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Little victories

LET BATTLE COMMENCE: James Hedley, second left, in a scene from the stage version of The Hobbit

12:11pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Viv Hardwick talks to Washington actor James Hedley about the stage tour of The Hobbit.

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Green Zone (15)

11:54am Thursday 11th March 2010

Stars: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleason, Jason Isaacs, Khalid Abdalla.

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Enjoy, Newcastle Theatre Royal

12:09pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

PLAYWRIGHT Alan Bennett can claim to be ahead of his time with the premise of a back-to-back street in Leeds being moved brick-by-brick to an open-air museum site. The idea didn’t thrill critics in 1980, but he now points to Beamish Museum as being developed exactly along those lines.

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The Woman in Black, Darlington Civic Theatre

12:10pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

THERE’S definitely something about a ghost story that makes it an ideal live experience.

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High Force Hotel, Forest-in-Teesdale

12:12pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

CLEANLINESS is next to godliness. We were taught as much as bairns, though it didn’t explain why we landed home filthy every night. Perhaps, come to think, it explains everything.

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The Shouting Men, The Empire, Newcastle (15)

11:01am Monday 8th March 2010

PRIOR to the London premier of The Shouting Men, Warren Llambias, co-writer, producer and star of the movie, was quoted as saying to sports writers: “I know you all hate my dad, but come and see the film in any case.”

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Magic moments

11:18am Monday 8th March 2010

Magician Matthew Dowden turned his back on the law to take up a stage career. But he’s not averse to a spot of ‘theft’, he tells Steve Pratt.

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Mantle of genius

11:40am Thursday 4th March 2010

Comedy magic legend Tommy Cooper has been brought back to life by actor Clive Mantle, who tells Viv Hardwick why he’s been waiting ten years for his chance at the role.

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Alice In Wonderland (PG)

11:20am Thursday 4th March 2010

THE word Disney is in front of the title, which may confuse those who thought it was Lewis Carroll who wrote the Alice In Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass stories.