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’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 08:19AMThe 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 06:26AMDirector 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 01:16PMGuardian 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 10:42AMAs 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 05:24AMThe 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 09:02AMAs 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 05:09AMWatch 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 10:38AMThe 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 02:55AMAustralian 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 10:30PMThe 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 05:07PMWill 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 08:03AMVadim 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 10:22AMRobert 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 09:09AMTo 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 06:33AMAs 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 01:58AMOn 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 12:27PMThe 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 06:10AMIn 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 08:33AMWatch 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 12:43PMThe 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 12:52PMThe 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 07:22AMDavid 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 09:12AMA 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 08:36AMBlanche 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 03:48AMCarlos 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 08:49AMBruce 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 06:21AMVideo 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 08:07AMFor 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 05:09AMThe American photographer, who creates hyperreal tableaux of dancers at work, talks us through the images in her new book Moving Still Continue reading...
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