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Theatre - Mark Benton takes the Travolta role in Hairspray

IT WOULD even take Waterloo Road's Maths teacher Chalky some time to add up all the TV appearances his alter ego Mark Benton has made over the years.

Rab C's creator has another novel idea

RAB C Nesbitt you will have heard of.

Mikey North -why would I ever want to leave Corrie?

SHOULD Homeland casting agents ever wish to hire a younger brother for redhead Damian Lewis, then Coronation Street actor Mikey North is keen to be considered.

PAUL GREENWOOD'S MOVIE REVIEWS - Olympus Has Fallen, Evil Dead, Rebellion, Love Is All You Need

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (15, 120 mins)

CLUBBING - Join the mob at St Jude's

SAINT Jude's basement is the setting for Flash Mob's latest offering.

To be Frank...

HE'S made the step up from small clubs to playing arenas – and Frank Turner is loving life on the big stage.

NIGHTMOVES at The Garage's 19th birthday

IT TAKES something special to last even a year in today's saturated clubbing market.

DINERTEC @ The Bean & Leaf, Largs

I had woken up on the wrong side of my wallet.

Michael Ball's moved to new stage

IT'S the show that helped Michael Ball make his name.

MUSIC - Fratellis ready for city gig

IT'S a bit of an admission from the croaky-voiced singer, but Jon Fratelli reckons the recently reformed band is quietening down a bit.

WWE WRESTLING - How Kofi went from office worker to ring champ

SEVERAL years ago Kofi Kingston had a secure office job and a career path mapped out.

TV - Sean Maguire's back on top

ACTOR Sean Maguire's experience in recent years would make a great screenplay itself.

Clubs: Celebration Time

THIS week's club choices have a certain fateful quality about them.

MOVIE REVIEWS - Paul Greenwood on The Place Beyond The Pines, Oblivion, The War of the Worlds Alive On Stage

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (15, 141 mins)

Night Moves: Elevator Fridays @ Club oVo

NOT so long ago, if you posed for a Facebook photo in a club holding a bottle of Grey Goose (a very expensive vodka, you plebs out there) you'd be marking yourself out as one of society's elite.

MUSIC - Give guitar band Peace a chance

THEY'RE being tipped as British guitar music's next big thing - but Birmingham band Peace couldn't have a care in the world.

DINERTEC @ Ichiban Sushi & Noodle Cafe

IT HAD been a long, hard day of 'tec-work and I was in desperate need of a hot meal.

THEATRE – Greg Powrie on the psychiatrist's couch

THIS week, Greg Powrie made the Oran Mor casting director's job easier than casting a kid's fishing line into a puddle.

MUSIC – How James Blake ended up getting tea and sympathy from Brian Eno

WHEN dubstep sensation James Blake was feeling the pressure of making his second album, he needed someone to talk to.

THEATRE - Simon Russell Beale's 007 dream

SIMON Russell Beale may be one of the best theatre actors of his generation, but that still can't guarantee him a part in a Bond film.

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