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When Ingmar Bergman decided to put a marriage under the microscope, the results were never likely to be pretty.听 Scenes from a Marriage is an unflinchingly, claustrophobic play that charts the disintegration of a relationship from love to bitter cruelty, infidelity and sexual discontent.听听

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Scenes from a Marriage runs until 9th November at the听St James Theatre in London

Cate Blanchett鈥檚 tipped for an Oscar for her lead role in Woody Allen鈥檚 new comedy film drama Blue Jasmine she is Jasmine, a New York socialite who falls on hard times after her marriage to a wealthy businessman falls apart. In order to reinvent herself she听moves to San Francisco to be with her sister Ginger but finds she can鈥檛听quite shrug off her past..

1. Diana

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews

During the last two years of Diana's life, she embarked on a love affair with a Pakistani surgeon who encouraged her to use her fame and influence for good. However, despite their efforts to keep it a secret, this relationship was to suffer the constant media spotlight, leading both to question if their love for each other was worth the scrutiny.

Diana is out now.

2. InRealLife

Director: Beeban Kidron
Cast: Unknown actors

Beeban Kidron examines the effect that the internet has on British teenagers in this documentary, putting forward the hypothesis that instead of providing freedom and allowing for creativity, the internet traps and alienates teenagers in an ultimately damaging way...

InRealLife is in cinemas now.

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3. The Call

Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut

The Call,听is a high-stakes, edge-of-your-seat thriller: a thin thread of survival separates a teenage kidnap victim from her only hope: 听a compassionate, steady voice on the other end of a cell phone, 911听veteran Jordan (HALLE BERRY)听marshalls all the resources she can to find her.

The Call is out now

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4. Stories We Tell

Director: Sarah Polley
Cast: Her friends and family

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sarah Polley, takes on the role of detective and director as she investigates some of her own family's secrets. By interrogating a cast of family members and acquaintances, of varying reliability, Sarah gets to the bottom of her family's mythology surrounding her late mother, Diane Polley.
In doing that, she unravels the essence of family and how their narratives can shape our lives as individuals.

Stories We Tell is released on DVD and BLU Ray on the 23rd September

There鈥檚 nothing like death to bring a family together. But in Nicky Silver鈥檚 play, The Lyons, one family鈥檚 compassion soon gives way to sniping, arguing, bitterness and decades-old resentment but it is听a comedy. In America, it won rave reviews.听Tom Ellis plays Curtis, the gay son of his homophobic but dying father.听

The Lyons is at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London听until 16th November.

With almost half a million visitors popping into The in its first year, the venue has quickly established itself as a major part of the vibrant arts and cultural scene within the city.

Housing two theatres, a dance studio and a number of art galleries amongst other spaces, it's now nationally and internationally known as a destination for music, theatre and dance acts keen to perform in the province.

Now the entire building has been handed over to guest curator 6 music's Tom Ravenscroft for this years "In the Court Of" Festival which kicks off on Wednesday.

Thomas Magill听was听given a tour of the centre by the festival's brainchild Gillian Mitchell and spoke to the band Girls Names - one of only two local acts performing - before catching up with the man in charge Tom Ravenscroft back in London...听听

1. Burial Rites

Based on actual events, and set in 1829, this is the story of the last public execution in Iceland. There were no prisons in Iceland, so the condemned woman's held on a remote farm and guarded by the farmer and听his family听who are horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst, and听avoid contact with her. They听hear her story听 and realise that all is not as it seems

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is published by Macmillan and听out now

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2.听 Longbourn

Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is upstairs. When a mysterious new footman arrives, the orderly realm of the servants鈥� hall threatens to be completely, perhaps irrevocably, upended.鈥�

Longbourn by Jo Baker is published by Transworld, available now

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3.听 The Universe Versus Alex Woods

A rare meteorite struck Alex Woods when he was ten years old, leaving scars and marking him for an extraordinary future. The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, Alex hasn't had the easiest childhood.听 But when he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend. Someone who teaches him that that you only get one shot at life. That you have to make it count.
So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the front seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing.

The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence is published by Hodder & Stoughton

FESTIVAL Well for those of us who like bargains听 - the first ever " is taking place this weekend at Lingfield Point in Darlington.听 The two day event aims to demonstrate the beauty of recycling, upcycling, foraging and generally living better for less - whilst still being super stylish.听

It's the brainchild of Gerardine and Wayne Hemingway - who ooze "coolness" - and as well as them being on hand - there'll also be others experts, demonstrations and off-course tips for living more sustainable....

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THEATRE Theatre now - and on Wednesday evening - Arthur Miller's classic "All My Sons" opens at the - starring Don Warrington and Dona Croll and runs until 26th October

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THEATRE AND POETRY There's a chance to see Shakespeare in 97 minutes at the on Thursday evening. It's only on for one evening - but if you're in the area and can't make that - then perhaps the venues "We Love Words" poetry festival would be of interest.听 It kicked off today and runs until the 28th of September and has lots of smaller events as well as a appearances from Michael Portillo, Alexi Sayle - one of our very own guest editors from the summer - and Germaine Greer - so something for everyone up there in Peterborough.

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EXHIBITION听 Hurvin Anderson's exhibition opens on Wednesday at the .and is on until the 10th November.

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MUSIC The British Para-Orchestra听played at the Paralympics last year and will open the听 on Thursday.听听 Expect a number of well-known pieces of music that have been reworked by the group - it's also worth noting on the bill this year there's performances by the left handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy and organist Nicholas Freestone too.