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# 100 reasons to be excited about 2011
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## Whether it's a new breed of 'edgy' period dramas, a Royal Wedding in 3D,
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some borrowed Leonardos or Take That on tour, we present the cultural gems
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guaranteed to make this year a good one
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![Green Hornet][1]
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Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet, with his trusty sidekick Kato (Jay Chou), in
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Michel Gondry's 'The Green Hornet' Photo: Jaimie Trueblood
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![The Hour][2]
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A British rival to 'Mad Men?' Ben Whishaw as Freddie in BBC One's Fifties-set
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drama, 'The Hour' Photo: BBC/Kudos Film & TV/Nick Wall
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![London 2012 Olympics: Jacquelin Magnay's Diary
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][3]
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Huge: Anish Kapoor's ArcelorMittal Orbit tower Photo: Arup
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![Boardwalk Empire][4]
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'Boardwalk Empire', a television drama produced by Martin Scorsese, is set in
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Prohibition-era Atlantic City Photo: HBO
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By Mike McCahill, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Louise Levene, John Allison, Tim
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Walker, Bernadette McNulty, Horatia Harrod, Alastair Smart, Tom Gockelen-
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Kozlowski and Alex Varley-Winter 4:18PM GMT 03 Jan 2011
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[Comments][5]
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**1** **Zen**
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Rufus Sewell stars in what looks set to become staple Sunday night fare:
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_Zen_, an adaptation of Michael Dibdin's best-selling Roman detective stories,
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begins on BBC One on January 2.
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**2 [The King's Speech][6] **
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This mesmerising, beautifully judged film - the story of the relationship
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between Australian actor-turned-speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush)
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and the stuttering King George VI, his reluctant pupil - is expected to sweep
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the boards at the Oscars in February (January 7).
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**3 [127 Hours][7]**
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## Related Articles
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* [Batman, the stage spectacular][8]
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03 Jan 2011
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* [Aron Ralston's story of survival][9]
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06 Jan 2011
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* [Rufus Sewell interview][10]
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03 Jan 2011
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* [Glee's true star: Jane Lynch][11]
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10 Jan 2011
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* [The King's Speech: the real story][12]
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05 Jan 2011
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* [Wrinkles have helped my acting career][13]
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13 Mar 2011
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The ubiquitous James Franco is gripping in the role of Aron Ralston, whose
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extreme hiking trip to a remote Utah canyon in 2003 almost cost him his life -
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and did cost him a limb - in Danny Boyle's supercharged (and occasionally
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grisly) film (January 7).
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**4 [True Grit][14]**
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The Coens head into remake territory again, corralling some heavyweight acting
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talent (Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin) for their take on the Charles
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Portis novel that inspired the 1969 John Wayne western. Has to be better than
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2004's _The Ladykillers_, surely (January 14).
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**5** **Infernal Dance - the music of Bartok **
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The Philharmonia Orchestra's latest blockbusting series,_ Infernal Dance_,
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promises to take us inside the world of the great Hungarian composer Bela
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Bartok. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts all the major works throughout Britain and
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Europe between January and November ([philharmonia.co.uk][15]).
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**6 [Black Swan][16] **
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Having celebrated the exertions of sweaty he-men in _The Wrestler_, it's time
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for a change of bodily emphasis for director Darren Aronofsky: Natalie Portman
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is the ballerina on the verge of a breakdown in his new, hallucinatory
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psychothriller (January 21).
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**7 The return of Glee **
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The clean-cut boys and girls of the world's favourite glee club reappear on
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our television screens in January (Channel 4). Even more thrillingly for
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gleeks around the nation, Finn, Rachel, Kurt et al. will be crossing the
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Atlantic for a series of live engagements in the summer (June 22-July 3,
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[gleetour.com][17]).
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**8 NEDS**
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It's been nine years since Scottish polymath Peter Mullan got behind the
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camera - but early word suggests this tale of Seventies Glasgow tearaways
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(Non-Educated Delinquents, according to the acronym of the title) is every bit
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as admirably scabrous as 2002's _The Magdalene Sisters_ (January 21).
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**9 The Children's Hour **
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Keira Knightley returns to the London stage after her promising debut in _The
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Misanthrope_. Lillian Hellman's 1934 work was considered controversial in its
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day because it was about two teachers accused by a pupil of having a lesbian
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relationship. Ian Rickson's Comedy Theatre production also stars Ellen Burstyn
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(January 22-April 2, [ambassadortickets.com][18], 0844 871 7622).
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**10 Modern British Sculpture **
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British modern art remains relatively undervalued, but the Royal Academy's
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winter exhibition aims to set the record straight. From the world of the late
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Victorians to the vitrines of Damien Hirst, this promises to be an engrossing
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survey of an underappreciated tradition (January 22-April 7,
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[royalacademy.org.uk][19], 0844 209 0051).
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**11 Roxy Music **
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Bryan Ferry leads the original line-up of enduring art rock rakes - bar Brian
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Eno - back on the road. Warm-up shows at summer festivals revealed there was
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plenty of life in the besuited old dogs yet, amid their trademark mix of
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soulfulness and surrealism (January 25 - February 7, [seetickets.com][20],
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08700 603 777).
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**12 Gustavo Dudamel conducts the LA Philharmonic**
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We once knew Dudamel as the brilliant young conductor of Venezuela's Simon
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Bolivar Youth Orchestra. We now know him as the brilliant young conductor of
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the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in London for two nights only to perform
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Beethoven's Seventh Symphony at the Barbican (January 27-28; 020 7638 8891;
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[barbican.org.uk][21]).
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**13 Clybourne Park**
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Bruce Norris's spiky dissection of liberalism and race in middle-class America
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was a hit at the Royal Court; it transfers to the Wyndhams Theatre from
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January 28-February 5 ([delfontmackintosh.co.uk][22]; 0844 482 5120).
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**14 Dulwich Picture Gallery's Bicentenary**
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The nation's first public art gallery celebrates its 200th birthday by
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borrowing a different monthly masterpiece, including Vermeer's _The Music
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Lesson _(March) and El Greco's _The Vision of Saint John_ (April;
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[dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk][23], 0208 695 5254).
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**15 NME Awards tour **
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The annual showcase of indie idols promises some excitement, for a change,
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this year. Dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man prove that speaker-wobbling
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basslines can carry a tune, while Crystal Castles' feral lead singer Alice
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Glass is compulsively watchable (February 3-19, [nme.com/tickets][24], 0871
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230 1094).
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**16 Rabbit Hole**
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Nicole Kidman is back on our cinema screens and, in case you'd forgotten, she
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can act. This is a wrenching, bleakly funny account of a couple trying to
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recover from the death of their son (February 4).
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**17 Now everyone can become an HBO bore**
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We all know an HBO Bore: the exhausted, heroic figure who's spent the past
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week watching box sets of _The Wire_ or _The Sopranos_, the guy or girl who
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corners you at a party to discuss the finer points of _Six Feet Under_ or
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repeat their favourite lines from _Curb Your Enthusiasm_. Even your most
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conventional male (_Entourage_) and female (_Sex and the City_) friends were
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not exempt from HBO-mania. All these people quivered with excitement when Sky
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announced that they'd bought the rights for five years' worth of HBO content,
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to air exclusively on Sky Atlantic. That means British viewers can watch HBO
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shows almost as soon as they air in the United States, without resorting to an
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illicit bit of middle-class downloading. In 2011 alone Sky Atlantic viewers
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will get the first glimpse of David 'The Wire' Simon's New Orleans-set drama
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_Treme_; Martin Scorsese's Prohibition-era look at Atlantic City, _Boardwalk
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Empire_ (above); the fantasy adventure _Game of Thrones_, with Sean Bean and
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Lena Headey; _Luck_, a horse racing drama with Dustin Hoffman; the Kate
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Winslet-starring remake of _Mildred Pierce_; and the brilliant Ted Danson-
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Jason Schwartzman comedy _Bored to Death_. Terrestrial viewers with an
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antipathy to the Murdoch Empire can always wait for the box sets.
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**18 [The Fighter][25]**
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This biopic of boxer 'Irish' Micky Ward has been Mark Wahlberg's pet project
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for the past seven years. Wahlberg and co-stars Christian Bale and Amy Adams
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have already attracted Oscars buzz for what promises to be a tough but moving
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crowd-pleaser (February 4).
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**19 Frankenstein **
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The National will attempt to breathe new life into the story of Dr
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Frankenstein and his monster, in a new adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel.
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Danny Boyle, the man behind _Slumdog Millionaire_, will direct; Benedict
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Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller will alternate in the roles of the monster
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and his creator (February 5-April 17, [nationaltheatre.org.uk][26], 020 7452
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3000).
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**20 The Wizard of Oz**
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Danielle Hope (Dorothy) and miniature Schnauzer 'Dangerous Dave' (Toto) won
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BBC One's talent show _Over the Rainbow_ last May; now they make their West
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End debuts alongside Michael Crawford (the Wizard), in Andrew Lloyd Webber's
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production of the 1939 musical at the Palladium (February 7-September 17,
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[wizardofozthemusical.com][27]; 0844 412 4655).
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**21 Awards shows**
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As a new year dawns, the most talented members of the film and music industry
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are busy writing their acceptance speeches and practising their 'I'm so happy
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for you' smiles in advance of the awards season. First up is the Golden Globes
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(January 16) a potentially spectacular night for British film _The King's
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Speech_, which leads the field with seven nominations. Next come the Grammy
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and Bafta ceremonies (both February 13) and then the grand finale, the Oscars,
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on February 27. Expect even more luviness than normal. For the first time
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since 1985, actors - Anne Hathaway and James Franco - instead of comics have
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been chosen to host the show.
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**22 A super year for superheroes **
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While Batman and Superman gather their strength for films slated for 2012, a
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whole cast of pretenders lay their claim to the superhero throne this year.
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Bringing a retro gloss to the genre are _Captain America: The First Avenger
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_(July 29), which is partly set in Forties Brooklyn (and filmed in
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Manchester), and_ X-Men: First Class_ (June 2), Matthew Vaughn's Sixties
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prequel to the first three_ X-Men _films. The unlikely figure of Seth Rogen
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takes on the guise of [_The Green Hornet _][28](January 14), a playboy
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publishing mogul with a lethal Asian sidekick, Kato (the original inspiration
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for the Kato of _Pink Panther_ fame), while the even more unlikely figure of
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Kenneth Branagh directs [_Thor _][29](April 29), a take on the Marvel comic
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books based on Norse mythology. Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds stars in [_The Green
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Lantern_][30] (June 17), which looks to bring a dash of suitably overblown
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theatrics and silliness to the superhero season. And on that theme, there's
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_Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark_ ([spidermanonbroadway.marvel.com][31]), Bono,
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the Edge and Julie Taymor's Broadway extravaganza - the most expensive musical
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in history - which, after many delays, is finally expected to open next month.
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**23 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg**
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Jacques Demy's stylish 1964 musical romance is given the theatrical treatment
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by the UK's best touring company, Kneehigh (Curve Leicester, February 11-26,
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West End in the spring; [umbrellasofcherbourg.com][32]).
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**24 The resurrection of Mel Gibson**
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Although his cameo in _The Hangover 2 _(May 27) was vetoed, apparently by his
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co-stars, Gibson takes the lead in loyal pal Jodie Foster's _The Beaver_
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(February 11). He plays a deeply troubled 'loser' who comes to rely on a
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charming cockney-accented hand puppet to communicate with the world.
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**25 Book-to-screen adaptations that work **
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Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan recreate the eerie
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melancholy of Kazuo Ishiguro's [_Never Let Me Go_][33] (February 11), Tilda
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Swinton tries to work out why her son became a high school shooter in _We Need
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to Talk About Kevin_, and Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy gets a Hollywood
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reboot from David Fincher: _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ stars Daniel
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Craig, Rooney Mara and Robin Wright (December 26).
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**26 EO Hoppe **
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OK, so he was German really, but we've long since claimed EO Hoppe as our own.
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The photographer took portraits of early-20th century luminaries such as Henry
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James, Vaslav Nijinsky and King George V (February 17-May 30;
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[npg.org.uk][34], 020 7306 0055).
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**27 Anna Nicole **
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Richard Thomas, co-creator of _Jerry Springer: The Opera_, has chosen another
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lovably lowbrow subject for this opera, which looks at the life and death of
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the late _Playboy_ Playmate Anna Nicole Smith (February 17-March 4;
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[roh.org.uk][35], 020 7304 4000).
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**28 The Mikado **
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Twenty-five years after its premiere, the ENO revives Jonathan Miller's take
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on Gilbert and Sullivan's _Mikado_, which transposes the action from the
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Orient to an English seaside hotel (February 26-March 11; [eno.org][36], 0871
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911 0200).
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**29 PJ Harvey **
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The thrill of Polly Jean Harvey is you never quite know what version of her
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you're going to get. From punky confrontation to choir-girl restraint, Harvey
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is a musical shape-shifter. Her live performances, though, are consistently
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thrilling (Troxy, London, February 27 and 28, [troxy.co.uk][37], 020 7790
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9000).
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**30 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland**
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The Royal Ballet's schedules are dominated by box office-friendly revivals,
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but in March comes the world premiere of a full-length version of Lewis
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Carroll's story created by Christopher Wheeldon. It features Sergei Polunin as
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the Knave of Hearts, Steven McRae as the Mad Hatter and Simon Russell Beale as
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the Duchess. There's a contemporary score by Joby Talbot and designs by Bob
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Crowley (March 2-15, [roh.org.uk][35], 020 7304 4000).
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**31 Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, British Museum**
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Proof that there's rather a lot more to the country than Taliban insurgency,
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this exhibition shall - via 200 loans from the National Museum in Kabul -
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consider ancient Afghanistan's role as a trading and cultural hub (March
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3-July 3; [britishmuseum.org][38], 020 7323 8181).
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**32 In a Forest, Dark and Deep**
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_Lost_ actor Matthew Fox makes his UK theatre debut playing opposite Olivia
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Williams in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's new play. LaBute is something
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of an acquired taste and this production, which he will direct himself at the
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Vaudeville Theatre, is billed as 'a dark comedy' (March 3-June 4,
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[nimaxtheatres.com][39], 0844 412 4663)
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**33 Justin Bieber **
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Bieber-fever grips the nation as the floppy-fringed teen idol arrives for his
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first British tour. The Canadian-born star will have just celebrated his 17th
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birthday, but his boyish charms will hopefully still be intact (March 4-24,
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[aeglive.co.uk][40]).
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**34 Anish Kapoor**
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For better or worse, it's getting nigh on impossible to ignore the Mumbai-born
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master of mirrors. He's just been named _GQ_'s Cultural Icon of 2010, and,
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following his much talked-about exhibitions in Kensington Gardens and the
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Royal Academy, in London, he's currently staging his first-ever shows in his
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homeland - to great fanfare. This year promises to be even busier than last,
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with a new exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery (March 5-June 5,
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[manchestergalleries.org][41]; 0161 235 8888), as well as a commission for
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Paris's Grand Palais, and the unveiling of his giant Orbit tower for London's
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Olympic Park.
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**35 Pop princesses **
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Who's the fairest of them all? With tours by Katy Perry (March 17-April 9,
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[katyperry.com][42]) and Kylie Minogue (March 25-April 12, [kylie.com][43])
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two top contenders will prove their credentials, while Britney Spears seeks to
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regain her tarnished crown with a new album in March.
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**36 Cause Celebre**
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Anne-Marie Duff won pretty much every award going, playing the title role in
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the National Theatre's _Saint Joan_ in 2007. This year she appears in Terence
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Rattigan's final play as Alma Rattenbury, who, in 1935, was put on trial with
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her 18-year-old lover for the murder of her husband (Old Vic, March 17-June
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11, [oldvictheatre.com][44]; 0844 871 7628).
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**37 The Most Incredible Thing**
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The key event of the contemporary dance year will be the final performance by
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the late Merce Cunningham's dance company, at the Barbican next autumn
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([barbican.org.uk][21], 020 7638 8891), but in the meantime there is always
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Javier de Frutos and the Pet Shop Boys who have composed an orchestral score
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for a full-evening work based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale,
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starring ex-Royal Ballet prince Ivan Putrov (March 17-26,
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[sadlerswells.com][45], 0844 412 4319).
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**38 [The Eagle][46]**
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Rosemary Sutcliff's beloved novel _The Eagle of the Ninth_ gets the big screen
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treatment in _Touching the Void_ director Kevin Macdonald's new film (March
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18). Channing Tatum stars as the Roman soldier searching for the standard lost
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by his father's legion in the wilds of northern England.
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**39 Betty Blue Eyes **
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At the Novello Theatre, the first original musical Sir Cameron Mackintosh has
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produced in 10 years. Based on Alan Bennett's _A Private Function_, it stars
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Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith, with Richard Eyre directing (March
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19-October 22, [delfontmackintosh.co.uk][22], 0844 482 5170)
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**40 Robin and Lucienne Day**
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The glamorous designer couple's beautifully crafted, low cost, post-war
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furniture and textiles make them the Welfare State equivalent of their
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American counterparts Charles and Ray Eames. Pallant House shows a selection
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of their light-hearted, thoroughly modern work from March 26 to June 26
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([pallant.org.uk][47]; 01243 774 557).
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**41 Intermezzo, Scottish Opera **
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Beleaguered it may be, but Scottish Opera is bravely staging Richard Strauss's
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rarely seen domestic drama, _Intermezzo_, which fictionalises the composer's
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volatile relationship with his wife ([scottishopera.org.uk][48], March
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26-April 2 at Theatre Royal, Glasgow; 0844 871 7647. April 7-9 at Festival
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Theatre, Edinburgh; 0131 529 6000).
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**42 Ghost The Musical **
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Undeterred by the mixed reviews he received for his stage adaptation of _The
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Lord of the Rings_, Matthew Warchus will have a go at turning the film _Ghost_
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into a musical; Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy play Sam and Molly (March
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28-May 14, [manchesteroperahouse.org.uk][49], 0844 847 2295).
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**43 The Who play Quadrophenia**
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After a critically acclaimed performance of their seminal album for the
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Teenage Cancer Trust last year, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are hoping to
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tour the show in spring.
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**44 The Cult of Beauty, V&A**
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A show about the flamboyant and bohemian Aesthetic Movement of the late-19th-
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century should offer an escapist tonic in these austere times. The Pre-
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Raphaelites, Oscar Wilde and William Morris all feature, darling (April 2-July
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17, [vam.ac.uk][50]; 020 7907 7073).
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**45 Hanna**
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The luminous Saoirse Ronan is reunited with director Joe Wright for this
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distinctly un-_Atonement_-like film about a 14-year-old trained assassin
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forced to go on the run. Think teen Jason Bourne (April 8).
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**46 U2**
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U2 will be releasing a new album this spring, before beginning their US tour
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in May. Their crown as 'biggest band in the world' currently appears
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undisputed.
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**47 Attack the Block **
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It's hoodies versus aliens - a cast-iron movie conceit - in the first feature
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from writer/director Joe Cornish, one half of 6 Music favourites Adam & Joe.
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This year's _Shaun of the Dead_, providing it isn't this year's _Scott
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Pilgrim_ (April 8).
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**48 The new iPad**
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Apple will be hoping to prove that its tablet computer is more than just a big
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iPhone when it unveils a new version, probably in the spring. The company has
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been coy about the details, as always, but our money is on a bigger screen and
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an extra camera.
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**49 Stravinsky 3D**
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Only seen twice before in Britain, Klaus Obermaier's menacing, light-streaked
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virtual take on _The Rite of Spring_ returns for two performances each at the
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Birmingham Symphony Hall (April 21, [thsh.co.uk][51]; 0121 780 3333) and the
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Southbank Centre (April 23, [southbankcentre.co.uk][52]; 0844 875 0073).
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**50 [Royal Wedding][53] in 3D**
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Don't worry if your invitation to Westminster Abbey got lost in the post, Kate
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and Will's big day could be the most realistic televised royal wedding ever
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if, as expected, it is broadcast in 3D.
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**51 Shrek: The Musical**
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Before U2's Spider-Man show appeared on the Broadway horizon, Sam Mendes'
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adaptation of the DreamWorks franchise was rumoured to be the most expensive
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theatrical production ever. We Brits will get the opportunity to witness the
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spectacle at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, with a cast that includes Amanda
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Holden and Richard Blackwood (from May 6, [shrekthemusical.co.uk][54]; 0844
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871 8810).
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**52 Abi Morgan pens the British 'Mad Men'**
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Along with the likes of Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies, Abi Morgan is a
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reason to be excited about British television. Up until now she's been known
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for crafting brilliant and minutely researched one-off dramas like _Sex
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Traffic_, _Tsunami: The Aftermath_ and_ Murder_. This year, however, she's
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behind what BBC Two is ambitiously billing as a British _Mad Men_: a six-part
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series called _The Hour_, set in a mid-Fifties London TV newsroom. There's a
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brilliant cast in place - Romola Garai, Dominic West and Ben Whishaw taking
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the leads - and if anyone can grapple with the complexities of social change
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in post-war Britain, it's Morgan. Also in the pipeline are three films she's
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scripted: _The Iron Lady_, her bound-to-be-controversial take on Falklands-era
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Margaret Thatcher, with Meryl Streep wielding the handbag; the long-awaited
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adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' _Birdsong_ (currently destined for a 2012
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release); and _Shame_, artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen's follow up to
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the award-winning Hunger.
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**53 A Delicate Balance **
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Nobody does angst quite like that great actress Penelope Wilton, and she will
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have every opportunity to demonstrate the skill in James Macdonald's
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production of Edward Albee's Pulitzer-winner about a group of strained middle-
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class suburbanites (May 5-July 2, [almeida.co.uk][55], 020 7359 4404).
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**54 John Cleese - The Alimony Tour **
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Astoundingly, Cleese has never toured Britain before but is set to take his
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Alimony Tour (a reference to his 2008 divorce settlement of £12million) around
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the country after successful runs in the United States and Canada (tour begins
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in Cambridge, May 6, and finishes in Bristol, June 21).
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**55 Polymath movie directors**
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Terry Gilliam takes on _The Damnation of Faust_ at the English National Opera
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(May 6-June 7, [eno.org][36]; 0871 911 0200); Mike Figgis gets his teeth into
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Donizetti's _Lucrezia Borgia_ (January 31-March 3), also at the ENO; and Mike
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Leigh directs his 1979 play _Ecstasy_ at the Hampstead Theatre (March 10-April
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9, [hampsteadtheatre.com][56]; 020 7722 9301).
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**56 Roger Waters tours The Wall **
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With communism well and truly collapsed, Pink Floyd's 1979 album _The Wall
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_may have lost some of its allegorical power but Waters' extensive new tour -
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which visits London, Manchester and Birmingham - is a thrill for Pink Floyd
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fans nonetheless (May 11-21; June 27-28, [livenation.co.uk][57]).
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**57 [Pirates of the Caribbean 4][58]**
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In a year of hardly pressing sequels (_Big Momma's House 3_, anyone?), the
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return of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow will doubtless be the most prominent and
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money-spinning. It's in 3D, too (May 18).
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**58 Tracey Emin, Hayward Gallery **
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Emin is so adept at self-publicity that her Hayward Gallery retrospective (May
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18-August 29, [southbankcentre.co.uk][52]) needs no more than a passing
|
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reference here. Likewise the gouache-painting collaborations with her idol,
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the late Louise Bourgeois, on show at Hauser & Wirth (February 18-March 12,
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[hauserwirth.com][59]; 020 7287 2300).
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**59 Die Meistersinger **
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Glyndebourne's season opens with its second-ever Wagner opera, his comedy _Die
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Meistersinger von Nurnberg_. Vladimir Jurowski conducts David McVicar's
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production, with Gerald Finley branching into new territory as Hans Sachs (May
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21-June 26, [glyndebourne.com][60]).
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**60 [Hay Festival][61] **
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Bill Clinton dubbed the Welsh literary festival (May 26-June 5) the 'Woodstock
|
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of the Mind'. A thrilling new sponsor (_The Telegraph_) and an expanded
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programme of worldwide literary events (from Cartagena to Zacatecas) should
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only heighten its reputation.
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**61 Take That **
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After the giant elephant of 2009's record-breaking _Circus_ tour, who knows
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what the manband - with Robbie Williams back in the fold - will come up with
|
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to wow their army of devoted fans? (May 27-July 9, [ticketmaster.co.uk][62],
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0844 847 2011)
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**62 Six knockout performances from Jessica Chastain **
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Looking like Jessica Rabbit made flesh, the red-haired, porcelain-skinned
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actress Jessica Chastain is set to be the breakaway star of 2011, not least
|
|
because she's got six films coming out this year. She's already had gushing
|
|
reviews for her role as the younger incarnation of Helen Mirren's Mossad agent
|
|
in thriller _The Debt _(February 11), and she plays Brad Pitt's wife in the
|
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director Terrence Malick's new film, _Tree of Life_ (May). You can also catch
|
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her in Ralph Fiennes' Shakespearian directorial debut, _Coriolanus_, and Al
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Pacino's _Wilde Salome_, where she plays the femme fatale who demands the head
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of John the Baptist in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play.
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**63 The anti-Downtons **
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Although it's verging on the treasonous to dislike newly-minted National
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Treasure Julian Fellowes' indulgent _Downton Abbey_ (which returns for a new
|
|
series), this year offers an alternative breed of period dramas to his cosy
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|
Sunday fare. Andrea Arnold, acclaimed for her grittily realistic take on
|
|
modern British society in _Red Road_ and _Fish Tank_, has directed a new
|
|
cinematic adaptation of _Wuthering Heights_. Kaya Scodelario of _Skins_ will
|
|
play Cathy to virtual unknown James Howson's Heathcliff; Howson will be the
|
|
first black actor to take the role on screen. Meanwhile, director Cary
|
|
Fukanaga takes on the work of another Bronte sister with his version of _Jane
|
|
Eyre_, which looks set to ramp up the Gothic machinations of the novel and
|
|
stars the intense Michael Fassbender (Mr Rochester) opposite the ethereal Mia
|
|
Wasikowska (Jane Eyre). On television, period drama stalwart Andrew Davies has
|
|
penned a three-part adaptation of Winifred Holtby's _South Riding_ for BBC
|
|
One, a raw and honest look at post-First World War, rural Britain.
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|
**64 Jerry Seinfeld **
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|
For the first time in 13 years, the iconic comic and actor - co-creator of
|
|
_Seinfeld_, if you hadn't worked that out - graces British shores with his
|
|
presence. It's one date only at the O2, so tickets will go fast (June 3,
|
|
[kililive.com][63]; 0844 856 0202).
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|
**65 Elton John **
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Last year saw Sir Elt gain plaudits from all quarters for his collaboration
|
|
with the legendary Blues pianist Leon Russell, and the 63 year-old will look
|
|
to maintain the high standard with a series of live dates in Britain. His UK
|
|
tour kicks off in Cardiff on June 8, or catch him in concert with
|
|
percussionist Ray Cooper at the Royal Opera House on Jan 28
|
|
([eltonjohn.com][64]).
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|
**66 The return of Pulp **
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|
Bum-wiggling social commentator Jarvis Cocker has rounded up his old band and
|
|
will show us what we've been missing with a series of large-scale concerts,
|
|
kicking off at the Isle of Wight Festival (June 11,
|
|
[isleofwightfestival.com][65]; 08444 999 955).
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|
**67-69 The Tates**
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|
As ever, an impressive panoply of shows is promised by that towering consortia
|
|
of national museums: the empire Tate's buildings. At Tate Britain, The
|
|
Vorticists looks at early 20th-century Britain's only true avant-garde (June
|
|
14-September 4); for its part, Tate Modern has Joan Miro, painter pre-eminent
|
|
of the whiskery, weird, fantastical pond-life of the mind (April 14-September
|
|
11); and Tate Liverpool looks at the many double-takes of Belgian surrealist
|
|
Rene Magritte (June 24-October 16, right), the inventor of such strange
|
|
phenomena as The Non-Existent Pipe, The Giant Apple and the Rainstorm of
|
|
Businessmen ([tate.org.uk][66]).
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|
**70 Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril, Courtauld Gallery **
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|
Jane Avril (above) was more than just the cancan girl of Toulouse-Lautrec's
|
|
posters, she was also one of his closest friends. The pair shared everything,
|
|
from a bed to a workplace (the Moulin Rouge), as this exhibition about their
|
|
relationship will show (June 16-September 18, [courtauld.ac.uk][67]; 020 7848
|
|
2526).
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|
**71 The Infernal Comedy **
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|
John Malkovich plays real-life Austrian serial killer, Jack Unterweg,
|
|
alongside two sopranos singing Baroque arias. 'Probably not a show to take a
|
|
person to on a first date,' says the Barbican's artistic director, Graham
|
|
Sheffield (June 17-18, [barbican.org.uk][21]; 020 7638 8891).
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|
**72 Adventurous animations**
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|
If you don't have a child, grab a friend's for what's shaping up to be the
|
|
best animated film of the year, _Rango_ (March 4), in which a chameleon
|
|
dressed like Hunter S Thompson and voiced by Johnny Depp tries to become a
|
|
Wild West lawman. In the absence of an entirely new Pixar movie, and with the
|
|
eagerly anticipated Muppets film delayed until Febrary 2012, we'll make do
|
|
with a series of superior sequels, in the form of _Kung Fu Panda 2_ (June 17),
|
|
_Cars 2_ (July 22) and _Happy Feet 2_ (December 2). A new Disney animation,
|
|
_Tangled_ (January 28, above), is a re-do of the Rapunzel story, while _Rio_
|
|
(April 8) concerns a small-town macaw causing chaos in Rio de Janeiro.
|
|
|
|
**73 Richard III, Old Vic**
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|
This might be a very cold winter of discontent, but be of good cheer: in May,
|
|
Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey work together again for the first time since both
|
|
bagged Oscars for 1999's _American Beauty_. The former directs the latter,
|
|
with Spacey in the title role (June 18-September 11, [oldvictheatre.com][44];
|
|
0844 871 7628).
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|
**74 Daft Punk **
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|
|
|
Long before the Stig gained notoriety, this French DJ duo proved that crash
|
|
helmets could be a hot fashion accessory. Having recorded the movie soundtrack
|
|
for _Tron: Legacy_ they are heavily tipped to announce an extensive world tour
|
|
this year.
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|
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|
**75 Treasures of Heaven**
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|
A morbid but must-see show at the British Museum. Its subject is the medieval
|
|
world of saint's relics and the rich but little-regarded art designed to house
|
|
these myriad fragments of sacred bone or hair. Some haunting objects will be
|
|
on display, including the birth amulet of a 13th-century Valois princess: an
|
|
amber-encased thorn from Christ's crown, as she believed it to be, for
|
|
clutching in her palm for blessing during the bloody labour of childbirth
|
|
(June 23-October 9, [britishmuseum.org][38], 020 7323 8181).
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|
**76 Two Boys **
|
|
|
|
Precocious American composer Nico Muhly may be the toast of New York, but
|
|
until now critics on our side of the pond haven't warmed to him. Will the
|
|
premiere of his first opera, inspired by a bizarre real-life crime hatched in
|
|
an internet chat room, change their minds? (ENO, June 24-July 8,
|
|
[eno.org][36]; 0871 911 0200).
|
|
|
|
**77 Queen's 40th anniversary**
|
|
|
|
Brian May's passion for the cosmos is almost as well known as his Charles II-
|
|
like hairstyle, but he's not the only one to have noticed that the stars have
|
|
aligned for Queen this year. Not only is it 40 years since Freddie Mercury
|
|
joined a band called Smile, changed their name to Queen and gave birth to one
|
|
of Britain's biggest rock acts, it's also 20 years this November since the
|
|
flamboyant star died after contracting Aids. To mark the anniversaries,
|
|
there'll be a film starring Sacha Baron Cohen and written by Peter Morgan
|
|
(_Frost/Nixon_, _The Queen_ and _The Deal_) plus an exhibition at the Old
|
|
Truman Brewery on Brick Lane (February 25-March 12, [trumanbrewery.com][68])
|
|
provocatively titled _Stormtroopers in Stilettos_, with memorabilia,
|
|
photographs and themed rooms. There'll also be a BBC documentary featuring May
|
|
and Roger Taylor, and - you can guarantee - many other special events.
|
|
|
|
**78 The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic**
|
|
|
|
The avant-garde superstar collaboration of the summer brings together the
|
|
Serbian-born 'godmother of performance art' with ethereal androgyne Antony
|
|
Hegarty (of Antony and the Johnsons) and craggy actor Willem Dafoe for a 'play
|
|
with songs' at the Manchester International Festival (July 9-16,
|
|
[mif.co.uk][69]; 0161 876 2198)
|
|
|
|
**79 Argerich at the Proms **
|
|
|
|
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Myung-Whun Chung appears at
|
|
the Proms in July with two programmes, including Beethoven's Triple Concerto.
|
|
|
|
**80 Kenneth Grange - Making Britain Modern**
|
|
|
|
Ever wondered what the AnglePoise lamp and high-speed Intercity trains have in
|
|
common? No, nor us. But the answer, all the same, is Kenneth Grange, arguably
|
|
Britain's leading product designer. He now gets a five-decade retrospective
|
|
(July 20-Oct 30, [designmuseum.org][70], 020 7940 8790).
|
|
|
|
**81 Batman Live **
|
|
|
|
With acrobatics, pyrotechnics, stuntmen, supervillains and screeching
|
|
Batmobiles on a 100ft-wide, 60ft-deep performance area, Batman Live promises
|
|
to be the theatrical spectacle of the year (July 20-October 8,
|
|
[batmanlive.com][71])
|
|
|
|
**82 The Mariinsky Ballet**
|
|
|
|
The Bolshoi's triumphant visit to Covent Garden last summer has set the bar
|
|
very high indeed for the Mariinsky Ballet, who return to the Royal Opera House
|
|
in July to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company's sensational first
|
|
visit, when they were lured to the West by Victor and Lilian Hochhauser. The
|
|
Hochhausers have scheduled a three-week season featuring the usual canny mix
|
|
of bankable classics (most notably _Don Quixote_) and less familiar work.
|
|
Don't miss Xander Parrish, a Cornish lad who ran away to Russia having tired
|
|
of languishing in the chorus with Royal Ballet and who now dances principal
|
|
roles: the first British dancer to be employed by the Mariinsky (July
|
|
25-August 13, [roh.org.uk][35], 020 7304 4004, booking opens April 5).
|
|
|
|
**83 The Edinburgh International Festival **
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|
This year the festival is to have a Far Eastern theme and features a visit by
|
|
the superb dancers of the National Ballet of China. They perform a ballet
|
|
version of the Chinese opera, _The Peony Pavillion_, the curious tale of a
|
|
girl who pines away after being deflowered in her sleep and who returns from
|
|
the grave to haunt the man of her dreams. The Eastern theme continues with the
|
|
Shanghai Peking Opera who bring _The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan_, a Chinese
|
|
reading of _Hamlet_ (August 12-September 4, [eif.co.uk][72], 0131 473 2000).
|
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|
**84 Spielberg's War Horse**
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|
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|
The National Theatre's play has been reducing grown men to tears since it
|
|
premiered in 2007; Steven Spielberg will bring the First World War story of a
|
|
boy and his horse to the big screen with fine British actors such as Emily
|
|
Watson and Benedict Cumberbatch (September 9).
|
|
|
|
**85 Mumford & Sons**
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|
|
|
Up for two Grammys in February, Marcus Mumford and co were the big band of
|
|
last year. Their second album is rumoured for an autumn release.
|
|
|
|
**86 A new King Lear**
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|
|
|
Tim Pigott-Smith, acclaimed for his performance as Kenneth Lay in Lucy
|
|
Prebble's musical _Enron_, takes on the mantle of King Lear at the West
|
|
Yorkshire Playhouse (September 22-October 22, [wyp.org.uk][73]; 0113 213
|
|
7700).
|
|
|
|
**87 The next teen thing**
|
|
|
|
As if life weren't hard enough for teenagers, two of their favourite film
|
|
franchises are winding down: the final Harry Potter - _The Deathly Hallows,
|
|
Part II _(July 15) - and the first part of the Twilight finale, _Breaking
|
|
Dawn_ (November 18). What might replace them? The alien-themed_ I Am Number
|
|
Four_ (February 18), a film based on the novel by James Frey is a definite
|
|
contender, as is _Red Riding Hood_ (April 15), a new spin on a classic fairy
|
|
tale by ex-Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.
|
|
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**88 New music**
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|
Marques Toliver, a Brooklyn-based singer/violinist, is straight out of the
|
|
Joanna Newsom school of odd combinations. With a soulful voice and great bow
|
|
skills, he is preparing a debut album for 2011. Then there's Heathers - a
|
|
female duo who look set to follow in the footsteps of Mumford & Sons. They
|
|
pack even more of a punch, however, and will bring their raucous live act over
|
|
from Ireland. There's also the gipsy-tinged sound of Jil is Lucky; Pete
|
|
Lawrie's mercilessly catchy pop-rock; and the dramatic Anna Calvi, who's
|
|
already toured with Nick Cave's Grinderman and released the grandiose single
|
|
_Jezebel_.
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|
|
|
**89 W.E.**
|
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|
|
Wannabe English dame, Madonna, revisits the scandal that surrounded the affair
|
|
between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in her second film as director;
|
|
hopefully the release date won't clash with the royal wedding.
|
|
|
|
**90 Scorsese and Spielberg go 3D**
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|
|
|
If you think that 3D is just a passing fad, well, Martin Scorsese and Steven
|
|
Spielberg would beg to differ: the veteran directors are both grappling with
|
|
the format in 2011. First up is Spielberg's Tintin movie, _The Secret of the
|
|
Unicorn_ (October 26), starring Jamie Bell as the intrepid, tufty-haired
|
|
reporter. Scorsese makes his first foray into children's films with _Hugo
|
|
Cabret_ (December), a turn-of-the-century Parisian tale of an orphan, his late
|
|
father and a collection of automata.
|
|
|
|
**91 Abbado at the Festival Hall **
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|
Claudio Abbado returns to the Festival Hall for the first time in over a
|
|
decade, bringing his Lucerne Festival Orchestra in October with two programmes
|
|
featuring Bruckner.
|
|
|
|
**92 The Mummers**
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|
|
|
The Mummers are a band for whom the past two years has seen jubilation,
|
|
tragedy and every emotion in between. Their 2009 debut, _Tale to Tell_, gained
|
|
the band critical praise, but their fairy-tale sound and spirit was soon
|
|
tragically overcome by events when keyboardist and arranger Mark Horwood
|
|
committed suicide. January sees the release of their first new material since
|
|
Horwood's death - the EP _Mink Hollow Road_. It returns to the fanciful
|
|
atmosphere of their early records but with added darkness and foreboding.
|
|
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|
**93 Chatty men**
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|
|
|
The weturn of Jonathan Ross, hosting a new chat show on ITV, should divide the
|
|
nation, while Piers Morgan - slipping on the red braces of Larry King -
|
|
befuddles our transatlantic cousins with his brand of televisual Marmite.
|
|
|
|
**94 Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan**
|
|
|
|
A blockbuster offering from the National Gallery. With a scholarly catalogue
|
|
most definitely not written by Dan Brown, the show will aim to decode the work
|
|
of Leonardo's Milanese period, when he was the not-so-humble servant of the
|
|
Sforza dynasty. The gallery has been trumpeting 'the most complete display of
|
|
Leonardo's rare surviving paintings ever held', and tantalising reference has
|
|
been made to 'sensational loans never before seen in the UK'. The billion-
|
|
dollar question is whether the Louvre will be lending its most famous, much-
|
|
in-need-of-a-clean portrait of a woman smiling, the _Mona Lisa_. According to
|
|
information obtained exclusively by _The Sunday Telegraph_ at the very highest
|
|
levels of French cultural bureaucracy, the answer is: 'Non' (November
|
|
9-February 5, [nationalgallery.org.uk][74], 020 7747 2885).
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**95 The Borgias**
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|
|
All the magic ingredients that made _Spartacus_ great - blood, sex, scenery
|
|
chewing - look to be redoubled for Showtime's new series, in which Jeremy
|
|
Irons is Rodrigo Borgia, padre of 'The Original Crime Family'.
|
|
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**96 Gamers' delights**
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This spring, the classy-looking _LA Noire _(PS3, Xbox 360) will transport
|
|
players into the world of a rookie police officer in Forties Los Angeles.
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Nintendo devotees, meanwhile, will get the _Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
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**97 Return of the Red Hot Chili Peppers**
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**98 Life's Too Short**
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Watson - is expected to put its Hollywood rival (Guy Ritchie's second Holmes
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feature film, due out in December) to shame. Matt Smith's re-energised_ Doctor
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Who_ will return in spring, while the Whovian spin-off _Torchwood_ will also
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reappear this year. Perhaps the most loved British dramas of recent times,
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