Wednesday, February 25, 2015
As Ralph Fiennes appears in the National Theatre's production of Shaw's epic, see how well you know the great dramatist's wisdom by completing these linesRalph Fiennes and Simon Godwin: our …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Patrick Marber's celebrated study of life, sex, death and obituaries is back in the West End, 18 years after it opened at the National Theatre Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2015
A very rare Shakespeare First Folio discovered in a French library last year is making its way back to the UK. The book, which contains 36 plays including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and The Te…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:35PM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2015
Warmhearted actor who played the amorous Mrs Fox in Dad's Army Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PM[SHARE]The politically astute comedian, who is currently on tour with his arms trade exposé Cuckooed, was here to answer your questions " from his views on the Ukraine to Russell Brand and Nigel F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM[SHARE]Wolf Hall star says he rejected two roles in Empire of the Sun after consulting the I Ching Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 14, 2015
The London dance house's annual celebration of flamenco dance and music is celebrating its 12th year. Take a look at some of the acts who will be performingThe festival runs from 16 February…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2015
Contestants at the UK Pun Championships fire off gags on subjects including the general election, contraceptive ice-cream and Richard III at an event held on Thursday as part of Dave's Leice…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AM[SHARE]The politically astute comedian is on tour with his arms trade exposé Cuckooed. He joins us to answer your questions in a live webchat at 1pm GMT on Monday 16 February. Post yours in the co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:51AM[SHARE]Leo Kearse has triumphed at the UK Pun Championships, held as part of Dave's Leicester Comedy festival. Here are some of his gags Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:41AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2015
Groundlings at the mercy of hot wax and bad backs (Authentic Globe experience, 7 February)? Audiences at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse should be grateful for relatively limited authenticity. B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PM[SHARE]Theatre production takes inspiration from designer's runway shows and depicts a meeting between McQueen and a girl who breaks into his home to steal a dressFive years after his death, a new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Alan Rickman talks about the 'impossible aim' of great writers and recalls working on Antony and Cleopatra in Stratford with Peter Brook, who told the actors: "You'll never be as good as the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PM[SHARE]On the 10th anniversary of his death, test your knowledge of the man behind Death of a Salesman, All My Sons and A View from the Bridge Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AM[SHARE]Stage show based on the yuletide favourite about Santa's hapless helper will open at the Dominion theatre in November 2015 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
The star chatted to us about The X Files, returning to Miss Havisham and leaping on top of Paolo NutiniHot off the heels of her prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire, Gillian Anderson popped b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58AM[SHARE]More than 50 years after his stage debut, Michael Gambon has announced that he is retiring from the theatre. Here's a reminder of some of his celebrated performances in plays by Beckett, Sha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:22AM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2015
The actor, who has just directed her own prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire, is joining us to answer your questions at 1pm GMT on Monday 9 February " post them in the comments below 4.21pm …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AM[SHARE]Award-winning Broadway show based on the Chiwetel Ejiofor film will open at the Adelphi theatre in London in SeptemberKinky Boots, the heartwarming British film about a Midlands shoe factory…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AM[SHARE]Gillian Anderson resumes her role as Blanche DuBois in a prequel to Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, inspired by the Young Vic theatre's acclaimed production in 2014. The film …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2015
As she returns to the character of Blanche DuBois in the short film The Departure, Gillian Anderson recalls the Young Vic's celebrated production of A Streetcar Named Desire, performed on a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Al Murray, the Pub Landlord, hits the campaign trail in Thanet South, where he is standing at the general election against Ukip leader Nigel Farage. The comedian-turned-politician says he de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26AM[SHARE]The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Henry IV Parts I and II, directed by Gregory Doran, is out now from Opus Arte on DVD and Blu-ray. Watch Antony Sher's 'magnificent, magnetic Fal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2015
As Brooklyn's newly-restored Kings Theatre stages a grand opening concert we take a look at the lavish, meticulously refurbished interior Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 1, 2015
In Roald Dahl's novel, Willy Wonka opens his doors to Charlie Bucket, Grandpa Joe and co at 'ten o'clock sharp' on the 'first day in the month of February'. Now it's your chance to go behind…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 31, 2015
Actor Geraldine McEwan, famous for her 1985 portrayal of Lucia in EF Benson's pithy comedy, and who in later life became the face of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, has died Continue reading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PM[SHARE]Take a look at another collection of the groundbreaking sets created by contemporary designers featured in World Scenography 1990-2005 by Eric Fielding and Peter McKinnon. Click on each phot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2015
The actor, who recently collapsed on stage yet returned to finish the show, pulls out of production after 11 performancesBrian Blessed has withdrawn from the production of King Lear at Holy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AM[SHARE]The original London cast of the hit American musical, which recently celebrated its 100th performance in the West End, have recorded an album. See Beverley Knight and Killian Donnelly perfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AM[SHARE]The comic actor, currently appearing in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in the West End, is joining us to answer your questions in a webchat from noon onwards on Tuesday 3 February…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM[SHARE]Where do writers find inspiration and come up with their best ideas? Some clues are in a new collection of portraits by Simon Annand, commissioned by Bruntwood and the Royal Exchange theatre…
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