Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Tributes paid to 'brilliant actor' who excelled in Shakespearean roles and worked with Federico Fellini, Stephen Frears and Roman Polanski
The acclaimed British classical actor Barbara Jeffo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM[SHARE]Monday, September 14, 2020
London venue will host 'dynamic, political and disruptive' performances around its building
The Royal Court theatre in London is to reopen to audiences in November, not with a play on either…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM[SHARE]Actors will visit all of the city's wards offering a choose-your-own pantomime programme as a response to Covid
York Theatre Royal puts on one of the most famous pantos in the land. Even hea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM[SHARE]Hit show about the six wives of Henry VIII aims to boost confidence in live theatre and will also be staged in Salford
It is, perhaps, the perfect musical for a nation under a "rule of six" …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Judi Dench joins cast of A Marvellous Party to mark Coward's 1920 playwriting debut and raise money for performers' charities, while Emma Thompson features in Zoom reading of Private Lives
T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Production featuring spectacular effects will transfer to Adelphi theatre in May
London's West End theatres remain mostly shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic but, if the calculations are …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Brian Friel drama promises 'emotional thwack', with star joining David Threlfall and Indira Varma at the Old Vic
Michael Sheen is to return to the stage in a revival of Brian Friel's Faith H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Shakespeare at a cricket ground, a festival in a bombed-out church and park-bench drama " plus more socially distanced shows to enjoy this month
August is over but there's still time to enjo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2020
Jennifer Lunn wins £2,500 prize for drama Es and Flo, whose fringe premiere was sabotaged by the Covid pandemic
A drama about an ageing lesbian couple's love, and their experience of disc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2020
A theatrical reading of the children's classic, directed by Ned Bennett, will be free online
One has mouldy cereal in his beard and revoltingly hairy ears; the other has a glass eye and a po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 20, 2020
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis concert version of Timothy Sheader's revelatory 2016 production made a virtue of distancing on stage " were there a roof it would have blown off
'C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 19, 2020
John Godber's B&B drama " performed by the playwright, with his family " launches programme that includes one-woman Christmas show
A play written by John Godber during lockdown is to be …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2020
At Soho studios soon to be replaced by a hotel, ThisEgg theatre company turn a time of destruction into celebration
Amid traffic cones and breeze blocks, the diggers are out in Soho. Nothing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PM[SHARE]Doctor Who: Time Fracture has been adapted by the team behind long-running immersive F Scott Fitzgerald show The Great Gatsby
It has been a screen sensation for almost 60 years, with a huge …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2020
Watson, whose final performance in a new Wayne McGregor production has been postponed by Covid, will join the company's team of coaches
He has stunned Covent Garden audiences as the doomed P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM[SHARE]The comic, who was testing out new material, said 'You've ruined it' before leaving
The comedian Russell Howard cut short a standup set in Bristol on Wednesday night after discovering an aud…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 12, 2020
At livestreamed event actor says it was thought before March people would not observe rules
The actor Sir Ian McKellen has said that the British government "underestimated" the public by ini…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PM[SHARE]This ingeniously designed mystery game is a summer escape made with wonder and wellbeing at its heart
The best theatre and dance to watch online
If you grew up reading The Famous Five and Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 11, 2020
From Brighton to Belfast, socially distanced performances are popping up in unexpected spaces, including the beach, a shopping centre and a church
'Dive in!" commanded the cover of Brighton …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 9, 2020
A socially distanced audience will sit among objects recalling Northern Ireland's prolonged conflict and the pandemic in a piece about mourning
In a verse dedicated to his aunt, the Irish po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2020
Writer says production of Dickens classic will debut at Nottingham Playhouse in October 2021 due to uncertainty over reopening of UK theatres
Mark Gatiss's adaptation of A Christmas Carol ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Live-streamed production of Three Kings rescheduled for second time as actor is 'still not well enough to perform'
A live-streamed theatre production starring Andrew Scott has been delayed f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 4, 2020
With this year's Edinburgh festival cancelled, performers including Sara Pascoe, Deborah Frances-White and Gary McNair will be broadcasting live from the tiniest of venues
It started as a th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Friday, July 31, 2020
The union Equity said that the PM's last-minute announcement was 'distressing news' as venues in England face financial hit
The government's last-minute delay to lockdown easing has left the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]The £12,000 prize is a galvanising moment for industry that must 'rejuvenate rather than regress' after the Covid-19 pandemic
The longlisted writers for a new prize for female playwrights…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM[SHARE]Ptaszynski whose hits included the musical Matilda was one of the West End's 'greatest experts'
Tributes have been paid to the distinguished theatre producer André Ptaszynski, who has died …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Mold's Theatr Clwyd has not put on a show in months but remains vital for its community during the pandemic, delivering food and enabling young people's creativity
During lockdown, artistic …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36PM[SHARE]Culture secretary says he 'does not want to give false hope' to ailing industry, with timescale not expected before November
Lockdown culture: the best theatre and dance online
The culture s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2020
Theatre reopens at 30% capacity for Beverley Knight performance to showcase stringent hygiene methods
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The singer Beverley Knig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2020
The NT's online platform offers personalised, interactive adventure tales for young children during the summer holidays
The National Theatre has launched an online story service that will cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PM[SHARE]The conversation about race 'has changed in theatre, as it has across society', says original director of the show Get Up, Stand Up!
Clint Dyer is to direct a new stage musical about Bob Mar…
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