Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Gregory Doran asks how content warnings could be issued for Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus
It is a play renowned for its extreme physical violence, with scenes featuring execution, rape and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Football drama Dear England receives nine nominations in a year that featured a string of celebrity castings' Complete list of nominations
James Norton, Andrew Scott, Sarah Jessica Parker, S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2024
ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on 'reputational risk'
Arts Council England (ACE) has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organisati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not 'make it the Jon Snow Experience'
The writer of Slave Play, the controversial Broadway production about race and sexuality that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 24, 2024
Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight also among city's cultural figures warning over 'horrifying' move
Birmingham's cultural figures from Carlos Acosta …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 22, 2024
Team behind Little Amal puppet hope to create 'visceral engagement' with issues caused by climate emergency
The production team behind the Little Amal puppet, which raised awareness about th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 10, 2024
Highly anticipated new play is a post-#MeToo story about trials women endure to realise their dreams
He has built a reputation as one of Britain's most revered modern playwrights, but Jez Bu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Exclusive: Director says he is interested to see response of new audiences at a time of growing instability
The global theatrical phenomenon War Horse is returning to British stages for the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 4, 2024
Hit composer scored TV and radio as well as the stage shows X-Factor and TONY!
The British comedy composer Steve Brown, who collaborated with the likes of Harry Hill, Steve Coogan and Lenny …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Michelle Terry, who is also the Globe's artistic director, says she will not alter her physicality for role
The artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe has pushed on with playing Richard II…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM[SHARE]Friday, January 26, 2024
Theatre dedicated to new writing says it is 'reassessing staff teams' after sharp rise in production costs
The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring proce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Friday, January 19, 2024
Sarah Grochala's Intelligence follows Lovelace's attempts to be taken seriously as a scientist in 1840s London
A play about the reincarnation of the Victorian computing pioneer Ada Lovelace …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Royal Shakespeare Company's new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience
The Royal Shakespeare Company is attempting to attract new audiences…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Monday, November 27, 2023
London venue's online collection of performances dating back to 1956 will be free to use for writers, directors and the public
The Royal Court has launched a free digital archive of every p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 23, 2023
Actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown said non-London crowds 'have a real hunger for a good night at the theatre'
The actor Dominic West has extolled the virtues of regional theatre a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 22, 2023
April De Angelis comedy, to be premiered in Hampstead, explores life of actor at a time when married women were 'legally dead'
She was known as the Queen of Drury Lane and the first truly re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PM[SHARE]Friday, October 27, 2023
The US author of Sex and the City will appear on stage in London in early 2024 before going on a UK-wide tour
Candace Bushnell, the real-life Carrie Bradshaw, is bringing her one-woman show …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 5, 2023
Oak floorboards discovered at St George's Guildhall, King's Lynn, believed to be only surviving stage from Shakespeare's time
Boards trodden by the Bard have been discovered under layers of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AM[SHARE]Monday, October 2, 2023
While many criticise content guidance in art and literature, others argue they help people make informed choices
When a London theatre decided to warn potential audiences about strong langua…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM[SHARE]Friday, September 22, 2023
Many women working in industry say allegations only scratch the surface of its culture of misogyny
"When I was 18 I had an incident with a powerful male comedian in his 30s," says Lucy (name…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AM[SHARE]Imposter 22 will run for three weeks at renowned Sloane Square theatre and comes after series of workshops
A play performed by a professional cast of learning disabled and autistic actors is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Actor accuses Royal Central School of Speech and Drama of paying lip service to anti-discrimination pledges after 2015 incident
The actor Shaniqua Okwok has criticised the Royal Central Scho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:37PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 20, 2023
Younger audiences may not recognise people comedians are impersonating but some performers say there's still plenty to work with
"If I see somebody become famous, and they've got tremendous…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 10, 2023
Actor says high prices are strangling next generation of theatregoers, as cheapest seats rise 13% in a year
The price of West End theatre tickets can be ludicrous and risks strangling the ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AM[SHARE]Friday, July 21, 2023
Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union 'we are at thin end of horrible wedge'
Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-list …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 20, 2023
Byrne, who is also an award-winning playwright, said he would 'shape a rejuvenating culture' at one of London's most prestigious theatres
David Byrne, an award-winning playwright and directo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Edwin Flay brings his one-man drama, in which he plays the GP and serial killer, to the Edinburgh fringe
He was a big man with a bushy beard and a bowl of sweets on his desk for good boys an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AM[SHARE]Friday, June 23, 2023
Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Pig will open during Hanukah in December at culture centre JW3
The corny gags, slapstick, cartoon baddies and singalongs beloved of traditional pantomime will…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 15, 2023
'Epic and deeply personal' Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris
A play charting the life of Nye Bevan and his battle to create the NHS is among 12 new pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AM[SHARE]Director says past eight years 'most challenging time in history' for sector, but audience figures finally back at pre-pandemic levels
Rufus Norris is to step down as director of the Nationa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM[SHARE]Friday, May 26, 2023
Former Coronation Street actor calls for more support, as survey finds lack of safety net for self-employed creatives
More financial support should be available to artists in the periods whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AM[SHARE]Loading more stories…
