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RAW, SMART AND DARK

This Season: for our theatre highlight, Emily Bobrow picks the British premiere of "Red Light Winter", a love triangle that's set in Amsterdam... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsEmily BobrowFINE & PERFORMING ARTSMarch/April 2012THIS SEASON

MAKE ME SMILE

In the first in our new series, Mood Music, Laura Barton chooses eight songs to lift you up ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsLaura BartonMarch/April 2012Mood MusicMUSIC

CATE BLANCHETT, THEATRE BOSS

Since 2008 Cate Blanchett has been running a theatre in Sydney with her husband, Andrew Upton. Now she is returning to Europe in an Australian production of a German play. She and Upton talk to Jo Lennan ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsFEATURESJo LennanMarch/April 2012

FLORENCE AND THE AMERICANS

This season: Olivia Weinberg welcomes the return of John Singer Sargent and the American impressionists to the Tuscan capital ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtArtsMarch/April 2012Olivia WeinbergTHIS SEASON

THE ROLES THAT GOT AWAY

What parts might Cate Blanchett have landed if she had been available for more than cameos over the past few years? David Thomson speculates... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsCate BlanchettDavid ThomsonMarch/April 2012

A VOTE FOR FASSBENDER

Many people were surprised that he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for "Shame", but Michael Fassbender's time will come. Isabel Lloyd picks his eight best roles ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsculturefilmIsabel LloydJanuary/February 2012The Visual CV

PUDDLES INTO RAINBOWS

A show not to miss: Isabel Lloyd picks ballet star Adam Cooper in "Singin' in the Rain" ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsIsabel LloydJanuary/February 2012theatreTHIS SEASON