It’s 25 years since Morrissey, his quiff intact, emerged from the wreckage of The Smiths with his first solo album, 1988’s Viva Hate. To celebrate, the singer has released a live concert film, Morrissey 25: Live, which documents a recent, intimate show in his adopted home town of Los Angeles.

Leading writers were today given a second chance to win a Booker prize with a special award commemorating works which “fell through the net” in 1970.

The curtain will come down early on West End show 'Prick Up Your Ears' after box office sales dwindled following Matt Lucas’s withdrawal, producers announced today.

COMEDIAN Matt Lucas has pulled out of a West End play after his ex-partner killed himself, reportedly hours after posting a message on Facebook saying “Kevin McGee thinks that death is much better than life”.

Comedy actor Mathew Horne apparently collapsed on stage during a performance of 'Entertaining Mr Sloane' today.

An acclaimed actress has quit a New York play, claiming co-star Alec Baldwin threw temper tantrums and punched a hole in a dressing-room wall.