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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Tom Stoppard: how I wrote Hapgood – video by Guardian Staff

As the spy thriller Hapgood is revived at Hampstead theatre, Tom Stoppard talks about his drama of doubles and deception, and how John le Carré redefined espionage fiction by blurring the b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Choose your favourite stage show of 2015 by Guardian Staff

’Tis the season to compile lists of your favourite productions of the year – let us know which ones left you spellboundAs December disappears and the new year beckons, we’re rememberin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AM
Friday, December 4, 2015

Kevin Bridges webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The Scottish comedian is joining us to answer your questions during his UK tour, from 1pm onwards on Monday 7 December. Post them in the comments below 10.48am GMT Kevin Bridges has one of t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AM
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Something wicked: Macbeth at the Young Vic – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Director Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy Guerin have teamed up for a new version of Macbeth at the Young Vic starring John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin. It’s murder on the dan…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16PM

Striking, thrilling, disturbing: readers share their theatre memories by Guardian Staff

Guardian Culture Professionals Network readers reflect on their first and favourite theatre experiencesMy first theatre memory was Schlachten! at the Deutsche Schauspielhaus Hamburg in 1999.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM

Fanny, Barbra and Sheridan: Funny Girl on stage and screen – in pictures by Guardian Staff

As Sheridan Smith takes the lead role in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s Funny Girl revival, take a look at the musical’s history Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM
Monday, November 30, 2015

Bill Bailey webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The bearded surrealist is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday 2 December from 1pm GMT – post yours in the comments below 1.38pm GMT Appearing a little like a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AM
Friday, November 27, 2015

Carlos Acosta webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

As the ballet dancer makes his last performances for the Royal Ballet, he will join us for a live webchat on Tuesday 1 December – post your questions for him below 1.20pm GMT Carlos Acosta…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AM
Thursday, November 26, 2015

How the Lorax saved Christmas: Dr Seuss hits the Old Vic – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Watch out Truffula trees! Dr Seuss’s eco-fable The Lorax, about the greedy Once-ler who cuts down forests to make Thneeds, has been adapted for the stage. Here’s a look at rehearsals for…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AM

Dara O Briain: watch a clip from Crowd Tickler Live – video by Guardian Staff

The Irish standup on the benefits of hitting his 40s: not feeling the need to watch every Scorsese film and learning to love classical music through the Lurpak butter ad. Dara O Briain: Crow…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AM
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Broadway to Oz: Hugh Jackman's show opens in Australia – video by Guardian Staff

Australian actor Hugh Jackman performs a full dress rehearsal of his stage show Broadway to Oz ahead of its opening in Melbourne on Tuesday. The all-singing all-dancing concert is a celebrat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30PM
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Evening Standard theatre awards arrivals – in pictures by Guardian Staff

The 61st London Evening Standard theatre awards, in partnership with The Ivy at The Old Vic Theatre, saw scores of theatre and television figures converge to honour this year’s work Contin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PM
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Will Adamsdale: power tips to avoid jingle hell this Christmas – video by Guardian Staff

Will Adamsdale’s Edinburgh award-winning self-help coach Chris John Jackson returns this winter with a festive twist. Jackson’s Way: The Christmas Top-Up Power Seminar! is at Battersea A…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Flights of fancy: the Royal Ballet's romantic Two Pigeons – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Vadim Muntagirov and Lauren Cuthbertson take the lead roles in Frederick Ashton’s classic ballet The Two Pigeons at the Royal Opera House in London Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AM

Backstage dramas: theatre stars wait in the wings – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Robert Lindsay, John Simm, Susannah Fielding and others get ready to make a great entrance in these exclusive photographs by Matt Humphrey whose company Curtain Call is producing a book of b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AM

'The unsung hero of UK culture' – industry voices on why they love theatre by Guardian Staff

To celebrate #LoveTheatreDay, four stage professionals share what they think makes theatre so special – and why it needs our support#LoveTheatreDay 2015 – liveA list of the theatres and …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AM

The naked truth about nude dancing – in pictures by Guardian Staff

As a nude Canadian troupe challenges the attitudes of London audiences to the body, we look at uses of nakedness in contemporary dance – to unsettle, to probe and to enlighten Continue rea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:58AM
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Interview: Elisabeth Mahoney meets David Tennant by Guardian Staff

On stage or screen, David Tennant is a favourite with writers because of his ability to go from nerdy cop to handsome lover 'in just one moment'. Elisabeth Mahoney finds him taking yet anoth…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:27PM
Friday, November 13, 2015

Andrew Scott webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The Sherlock and Spectre actor is next up in the play The Dazzle – and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm GMT on Monday 16 November. Post yours in the comments below 10.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:10AM
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Kevin Bridges hits the gym: 'they're training for the apocalypse' – video by Guardian Staff

In a clip from his new live DVD, the Scottish comic sizes up the ‘new breed of man’ he meets down the gym and finds out why even fruit for breakfast is frowned upon. Kevin Bridges: A Who…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM
Monday, November 9, 2015

Bolshoi Babylon: watch the trailer for the documentary about troubled times at Russia's celebrated ballet company by Guardian Staff

Watch the trailer for Bolshoi Babylon, which follows a year in the life of the famed Russian institution. The 2013-14 season the film covers is, however, no ordinary year: the Bolshoi’s ba…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PM
Friday, November 6, 2015

Kenneth Branagh’s Plays at the Garrick theatre – in pictures by Guardian Staff

The actor-director’s season of plays in London’s West End opens this weekend with The Winter’s Tale, starring Judi Dench, and Terence Rattigan’s Harlequinade, starring Zoë Wanamaker…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PM

Anthony Horowitz webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The writer is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat on Monday 9 November from 1pm GMT onwards – post them in the comments below 11.19am GMT Few writers have had the chance …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:22AM
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Al Pacino: the Godfather of Broadway – in pictures by Guardian Staff

David Mamet’s new play China Doll brings Al Pacino back to Broadway more than 40 years after his stage debut. Here are some of the screen star’s appearances on the Great White Way Contin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Play explores the myth surrounding Hitler's Mein Kampf – video by Guardian Staff

A German theatre company Rimini Protokoll has created a play to take apart and debunk Hilter’s work Mein Kampf following the expiry of the book’s copyright. Mein Kampf translates as My S…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

Comedy of Errors: swinging and sparring at Shakespeare's Globe – video by Guardian Staff

Blanche McIntyre’s staging of Shakespeare’s farce The Comedy of Errors was deemed “near perfection” at the Globe by Michael Billington. In this clip from the DVD, out now, Matthew Ne…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AM
Monday, November 2, 2015

Cuban heels: Carlos Acosta at the Royal Ballet – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Carlos Acosta, whose adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen is currently packing them in at Covent Garden, will bid farewell to the Royal Opera House in 2016. A new book, Carlos Acosta at The Royal …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AM

Yippee-ki-say-what? Bruce Willis v Stephen King – quotes quiz by Guardian Staff

Bruce Willis is making his Broadway debut in an adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery. Can you tell whether these quotes come from Willis’s films or King’s novels? Bruce Willis is making…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AM
Friday, October 30, 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch calls on Hamlet audience to support refugees – video by Guardian Staff

Video from Westcoaster Ca, shot on October 19th at the Barbican, London, is off Benedict Cumberbatch’s plea to the Hamlet audience to make a donation to help refugees escaping the conflict…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Halloween make-up tips from the National Theatre: the perfect witch - in pictures by Guardian Staff

For some amazing Halloween make-up tips we’ve turned to the National Theatre’s make-up experts to guide us through a step-by-step masterclass on creating the perfect witch’s face! Cont…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AM
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Leaps and bounds: Lois Greenfield captures dancers in flight by Guardian Staff

The American photographer, who creates hyperreal tableaux of dancers at work, talks us through the images in her new book Moving Still Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM

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