Monday, March 9, 2015
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 09:37AMThe 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 08:14AMLesley 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 07:30AMSaturday, March 7, 2015
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 12:30AMThursday, March 5, 2015
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 01:52PMWednesday, March 4, 2015
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 10:37AMTuesday, March 3, 2015
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 04:36AMMonday, March 2, 2015
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 04:51AMFriday, February 27, 2015
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 03:30AMWednesday, February 25, 2015
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 04:30AMTuesday, February 24, 2015
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 08:32AMMonday, February 23, 2015
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 12:35PMMonday, February 16, 2015
Warmhearted actor who played the amorous Mrs Fox in Dad’s Army Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMThe 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 09:24AMWolf Hall star says he rejected two roles in Empire of the Sun after consulting the I Ching Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25AMSaturday, February 14, 2015
The London dance house’s annual celebration of flamenco dance and music is celebrating its 12th year. Take a look at some of the acts who will be performingThe festival runs from 16 Februa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMFriday, February 13, 2015
Contestants at the UK Pun Championships fire off gags on subjects including the general election, contraceptive ice-cream and Richard III at an event held on Thursday as part of Dave's Leice…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMThe politically astute comedian is on tour with his arms trade exposé Cuckooed. He joins us to answer your questions in a live webchat at 1pm GMT on Monday 16 February. Post yours in the co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:51AMLeo Kearse has triumphed at the UK Pun Championships, held as part of Dave’s Leicester Comedy festival. Here are some of his gags Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:41AMThursday, February 12, 2015
Groundlings at the mercy of hot wax and bad backs (Authentic Globe experience, 7 February)? Audiences at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse should be grateful for relatively limited authenticity. B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMTheatre production takes inspiration from designer’s runway shows and depicts a meeting between McQueen and a girl who breaks into his home to steal a dressFive years after his death, a ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AMTuesday, February 10, 2015
Alan Rickman talks about the 'impossible aim' of great writers and recalls working on Antony and Cleopatra in Stratford with Peter Brook, who told the actors: "You'll never be as good as the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMOn the 10th anniversary of his death, test your knowledge of the man behind Death of a Salesman, All My Sons and A View from the Bridge Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AMStage show based on the yuletide favourite about Santa’s hapless helper will open at the Dominion theatre in November 2015 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:09AMMonday, February 9, 2015
The star chatted to us about The X Files, returning to Miss Havisham and leaping on top of Paolo NutiniHot off the heels of her prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire, Gillian Anderson popped b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58AMMore than 50 years after his stage debut, Michael Gambon has announced that he is retiring from the theatre. Here’s a reminder of some of his celebrated performances in plays by Beckett, S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:22AMFriday, February 6, 2015
The actor, who has just directed her own prequel to A Streetcar Named Desire, is joining us to answer your questions at 1pm GMT on Monday 9 February – post them in the comments below 4.21p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AMAward-winning Broadway show based on the Chiwetel Ejiofor film will open at the Adelphi theatre in London in SeptemberKinky Boots, the heartwarming British film about a Midlands shoe factory…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMGillian Anderson resumes her role as Blanche DuBois in a prequel to Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, inspired by the Young Vic theatre's acclaimed production in 2014. The film …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMThursday, February 5, 2015
As she returns to the character of Blanche DuBois in the short film The Departure, Gillian Anderson recalls the Young Vic's celebrated production of A Streetcar Named Desire, performed on a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AM 
