PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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JAMES WALSH is relieved to see that Dolly Partonomics hold good in the present day
WHEN MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN WERE SECRETARIES: the cast of 9-5 at The Polish Theatre Hammersmith
[Phil Conran]
LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
9-5: The Musical
The Polish Theatre, London
A LINGERING life regret: passing up the opportunity to go to Dollywood, the Dolly Parton-themed attraction in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains.
Driving past the gates, thinking: what madness lies within there? Plastic surgery seminars? Malfunctioning animatronic country singers? Roller-coasters with two enormous humps? I suppose we will never know.
Dolly inhabits a larger-than-life position in the US “self-made” psyche, but she’s one of the good ones: when the revolution comes, we will need to renationalise Parton.
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