Sunset Boulevard and Dear England have the most nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running Noël Coward award for best new entertainment or comedy playAccidental…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWhen a celebrated voice coach feels she has to resign, it’s a poor reflection on the state of drama in the UK As a professional actor, I’ve worked extensively in all media for more than …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMReaders reflect on the deep impact that some scenes on stage can have on their mental health Re Arifa Akbar’s article (We go to the theatre to feel something – and people do. Trigger war…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMYvonne Whalley on the rise of AI actors. Plus a letter from Mike Peacock on Donald Sinden’s Othello So, the TV director James Hawes has told parliament’s culture, media, and sport commit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMCircussy classics | Secondhand clothes | Curtain calls | Cold showers Lyndsey Winship’s review (Ockham’s Razor: Tess review – circus spin finds light and laughter in Thomas Hardy’s t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMThe Broadway star has died aged 91. Revisit her glittering career, including West Side Story, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMBarbara Richardson suggests that all National Theatre productions should be livestreamed, while Sarah Lynch says regional theatres such as Sheffield’s Crucible deserve credit Ian Wood righ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AM17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023The broadcaster recalls a true original who immersed himself in the roles of Dame Edna and Sir Les, and was a complicated mixture of vaudeville character an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023The playwright recalls his collaborations with the charismatic actor whose mix of mischief and vulnerability endeared him to everyone from Arthur Miller …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMThe National Theatre’s new artistic director must ensure that it engages with the regions, writes Ian Wood Arifa Akbar writes of the National Theatre, in her article about the appointment …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PM9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023The politician recalls the actor and fellow Labour MP, a passionate campaigner for social justice who never exploited fame to advance her career Julian Sands reme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMTim Atkinson on the threat to the livelihoods of the Northern Ballet Sinfonia’s musicians Great that you featured Northern Ballet’s Nutcracker as a double-page photo spread in your print…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMJohn Coldwell on his first ever walkout from a performance. Plus letters from Ian Garner, David Riley and Tim Edwards on leaving theatres at the interval or even earlier Two days before read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMThe acclaimed company returns to Sadler’s Wells in London with a production inspired by the optical phenomenon known as a ‘lunar halo’ Photography by Tristram Kenton Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PMTom Sweeney says he excelled in drama in school and was always generous with his praise for his old teachers I was deeply upset to read of Russell Norman’s untimely passing (Restaurateur a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMShakespeare North Playhouse | Taxing millionaires | Brewing annoyance | Precise apostrophes | Lynne Truss The director of Shakespeare in Love, John Madden, tells us how Judi Dench bought the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMA look back at the career of the stage and screen actor, best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors, who has died aged 66 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMAs the National Theatre celebrates its 60th anniversary, revisit some of its most iconic posters including War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nine Night Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMOnce the ultimate mark of respect for actors, every theatre performance now seems to end with the audience rising to their feet and clapping wildly Name: Ovation inflation. Age: New-ish. Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMHe wasn’t just a magnificent actor – he was also a raconteur, mentor, joker, engineer and pilot. Friends including Tom Hollander, Penelope Wilton, Simon Callow, Nicholas Hytner, Matthew …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AMHis play Spitting Image about a gay partnership broke new ground in the West End, says Colin Chambers Also among the many activities in the protean Colin Spencer’s impressive array of achi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMJude McGowan on being a lifelong theatregoer on a modest budget. Plus letters from Rory Murphy and Ian Wells Re your article on theatre prices (Price of West End theatre tickets can be ludic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Barry Manilow and Jessica Chastain were among the crowd for the 76th annual Tony Awards, held in New York on Sunday The full list of winners Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:25AMDecades of civil war and economic meltdowns left Lebanon’s people struggling for hope – and then three years ago came the devastating explosion in the capital’s port. But the country�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMSue Bingham helps organise a charity event where people of all ages can dance their cares away in a village hall, while Dave Mcglade worries about the loss of spaces for all forms of dance I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMWe ruin, waste and trivialise human life by ignoring that, writes Michael Bulley Charlotte Higgins is right to see Medea, in Euripides’s tragedy, as heroic (Greek tragedies like Medea are…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMMan Utd v Oldham Coliseum | Toilet dread | The con in consultant | Middle age | Clement Freud How saddening to see that Oldham-born Sir Jim Ratcliffe seems able to find £5bn or so to buy Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMRosanna Achilleos-Sarll remembers being told she was ‘too tall’ by the celebrated ballet dancer, while Tessa Higgins praises the wonderful teacher Audrey de Vos Your obituary of Dame Ber…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMTheatre companies outside London aren’t getting the attention they deserve, says Julia Sowerbutts I applaud your editorial about the squeeze on opportunities for new plays and playwrights …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM21 March 1925 - 2 July 2022The theatre director remembers his friend and mentor, a titan of the stage whose productions revolutionised the art form James Lovelock remembered by John Gray Re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMComedian doesn’t directly address apology onstage but says: ‘Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith ... I went to work the next day’ Comedian Chris Rock did not directly address Will Sm…
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