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Matthew Bourne is one of the UK's most popular and successful choreographers and directors. He is the creator of the world's longest running ballet production (Swan Lake), a five-time Olivier Award winner and the only British director to have won Tony Awards for both Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical.听

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Edward Scissorhands is running at听London's Sadlers Wells theatre until Sunday 11th January and听tours across the UK in 2015.听

Contemporary English poet Wendy Cope joins Suzy to talk about her latest work "Life, Love And The Archers".

Life, Love and The Archers is out now published by Two Roads.

1. St Vincent

Director: Theodore Melfi
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Chris O'Dowd, Terrence Howard, Scott Adsit, Kimberly Quinn, Alyssa Ruland, Katharina Damm, Alexandra Fong

Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbour, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a penchant for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine - the race track, a strip club, and the local dive bar. Vincent helps Oliver grow to become a man, while Oliver begins to see in Vincent something that no one else is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart

St Vincent is out now rated 12A

2.Black Sea

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Michael Smiley, Jodie Whittaker, Karl Davies

A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumoured to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control onboard their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

Black Sea is rated 15

3. Get Santa

Director: Christopher Smith
Cast: Rafe Spall, Jim Broadbent

It's days before Christmas and reindeer are found running loose through the streets of London. Meanwhile an astonished 9 year-old Tom discovers Santa in the garden shed. He has crash landed while test driving his new sleigh and enlists Tom and his father Steve to help him get back to Lapland. But what happens when Santa is arrested and thrown into prison? Will Steve and Tom be able to break him out in time for Christmas?

Get Santa is rated U

Kate Saunders has just written a sequel to the much loved E Nesbitt classic "Five Children And It", called "Five Children On The Western Front".

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Five Children On The Western Front is out now, published by Faber And Faber.

1. Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Aaron Tveit and Catherine Tate are among a crack ensemble cast in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's darkly funny musical about the nine people who have tried (sometimes successfully) to kill American presidents.

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2. Mother Goose at the Hackney Empire

Hackney reclaims it's crown as the top panto in London as Clive Rowe returns after four years as the Dame.

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3. An Ideal Husband at the Chichester Festival Theatre

A revival of Oscar Wilde's other comedy from 1895 starring Patricia Routledge, Edward Fox, Jamie Glover and Jemma Redgrave.

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4. The Crucible at cinemas across the country

Last summer's Old Vic production starring Richard Armitage is getting screenings in 350 cinemas this Sunday.

The Christmas season is now upon us, and you can't escape it! The music's everywhere -听from the Radio 2 airwaves to the frozen turkey section of the supermaket and beyond. Choirs around the country are dusting off their books of carols and re-learning those tricky harmonies.

Here to talk about the art of seasonal song is author Andrew Gant.

Christmas Carols from Village Green to Church Choir by Andrew Gant is published by Profile Books.

Music journalist David Hepworth tells us what makes a Christmas song a classic!

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White Christmas tells the story of two ex-army friends as they team up with a pair of sisters to put on a show to save their former General's remote Vermont ski lodge that's fallen on hard times.

Two of the stars of the West End production, Wendi Peters and Tom Chambers join Suzy to get us in the festive mood!

White Christmas is at London's Dominion Theatre until 3rd January 2015

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