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  It’s almost an inevitable question now, when you catch up with someone you’ve not been in touch with during the Covid-19 pandemic – What have you been up to during the lockdown? Pianist Finghin Collins, who is also artistic director of Music for Galway and the New Ross Piano Festival, has always presented himself as an easy-going, optimistic, forward-facing character, a former child prodigy who launched his international career by winning the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition at the age of 22 in 1999. But, even for him, the first lockdown last March was “very...

Dick Whittington, National Theatre at Home review - colourful and amiable entertainment | reviews, news & interviews Dick Whittington, National Theatre at Home review - colourful and amiable entertainment Dick Whittington, National Theatre at Home review - colourful and amiable entertainment Free stream of the NT's Covid-affected pantomime by Veronica LeeMonday, 11 January 2021 Lawrence Hodgson-Mullings as Dick WhittingtonThe Other Richard In a much-depleted and truncated pantomime season that withered on the vine, the National Theatre's debut production of Dick Whittington last...

THE State Emergency Service is asking Northern Rivers residents to be aware a floodwatch has been issued by the BOM.

31 December, 2020 — By Lucy Popescu Imelda Staunton in Looking a Lot Like Christmas. Photo: Marc Brenner DESPITE the depressing Covid restrictions on live theatre, there are some wonderful online treats to see in the New Year and beyond. The Donmar Warehouse’s celebratory Looking a Lot Like Christmas, filmed in St Paul’s in the heart of Covent Garden, affectionately known as The Actors’ Church, is glorious to watch. An hour of musical numbers, sketches and seasonal poetry, starring Jim Carter, Minnie Driver, Inua Ellams, Imelda Staunton, Giles Terera and others, the concer...

UpdatedThu, Dec 31, 2020 at 9:14 am ET Reply Retired Seaside Heights Police Capt. Gerald LaStella also was chief police instructor at the Ocean County Police Academy. (Shutterstock) SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ — Funeral services have been set for Jan. 4 and 5 for retired Seaside Heights Police Capt. Gerald LaStella, who died Christmas morning. The Seaside Heights Police Department said the viewing will be 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Jan. 4 at Ryan Home for Funerals on St. Catherine Boulevard, Toms River, with the funeral at 10 a.m. Jan. 5 at St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Church, Seaside Park. LaStella se...