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The Mighty Boosh's Julian Barratt takes the role of the dodgy mayor; Doon Mackichan, of Smack The Pony fame, is his wife; while the stranger in town is played by Kyle Soller as seen in the Young Vic's The Glass Menagerie.

This week's new theatre 2011

There's plenty to look forward to in the Young Vic's new production of Nikolai Gogol's comic, always timely, Russian masterpiece.

This week's new theatre 2011

"Vic's got a funny story about how actually music did help him through once," he says, lapsing absently into the present tense.

Kurt Wagner on Lambchop, Nashville – and being seen as a redneck 2012

There's plenty to look forward to in the Young Vic's new production of Nikolai Gogol's comic, always timely, Russian masterpiece.

This week's new theatre 2011

But Mr. Spacey not only has Gaddafi, Mubarak, Sadam Hussein and the others to emulate, he has the memories of performances by the Old Vic's own Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen and Antony Sher to contend with.

Kevin Spacey Is the Perfect 'Richard III' Paul Levy 2011

The author was first nurtured by the Old Vic's New Voices scheme, and then as a writer-on-attachment at Chichester Festival.

This week's new theatre 2011

I am not enamored of this rather dreary poolside dining room, with its adjacent tiny Trader Vic's Bar a sad sight with my memories of the full-bore Trader's eatery which once resided at the hotel when Merv Griffin owned the hostelry, although I was greeted by Chai Rojana, who had been manager of the eatery in its better days and was still here.

Jay Weston: Beverly Hills Breakfasts Are... Different Jay Weston 2011

Clockwise from top left: Richard Chai; Issa; Stella McCartney; Suno; Givenchy; Proenza Schouler Before there was Trader Vic's, "South Pacific" and sunburned tourists sporting hibiscus prints anywhere the sun shines, there was simply Hawaii.

Endless Summer 2012

I am not enamored of this rather dreary poolside dining room, with its adjacent tiny Trader Vic's Bar a sad sight with my memories of the full-bore Trader's eatery which once resided at the hotel when Merv Griffin owned the hostelry, although I was greeted by Chai Rojana, who had been manager of the eatery in its better days and was still here.

Jay Weston: Beverly Hills Breakfasts Are... Different Jay Weston 2011

This year the project, directed by Sam Mendes, is putting all its efforts into one production: Richard III, starring the Old Vic's artistic director Kevin Spacey.

This week's new theatre 2011