Friday, August 28, 2015
As the Edinburgh festival staggers to the finishing line, comedians contemplate their musty, cramped but comfortable stage homes for the past monthDear City Cafe,When my mum heard I was goin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:26AMMonday, August 24, 2015
The comedy channel Dave asked the public to vote on the best gags to emerge from this year’s fringe festival, and here are the resultsDarren Walsh wins Dave award1. Darren Walsh: I just de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPart lecture, part personal odyssey, Victory Melody’s show about the origins of her hair extensions is unassuming but totally charmingVictoria Melody comes fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMAustralian actor Hugh Jackman appears in Sydney to announce a live concert arena tour of Australia due to start in November. Named Broadway to Oz, Jackman’s stage show will feature choirs,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMThursday, August 20, 2015
Three artists presenting work at this year’s fringe share their thoughts on access, representation and what’s next for the festivalIs the fringe a good place for the disability arts? Dis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AMWednesday, August 19, 2015
Gentrification, class, housing, violence … in these excerpts from documentary interviews by film-maker and playwright Penny Woolcock for Block 9’s immersive installation Utopia, young me…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:21AMTuesday, August 18, 2015
“Our work began with performances and happenings, not in theatre school,” says the Flemish designer Jan Versweyveld. Over three decades, he and Ivo van Hove, his partner and the director…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AMMonday, August 17, 2015
Pleasance DomeRiches plays a grizzled sports coach who teaches his inept students how to win – and find redemption – in this participative movie pasticheEx-Comedy award champ Adam Riches…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMComics at the Edinburgh fringe reveal their sartorial secrets, from furry trousers to see-through numbersI wear a black suit on stage, with a black shirt, black socks, black shoes and black …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AMFriday, August 14, 2015
This year’s sun-soaked Wilderness Festival in Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire featured headliners Björk, George Clinton and Ben Howard, but beyond the main stage there was plenty to see and do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMAs the Kinky Boots cast prepare for the award-winning musical’s West End debut, we take a peek at their run-throughs for the play, a true tale of the flamboyant reinvention of a Northampto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMThe outspoken comic will be answering your questions in a live webchat from 12noon BST onwards on Monday 17 August – post them in the comments below 11.25am BST With his easy chuckle and b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AMBankhead’s vigour, audacity and flexibility within her range are tremendousA new comedy and the first visit to Manchester of a much-paragraphed young actress brought a large and eager audi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37AMMonday, August 10, 2015
The wealth of first-time comic talent at the Edinburgh fringe can leave those coming back for another try overlooked and overburdenedI enjoyed reading the novelist Amit Chaudhuri reminiscing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMCurrently playing Antigone at the Edinburgh festival, the French actor will answer your questions in a live webchat from 12 noon BST on Wednesday 12 August – post them in the comments belo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMJonathan Ollivier performs in Swan Lake on ANT1 TV, with Sam Archer, while on tour in Greece in 2010. Ollivier was killed in a motorbike accident on Sunday in Farringdon while en route to Lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMSunday, August 9, 2015
The actor, who is playing Hamlet at the Barbican in London, addresses fans outside the venue after Saturday’s performance. He urges audience members not to take videos or pictures during t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25PMHe isn’t bold. He isn’t confrontational. And he once read out survey data on stage. But Nish Kumar is the hot ticket at this year’s Edinburgh festival fringeNish Kumar’s mum recently…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMThe first pictures of the eagerly anticipated production of Hamlet have been released. Take a look at some of the stars of the production directed by Lyndsey Turner and designed by Es Devlin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMThursday, August 6, 2015
Acts on the fringe can change our definition of comedy and show us the funny where we least expected it. These performers rewrote the rulebookWhat does a truly innovative Edinburgh fringe sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PMWednesday, August 5, 2015
Fans of Benedict Cumberbatch – and, perhaps, Shakespeare – queue outside London’s Barbican theatre for a chance to see Hamlet. Some slept overnight to get a ticket for the opening nigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMFriday, July 31, 2015
The feminist comedian is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat at 1pm BST on Monday 3 August – post them in the comments below 9.56am BST In a world where women in comedy a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:08AMWednesday, July 29, 2015
Marine conservation group Sea Shepherd has released an anti-whaling video starring actor David Field. He plays a man who is shot in the back by a harpoon before being dragged to his death. S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42AMSunday, July 26, 2015
With a host of comedic talent set to appear at the Edinburgh festival fringe early next month, we asked some top names to identify the joke or moment that first tickled their funny bone…It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMThursday, July 23, 2015
From a Cobain-esque Tim Minchin to a paint-splattered Bec Hill, Steve Ullathorne’s portraits of standup comedians are as irreverent as they are intimate. They go on display at the Gilded B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AMTuesday, July 21, 2015
The comedian has just written his first children’s book, and is joining us to answer your questions from 1pm BST onwards on Thursday 23 July – post them in the comments below 4.14pm BST …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMMonday, July 20, 2015
Patrick Marber reimagines Turgenev at the NT, 247 festival starts in Manchester, there’s Happy Days for Beckett in Enniskillen and Ben Whishaw is at the AlmeidaIt’s one night only at Soh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:09AMTuesday, July 14, 2015
The comedian on how Monty Python baffled America, why he can’t function without worrying – and his struggle to say something no one else will say Your new show looks at three decades’ …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AMWednesday, July 8, 2015
Join us from 8.40pm BST on Monday 13 July for a live-stream of the performance As the Flames Rose We Danced to the Sirens, the SirensThe Flare international festival of new theatre 2015 star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMAn audience member at a Broadway play in New York is filmed climbing on stage to try and charge his phone – at a fake outlet. The footage, shot minutes before the start of Hand to God on 2…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:34AMTuesday, July 7, 2015
In the summer of 2013 the theatre company Punchdrunk transformed an old Paddington sorting office into a labyrinthine film studio full of intrigue and intimate moments. Now, a year after The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:34AM 
