Thursday, April 12, 2018
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]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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]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
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
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
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
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
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 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]Monday, December 11, 2017
CentrE17, LondonReggae songs, monkey puppets and a duet with a mop all add up to a surreal show for two- to five-year-olds My daughter Hilda is four, her favourite number is five and she can…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 30, 2017
Enda Walsh to adapt Max Porter's acclaimed novel about love, art and bereavement for Complicité theatre company's Irish productionCillian Murphy is to star in an Irish stage version of Max …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 29, 2017
As Lindsay Lohan prepares to make her West End debut in Speed-the-Plow, can you guess if these lines come from Mean Girls or David Mamet's plays?"I'm wearing a spinal halo." Mean GirlsMamet"…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM[SHARE]Monday, November 20, 2017
Eight women describe alleged cases of historic harassment against director who called for search for 'Weinstein of British theatre'A leading director who called for a search for "the Weinste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 1, 2017
The mountains of leaflets, the WhatsApp groups, the election night panic … Harriet Harman, Tracy Brabin and David Lammy on what the play gets right " and wrong Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Musical comedy duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement reunite for a string of live dates after solo roles in Hollywood and on TVOK, band meeting! The Flight of the Conchords have announced th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM[SHARE]Monday, October 16, 2017
By his mid-20s he had scooped the Perrier award and landed his own TV show. But Sean Hughes never wanted to be a stadium standup. Mark Steel and Rhona Cameron pay tribute to a troubled talen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 12, 2017
He gave Peter Brook his big break, helped Elaine Paige conquer her fear, showed Griff Rhys Jones the joy of farce and dazzled a teenage Samuel West. They celebrate the great director who has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]A star-studded new West End production of Harold Pinter's classic play, directed by Ian Rickson, is scheduled for 2018It was famously savaged by theatre critics who dismissed it as "puzzling…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AM[SHARE]Friday, September 8, 2017
A limited number of tickets at the National Theatre's production will allow audiences to watch the play from onstage restaurantIts intense plot may be enough to give anyone indigestion, but …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 19, 2017
The star of Marvel's blockbuster is the subject of his father's comedy show at the Edinburgh fringe. They discuss the art of getting laughs, sending Spidey back to school and finding the old…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AM[SHARE]Friday, August 4, 2017
A puppet blockbuster, a Bigfoot opera and a Northern Soul dance marathon all feature in the lineup of the 70th Edinburgh festivalEdinburgh Playhouse Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 20, 2017
Artistic director and founder cites lack of increase in Arts Council England support for decision to leave the Yorkshire company next AprilBarrie Rutter is to step down as artistic director …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM[SHARE]Monday, June 26, 2017
'There's no coming back from this' … After 43 years together, Helen is shocked that her husband is leaving Continue reading...
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