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The Guardian
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
A Matter of Life and Death review – movie classic resuscitated with songs
The propaganda brief for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger on A Matter of Life and Death was to come up with a film to help smooth postwar relations between Britain and the US. We could certainly do with a bit of that now, although to fix our current impasse would probably take more than a love affair between a fated British fighter pilot and a steely American radio operator. It is a metaphysical story in which the life of Peter Carter (Thomas Dennis in the David Niven role) hangs on a heavenly court case and the love of June (Kaylah Copeland), whom he meets only after falling from the skies without a parachute. If this stage adaptation does not explain why we should revisit a story so deeply rooted in an era of loss, grief and reconciliation, it is no less intelligent and ambitious for it. In a script loyal to the idiosyncratic original, writer and director Theresa Heskins makes one key intervention. Drawing on a large cast of actor-musicians, she punctuates the production with period songs, the better to capture the mood of melancholy and high spirits experienced by a generation stalked by death while being compelled to live in the moment. That, at least, is the theory. Under Akintayo Akinbode's musical direction, the players are more sombre than celebratory, the vocals are often muted and even In the Mood has a maudlin air. The songs, though, are well chosen. The sentiments of numbers such as Blue Skies and When the Lights Go On Again fit the story's theme of hope for better times. 'We kiss and the angels sing,' croons Polly Lister, reflecting the blend of earthly and heavenly. The director's fidelity to the movie includes its switches from Technicolor to monochrome. There is no naked Pan-like goatherd, but there is a foppish French revolutionary official (Michael Hugo) and a stairway to heaven ingeniously suggested by the illuminated spokes of Laura McEwen's rotating set. What is missing is a sense of purpose. It is a reverential adaptation that emulates the strangeness of the original without striking out with a similar boldness of its own. At the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme, until 19 April
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Northview High School bands holding fundraiser
BRAZIL, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – You can show your support to bands at a local high school with a fundraiser this weekend. Northview High School in Brazil will hold a Pops Concert and Chicken Noodle Dinner fundraiser on Sunday, March 9. Funds raised during the event will support the bands' operating budget. Food will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The menu includes chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, coleslaw, applesauce, homemade rolls and desserts. Concerts will be in the auditorium and floor performances will be in the gym. Concert bands perform at 12:30 p.m., gym performances are at 1:30 p.m. and the jazz band concerts are at 2:30 p.m. 'There's just a wide variety of music and performances that we have, so our concert bands are working on some musicals like 'Wicked' and 'West Side Story'. You've got the indoor groups that are performing on the floor with the guard and the percussion doing some really cool things. Then, the jazz bands are playing some classics like 'In the Mood',' said Dominic Thompson, Director of Bands at Northview. Pre-sale tickets are $10 and tickets at the door are $12. You can learn more about the event and getting tickets online here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rockstar Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin spotted in Herefordshire pub
ROCKSTAR Robert Plant has been spotted in a Herefordshire pub, posing for a picture with the landlord. The Led Zeppelin frontman visited the Tipsy Toad in Bromyard yesterday (March 1). Robert lives over the county border in Worcestershire and is originally from West Bromwich. Famed for songs including Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin rose to fame in the 1970s and became a household name. Since splitting in 1980, the band performed only a handful of concerts including at Live Aid in 1985 accompanied by Genesis drummer Phil Collins. ALSO READ: Decision on plans for new wine bar Dan the Dog statue to be unveiled Council to invest £2 million to help flooding Plant pursued a solo career with songs including Big Log and In the Mood, turning down opportunities to reunite with his former bandmates. Since 2019 his newest project Saving Grace, a low-key acoustic band, has toured the UK. The Tipsy Toad opened last year in the former Flower Power florists shop which dates from the early 17th century, next to the long-established Kings Arms pub in Bromyard's High Street.
