Saturday, December 11, 2021
The woes of Britain's government offer a rich seam of comedy and it's being mined in theatres and on TVs across the country
"Aren't we all having fun? What about you in the back row? Yes, we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 7, 2021
Criticism from David Baddiel and others prompts about-turn on play due to open this week
Al Smith may not be the first British playwright to ask "What's in a name?", but this weekend he had …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 31, 2021
David Harewood cast as William Buckley in James Graham's new play of fiery 1968 debates with Gore Vidal
It was a battle royale fought between American political titans, and it played out on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Monday, September 20, 2021
Monty Python star has reinvented his play The Weekend as musical theatre
Theatres are about to embark on a new "golden age" thanks to the combination of freshly enthused audiences and a driv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 18, 2021
While capacity crowds are now allowed, productions are being shut down by isolation rules as cast members are 'pinged'
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 13, 2021
Hit musical Jersey Boys will be first show at the 630-seater Trafalgar theatre in the West End
The curtain goes up on Monday on at least one piece of certain good news for the troubled West …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Only a handful of events will be staged this year as producers complain about 'dithering' by council and Scottish government
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 25, 2021
Impresario Nica Burns is giving 23 young producers their big break with a showcase at top London venues
When the curtains finally rise on West End stages again in May, should there really be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 28, 2021
Donors contribute to buy painting of Tamara Karsavina, co-founder of the London ballet school
A rare and valuable portrait of the Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina, Anna Pavlova's great riv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Monday, March 22, 2021
Small, agile productions are preparing for a May start, as experts predict virtual events will outlast the pandemic
Live entertainment is coming back in two halves, much like a traditional n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 21, 2021
The Cuban star talks about his battle to lift spirits at the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the film he has made to rally performers as their stages stay dark
When Carlos Acosta, considered one…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 24, 2021
Songs from the composer's doomed show about the Israeli stateswoman will make their debut online
The self-taught musical genius Lionel Bart was the Londoner who first successfully challenge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM[SHARE]Monday, January 4, 2021
As Zoom fatigue sets in, organisations are seeking creative ways to bring art to patrons to keep them " and their wallets " engaged
A concert from your favourite opera singer, delivered pers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 5, 2020
The award-winning performance artist tells why she has penned a libretto starring single mums for a new BBC documentary
Bryony Kimmings, the award-winning British performer behind a success…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 15, 2020
Playwright and director says BLM and the lockdown have prompted him to stage a financially risky season of black work
British culture has been guilty of "hoodwinking" black people into think…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 12, 2020
Communities secretary announces new planning rules forcing councils to take impact of Covid-19 into account
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Empty theatres and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 24, 2020
Britain's most prolific playwright is producing and acting in his own audio play, but he holds out little hope for live theatre in the short term
Sir Alan Ayckbourn, one of Britain's most ad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2020
The star speaks of his panic about the uncertainty of reopening and his sorrow for struggling young actors
Simon Russell Beale, one of Britain's leading Shakespearean actors, has spoken of h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 28, 2020
Acclaimed productions will be available to watch on Guardian site as coronavirus outbreak continues
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 8, 2020
Many black actors leave Britain to find fame, but the Londoner's BBC lead role follows years of acclaimed work on stage and screen Related: Noughts & Crosses author hits back at race-bai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 9, 2020
The acclaimed dramatist, 82, says he is too old to follow up the work inspired by the fate of his recently discovered Jewish familySir Tom Stoppard, Britain's most celebrated living playwrig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 7, 2019
Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss and Nina Sosanya star in James Graham and Josie Rourke's theatrical experiment
The play The Vote, a theatrical experiment broadcast live on television on election…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 6, 2019
Broad stage theatre comedy full of plot twists, puns and frantic action is finding a new audienceThe stage is set like a hotel bedroom where a scantily clad woman is hiding inside a wardrobe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM[SHARE]Women claim staff did not 'like the T-shirts we are wearing' but NT says the action was 'a result of a series of disturbances'
The National Theatre has become embroiled in a bitter war of wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 22, 2019
After an Edinburgh debut just 12 months ago, Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow tell of the whirlwind success of their musical about Henry VIII's wivesTwelve months can be a long time, especially if …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 11, 2019
Hip-hop, grime and urban violence take centre stage in a new production of the Shakespeare tragedyModern street slang, words such as fam, peng, fleek and hench, should be dropped into Shakes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 27, 2019
Comic work by German composer has been reinterpreted for modern audiencesGerman composer Kurt Weill is ranked high among the best of the 20th century and his music remains popular outside th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 24, 2019
Jamael Westman explains how his role in the West End show has affected his politics as well as his careerThe swift rise to fame of Jamael Westman, leading man in the London cast of the hit m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 16, 2019
Whether it's Russian or simply 'northern', directors face new hurdles in the casting of 'authentic' speaking rolesWhen Scottish film star Sean Connery delivered his lines in the 1987 hit The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 9, 2019
Star who is taking legal action on antisemitic trolling will take role in Merchant of Venice that shifts setting to London's East EndTracy Ann Oberman, the actress at the centre of a legal c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 13, 2018
A new book helps BAME actors shrug off stereotypes and show their real talentsNeed a convincing member of a street gang for a TV show? Or a suspected terrorist for a police interrogation sce…
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