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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is criminally good, say the critics by Nancy Groves

Robert Lindsay and Rufus Hound play stylish conmen in yet another West End movie adaptation but it's Katherine Kingsley who steals the show Read Michael Billington's four-star review of the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Jason Donovan to star in revival of Annie Get Your Gun by Nancy Groves

Emma Williams co-stars in a new production of Irving Berlin's 1946 musical, which will debut at Manchester Opera HouseThere really is no business like show business for Jason Donovan, who re…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AM[SHARE]

Kenneth Branagh and Julian Mitchell: how we made Another Country by Nancy Groves

Writer Julian Mitchell and actor Kenneth Branagh remember the struggle to mount a risky anti-establishment play, and how Rupert Everett did his best to spice it upJulian Mitchell, writerIn 1…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Portsmouth beats Hollywood to world record of longest ever standup gig by Nancy Groves

More than 60 standups perform 80 hours of comedy at Fratton Park to claim crown from Laugh Factory in Los AngelesPortsmouth football club may be languishing in league two, but it can now cla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Theatre legend Adrian Howells dies aged 51 by Nancy Groves

Glasgow-based performer and artist's intimate one-to-one performances tested audience members' boundaries' Adrian Howells: 'He created performances of courageous honesty' " a tributeThe thea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PM[SHARE]

Theatre legend Adrian Howells dies aged 51 by Nancy Groves

Glasgow-based performer and artist's intimate one-to-one performances tested audience members' boundaries' Adrian Howells: 'He created performances of courageous honesty' " a tributeThe thea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PM[SHARE]

Monday, March 17, 2014

A male Wicked witch, a female Billy Elliot? Welcome to West End Recast by Nancy Groves

Adam Lenson's one-night-only musicals compendium has actors singing the parts that gender, age or race normally rule out. But can it shake up traditional casting?Green light floods the audit…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Jay and Silent Bob announce UK tour by Nancy Groves

Duo who began life in Kevin Smith's 1994 film Clerks will appear live to showcase their new animated film Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon MovieJay and Silent Bob are striking back " …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AM[SHARE]

Monday, March 10, 2014

Musicals we love: Legally Blonde by Nancy Groves

Sheridan Smith's luminous portrayal of fashionista turned lawyer Elle Woods transformed a slight screenplay into a stage triumphDragging my stilettos, I only made it to the Savoy theatre for…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AM[SHARE]

Friday, March 7, 2014

Latitude comedy tent filled to bursting with funny women by Nancy Groves

Female comics 'at the top of their game' form a third of the comedy lineup at this year's festival, whose arts programme reads like a who's who of performanceBBC take note: it can't be too h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM[SHARE]

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Harry Styles and Lea Michele top of cast wishlist for Wicked film by Nancy Groves

One Direction singer and Glee actor linked to screen adaptation of hit musical, along with Billy Elliot's Stephen DaldryA Wicked fan, a One Direction fan and a Glee fan walk into a cinema ..…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:23PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Fawlty Towers dining experience promises to make a meal of it by Nancy Groves

Royal Albert Hall will play host to a pop-up interactive show based on the popular 1970s TV seriesFawlty Towers may have closed its doors to guests forever in 1979, but Basil, Sybil and Manu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:39PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

David Brent, entertainer, to play two gigs in May in London and Oxford by Nancy Groves

Tickets to see Foregone Conclusion and the ex-Wernham Hogg middle manager go on sale on Friday 7 March at 9amDavid Brent, star of BBC2 comedy The Office, is heading out on the Free Love Free…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AM[SHARE]

Monday, March 3, 2014

Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding announces solo UK tour by Nancy Groves

Kicking off on 20 October, the 23-date show will include standup, animation, music and some of his best-loved Boosh characters " but not co-star Julian BarrattThe Mighty Boosh star Noel Fiel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Young, early, emerging: Daniel Brodie, associate producer, Royal Court by Nancy Groves

The young producer talks funding, family, Vicky Featherstone and the odds on a female artistic director at the National TheatreWhat introduced you to the possibility of being a theatre produ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Arts head: Topher Campbell, chair, Independent Theatre Council by Nancy Groves

Diversity in the arts should be the same as biodiversity in a rainforest, says the writer-director " the more, the betterCongratulations on your new role at the Independent Theatre Council; …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AM[SHARE]

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