Thursday, January 29, 2026
As the musical version of the notoriously gory book returns to the stage, its tale of 80s yuppie nihilism feels more relevant than ever in the era of Andrew Tate, Trump and tech bros
I have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2025
It started out as a fringe musical about an outlandish war plan " and became a West End and Broadway smash. As the show hits China, Australia and Mexico, its 'nerd' creators explain how they…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM[SHARE]Monday, November 3, 2025
Fresh from his Tony award for Merrily We Roll Along, the Harry Potter star will bring Duncan Macmillan's one-person hit show to New York audiences
Daniel Radcliffe is set to star in the Broa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2025
The frontman is realising his stage dreams by starring in Edgecity which draws on playwright gobscure's experience of sleeping rough. The pair talk about an urgent, explosive show
In the lat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM[SHARE]Monday, December 2, 2024
From a Snoop Dogg firepit to a sweater celebrating the brutalist genius of Preston bus station, here are 40 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture in your life
It's just turned…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]Friday, December 22, 2023
Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe Australian TV phenomenon reaches the stage with a story about sibling solidarity that has wacky dancing and an emotional wallop
'What's Bluey?" a friend asked …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Friday, December 1, 2023
A Bear apron, a Van Gogh vase, a reversible Frida Kahlo jacket, a Britney death metal T-shirt … here, curated by our arts team, are 30 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM[SHARE]Friday, August 4, 2023
The Royal Shakespeare Company says the acclaimed theatre director's tenure from 2003 to 2012 was 'inspiring and influential'
Sir Michael Boyd, who was artistic director of the Royal Shakespe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:37PM[SHARE]Monday, February 20, 2023
A new exhibition lets us see the Yorkshire artist's greatest hits " and overlooked rarities " through new eyes. Photographer Justin Sutcliffe went behind the scenes
"I've always been interes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 2, 2023
The British entertainer said to be a favourite of King Charles, whose credits ranged from Merchant Ivory and opera to The Vicar of Dibley, has died
Kit Hesketh-Harvey, the British composer a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:05AM[SHARE]Friday, January 27, 2023
Actor says recent conversations about role of monarchy 'opened his eyes' to suffering of Indigenous people around the world
We tend to receive things on our birthdays, but on his 58th Alan C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AM[SHARE]Monday, December 19, 2022
Southbank Centre, LondonThe hero of the children's animated TV series is on top form in a riotous adaptation that gets the squirrels singing and screaming
I must confess that it took me a wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 11, 2022
Shows featuring drag queens reading to young children have proven increasingly popular - but they are also attracting angry protests. How have we reached a place where these joyful events ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM[SHARE]Monday, July 25, 2022
Poetry-loving, religious and with deep regrets about some of his comedy: either the standup comic has grown up, or he was never as laddish as his image suggested
It was while he was writing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The controversial comic's new book is a surprising mix of memoir and self-help. Has having a baby softened his edges? He talks about depression, anxiety, punching down and his friend Sean Lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 20, 2020
The former Peep Show star felt right at home playing a lily-livered journalist in Michael Winterbottom's film Greed. He talks about marriage, capitalism " and Armageddon
'I find nuclear war…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Monday, February 10, 2020
After depression, the collapse of his marriage and decades of anorexia, the actor spent his 52nd birthday on a psychiatric ward. He talks about how he found his way back
I was originally due…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 18, 2020
Ahead of his new standup show, the Catastrophe star discusses working through the pain, defending the NHS and becoming a better dad
Rob Delaney is on a canoe, sailing down the North American…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM[SHARE]Monday, September 23, 2019
The comedian has spent more than 30 years outraging and educating straight audiences. He recalls his early fame, the infamous Norman Lamont gag " and his brief stab at heterosexuality
In a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM[SHARE]Friday, August 16, 2019
Timmy Creed quit the tough Irish sport damaged and disillusioned. But he returned to his club 'undercover' " to turn its toxic masculinity into a play. He swings a stick at our wimpy writer
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM[SHARE]Friday, May 11, 2018
The story of 1930s player Matthias Sindelar seemed a great subject for the stage. But the cast of The Paper Man had other ideasIt's easy to see why a theatre company might want to put the st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 20, 2018
How do comics survive life on the road? They rob their minibars, turn roadies into bird-watchers " and read The Da Vinci CodeI once played in a tiny little school hall in a tiny little villa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PM[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]Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Tony Law is going where no comic has gone before: staging a play about global warming " on ice. Our writer gets his skates on and crashes into a chaotic rehearsalYou might not guess it from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 27, 2015
The comedian who ran for president for a laugh is now considering quitting comedy altogether. Or is that the afternoon vodkas talking?Hanging on a wall in Doug Stanhope's Arizona home is a f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Cyndi Lauper and John Legend will also compose pieces for soundtrack of new stage productionEven for a man with a reputation for radical reinvention, David Bowie's latest move is surprising:…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The Chicago troupe Second City gave us Murray, Fey, Dan Aykroyd and Joan Rivers. But can they turn me into a comedian? Only if I embrace failure…So here I am, stood in a room with 19 stran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 13, 2014
The No 1 classical-dance crossover act on angering Shostakovich fans, getting their riders from Marks & Sparks, and almost electrocuting Lily ColeHi, Clean Bandit: classical and dance music …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2013
Tim Jonze insists Daft Punk's ubiquitious hit is musically, lyrically and spiritually bereft, and that's why he can't stand it " or you, for liking it' The best song of 2013: Daft Punk " Get…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 4, 2012
The comedian was one of those characters who comes on as a cameo and steals the show. He saved my groom's speech from disaster, tooIt might be overstretching it to say that Ray Presto, the c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Surreal one-liners and juvenile humour abound in this look at the early, anarchic days of Stewart Lee and Richard Herring"It's not as good as I remember it," says the Stewart Lee quote on th…
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