Thursday 4th February 2010

In the late 1970s, Chris Petit was the editor of Time Out’s film section and, during an interview with Wim Wenders, managed to persuade the legendary director to back his debut feature, the acclaimed Radio On.

Lee Mead is Wilde about acting

4:59pm Thursday 4th February 2010

When Lee Mead donned Joseph’s technicolour dreamcoat for the last time in January 2009 after a sell out two-year run of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical, it would have been a fair guess that the star would move straight on to another all-singing, all-dancing West End extravaganza.

Mexico's finest examined

6:06pm Monday 1st February 2010

Frida Kahlo is one of Mexico's most famous artists and lived an extraordinary life.

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The magic of Marianne

9:50am Saturday 30th January 2010

In 1882, artist Marianne North donated her collection of 833 vibrant botanical and landscape paintings, that she created during her travels to 17 far-flung countries, including Sri Lanka, Jamaica and South Africa, to Kew Gardens.

Poet's year in haiku

9:53am Friday 29th January 2010

On January 1, 2005, Teddington poet Hamish Ironside set himself a tough task – to write a haiku every day for the entire year.

Prepare to be amazed

9:00am Friday 29th January 2010

If you saw Circus Of Horrors of New Wimbledon Theatre last month and thought that was amazing, wait until you see the Chinese State Circus next week.

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