WorldPingPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh The fast-talking comic considers fraternity culture, gender discrimination and an unrequited crush in a cleverly engineered show From the outset, Olga Koch ’s show Fat Tom Cruise looks like it’s got something meaningful to say.
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WorldPingShe started standup at 17 playing ‘unsafe basements’ and braving revolting hecklers – and even worse headline acts. Now she writes for SNL and is giving Edinburgh a blast of her surreal comedy Comedy isn’t just a career for Bella Hull. It’s a compulsion.
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WorldPingPleasance Dome, Edinburgh Jacob Sparrow’s award-winning two-hander finds hope and humanity amid the prejudice and loss of the 1990s One of the highlights of the Edinburgh international festival is a revival of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, an era…
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Christopher Nolan's epic took $6.9 million from Imax-only previews before its Friday release, while Sony's superhero sequel pushed its 12-day total past $185 million.
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WorldPingThis multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing The cultural critic John Berger was still alive and kicking when he donated his literary archive – heaped boxes of letters and notepads, sketches and scripts – to the B…
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WorldPingSony’s blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” held onto the top spot at the mainland China box office during the Aug. 7–9 weekend, pulling in RMB196.6 million ($28.9 million) in its second full frame. The film has now amassed a cumulative total of $185.
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WorldPingRoyal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon This prequel to the TV series has one joust after another, spectacular stagecraft and plenty of modern resonance During the RSC’s 65 years, numerous Lears have lost their minds and frequent Caesars been…
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