Theatre owner Sheila Van Dam looks on as Revudeville closes for the last time in 1964

The 3rd February, 2012 marks the 80th year of the Windmill Theatre opening for Revudeville, a non-stop revue which lasted for 32 years. The iconic nude tapestry show was famously created by Mrs Henderson - whose adventures in theatre were immortalised on the big screen as 'Mrs Henderson Presents', the 2005 movie starring Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins and Will Young.

It was the Windmill's boast that "We never closed" right through the war, even though there were actually 12 days' compulsory closure at the start of the Second World War in September 1939, when all West End theatres were forced to shut down. During times of heavy bombing, the Windmill girls would sleep at the theatre. 

"We never closed" Windmill Girls prepare for a wartime performance

It was also the scene of early shows by before-they-were famous warm up acts such as Bruce Forsyth, Benny Hill, Jimmy Edwards, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Alfred Marks and Tony Hancock.

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Berglund enjoyed an impressive career spanning five decades, and was principal conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (1962-1971) and of the Helsinki Philharmonic (1975-1979).

In 1978 he made his New York debut the American Symphony Orchestra at the Carnegie Hall, in a concert of Shostakovich and Sibelius.

Since the 1990s he has become a regular guest conductor in the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland Orchestra. In 2002 joined the Conductor Collegium of the Russian National Orchestra. He has also worked with many other prestigious orchestras throughout the world, and in 2002 joined the Conductor Collegium of the Russian National Orchestra.

He is considered an authority on the composer Sibelius, by such luminaries as  such as Sir Simon Rattle.

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Sergei Polunin, the 21-year-old star of the Royal Ballet, has stunned the dance world by abruptly leaving the company. The Ukrainian dancer, who two years ago became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal, told its director Monica Mason on Tuesday afternoon that he was quitting with immediate effect.

Polunin's dancing has been critically acclaimed for its technical and expressive brilliance, with the Observer's critic Luke Jennings describing him in October as "one of the most gifted dancers of his generation". Others have compared him to Nureyev and Baryshnikov. (Guardian)

The much admired and praised danseur has starred in many classic Royal Ballet productions since joining the company in 2003. We celebrate his performance with a special collection of Polunin images here:
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War Horse, the film directed by Steven Spielberg, has been nominated as Best Picture in the 2012 Oscars. Other nominees for the coveted title include: The Artist, Moneyball, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, The Help, Hugo and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Luke Treadaway in War Horse at the National Theatre

War Horse of course started life as a much loved English children’s book which was then adapted into a highly successful stage version which crossed the boundaries of age to convey the moving tale of a boy and his horse in World War I.

Puppeteers in the orginal War Horse stage production

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Gustav Leonhardt , the highly renowned Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor, has died. He was a leading figure in the movement to perform music on period instruments.

According to Musical America, Leonhardt gave his last public performance on December 12, 2011 at the Theatre des Bouffes in North Paris. Thereafter he announced his retirement due to ill-health, and cancelled all of his 2012 engagements. (w)

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