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Friday, April 3, 2015

Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day musical confirmed for 2017 by Guardian Staff

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
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Golem: watch an exclusive clip from 1927's jaw-dropping show – video by Guardian Staff

For their exuberantly inventive show Golem, the theatre company 1927 took the folk story of the clay man who comes to life and turned it into a play about the dangers of today's digital worl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:34AM
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Maria Aberg on Shakespeare: 'Realism is always going to trip us up' – video by Guardian Staff

The director Maria Aberg, whose RSC productions include King John and As You Like It, explains why we must stop thinking naturalistically about casting Shakespeare's plays.This is a clip fro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:50AM

Barbershop duets: Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel's Sweeney Todd – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Tooting Arts Club are already presenting a pop-up pie-shop version of Sondheim’s gory masterpiece in Shaftesbury Avenue. Now another Sweeney is in town: English National Opera presents Emm…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Monday, March 30, 2015

The price of the American dream: Death of a Salesman – in pictures by Guardian Staff

As Antony Sher takes on the role of Willy Loman in the RSC’s revival, co-starring Harriet Walter, revisit the history of Arthur Miller’s classic play Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:50AM
Thursday, March 26, 2015

From sketch to stitch: costumes for the RSC's The Jew of Malta – in pictures by Guardian Staff

See designer Lily Arnold’s outfits – on page and stage – for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe, directed by Justin Audibert Contin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AM
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Shakespeare's fighting talk: which characters are ready to rumble? – quiz by Guardian Staff

How well do you know the brawls and battles in Shakespeare's plays? All of these lines are spoken before fights – match the words to the characters who speak them Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AM
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Melbourne comedy festival: 10 top tips from Celia Pacquola and Sam Simmons by Guardian Staff

Want to catch the comedians’ comedians at Melbourne international comedy festival? Two of Australia’s finest each choose the five funniest shows to see Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42PM
Monday, March 23, 2015

Israeli magician floats above Tel Aviv street – video by Guardian Staff

An Israeli magician stuns shoppers in Tel Aviv by appearing to float above a street, with just his hand touching the wall. Puzzled onlookers tried to work out how Hezi Dean was managing to l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:30AM
Monday, March 16, 2015

Birmingham Royal Ballet's Serenade and Carmina Burana – in pictures by Guardian Staff

To mark their 25th anniversary, Birmingham Royal Ballet are staging Balanchine’s classic Serenade alongside BRB director David Bintley’s own Carmina Burana at the Coliseum Continue readi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM
Thursday, March 12, 2015

'Would audiences walk out?': trailblazing British black and Asian Shakespeare – in pictures by Guardian Staff

A new exhibition profiles landmark colour-blind and multicultural productions of Shakespeare starring actors including Paul Robeson, Josette Simon and Willard White. To Tell My Story, celebr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

English National Ballet's Modern Masters – in pictures by Guardian Staff

ENB’s triple bill at Sadler’s Wells has violence and eroticism, bolshie attitude and virtuosity, says Judith Mackrell in a four-star review. Take a closer look Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM
Monday, March 9, 2015

Maxine Peake performs 'To be, or not to be?' in Hamlet – video by Guardian Staff

Her 'delicately ferocious' Prince of Denmark was a sensation at Manchester's Royal Exchange in 2014. If you missed Maxine Peake's performance, fear not: a film of Sarah Frankcom's production…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26AM

Chris Bryant webchat – live now by Guardian Staff

With the general election looming, post your questions for the shadow culture minister about Labour’s plans for the arts 1.31pm GMT kzznzz asks: Arts funding in Northern Ireland has now fa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM

Olivier awards 2015: complete list of nominations by Guardian Staff

The contenders for this year’s Olivier awards have been announced – here they are in fullA View from the Bridge at Young Vic and Wyndham’s theatre A Streetcar Named Desire at Young Vic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM

Olivier awards 2015 nominations: watch the live-stream by Guardian Staff

Lesley Manville and James McAvoy announce the nominees for the 2015 Olivier awards from 12pm GMT on Monday 9 March Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AM
Saturday, March 7, 2015

From the archive, 7 March 1873: Political satire at the theatre by Guardian Staff

Editorial: Political drama is a novelty, but people who care for art may regret its degradation by connection with the strife of parties Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AM
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Ringling Bros eliminating elephant acts by 2018 - video by Guardian Staff

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus has announced it will eliminate its elephant acts by 2018 amid ongoing criticism by animal welfare activists. This ends what has been an integral…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52PM
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

From Naked to Antigone: Juliette Binoche on stage – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Antigone at the Barbican, with Juliette Binoche in the lead role and directed by Ivo van Hove, is one of this year’s hottest tickets. Revisit the French star’s acclaimed career in the th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:37AM
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Russell Tovey says sorry for effeminate actor comments by Guardian Staff

Actor widely criticised for saying he was lucky he hadn’t gone to the kind of drama school that would lead him to ‘prance around’ Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM
Monday, March 2, 2015

The young ones: Rik, Ade and the 80s alternative comedy gang – in pictures by Guardian Staff

When photographer Trevor Rogers moved out of his old studio he rediscovered his archive of portraits of the 1980s alternative comedy boom. Now, his snaps of Rik, Ade, Dawn, Jennifer and frie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:51AM
Friday, February 27, 2015

No false moves: 21 years of Vincent Dance Theatre by Guardian Staff

For 21 years Charlotte Vincent’s company Vincent Dance Theatre has presented, in the words of Luke Jennings, ‘a series of explorations of the human condition and of the nature of perform…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AM
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Are you man or superman? Complete George Bernard Shaw's quotes – quiz by Guardian Staff

As Ralph Fiennes appears in the National Theatre's production of Shaw's epic, see how well you know the great dramatist's wisdom by completing these linesRalph Fiennes and Simon Godwin: our …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

A Closer look: Patrick Marber's classic play about love and lust – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Patrick Marber’s celebrated study of life, sex, death and obituaries is back in the West End, 18 years after it opened at the National Theatre Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM
Monday, February 23, 2015

Shakespeare First Folio returns to London - video report by Guardian Staff

A very rare Shakespeare First Folio discovered in a French library last year is making its way back to the UK. The book, which contains 36 plays including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and The Te…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:35PM
Monday, February 16, 2015

Pamela Cundell obituary by Guardian Staff

Warmhearted actor who played the amorous Mrs Fox in Dad’s Army Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PM

Mark Thomas webchat – as it happened by Guardian Staff

The politically astute comedian, who is currently on tour with his arms trade exposé Cuckooed, was here to answer your questions – from his views on the Ukraine to Russell Brand and Nigel…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM

Mark Rylance turned down Spielberg for the National Theatre by Guardian Staff

Wolf Hall star says he rejected two roles in Empire of the Sun after consulting the I Ching Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AM

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