Kent Arts And Entertainment News

Slumdog Millionaire Treat for the Over 50s

All the critics say this is a film that should not be missed, it tugs at all the emotions and like movies from the 1940s and 1950s makes you want to stand up and cheer the hero on as he beats the system.  The action takes place in Mumbai, India on the set of the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire”.  The hero, 18 year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), the lowest of the low, achieves national fame by answering all the questions to return and answer one final question to become a millionaire.

Julian Lennon Coming To Terms

There is a very good article about Julian Lennon and his relationship with his father John on the Times On Line website.  The article relates to Julian lending memorabilia to the forthcoming Liverpool Exhibition though tells a great deal about Julian’s relationship with his father and Yoko Ono.

Bubbles Theatre Royal Margate

Bubbles is a brand new, full-on musical about two Englands: one, the post war land of decency, darts, honest money, the Mark Two Jaguar and fish and chips - already fading from memory and the other - the shiny, unfamiliar England, a new era. Which will rule the scrap yard?

Bubbles is showing at the Theatre Royal, Margate between the 16th and 17th June, starting at 7.30pm, you should contact the theatre direct for further details.

Folkestone Art Subsidised By Twenty Thousand Pounds A Painting

An article by Jonathan Griffin in Frieze Magazine dated September 2008 covering the Folkestone Triennial questions the reality of art saving Folkestone.  He asks the question, was the Triennial about art or advertising 200,000 sq feet of commercial space spread over some 80 buildings.  Griffin’s final perceptive remark “Art won’t save Folkestone.  I hope something does though -- something real, something solid.”

BBC Find Lost Hancock Soundtracks

There was a time when the BBC never bothered to record live radio and television shows or if they did, the VT tape was so expensive they recorded over previously taped programmes.  When television went on the air in 1952, there was a belief at the BBC that it would not last so many of the early classic shows were never recorded or archived until the 1970s and thousand of hours of broadcasting were lost.

The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of