CULTURE THE WIZARD OF OZ TV talent show winner Danielle Hope gives a likeably confident performance as Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s reworking of the famous film, whilst Edward Duly-Baker makes a laconic Tin Man in search of a heart. But it’s the tallest and smallest cast members who steal the acting honours in a visually spectacular musical with lavish sets and whirling projections which whisk Dorothy off to Oz. As her would-be nemesis, Hannah Waddingham’s green-faced, hooked-nose Wicked Witch of the West
ENTERTAINMENT
SEE THIS: Theatre swoops from the ceiling to deliver the most powerful new song of the evening. And, at ground level, a little West Highland White terrier proves an irresistible Toto – even though he’s reluctant to follow the revolving Brick Road in this critic-proof crowd-pleaser. LOUISE KINGSLEY
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» London Palladium, W1A 3AB (wizardofoztheatre. co.uk) Oxford Circus. Until Sep 17 (£25 - £62.50).
TNT online For more entertainment see tntmagazine.com/londonlife Danielle Hope stars as Dorothy
WORTH A LOOK Chris Goode’s viciously sardonic state-of-the-nation bulletin The Extremists is disguised as an absurd comedy
of manners (royalcourttheatre.com) » Mar 25.
Sloane Sq. £7
year of publication Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel To Kill •In its 50th Bromley South (ambassadortickets.com) Mar 21-26. £20.50-£28.50
A Mockingbird is adapted for stage » The Churchill Theatre, BR1 1HA
EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK
BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK
DIRT: THE FILTHY REALITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE
CCCP
No it’s not Kim and Aggie with a new series of How Clean Is Your House? but a serious exploration of everyday gunk. The exhibition introduces six very different places as a starting point for delving into our attitudes towards dirt including a street in Victorian
London, a 1800s hospital in Glasgow and a community in present day New Delhi. Highlights include paintings by Pieter de Hooch, John Snow’s ‘ghost map’ of cholera and contemporary works.
» Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd, NW1 2BE (wellcomecollection.org) Euston. Mar 24-Aug 31. Free
Keith Pattison; Friedrich Stark
A woman in Uttar Pradesh, India
Frederic Chaubin
JAMES MARTIN MASTERCLASS
(Taschen) MAR 25
James Martin
Photographer Frederic Chaubin presents “Cosmic Communist Constructions” which represent the fourth stage of Soviet architecture before the Eastern Bloc disintegrated.
(Collins) MAR 27
THE TROUBLED MAN
BOOK OF THE FARM
Henning Mankell
Henry Stephens
(Harvill Secker) MAR 24
(Batsford) MAR 24
The godfather of Swedish crime returns with his first Wallander novel for nearly a decade. This time Kurt investigates the death of retired naval officer and family friend Håkan von Enke.
Henry Stephen’s 19th-century farming ‘bible’ referred to on the BBC series Victorian Farm has been fully revised and edited by the programme’s presenter Alex Langlands.
TV chef “Sweet Baby” James Martin shows us how to master classic dishes such as the ultimate beef burger, perfect pies, a foolproof risotto and puddings to die for.
MORE EXHIBITIONS Sex, Drugstores And Rock & Roll: A History Of The Kings Road » Proud Chelsea, SW3 5XP
South
•A rare treat from the Spanish master is Pablo Picasso: Portrait Lithographs »
Kensington (proud.co.uk). Mar 23-May 8. Free
Alan Cristea
Gallery, W1S 3NU
Green Park (alancristea.com) Mar 24-Apr 21. Free
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