Cape Town Opera’s production of Show Boat is a powerful commentary on race and rights — and you will feel its meaning anywhere in the world, writes Jo Kerrigan

She was not the lady most expected to be winning the Prince of Wales’s Stakes but The Fugue gave another reminder of how she must never be underestimated after receiving a Royal Ascot coronation in a record-breaking time yesterday.

A spectacular two days at the Breeders’ Cup for Europe was capped by two more winners on a Saturday night to remember for Ryan Moore.

The Fugue struck a blow for the fillies with an emphatic victory in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

ONE of the longest-running shows in both West End and Broadway history, Cats will arrive at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Aug 21.

I only took up cello because my mother failed at teaching me the piano, so, I asked to play a different instrument.

I’m a people person. If I wasn’t a performer, I’d be in sales.

Gary Barlow is to team up with the Military Wives and Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Classic Brit Awards next month.

Andrew Lloyd Webber said the hunt for a new lead in Jesus Christ Superstar would take the show back to its “roots”, after moving from the BBC to ITV.

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is to become a US TV star.

Godolphin unveiled a most exciting two-year-old prospect in the opening race at Newbury today.

John Gosden expects tomorrow’s Coral-Eclipse at Sandown to bring Dar Re Mi to her peak.

'Over the Rainbow' winner Danielle Hope has revealed that musical guru Andrew Lloyd Webber is not the "scary person" she imagined him to be.

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber won't do any more shows with the BBC.

Ten contestants were today hoping the public will rescue their dreams of playing Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of 'The Wizard Of Oz'.

THERE were lukewarm reviews for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies yesterday with some critics doubtful the long-awaited sequel to The Phantom Of The Opera will prove as successful as the original.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and stars of 'Love Never Dies' received a standing ovation at the world premiere of the stage musical.

WILL the magic of the Phantom strike twice for Andrew Lloyd Webber?

Musical supremo Andrew Lloyd Webber has joined the battle to save the historic Abbey Road studios, revealing he would like to buy it.

Andrew Lloyd Webber said he has been successfully treated for prostate cancer.

Andrew Lloyd Webber was rushed to hospital last night after developing a “chronic” infection.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it was revealed today.

ANDREW Lloyd Webber yesterday launched the long awaited sequel to the Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies.

Dar Re Mi just held Beach Bunny in a thrilling finish to the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.

2008 Epsom Oaks winner Look Here, multiple Group 1 winner Lush Lashes and the Lloyd Webber-owned Dar Re Mi are among the lineup for the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes taking place at the Curragh this Saturday.

Singing hopeful Jade Ewen was tonight chosen to represent the UK in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has ruled out composing “some silly nonsense song” for the UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entry.

Andrew Lloyd Webber said today he has accepted “mission impossible” as he attempts to win the Eurovision song contest for the UK.

A top British musical director and judge on the Canadian version of 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?' has been charged with assault in Toronto.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have penned a new tune for the West End revival of their stage musical 'Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is desperate to team up with Eminem for a new stage show.

Andrew Lloyd Webber will turn his back on reality TV later this year and return to composing hit musicals.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Weber is recovering after undergoing surgery on his eye yesterday.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has signed up for a TV show to find an unknown to fill to lead role in a new production of his Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat musical.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber joined a select group of stars from the film, stage and music worlds from Hollywood to Dollywood, Motown to Broadway, at the White House to receive recognition for a lifetime of achievement.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Sound Of Music opens in the West End tonight.

British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's art foundation has been granted permission to sell a valuable Pablo Picasso painting, after a German collector's ownership claim was dismissed in court.

A JUDGE yesterday ruled that a Picasso painting can be sold at auction, despite a claim that its former owner was forced to sell it to the Nazis.

A FORMER Rose of Tralee contestant yesterday revealed taking part in a television show in a bid to star as novice nun Maria in The Sound of Music on the West End was like a dream come true.

Scarlett Johansson’s starring role in a West End revival of The Sound Of Music fell through thanks to her team’s “ridiculous” demands, Andrew Lloyd Webber has claimed.

Graham Norton is hosting a new BBC Saturday night show to find an undiscovered star to win the role of Maria in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new West End stage production of The Sound of Music.

YOU’D never think so today but there was a time when Shannon and Garryowen were close allies! Legend has it that towards the end of the 19th century and for much of the 20th, Shannon were the junior partners and annually passed on the cream of their crop so that Garryowen could dominate the coveted Munster Senior Cup for years.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's beleaguered Broadway musical The Woman In White is facing the axe just three months after it opened following a steady decline in audiences.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End musical The Woman In White is to close, it was announced today.