Saturday, May 16, 2015
This year’s Manchester international festival sees the premiere of wonder.land, a new musical that aims to update Lewis Carroll’s classic tale for the digital age. Directed by Rufus Norr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFrom Björk and FKA Twigs to a Gerhard Richter/ Arvo Pärt double-header, here’s your guide to this year’s Mif, now celebrating its 10th anniversary Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, May 15, 2015
Damon Albarn brought Shaolin monks, Kraftwerk stormed the velodrome and Punchdrunk revolutionised Doctor Who – as Manchester International festival returns this summer, we look back at the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PMThe French choreographer Boris Charmatz has turned Tate Modern into a ‘Musée de la Danse’ with the help of 90 dancers. There will be performances around the building and alongside the c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMThursday, May 14, 2015
The documentary maker Nendie Pinto-Duschinsky has spent eight years working on a film about the performer and director Lindsay Kemp, who turned 77 earlier this month. In these clips, Kemp ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMTuesday, May 12, 2015
The Royal Ballet’s stunning new show is inspired by the life and novels of Virginia Woolf. Alessandra Ferri, Natalia Osipova, Sarah Lamb and Edward Watson perform in a ‘brave and entirel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMThe full lineup has been revealed for the first A Nation’s Theatre event, which explores devolution and will take place on Saturday 23 May Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:16AMMeet the deaf and hearing artists developing new staging techniques to make accessibility part of the aesthetic Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AMThe smell of the elephants, Charlie Chaplin’s funny walk and the gift of a balloon … three clowns remember what led them to put on a red noseIn front of the apartment where my family liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, May 4, 2015
Ahead of her new standup show about mindfulness, the comedian will answer your questions in a live webchat at 12 noon BST on Wednesday 6 May – post yours in the comments below Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMFriday, May 1, 2015
The veteran actor will join his fellow Cinderella co-stars Lily James and Richard Madden in the production at London’s Garrick theatre in summer 2016Derek Jacobi is to play Mercutio in a n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMThursday, April 30, 2015
Stephen Merchant and Steffan Rhodri star in a West End revival of Richard Bean's comic two-hander The Mentalists. It's about two guys trying to solve the world's problems, says the playwrigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:16AMTuesday, April 28, 2015
The Tony awards will be announced on 7 June. Which stars and shows do you think should take home a trophy? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:58AMThe contenders for this year’s Tony awards have been announced by Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker. See who’s in the running Best playThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AMAs the Homeland and Wolf Hall actor plays to sold-out audiences in London, revisit his theatrical performances opposite Keira Knightley, Lesley Manville and Helen McCrory Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:51AMMonday, April 27, 2015
Dav Stewart’s photograph for Tempest’s album Everybody Down will go on display in the exhibition Picture the PoetA 2013 photograph of a pensive Kate Tempest is the latest album cover ima…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMExclusive: Take a first look at Carol Ann Duffy’s version of Everyman, directed by Rufus Norris, in which Chiwetel Ejiofor comes face to face with Death Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:58AMThursday, April 23, 2015
Almost 30 years after it was created, Pina Bausch’s Ahnen is being performed in the UK for the first time. Take a look at the choreographer’s ‘completely crazy’ cactus-filled show Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMGwyneth Paltrow? Hit! Daryl Hannah? Miss! As Nicole Kidman prepares to return to the West End, see how other Hollywood actors have fared on the London stage Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AMAfter 80,000 miles, 96 countries and more than 150 shows, the two-year worldwide tour of Hamlet has reached its halfway point in Spain – on Shakespeare’s birthday. Here’s a taste of so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMWednesday, April 22, 2015
Actors and sportspeople share the same sort of approach, says Ralph Fiennes as he explores the best Shakespeare plays for schools.This is a clip from Muse of Fire, a resource of interviews o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:49AMThursday, April 16, 2015
A month after the fire at Battersea Arts Centre, a fundraising night brings together many of those whose careers were nurtured there. Here, they remember pivotal performances at the iconic s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43AMWednesday, April 15, 2015
Actor to make his musical debut in New York City in July playing a nerdy florist after proving a critical hit on Broadway in Constellations Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMLewis Carroll’s novel turns 150 this year and Alice productions are popping up everywhere. The theatre company Les Enfants Terribles are inviting audiences down the rabbit hole by staging …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07AMTuesday, April 14, 2015
‘Mischievously adapted’ by Enda Walsh, The Twits at the Royal Court is the latest of Dahl’s tales to be turned into a drama. From a witchy Ruby Wax to Alex Jennings’ wonderful Wonka,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, April 12, 2015
From the Young Vic’s View from the Bridge to the hit Kinks show Sunny Afternoon and the Carole King musical, take a look at all the victorious productions at this year’s OliviersThe Oliv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:28PMKeep track of the winners at this year’s Olivier awards – as they are announcedThe Oliviers red carpet – in pictures Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMNicole! Gillian! Angela! The stars arrive at the Royal Opera House in London for the 2015 Olivier awardsAll the winners – as they are announcedPoll: Olivier awards – your favourites Cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:34PMThe winners have already been decided but who would get your vote in these seven categories?• Olivier awards 2015: full list of nominees Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AMFriday, April 10, 2015
Damian Lewis returns to the West End this April with a production of American Buffalo, the blue-collar modern classic from David Mamet. Here he is in rehearsal alongside co-stars John Goodma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMFriday, April 3, 2015
Stage show based on the Bill Murray comedy will hit Broadway, created by the team behind MatildaYou may feel you’ve read this news before but no, you’re not stuck in a time loop like the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31AM 
