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            Barnum – a Musical Life of the Great Showman
"There's a sucker born every minute," sings Michael Crawford as the showman P.T.Barnum
 
            Finalists line up in The Comptition
Love and rivallry play out in The Competition, a film about finalists in a piano contest
 
            British Theatre on a Winning Streak in New York
Amadeus and Piaf bag top Tony Awards in New York
 
            Swashbucklers: Defending Honour with Rapiers and Wit
The Swashbuckler portrayed a romantic, cinematic world of witty gallantry and honour
 
            JG Ballard's New Vision of America
Science poetry not science fiction is one critic's description of JG Ballard's new novel
 
            The story of Russian Jews told through one Family
The suffering of Russian Jews under the Nazis shocked Russian readers of Heavy Sand
 
            Robin Hood Rides Again
The aristocratic outlaw returns to Nottingham in a new, immersive production
 
            Time for Museums to Return their Treasures?
Should Western museums return important cultural objects to their countries of origin?
 
            Canada's Theatrical Soul on Show in Toronto
On Stage '81, the first Toronto theatre festival is the biggest ever held in North America
 
            Immersed in the Arts in Bath
Events and attractions of the 1981 Bath Festival