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Kunene And The King is a deeply human play… It’s fierce, funny and never cheesy  

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Kunene And The King Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon                    Until Apr 23, 1hr 45 mins Rating: Here’s an amazing encounter with two great actors in a terrific new play. It’s written by South Africa’s great theatre star, the 76-year-old John Kani, whose work on stage helped alert the … Read more

Valentina Lisitsa’s fine new box-set is a bargain for more than eleven hours of music

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Valentina Lisitsa’s fine new box-set featuring almost all of Tchaikovsky’s solo piano music is a bargain for more than eleven hours of music By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 April 2019 Valentina Lisitsa              Tchaikovsky: Complete Works For Solo Piano  … Read more

From Take That’s tour to Life Of Brian in cinemas and David Suchet on stage, 7 Unmissable Events

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7 Unmissable Events: From Take That’s tour to Life Of Brian back in cinemas and David Suchet on stage, Event picks the top things to see this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 13 April 2019 The Gig: Take That The trio … Read more

Event meets the UK’s biggest rock ‘n’ roll copycats

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A postie who moves like Jagger. A bewigged Blondie clone (called Debbie Harris!). And a teacher who soars to Wuthering Heights. Event meets the UK’s biggest rock ‘n’ roll copycats  The Bootleg Ball is rocking. Some of the UK’s finest tribute acts have descended on the southern seaside town of Bognor Regis to enjoy an … Read more

Tom Parker Bowles reviews Gloria in Shoreditch

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Gloria 54-56 Great Eastern St, London Rating: Gloria, a raucously flamboyant Shoreditch trattoria, doesn’t do things by halves. From the ivy-clad, pastel yellow-hued outside walls, flanked by chorus lines of succulent and herb-filled terracotta pots, to the lovely garrulous waiters clad in pink candy stripe jackets, the Neapolitan lounge-lizard low lighting and the throbbing house/disco/Eighties … Read more

Nicholas Lyndhurst reveals his sadness at the deaths of so many Only Fools And Horses co-stars

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For someone so famous, Nicholas Lyndhurst is remarkably shy. ‘You can hide in plain sight,’ says the co-star of Only Fools And Horses, still instantly recognisable as the hapless plonker Rodney, even after all these years. ‘It can be done. I get the train every day but I’m not bothered by anyone. I wear my … Read more

MC Beaton speaks to Event about her army of loyal fans and being called ‘cosy’

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Best-selling author MC Beaton is often described as the ‘queen of cosy crime’. Her army of devoted fans can’t get enough of the quirky, gently amusing mystery stories about her two beloved characters, Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin, whose battles with poisoned quiches and despicable dustmen have made her one of the top ten most … Read more

Pie Fidelity is a study of the nation’s favourite meals

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Pie Fidelity Pete Brown Particular Books, £16.99 Rating: ‘The British Empire was created as a by-product of generations of desperate Englishmen roaming the world in search of a decent meal.’ The American food writer Bill Marsano’s pithy summation of our culinary heritage is the mainspring for Pete Brown’s quest to discover and codify the nation’s … Read more