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Another Vine mess

1:07pm Friday 5th September 2008

Named by the Times as one of its fifty finest comedians and star of BBC1’s Not Going Out, Tim Vine has enjoyed a meteoric rise, writes James Rampton

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What the Dickens is going on?

12:53pm Friday 5th September 2008

Despite having learnt thousands upon thousands of lines in his career, Ron Moody doesn’t have the best of memories.

If the Edinburgh Festival is Christmas Day, with new shows being unwrapped and presented by the hour, then September onwards is one long Boxing Day, when we all get to play with these new toys and eventually get bored with them, by which time it’s August again.

Leatherhead Theatre's bright future

11:33am Friday 5th September 2008

Leatherhead Theatre is preparing for an exciting new season under the leadership of new artistic director Simon Fielder. Shows include a musical extravaganza Rolling Back the Years (October 14), featuring tributes to Buddy Holly, Frank Sinatra and many more much-loved stars and a concert by the African Children’s Choir (October 1).

Capturing the puzzle of life on film

11:15am Friday 5th September 2008

Pete Millson used to want to be a rock star, until he got his first camera. Now he says his photography is about as far from as rock and roll as you can get. Find out more about his new exhibition in Crouch End.

Doctor Who regenerates in to The Mikado

10:06am Friday 5th September 2008

Former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy is taking on the starring role in Carl Rosa Opera’s production of The Mikado which opens Richmond Theatre’s autumn season on Tuesday.

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The flowers smell good at horticultural show

4:59pm Thursday 4th September 2008

Hampstead Garden Suburb Horticultural Society's flower show this weekend will provide a taste of countryside living in London.

Daniels and co roll back the years

3:36pm Thursday 4th September 2008

In a world where stardom is as fickle as a flame in the wind, the cast of the Best of British variety tour is a breath of fresh air.

History brought to life at Battle of Britain weekend

12:15pm Thursday 4th September 2008

Two classic films about the Blitz, starring Michael Caine and Kevin Moore, will be shown at this year's Battle of Britain weekend.

Unknowns take the stage

4:52pm Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Two unknown actors took to the stage last week after Kingston’s Rose Theatre made two parts available in its latest production.

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Taking Bloomsbury to the country

3:06pm Monday 1st September 2008

The Bloomsbury Group was a set of free-thinking writers, artists and intellectuals, at their height in the Twenties and Thirties. A Radlett Art Society talk will discuss them and the beautifully-decorated farmhouse in East Sussex where many of them stayed.

The mystery of memories

2:55pm Monday 1st September 2008

A new play devised by Theatre DaCapo explores memory, inspired by the real-life case of a woman written about in a case study by neurologist Oliver Sacks.