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Friday, October 7, 2016

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag to return to Soho theatre by Chris Wiegand

The filthy comedy " a hit for the BBC this summer " will be staged at the venue where it first started out as a monologueFleabag, this year's breakout TV anti-heroine, is returning to the th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:46AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Let's Fly review " featherlight adventure for kids by Chris Wiegand

Little Angel theatre, London A companion piece to the puppet theatre's autumn show Emily Rising delivers some escapist fun for the under-sixes Shakera Ahad is one of the busiest puppeteers w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AM[SHARE]
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Morrissey or Shelagh Delaney? " quiz by Chris Wiegand

Hull Truck's A Taste of Honey, starring Shameless's Rebecca Ryan, is the second major revival this year of Shelagh Delaney's hugely influential debut. As Morrissey once observed, "At least 5…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Harry Enfield to make theatre debut as movie mogul in Hollywood satire by Chris Wiegand

Once in a Lifetime leads Young Vic season that includes a 'grownup' Midsummer Night's Dream and a new show devised by sex workersHarry Enfield is to make his theatrical debut in a revival of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44PM[SHARE]
Saturday, September 10, 2016

John Malkovich to make London debut as a theatre director by Maev Kennedy and Chris Wiegand

Actor will return to the UK in order to stage Zach Helm's play Good Canary at Kingston's Rose theatreThe American actor John Malkovich is heading to the UK " not to the West End stage, but t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Paul Auster's meta-thriller City of Glass coming to the stage in 2017 by Chris Wiegand

Duncan Macmillan and 59 Productions' adaptation of Auster's innovative detective novel will have its world premiere in ManchesterCity of Glass, Paul Auster's meta-detective novel about a thr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

The Railway Children review " Justin Fletcher boards first-class crowdpleaser by Chris Wiegand

King's Cross theatre, LondonThe CBeebies favourite has been cast as Mr Perks in this imaginative adaptation of E Nesbit's classic " but the real star of the show pulls in later"Dad?" Six-yea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 22, 2016

Edinburgh comedy awards 2014: the nominees in full by Chris Wiegand

Former nominees James Acaster and Sam Simmons, and last year's best newcomer, John Kearns, are on the seven-strong shortlist for the main prize at the Edinburgh comedy awardsEdinburgh comedy…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 1, 2016

'Booed off in 17 seconds' " comedians recall their first gigs by Chris Wiegand and Anna Menin

Shappi Khorsandi felt as if she'd walked on the moon. Isy Suttie watched a man change a dressing on a wound as she spoke. Omid Djalili fell off the stage. So how did the first gigs of Paul M…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

James Thierrée: 'Baryshnikov told me to get used to pain. It's part of a dancer's life' by Chris Wiegand

As he prepares to take his latest spectacular to the Edinburgh festival, the performer talks about the 'magic box' of theatre, listening to frogs' secrets and playing an acrobatic Ariel for …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29AM[SHARE]
Friday, July 8, 2016

Audiences invited to dress up as fish for free tickets to Mark Rylance's new play by Chris Wiegand

Seats in a private box are promised to the first theatregoers who turn up in fishing gear " or as fish " at the Oscar-winning actor's latest West End showMark Rylance will return to London's…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Maxine Peake to star in A Streetcar Named Desire in Manchester by Chris Wiegand

Exclusive: Actor will portray Blanche DuBois in Sarah Frankcom production of Tennessee Williams playThe role was originated by Jessica Tandy, played on stage and screen by Vivien Leigh and h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:20AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Damian Lewis and Zawe Ashton among stars for new set of Shakespeare Solos by Chris Wiegand

Lewis plays Antony and Ashton performs 'All the world's a stage' for our video series, which features Riz Ahmed, Laura Carmichael and Paterson JosephThe final set of films in the Guardian's …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]

Zawe Ashton as Jaques in As You Like It: 'All the world's a stage' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jaques's lines on the seven ages of man from Ac…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]

Quiz: match the stage directions to the play by Chris Wiegand

Here are 10 striking stage directions " can you identify the plays they're taken from?"Thunder and lightning. Enter Devils with covered dishes."The CrucibleWickedDoctor Faustus"Miriam begins…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Paterson Joseph as Shylock: 'You call me misbeliever' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Paterson Joseph speaks Shylock's lines from The Merchant of Venice…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AM[SHARE]

Zawe Ashton as Jacques in As You Like It: 'All the world's a stage' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jacques's lines on the seven ages of man from A…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]

Damian Lewis as Antony in Julius Caesar: 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony's lines from act III, scene 2 of Juli…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]

Laura Carmichael as Portia: 'The quality of mercy' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Laura Carmichael speaks Portia's lines from The Merchant of Venice…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]

Riz Ahmed as Edmund in King Lear: 'Now, gods, stand up for bastards' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Riz Ahmed speaks Edmund's soliloquy from the start of Act I, Scene…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]

Damian Lewis and Zawe Ashton among stars for new set of Shakespeare Solos by Chris Wiegand

Lewis plays Antony and Ashton performs 'All the world's a stage' for our video series, which features Riz Ahmed, Laura Carmichael and Paterson JosephThe final set of films in the Guardian's …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33AM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 24, 2016

The Royal Court at 60: look back in wonder by Chris Wiegand

London's powerhouse of new writing is celebrating its 60th birthday. Explore some of the Sloane Square theatre's key productions through extracts from the Guardian and Observer archive, alon…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM[SHARE]
Friday, March 11, 2016

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart confirm UK tour of No Man's Land by Chris Wiegand

The X-Men stars will take their revival of the Harold Pinter classic to Sheffield, Newcastle, Brighton and Cardiff before a London run with some £10 ticketsSeven years after they waited f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 3, 2016

As you dance it: Brian Eno and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker do Shakespeare by Chris Wiegand

In the show Golden Hours, featuring tracks from Eno's Another Green World and choreography by De Keersmaeker, the playwright's lines are danced rather than spoken. The duo talk about stretch…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45AM[SHARE]
Monday, February 29, 2016

Camille O'Sullivan as Constance in King John: 'Thou art not holy' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Camille O'Sullivan plays Constance in King John, Act III, Scene 4.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Joanna Lumley as Viola in Twelfth Night: 'I left no ring with her' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Joanna Lumley speaks Viola's soliloquy from Twelfth Night, Act II,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Sacha Dhawan as Shakespeare's Parolles: 'Are you meditating on virginity?' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Sacha Dhawan delivers an edited version of Parolles's lines from t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

David Threlfall as Prospero in The Tempest: 'Our revels now are ended' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, David Threlfall speaks Prospero's lines from The Tempest, Act IV, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Daniel Mays as Macbeth: 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth's lines from Act II, Scene 1. As Macbet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Samuel West as Henry V: 'Upon the king' " video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Chris Wiegand and Emma John

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Samuel West speaks Henry V's soliloquy from Act IV, Scene 1. On th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM[SHARE]

The Guardian's Shakespeare Solos series continues with six new films by Chris Wiegand

Joanna Lumley plays Viola, David Threlfall is Prospero and Daniel Mays sees a dagger before him in our latest set of videos to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death Related: S…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25AM[SHARE]

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