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]Wednesday, April 26, 2023
New artistic director Nancy Medina picks works about the power of belonging such as a queer coming-of-age story from Tarell Alvin McCraney and a musical version of David Nicholls' Starter fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]Friday, April 21, 2023
Writer and director Ben Elton tells story of woman who was 'most famous teenager in the world' in the 1960s
She was a teenager from Neasden when a photograph of her newly cropped hair catapu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 20, 2023
Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch to open in 2024 on site of playhouse that staged earliest performances
A London museum installation that uses the latest AI technology will allow theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Production is at centre of collaboration with west London community affected by 2017 disaster
The National Theatre is to stage a verbatim play based on accounts by survivors and those bereav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 12, 2023
Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published
Four hundred years ago, a small band of William Shakespeare's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Stage version of 1988 Japanese animation leads the pack while Standing at the Sky's Edge has eight nominations
My Neighbour Totoro, the new stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's beloved 1988 a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 21, 2023
The Merchant of Venice 1936 among four plays to feature at RSC's reopened Swan theatre this summer
A new take on Shakespeare's controversial play The Merchant of Venice, set in London's East…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Theatre operators and producers changing marketing strategy as rowdy behaviour escalates
Popular musicals will be told to avoid phrases such as "best party in town" and "dancing in the aisle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 12, 2023
The Brits faced criticism for not nominating women in gender-neutral category but women reign in theatre awards chosen by public
Women have dominated the gender-neutral performing categories…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Wilson to enact single, seven-minute scene on loop with 100 men to explore gender roles
Ruth Wilson has called a new stage role in which she will perform the same scene repeatedly for 24 hou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 3, 2023
Featherstone is latest high-profile figure to leave a major theatre in recent months
The artistic director of the Royal Court, one of London's most prestigious theatres, is stepping down aft…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 19, 2023
Report criticises indifference to sector's potential and calls for new approach to address skills shortages
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The UK risks losing its leading position in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 17, 2023
The only Bafta award voted for by the British public, the five nominees are all actors from the UK and Ireland
Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in a new feature film about the late sin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Scheme will make 1,000 tickets available every week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities
Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan 'can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre', says outgoing artistic director Roxana…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2022
Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about 'body pathologising'
Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised because…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 24, 2022
Artistic director of English National Ballet decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital
One of the ballet world's biggest stars has accused Arts Council England of "simpl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Actor joins demonstration over plans to slash £50m from arts bodies in London as part of levelling-up agenda
Recent cuts to arts funding are part of "an agenda of cultural vandalism" that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2022
New Earth Theatre said 'damaging tropes, misogyny and racism' in show contradict its values
A touring theatre company has pulled a play from the Sheffield Crucible because of the venue's dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 17, 2022
Leading names of British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rights
Some of the leading names of British theatre and film h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel will premiere at Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in April
A stage production of a poignant novel about the death of William Shakespeare's son from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2022
English National Opera to create new base, possibly in Manchester, but will still manage Coliseum
The English National Opera, one of the country's cultural flagships, is to relocate outside …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2022
Producer says trial asked questions about boundaries between privacy and celebrity and what it is to be a Wag
A play about the "Wagatha Christie" trial is to be staged in the West End by the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 13, 2022
Eliza Doolittle's sparkling dress is one of 100 items that celebrate 'transformative power' of musicals
Weighed down by diamante, rhinestones, pearls, crystal beads, sequins and long, pale g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2022
The soul singer plays Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia, a hip-hop musical returning to the Old Vic
The story of the suffragettes is a "metaphor for so many things going on right now" including g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 25, 2022
Karim Khan's play about two Muslim teenagers learning to swim wins £3,000 prize for best new writing
A coming-of-age tale about two South Asian teenagers who learn to swim in order to imp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Production opening in October portrays US evangelical star who challenged views on Aids and HIV
The colourful life story of an American Christian superstar who became a gay icon because of h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 21, 2022
West Midlands comedian Masai Graham, who works as a part-time care worker, wins title for second time
A standup comedian who works part-time as a care worker on minimum wage has topped a po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 28, 2022
London venue with long history of offering training and networking has become Seven Dials Playhouse
For more than 40 years it was a place where actors " from legendary stars to those struggl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AM[SHARE]Friday, July 15, 2022
Dramatic resignation of Boris Johnson and subsequent leadership race prove a challenge for standup comedians
'People are taking their comedians seriously, and their politicians as a joke," t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Loading more stories…
