Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Ian Shaw plays his actor father in West End play about the troubled production of Spielberg's first blockbuster
When Robert Shaw was filming the blockbuster Jaws, the actor's young son came…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2020
Gatiss to play ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley, in his version of Charles Dickens novella
He has long written Christmas ghost stories for television and now Mark G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Keep track of the shows at the sprawling arts extravaganza beneath Waterloo Station in London. This page will be updated throughout the festival
Until 1 FebruarySimon David's autobiographica…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AM[SHARE]Monday, January 27, 2020
The IT Crowd actor will star as the green-living Barbara in a stage adaptation of the popular 70s sitcom
Katherine Parkinson is to star in a new stage version of the 1970s sitcom The Good Li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]Friday, January 17, 2020
Casting call goes out for film version of the Roald Dahl classic, led by Matthew Warchus, who staged RSC's smash hit
The announcement of a casting call for children aged nine to 11, "no tall…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 16, 2020
A Dog's Tale, written by cat-loving playwright Poppy Hollman, tells the story of a British institution and has a canine/feline rap battle
Tom Hooper's extravagant blockbuster may have given …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 14, 2020
There are more than 1,000 shots in George Romero's classic horror movie. Can a band of actors, armed with video cameras and Barbie dolls, recreate it?
A winding road. Two bickering siblings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AM[SHARE]Friday, January 10, 2020
Musical will premiere in London in September with new story and 'hugely witty' lyrics
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a new version of Cinderella with Killing Eve scriptwriter Emera…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 7, 2020
LIVR allows subscribers to catch up on theatre in 360-degree virtual reality. How does it compare with the fringe experience?
I'm having a beer and enjoying an Edinburgh fringe show from the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]Friday, January 3, 2020
Little Angel theatre, LondonComposer Barb Jungr and director Samantha Lane serve up a characterful take on a Scandinavian folktale, with lashings of puppetry and song
There are so many Snow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 2, 2020
Little Angel Studios, LondonA chick finds its feet in this gentle puppet adaptation of the popular book, aimed at children aged two to five
'Winter is long," sighs the baby penguin on stage.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 31, 2019
London's eight-week underground arts fest returns to Waterloo and the South Bank in January. Here's a dozen picks to get started …
James McNicholas: The Boxer30-31 January
The former Beast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PM[SHARE]Monday, December 30, 2019
Who will have audiences on the edge of their seats in the new year? Laurie Kynaston, Rosie Sheehy, Michelle Tiwo and Sadie Clark are among a dozen dazzling talents to watch
One of the unifor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2019
The Game of Thrones actor will play Nina in the adaptation by Anya Reiss, directed by Jamie Lloyd
Emilia Clarke is to make her West End theatre debut in a new production of Chekhov's The Sea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2019
Guardian's outgoing chief theatre critic 'thrilled' that best play award will carry his name in recognition of 48 years' service to drama journalism
A prestigious theatre award for the best …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Curve, LeicesterAn adaptation of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees's bestseller loses some of the grace of the picturebook despite a moonlit acrobatic ending
Author Giles Andreae and illustr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2019
The Egg, BathSome scenes sparkle in Annie Siddons' version of the fairytale but this unruly show is as long and knotty as the heroine's locks
A wild boar squats centre stage and, much to thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PM[SHARE]Friday, December 13, 2019
Actor who specialised in playing New York mobsters and other tough-guy rolesA former bouncer, baggage handler and trade unionist, the American actor Danny Aiello had years of playing pugnaci…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2019
The Egg, BathTim Bell and Kate Cross's remarkable production mixes Bauhaus-style designs and jazz in an irresistible treat for under-fives
Glitter, sequins and fake snow are the stock ingred…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Salisbury PlayhouseBrightly designed, this jaunty version of Beatrix Potter's seasonal tale boasts a scene-stealing Simpkin the cat
Beatrix Potter's book about an ailing tailor tasked with m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PM[SHARE]Monday, December 9, 2019
TV channel Gold announces the winners in a national competition for topical festive gags " can you do any better?
What do Donald Trump, Santa and Olivia Colman have in common? No, it's not a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42PM[SHARE]Lyric theatre, LondonJumpy new student Frog overcomes his starting-school nerves in this exuberant musical adaptation of Kes Gray and Jim Field's picture books
Cats sit on mats, mules sit o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AM[SHARE]Monday, November 18, 2019
The Egg, BathMurray Lachlan Young and Joe Allen deliver a sinister epic about a seven-year-old who inherits his ancestral home
Murray Lachlan Young is a born storyteller " even his name has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Drew McOnie's Merlin and Kenneth Tindall's Geisha will mark the company's remarkable half century, alongside digital archive
'Years ago, when I danced, you did what you were told," says Nort…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 10, 2019
Stratford Circus Arts Centre, LondonFilskit's theatre show for young audiences features clowning, aerial tricks and an engaging tale of friendship
Here's a set that little hands would love t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2019
Judges praise her experimental, starkly violent play based on a Cornelia Parker installation as 'astonishingly emotional'
Phoebe Eclair-Powell has won the 2019 Bruntwood prize for playwritin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 31, 2019
Stanley and Audrey Burton theatre, Leeds Northern Ballet's retelling for young children gives the baddy a craving for sugar rather than flesh
Never mind the red shoes " it's a red cape that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM[SHARE]The West Wing writer's play will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's novel
The hit Broadway play of To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by The West Wing writer A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 23, 2019
An exciting new adventure for Tiny Tim, a penguin chick with two daddies and a furry green grouch's plot to steal Christmas are among the jolliest shows to unwrap this festive season
Scrunch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Caroline Cornélis draws on everyday life to make elegant shows for young audiences. In 10:10, three dancers and a drummer recreate break time
Shows for young audiences are frequently set in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 10, 2019
Choreographer Jennifer Lacey explains why there is more modern art than movement in her new life-coaching piece
In the basement of Nottingham Contemporary art gallery, Jennifer Lacey fans ou…
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