Cursing and raging, Lear is taken into care while he plots revenge on his daughters in a modern take on Act II, Scene 4 from Shakespeare’s tragedy. This is the ninth film in the British Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMDeveloped at London’s dynamic Yard theatre, Removal Men is a musical tragicomedy that gives an eye-opening portrait of detention officers’ work. Its creators, MJ Harding and Jay Miller, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThe Royal Ballet’s resident choreographer is celebrating 10 years at Covent Garden. McGregor’s new piece, Multiverse, set to a score by Steve Reich, is part of a triple bill of one-act b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMThe socially conscious comedian was here to answer your questions. Find out her go to karaoke song, her views on electoral reform and, crucially, her thoughts on the Creme Egg scandal here 2…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWho decides that someone should be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMThe Bat Out of Hell singer is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday 2 November – post them in the comments below 1.24pm GMT With his energetic strutting, might…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMHampstead theatre, LondonDavid Calder plays a communist longshoreman with a death wish and Tamsin Greig is his witty, passionate daughter in Michael Boyd’s terrific production“Have you s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMIn the book The Art of Movement, Ken Browar and Deborah Ory of NYC Dance Project capture some of the most accomplished dancers in the world in a series of striking poses. Here, Misty Copelan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AMThe acclaimed stage and screen actor is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 25 October – post them in the comments 10.19am BST Her current role in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AMThe Doctor Strange and Sherlock star is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Monday 24 October – post them in the comments belowWith his public school tones, quite prep…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMJoin us on Tuesday 18 October to watch Rambert’s dancers in action. We’re streaming a day of rehearsals, performances, documentary material and debate, lifting the lid on its creative pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:38AMDario Fo, playwright, Nobel laureate and - at 79 - still the most subversive man in Italy, is running for mayor of Milan. But why? And what will he do if he wins? Well, for a start, he’ll …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:52AMThe Edinburgh mainstays switch identities to interview each other. It doesn’t take long for the insults to start flyingSeann (as Romesh) Seann, Bridget Christie beat you to the Edinburgh C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMPhoebe Boswell riffs on her conflicted attitudes towards Othello in Dear Mr Shakespeare, which co-stars Ashley Thomas aka Bashy. This is the eighth film in the British Council’s series Sha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMJean-Paul Gaultier has dreamed of staging a revue ever since he saw footage of the Folies Bergère on his grandmother’s TV. ‘I got in trouble at school the next day because I was sketchi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AMWatch theatremaker and actor Tim Crouch perform Commonwealth, a 2012 monologue written by Andy Smith, as part of the Royal Court's summer-long Open Court festival. Crouch enters from the aud…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AMWicked is celebrating its 10th birthday at the Apollo Victoria theatre in London. The musical, based on Gregory Maguire’s novel, presents the untold story of the good and wicked witches fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMThe comedian, actor and News Quiz host is joining us to answer your questions from 1pm on Wednesday 21 September – post them in the comments below 4.38pm BST With his sensible jumpers and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:57AMIn interviews, the great American playwright Edward Albee could be as quotable as his characters. Here are 10 of his best observations I failed as a poet, a novelist, a short-story writer an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:40PMThe festival combines daring new productions with established international acts and homegrown crowd pleasersNow in his second year as artistic director of the Brisbane festival, David Berth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AMBeing mates these days demands endless admin. Who has time for a decent chat? Still, you can say so much with an aubergine emoji. Kerry Godliman weighs up the different expectations of male …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AMIt is one of 2014's hottest tickets. Before A Streetcar Named Desire opens at the Young Vic tonight, take a look at Gillian Anderson's Blanche Dubois. Photographs by Tristram Kenton• From …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMFive years after its landmark Out of Asia season, Sadler’s Wells presents a second programme of eastern choreography. From the minimalism of TAO Dance Theatre to the epic Under Siege, take…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMMaxine Peake is the latest actor to play Tennessee Williams’s troubled heroine. Take a look at the other stars who have depended on the kindness of strangers Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10AMThe star of The Wire, The Affair and now Les Liaisons Dangereuses talked about McNulty’s fake English accent, Cynthia Nixon as a therapist, wearing a silver caped leotard and mountain clim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:44AMDirector Sing J Lee and pop star Viktoria Modesta have dreamed up a bold sci-fi vision of Shakespeare’s comedy, imagining a clubland encounter between Titania and Bottom. This is the seven…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMGermaine Greer appears on a Shakespeare-themed episode of the ABC’s Q&A program and responds to an audience member who asks about the relevance of the playwright’s work to modern Aus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:07AMMaxine Peake returns to the Royal Exchange in Manchester this month as Blanche in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Sarah Frankcom. In this exclusive video, designe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49AMSylvie Guillem will present her final dance programme at Sadler’s Wells, London, in 2015. Revisit her journey from Parisian ballerina to global dance sensationJudith Mackrell on Sylvie Gui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMMasai Graham, the winner of the 2016 Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe award, repeats his one-liner on Tuesday. Graham, a care-worker from West Bromwich, said the joke about a donor card …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AMFrom Hoovers to badgers, here are the quips voted funniest in Dave's competition at the festival1. "I've decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust." – Tim Vine2. "I've…
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