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Rating: Verdict: Guns, not roses  As Oscar Wilde cheekily suggested, we Brits have everything in common with America nowadays 'except, of course, language'. I was therefore a little worried that Kevin Kline might drive a three-wheeled wagon through Noel Coward's quintessentially English comedy Present Laughter. Even so, I couldn't resist having a look at Kline's 2017 production of the play, in a live recording available on Broadway HD, an internet platform packed with tasty American shows and musicals. As it happens, I had nothing to fear. From the moment he provided the correct, Cowardian ...

Share 1964: This was taken when I was seven, in Kuching, Malaysia. I was born in Kuala Lumpur and my dad, who ran an import-export business, had been transferred there. I was sent to a prep school in England at the age of nine. I grew up wanting to be a vet, but I was too sentimental. But I fancied being an actress too, and I got into the Bristol Old Vic theatre school 1983: Things happened very quickly for me with acting. My screen break was the 1982 TV mini-series The Woman In White, then came hit British film Local Hero. I was marine researcher Marina [pictured], a mystical character. The ...

Updated / Thursday, 31 Dec 2020 09:20 As with everything else this year, the pandemic played havoc with the world of entertainment. However, it was both a curse and a blessing as 2020 proved a fascinating year for the business of show. Here's our 2020 revision  January  The late, great Larry The month got off to a tragic start with the worlds of media and entertainment mourning the passing of two broadcasting greats Following her sudden death at the age of 69, the nation remembered veteran RTÉ presenter Marian Finucane for her trailblazing feminist legacy and for being a "formidable,...

Noël Coward knew just “how potent cheap music is”, as he says in his play Private Lives, but he also understood the power of striking a pose. His sophisticated stage dialogue was always delivered in matching style. Now admirers of this towering talent – he was acknowledged in his day as “the Master” – will have the chance to see glamorous costumes, designs and props, along with letters and photographs gathered from his long career. A rare collection goes on show in London next month and will feature two of the flamboyant dressing gowns he wore on stage. â€�...

It's about time the work from home crowd rediscovered the art of the louche dressing gown Why settle for manky jogging bottoms when all along there has been a far nattier alternative? Noel Coward knew the merits of dressing well Credit: REX When social historians of the future come to write their accounts of this turbulent year, among the wealth of idiosyncratic detail – panic buying, masks, a surfeit of home-baked sourdough, PE with Joe –  the abrupt change in the nation’s dress code will surely compel their attention. Confined to home for months on end, visible only from the waist up...