Friday, June 19, 2020
Airlocks, infrared cameras and remote temperature-taking all part of plan adapted from The Phantom of the Opera production in South Korea
Andrew Lloyd Webber will use the London Palladium to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]Romeo and Juliet become online daters unable to meet in a new project that celebrates freelance creatives
When the UK went into lockdown in March, a tempest of tweets shared the heartening (…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2020
Public Campaign for the Arts stresses theatre's benefits on community, education and mental health as 'crunch time' looms
Culture in peril: how UK arts sector has been brought to its knees
A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 17, 2020
West End producer also delays Mary Poppins and The Phantom of the Opera as consultation over possible job losses begins
Four of London's most successful stage musicals will not reopen until …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2020
The festival will roll out a series of 'artistic interventions' across the Scottish capital in August
A series of "artistic interventions" has been announced by the Edinburgh international f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM[SHARE]Friday, June 12, 2020
Chappelle performs a surprise new set, entitled 8:46, before a socially distanced audience
Comedian Dave Chappelle has released a blistering Netflix special in which he addresses the killin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2020
The NT's popular online initiative continues with the ambitious 2019 adaptation of Andrea Levy's Windrush novel and four more shows
The momentous stage adaptation of Andrea Levy's Windrush n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM[SHARE]The ballerina stars in a stylish short film made in isolation and is about to perform at the Royal Opera House after months away
She has become one of the UK's best known ballerinas thanks t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2020
Dancers perform outside locked-down venues in a film accompanied by Living in a Ghost Town and co-created by Mick Jagger's partner, Melanie Hamrick
Summer's here and, with the UK's arts venu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Friday, June 5, 2020
Following the cancellation of its UK tour, the cast of Bourne's acclaimed dance production perform it in their living rooms and gardens in a 12-minute lockdown film
Hottest front-room seats:…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PM[SHARE]Bumper takings for TV streaming services should be used to support performing arts industries, says Mendes as he outlines other rescue measures
The director Sam Mendes has outlined a rescue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2020
Nottingham Playhouse revival of Alan Bennett's play is the 11th production in the NT's popular online initiative
The National Theatre is to present Nottingham Playhouse's revival of Alan Ben…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Roy Alexander Weise reunites actors from his 2016 production of Katori Hall's play to raise funds for the legal costs of protesters
Katori Hall's acclaimed play The Mountaintop, set on the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Ian McKellen and Lesley Manville perform in fundraising videos organised by Collins for Equity's benevolent fund for creatives
The actor Michelle Collins has warned that the screen and stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM[SHARE]Monday, June 1, 2020
The comedy industry is in crisis and we could all do with hearing a few jokes. Here's a guide to the virtual gigs you can enjoy this week
Like all comedy clubs, the Angel in London is closed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Tickets will soon go on sale for a 'socially distanced' version of 2019 sellout to shore up theatre's 'seriously perilous' finances due to the coronavirus pandemic
Claire Foy and Matt Smith …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE]When Chester Storyhouse asked how freelancers were faring under Covid lockdown, it was left 'shocked and enraged' at how perilous their finances are. Now it is calling for national action
Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2020
BBC commissions choreographer Corey Baker's splashy new lockdown-friendly take on the classic ballet
It has been performed by ballet companies in the grandest of opera houses around the worl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2020
As Gillian Anderson stars in the Young Vic's A Streetcar Named Desire " streamed by the National Theatre " can you tell which of these lines belong to Blanche Dubois and which are spoken by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Streaming service moves forward launch of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway hit by a year, to just before the US Independence Day weekend
An eagerly anticipated film of Lin-Manuel Miranda's land…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2020
Made 20 years before Tom Hooper's critically savaged production, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1998 version stars Elaine Paige as Grizabella
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM[SHARE]Comedian who formed a popular duo with his wife, Anne Meara, has died of natural causes
The comedian Jerry Stiller has died at the age of 92. His death was announced on Monday on Twitter by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Hester Chillingworth's installation, showing the empty London venue, is eerie, intimate and brings a message of support during the coronavirus lockdown
Hottest front-room seats: the best the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Yash Gill's Power Half Hour, directed by Milli Bhatia, is among a new batch of Virtual Collaborators films released this week
With comedy clubs closed by the coronavirus lockdown, many stand…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AM[SHARE]Friday, May 8, 2020
London theatre, which closed during a run of Shoe Lady starring Katherine Parkinson, presents installation featuring abandoned set
When theatres were forced to close their doors because of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 7, 2020
Four new titles announced by the NT also include Barber Shop Chronicles, This House and Coriolanus starring Tom Hiddleston
The National Theatre has announced the next titles in its popular s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Company suffers from the severe drop in ticket sales during the pandemic and uncertainty about a reopening date
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM[SHARE]Available onlineNo pot plant or bin is safe in Can't Sit Still's pleasingly physical adaptation of Chris Haughton's picturebook
Can't Sit Still? What a brilliant name for a children's theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Sunday in the Park with George, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, postpones opening to 2021 as Theatreland's closure continues
West End theatres will remain closed until at least 28 June, the Societ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2020
Danusia Samal's Virtual Collaborators series continues with five new short films that look at life on the Covid-19 frontline and in the front room
Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM[SHARE]Available onlineThere's gleeful mischief and plenty of toilet humour in Chichester Festival theatre's 2018 show based on the David Walliams bestseller
Hottest front-room seats: best theatre…
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