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TheatreReviewSouthwark Playhouse, London Musical set on the prehistoric ocean floor and starring singing yeast particles is a swampy mess This 2007 comedy musical features all-singing, all-dancing particles of yeast, swimming on an ocean floor more than three billion years ago. But there are few laughs in a show that belongs back in the experimental petri dish of badly misjudged ideas from which it arose. It is initially larky as eight figures dressed in green body socks and frou-frou netting emerge from under a white sheet.

SportblogUS Open Tennis 2023The US Open’s breakout star didn’t get the result he wanted in Friday’s semi-final against Novak Djokovic, but promises to remain an exasperating foe on tour for years to come After dispatching with upstart Ben Shelton to advance to his 10th US Open final, Novak Djokovic glowered at the Arthur Ashe crowd as he pantomimed himself answering an imaginary phone and slamming down the receiver. There was no question the cold call was meant for the American, who turned off many observers by celebrating his semi-final victory over compatriot Frances Tiafoe in similar fashion.

Captivate! The best of 90s fashion photography – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Claudia Schiffer, one of the original supermodels, has embarked on her latest creative project. Captivate! Fashion Photography from the 90s, showcases landmark imagery and supermodels from the golden era of fashion. The anthology, curated by Schiffer herself, includes legendary photographers Arthur Elgort, Ellen von Unwerth, Herb Ritts and Richard Avedon among others, and accompanies an exhibition, also curated by the supermodel, which opened in Dusseldorf last month

Women's World Cup 2023 This article is more than 5 months old‘I’m so happy as a woman and as a Spaniard’: World Cup joy in MadridThis article is more than 5 months oldJubilation at victory over England will take a while to sink in – and there are hopes it will bring lasting change By mid-afternoon on Sunday, the August-quiet, sun-fried streets around Madrid’s WiZink Center had begun to fill with red strips, dazed and happy faces, and the inevitable chorus of horns from the capital’s jubilant motorists.

Guardian Sport NetworkSerie AHenderson, who became the first Scot to play in Serie A for 30 years, is living in Sicily and, occasionally, missing the rain By Simone Pierotti for Nutmeg magazine “People are still going to the beach here.” Liam Henderson has been living in sunny Italy for almost six years now but he still seems amazed by the endless summer. Last August, as the transfer window was about to close, he left Serie A side Empoli on loan for Palermo in the second tier, heading down to Sicily.

Theatre This article is more than 5 months old‘Raring to take on this challenge’: musicians Jake Shears and Self Esteem to star in CabaretThis article is more than 5 months oldThe Scissor Sisters singer will play the Emcee while Self Esteem will make her theatrical debut as Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s Olivier-winning musical The musicians Jake Shears and Self Esteem are to join the cast of the West End hit Cabaret.

The Rapture is grounded in the story of the Panacea Society, which met in Bedford after the first world war. Photograph: Kevin Richardson/Alamy Stock PhotoThe Rapture is grounded in the story of the Panacea Society, which met in Bedford after the first world war. Photograph: Kevin Richardson/Alamy Stock PhotoFictionReviewEarthly longing is refracted into spiritual fervour in this clever fact-based debut about a genteel English cultFiction, like religion, asks us to believe in things we cannot see.

Statue of Saddam Hussein in front of a bombed-out communication centre in Baghdad in March 2003. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/ReutersStatue of Saddam Hussein in front of a bombed-out communication centre in Baghdad in March 2003. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/ReutersTop 10sBooksRanging from forensic intelligence reports to biting reportage and searing fiction and memoir, these books lay bare the mistakes that drove the war, and reveal their human cost Iraq entered my life 25 years ago in the form of Scud missiles arcing west.

MelbourneTwo 16-year-olds charged with murder of Melbourne doctor Ash Gordon to remain behind barsTeen boys charged over death of Gordon after an alleged aggravated burglary in Doncaster have faced court Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Two 16-year-old boys will remain behind bars after facing court charged with the murder of a much-loved Melbourne GP.