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Comedy on prescription: the NHS trial turning patients into stand-ups
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (151+ words) They are all taking part in a six-week "Comedy-on-Prescription" trial, which is designed to build the evidence base needed to show that prescribing stand-up lessons for patients with mild or moderate ... Save over 40% on Standard Digital Save now on essential…...
Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece Arcadia glows with historical, intellectual and sexual intrigue — review
2+ week, 1+ day ago (131+ words) The late playwright's tumbling, centuries-spanning exploration of the human condition is lovingly revived at the Old Vic ... Save over 40% on Standard Digital Save now on essential digital access to trusted FT journalism on any device. Savings based on monthly annualised…...
Hard Streets — Charlie Chaplin and the Lambeth boys made good
3+ week, 3+ day ago (235+ words) Hard Streets " Charlie Chaplin and the Lambeth boys made good'Financial Times Save over 40% on Standard Digital Save now on essential digital access to trusted FT journalism on any device. Savings based on monthly annualised price. - Stay informed with global news…...
No laughing matter as Lebanon goes after its comedians
3+ week, 5+ day ago (18+ words) Authorities crack down on stand-up as jokes about Jesus and period pads incense sectarian groups and prosecutors ......
Alan Ayckbourn: ‘I betrayed the audience’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (8+ words) Alan Ayckbourn: "I betrayed the audience'Financial Times...
Amandaland Christmas Special TV review — Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley reunite for feelgood festivities
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (82+ words) Amandaland saw Amanda forced to navigate her less affluent, post-divorce life in SoHa (South Harlesden). It softened Motherland "s spiky veneer, found sweetness in its slapstick, and became one of the ... Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality FT…...
Pillion review — charming, feelgood film about gay BDSM biker life
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (75+ words) Adapted from Adam Mars-Jones's novel, Harry Lighton's debut finds the comedy of domesticity in a lifestyle more often dressed in nightclub neon Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality FT journalism on any device. Cancel anytime during your trial....
The Horse of Jenin theatre review — a moving celebration of the spirit of ordinary people
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (82+ words) The horse was built from the rubble of the second intifada " including a piece of a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance attacked by the IDF, killing the doctor Khalil Suleiman. Similarly Shehada, ... Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality…...
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber reunite for dire Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (90+ words) Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas is not so much a whodunnit as a why-have-they-done-it. In the frame aren't the show's characters but its creators. Writers Humphrey Ker and David Reed, aka ... Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to…...
Porn Play theatre review — a funny, bleak take on a very unsexy addiction
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (84+ words) Her play is never sleazy, sensational or voyeuristic and it's often funny, depicting Ani's toe-curling encounters with a creepy MA student, a mansplainer at a therapy group, a self-righteous undergrad ... Then $75 per month. Complete digital access to quality FT journalism…...