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Comedy-drama contrasting a British girl and an American superstar

Superb live-film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic masterpiece

a story that’s compiled with sufficient skill to be worth a visit.

Fun retelling of Noah’s Ark for very young children

Superb drama of growing pains and sexual confusion

This pair of stylistically different but equally affecting 50 minute pieces by Christopher Reid are well-pitched to straddle the interface between poetry and drama. The first, Scatterings, is an ode to a middle-aged man’s late wife. Tender and mournful, its poignancy is somehow elevated by an absence of rage. Robert Bathurst has just the right sonorous tones for the part, and when Rebecca Johnson joins him to enact reminiscences from a holiday in Crete, or later hospital episodes (there’s a ...

Flavourless drama about art and country living

Frances Barber shines in a romping musical showcase

Warm-hearted tale of seaside love and ambitions.

Compassionate exploration of gay male body issues