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Katherine Kingsley as Dusty Springfield. Credit: Johan Persson.

Dusty

Fifty years after her 1960s heyday, Dusty Springfield remains one of Britain’s best loved and most successful singers, with a place in both the US Rock and Roll and UK Music Halls of Fame. But while her breathy, soulful voice may be instantly...

Photography by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

Mamma Mia

It’s more than 10 years ago since I first saw Mamma Mia! and I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen it on stage, at cinema and on TV since then. But as the band strikes its first note, ABBA’s feel-good, disco beats hook me right back in...

Legally Blonde

It’s pink, fluffy and even has two puppies – Legally Blonde is as sweet and light as candy-floss, and OMG, you guys, this is the last week of the tour! It’s 11 years since we first met Elle Wood, the pink princess turned legal eagle, in the 2007...

Clare Barrett and Steve Blount in Minding Frankie Credit Adrian Langtry

Minding Frankie

When we meet Noel Lynch he looks like your average 50-something man, but like novelist, Maeve Binchy who created him, he’s a born storyteller. And as he takes us back 25 years, we are about to find out, all is not always as it seems. Noel rewinds to...

Maxine Peake as Winnie. Credit: Johan Persson.

Happy Days

Making Maxine Peake an Associate Artist of the Royal Exchange has enabled a growing creative partnership with Artistic Director, Sarah Frankcom, in which both actor and director are given freedom to explore the boundaries of their disciplines. After...