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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Lindsay Kemp tribute unveiled as dancer adopts his roles by Chris Wiegand

Exclusive: New work created in honour of the late dancer and performed by Vidya Patel and Daniela Maccari, who has taken on his signature stage rolesA tribute performance has been created fo…

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The show must go on... and on: lessons on handling pressure from stars of the stage by Chris Wiegand

Know your strengths and eat boiled eggs … how do a musical-theatre star, a ballerina and an opera singer cope with the demands of their roles " and what we can we learn from them?The light…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Love and hisses: Cleopatra star Sophie Okonedo on acting with live snakes by Chris Wiegand

The actor, who is performing in Shakespeare's tragedy on the Olivier stage, is to make her National Theatre Live debut with one of her real reptile co-stars When the National Theatre's Anton…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Merce Cunningham at 100: 75 dancers perform 300 solos in three cities by Chris Wiegand

Three shows in London, New York and Los Angeles will be live-streamed in April, on what would have been the choreographer's 100th birthdaySeventy-five dancers are to perform a total of 300 s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: can you put a price on sentimental value? by Chris Wiegand

In her new solo show, Haley McGee values the gifts her exes gave her, while rating how much fun they were " and how good the sex wasImagine an episode of The Antiques Roadshow where the obje…

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Monday, November 26, 2018

Huddle review " this pair of penguins are something to squawk about by Chris Wiegand

Unicorn, LondonFilskit Theatre's winter warmer for under-sixes is a cracking tale of parenting penguin-styleMy five-year-old daughter Hilda loves penguins, principally Pingu and Peso, the de…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04PM[SHARE]
Friday, November 23, 2018

It's behind you! York's panto dame bows out after 40 years by Chris Wiegand

Berwick Kaler, who says this year's show at York Theatre Royal is his last, promises loyal local audience a night of 'absolute rubbish'After hundreds of frock changes, decades of in-jokes, c…

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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Drama at the deep end: leisure-centre play staged in pools and gyms by Chris Wiegand

Dante or Die's 80s-set touring show Take On Me celebrates community fitness centres and gives roles to locals If there's a drama at your local leisure centre it's probably no more than lane …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]
Monday, November 19, 2018

Roxana Silbert to join Hampstead theatre as new artistic director by Chris Wiegand

Silbert " whose first job was as a Hampstead script reader " will leave Birmingham Rep for her new post in spring 2019Roxana Silbert has been appointed artistic director of Hampstead theatre…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Bush theatre appoints Lynette Linton as artistic director by Chris Wiegand

Playwright-director will take over from Madani Younis at the west London venue in JanuaryThe playwright and director Lynette Linton has been announced as the new artistic director at the Bus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM[SHARE]
Friday, November 9, 2018

Ten of the best theatre shows for Christmas 2018 by Chris Wiegand

Musical improv elves, cabaret and interactive hijinks abound in these festive shows for familiesRoyal & Derngate, Northampton, 27 November-30 December. Then touring. Continue reading...

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Jerry Seinfeld announces four London dates in summer 2019 by Chris Wiegand

Superstar comic will give first UK performances in seven years at the Hammersmith ApolloJerry Seinfeld is to give four rare performances in London when he brings his standup show to the Hamm…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM[SHARE]

Ian McKellen to celebrate 80th birthday with 80-date tour by Chris Wiegand

The UK tour will visit theatres with a personal connection to the actor and performances will encourage audience members to share the stageIan McKellen is to celebrate his 80th birthday next…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 4, 2018

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child album released by Chris Wiegand

Original music by Imogen Heap features in the ambitious two-part stage playMusic from the triumphant West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been released as a new album by the G…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM[SHARE]
Monday, October 15, 2018

Andrew Lloyd Webber unveils 'wall of fame' at London Palladium by Chris Wiegand

Installation by the stage door honours stars including Bruce Forsyth, Cilla Black and Cliff RichardAndrew Lloyd Webber has unveiled a "wall of fame" installation on the exterior of the Londo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 12, 2018

Battersea Arts Centre seeks new artistic director after David Jubb stands down by Chris Wiegand

Jubb, who has spent 15 years in the role, is to leave the arts centre that has fully reopened after its fire three years agoBattersea Arts Centre, the vibrant London venue that recently full…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM[SHARE]
Monday, September 24, 2018

I Wish I Was a Mountain review " jazzy Hermann Hesse tale is stunning by Chris Wiegand

The Egg, BathWith two turntables, a street's worth of houses and a German fairytale, performance poet Toby Thompson creates a beautiful show for over-sevensChildren live in the moment but by…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 20, 2018

'Nightmarish' Donald Trump comedy coming to London theatre by Chris Wiegand

Almeida director Rupert Goold says Anne Washburn's new play Shipwreck will 'wrestle with what Trump is both politically and existentially'A "nightmarish comedy" about Donald Trump, with char…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Stephen Jeffreys, playwright behind The Libertine, dies aged 68 by Chris Wiegand

British dramatist, whose plays included Valued Friends and I Just Stopped By to See the Man, is celebrated for nurturing later generationsTributes have been paid to the influential British p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]

Tallulah Brown: 'Robert Redford was talking about dragons with our song in the background' by Chris Wiegand

The Trills musician is used to her lyrics being used in trailers but her play Songlines puts her in the spotlight with the actors Playwrights don't usually share the stage with the performer…

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Thursday, September 6, 2018

'My testicle was so big, you could play it like a bongo' by Chris Wiegand

Michael Patrick's youth was blighted by a bizarre testicular condition and the death of his father. They provided the perfect material for his moving and wincingly funny one-man showWhen Mic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 20, 2018

Off-Kilter review " startling look at a life out of order by Chris Wiegand

Dance Base, EdinburghRamesh Meyyappan's solo theatre show explores our daily struggle to hold it all togetherYou know the feeling. The alarm clock goes off and for a few seconds it's all a b…

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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Bon 4 Bon review " sweet memories of childhood and mangos by Chris Wiegand

Dance Base, EdinburghThe four brothers that make up Taiwan's Chang Dance Theatre share stories of family life in a tender and playful showOne childhood memory recurs in this vivid, bracingly…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PM[SHARE]
Monday, August 6, 2018

Edinburgh fringe: six of the best shows for children by Chris Wiegand

Toilet-paper weaponry, cake-baking, nautical adventure and a drag pop concert … here are some of the festival's most imaginative performances for young peopleSummerhall, 10am, until 26 Aug…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM[SHARE]
Sunday, August 5, 2018

Stoel (Chair) review " seats take the floor in spellbinding dance show by Chris Wiegand

Zoo Southside, EdinburghOrdinary chairs become monsters, vehicles and a perilous walkway in Compagnie Nyash's gently mischievous performance for over-threesFifteen junkshop chairs enter the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]
Friday, August 3, 2018

'She's got no filter': the standup who let a six-year-old write his comedy show by Chris Wiegand

Giving his partner's daughter free rein during the creative process has resulted in Owen Roberts' most surreal show to date " and the sort of laughs other comics at Edinburgh dream ofIn a sw…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]
Friday, July 13, 2018

Ivo van Hove to 'bring West Side Story into the 21st century' by Chris Wiegand

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker will collaborate with the director on first Broadway version not to follow original choreographyThe Jets and the Sharks are returning to Broadway with some new mov…

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Battersea Arts Centre reopens grand hall with a message to Trump by Chris Wiegand

Following a fire that damaged the building in 2015, BAC opens up renovated hall " and celebrates community spirit in a photo-letter to the US presidentBattersea Arts Centre is to reopen its …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

'There wasn't time to feel anything!': understudy Ryan Pidgen's big break by Chris Wiegand

When Matt Lucas withdrew from the opening night of Me and My Girl, his stand-in had just two hours to prepareEvery understudy awaits their big break. Yet few replace a household name on the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 2, 2018

Cats choreographer Gillian Lynne dies aged 92 by Chris Wiegand

Tributes paid to the former dancer and choreographer whose West End hits included The Phantom of the OperaGillian Lynne, the leading British choreographer who created the slinky moves of Mac…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AM[SHARE]
Friday, June 29, 2018

50 shows to see at the Edinburgh fringe 2018 by Brian Logan and Chris Wiegand

Superstar standups, daring dance, Brexit cabaret and a Bon Jovi musical … Dive into our guide to some of the shows at the world's biggest arts festivalGilded Balloon Continue reading...

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