Mel Brooks’ hit show The Producers has been voted Best Musical at the Critics Circle Theatre Awards.

Paul Burrell, butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, today announced plans to take his one-man show to New York.

Comic Paul Merton had the last laugh tonight as he beat his TV sparring partner Angus Deayton to a top TV prize – then mocked him.

Ex-EastEnder Martine McCutcheon was today up for one of Britain’s top stage awards for her stint in West End show My Fair Lady.