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Eddie Izzard - taking over the world

8:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

Cross-dressing marathon-running comedian Eddie Izzard has sold out three nights on the south coast as part of his Force Majeure tour taking in 25 countries. Faith Eckersall looks at the man behind the huge success

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Being Tommy Cooper - Theatre Royal Winchester

1:13pm Friday 10th May 2013

Being Tommy Cooper, the story of the legendary comic, is at Theatre Royal Winchester tomorrow night. YOUR ENTERTAINMENT talks to its star Damian Williams about playing his hero...

Mr Controversial

9:30am Friday 3rd May 2013

ONE of the most brilliantly unpredictable comics in the country, he’s come all the way from the USA to spout his one-liners.

From the cobbles to treading the boards

4:40pm Friday 26th April 2013

A STAR-studded cast bring Rutherford & Son to Theatre Royal Winchester next week. The play is set in the Edwardian era of industrial expansion and social aspiration and explores the relationship between a tyrannical Northern factory-owner and his long-suffering family. The success of the family glassworks business takes precedence over all, and soon cracks appear in a household run on fear. As Rutherford’s patriarchal authority is challenged, family mutiny threatens to destroy his world and his factory, with catastrophic results. Expect a high-class production from director Sir Jonathan Miller, one of the world’s leading opera and theatre directors. It stars Coronation Street stars Wendi Peters and Kate Anthony. YOUR ENTERTAINMENT talked to Kate, who plays popular Aunty Pam Hobsworth in the soap....

Cheeky Boys!

1:37pm Friday 19th April 2013

IT’S been 16 years since a British film about six out of work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose took the world by storm.

Celebrated director flies into Nuffield

9:48am Tuesday 16th April 2013

ONE of the UK’s most hotly tipped directors brings Chekhov to life on the Nuffield stage this week.

Here Come The Girls

8:00am Saturday 13th April 2013

Long before TOWIE burst onto our screens, another Essex inspired show Birds of a Feather was a huge hit. Lorelei Reddin met up with stars Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke and Lesley Joseph

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A Hair-Raising Show

11:10am Friday 5th April 2013

WEST End and Broadway hit musical comedy Hairspray returns to The Mayflower for a two week run, as part of its latest UK and Ireland tour, on Tuesday.

Acting's not all plain sailing - sometimes it's carnage

10:59am Wednesday 20th February 2013

BEST known to audiences as Lynne Howard from the 80s TV hit Howards’ Way, Tracey Childs is currently appearing at Southampton’s Nuffield theatre. She stars as Veronique in God of Carnage, alongside Olivier Awardwinning actor Matthew Kelly. Here she tells Your Entertainment she’d love to remake the drama, set on the River Hamble, and is mad about Matthew Kelly...

From Phantom to Les Misrerables - Sir Cameron Mackintosh talks about his amazing career

8:51am Monday 11th February 2013

SIR Cameron Mackintosh dreamed a dream that his all-conquering musical would one day hit the silver screen.

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Our Man In The Mask

5:35pm Thursday 20th December 2012

Southampton’s Earl Carpenter talks to LORELEI REDDIN about reprising his role as the Phantom of the Opera ahead of the show’s four-week run at The Mayflower theatre

Rhod Gilbert - Piece of Cake for Hot Rhod

11:43am Friday 30th November 2012

TICKETS for your Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo tour are selling like hot cakes. What can fans expect from the show?

Guide for a Boxing Journey

11:47am Friday 16th November 2012

Bryony Lavery’s heart-wrenching and deeply human story Beautiful Burnout follows five young fighters as they aim for the bright lights, far from Glasgow’s grey streets. Julie Wilson Nimmo, who plays Carlotta in the show, talks to Your Entertainment before the show hits The Nuffield next week…

Josephine Tewson: A Question of Comedy

11:46am Wednesday 7th November 2012

STAR of screen and stage Josephine Tewson, best remembered as Hyacinth Bucket’s long-suffering neighbour Elizabeth in Keeping Up Appearances, brings her one woman show to Ashcroft Arts Centre in Fareham tomorrow. Josephine has starred in scores of television comedies ranging from The Two Ronnies to Shelley, Dick Emery to Clarence and collaborations with Charlie Drake to a long-running part in Last Of The Summer Wine. A RADA trained actress, Jo talks to LORELEI REDDIN about a wonderful theatrical and television career.