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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Stoel (Chair) review " seats take the floor in spellbinding dance show by Chris Wiegand

Zoo Southside, EdinburghOrdinary chairs become monsters, vehicles and a perilous walkway in Compagnie Nyash's gently mischievous performance for over-threesFifteen junkshop chairs enter the …

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Friday, August 3, 2018

'She's got no filter': the standup who let a six-year-old write his comedy show by Chris Wiegand

Giving his partner's daughter free rein during the creative process has resulted in Owen Roberts' most surreal show to date " and the sort of laughs other comics at Edinburgh dream ofIn a sw…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]
Friday, July 13, 2018

Ivo van Hove to 'bring West Side Story into the 21st century' by Chris Wiegand

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker will collaborate with the director on first Broadway version not to follow original choreographyThe Jets and the Sharks are returning to Broadway with some new mov…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Battersea Arts Centre reopens grand hall with a message to Trump by Chris Wiegand

Following a fire that damaged the building in 2015, BAC opens up renovated hall " and celebrates community spirit in a photo-letter to the US presidentBattersea Arts Centre is to reopen its …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

'There wasn't time to feel anything!': understudy Ryan Pidgen's big break by Chris Wiegand

When Matt Lucas withdrew from the opening night of Me and My Girl, his stand-in had just two hours to prepareEvery understudy awaits their big break. Yet few replace a household name on the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 2, 2018

Cats choreographer Gillian Lynne dies aged 92 by Chris Wiegand

Tributes paid to the former dancer and choreographer whose West End hits included The Phantom of the OperaGillian Lynne, the leading British choreographer who created the slinky moves of Mac…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AM[SHARE]
Friday, June 29, 2018

50 shows to see at the Edinburgh fringe 2018 by Brian Logan and Chris Wiegand

Superstar standups, daring dance, Brexit cabaret and a Bon Jovi musical … Dive into our guide to some of the shows at the world's biggest arts festivalGilded Balloon Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Lindsay Lohan in Speed-the-Plow: what the critics said by Chris Wiegand

According to the reviews, the 'arrestingly husky' Lohan has 'genuine if unstable star presence' and 'breathless naivety' in her West End debut' Speed-the-Plow: in pictures' Why Mamet's play …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Tunes with no show: the songs cut out of musicals, from Follies to Hamilton by Chris Wiegand

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamildrops project gives his leftover lyrics a new life. What happens to other songs dropped from musicals " and how do their creators feel about them?When Hamilton open…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Donmar Warehouse names Michael Longhurst as new artistic director by Chris Wiegand and Michael Billington

Josie Rourke describes her successor at London theatre as 'one of the most gifted, original and impressive directors in the country'Michael Longhurst has been appointed as the new artistic d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

'Fearless' Irish playwright Tom Murphy dies aged 83 by Chris Wiegand

Playwright Martin McDonagh and Ireland's president Michael D Higgins pay tribute to revered dramatist whose works include A Whistle in the DarkTributes have been paid to the influential play…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

British theatre stars storm the nominations for 2018 Tony awards by Chris Wiegand

Angels in America and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are in the running for prizes at New York's theatre ceremonyThey won acclaim in London for their stage performances as a grownup Harry…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 30, 2018

Quiz: Noël Coward or Murder, She Wrote? by Chris Wiegand

Angela Lansbury's return to the West End stage in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit is one of London's hottest tickets but the star is still best known as TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher. Can you gu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Kwame Kwei-Armah announces £5 seats for his first Young Vic season by Chris Wiegand

New artistic director will stage a musical version of Twelfth Night and introduces £5 tickets for every first preview at the theatreThe Young Vic's new artistic director, Kwame Kwei-Armah…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 12, 2018

Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day to be adapted for the stage by Chris Wiegand

Playwright Barney Norris will collaborate with the Booker prize-winning author on a production opening in Northampton in 2019Twenty-five years after it was made into an Oscar-nominated film,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AM[SHARE]

Alex Beckett, theatre and W1A actor, dies suddenly by Chris Wiegand

Tributes paid to acclaimed actor who had been appearing in the Donmar's production of The Way of the WorldThe Donmar Warehouse in London has announced the sudden death of the actor Alex Beck…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

RSC auctions McKellen's coat, Dench's doublet and Tennant's trousers by Chris Wiegand

Outfits worn by Susannah York, Patrick Stewart and Sinéad Cusack will also be listed on eBay to raise money for the Royal Shakespeare Company's costume workshopA red floor-length coat sport…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 9, 2018

Concrete Dreams: new show celebrates Southbank's history of performance by Chris Wiegand

Exclusive: exhibition looks back on London cultural centre's legacy through 50 years of archive material An innovative new exhibition at London's Southbank Centre gives visitors a performer'…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Tributes paid to Scott Ambler, the prince in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake by Chris Wiegand

Death is announced of a 'passionate collaborator' who choreographed innovative shows such as Enron and danced in Bourne productionsScott Ambler, the dancer who played the original Prince Sie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Spiral's Audrey Fleurot and Peaky Blinders' Paul Anderson to star in West End by Chris Wiegand

Actors to share the stage in Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Tartuffe at London's Theatre Royal HaymarketOne is known for playing an unpredictable Birmingham gangster; the other for a ru…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AM[SHARE]
Monday, March 5, 2018

The Singing Mermaid review " Julia Donaldson's fishy caper makes a splash by Chris Wiegand

Little Angel theatre, LondonBad puns, circus tricks and goggle-eyed jellyfish abound in a smart adaptation of the popular picture bookThe picture books by Julia Donaldson with illustrations …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Richard Hawley writes musical about Sheffield's Park Hill estate by Chris Wiegand

Standing at the Sky's Edge, which features old and new songs by the musician, will play at the city's Crucible theatreThe singer and songwriter Richard Hawley will explore the history of the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PM[SHARE]
Monday, February 26, 2018

Isabella Rossellini and Isabelle Huppert take one-woman shows to London by Chris Wiegand

Southbank Centre to host Isabella Rossellini performing with her pet dog and Isabelle Huppert reading from the Marquis de SadeTwo celebrated European actors are taking one-woman shows to Lon…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]
Friday, February 23, 2018

David Mamet writes play about Harvey Weinstein by Chris Wiegand

Playwright's producer urged him to write Bitter Wheat about the Hollywood mogul facing allegations of sexual harassmentDavid Mamet has revealed that he has written a play about Harvey Weinst…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:35AM[SHARE]

Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner to collaborate on new play about the NHS by Chris Wiegand

The playwright, a passionate supporter of the health service, has set Allelujah! in a beleaguered Pennines hospitalAlan Bennett is to explore life in a Yorkshire hospital threatened with clo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Ian McKellen to play King Lear in London by Chris Wiegand

The star will reprise 'superb' performance in a transfer of Jonathan Munby's acclaimed Chichester Festival theatre productionIan McKellen is to star in London's West End as King Lear, repris…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:38AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Hit musical Hamilton raises top-price tickets to £250 by Chris Wiegand

The London production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical surpasses The Book of Mormon as it hikes premium ticket pricesPremium seats for the London production of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Mi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

London's Theatre Royal Haymarket goes up for sale by Chris Wiegand

Owner says it is time to hand historic playhouse over to 'next generation of dream-makers'London's Theatre Royal Haymarket, which has staged premieres of Oscar Wilde plays and was John Gielg…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 12, 2018

Cuba Gooding Jr to make British stage debut in Chicago revival by Chris Wiegand

The Oscar-winning actor will play smooth lawyer Billy Flynn as the prohibition-era musical returns to the West End in MarchThe Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr is to make his British stag…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AM[SHARE]
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Spiral's Caroline Proust: cast me as anyone but a cop by Chris Wiegand

The star of France's premier crime drama talks about appearing in Ivo van Hove's bold take on A View from the Bridge and her determination to avoid typecastingIn a bar around the corner from…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PM[SHARE]
Friday, December 15, 2017

The League of Gentlemen announce 2018 UK tour by Chris Wiegand

The dark comedy foursome are to hit the road, taking new show to 'all the wonderful local places in our increasingly local country'Their three forthcoming reunion specials for the BBC are am…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM[SHARE]

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