Friday, February 6, 2015
Gillian 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 09:10AMWednesday, February 4, 2015
Al Murray, the Pub Landlord, hits the campaign trail in Thanet South, where he is standing at the general election against Ukip leader Nigel Farage. The comedian-turned-politician says he de…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Henry IV Parts I and II, directed by Gregory Doran, is out now from Opus Arte on DVD and Blu-ray. Watch Antony Sher's 'magnificent, magnetic Fal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMMonday, February 2, 2015
As Brooklyn’s newly-restored Kings Theatre stages a grand opening concert we take a look at the lavish, meticulously refurbished interior Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMSunday, February 1, 2015
In Roald Dahl’s novel, Willy Wonka opens his doors to Charlie Bucket, Grandpa Joe and co at ‘ten o’clock sharp’ on the ‘first day in the month of February’. Now it’s your chanc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMSaturday, January 31, 2015
Actor Geraldine McEwan, famous for her 1985 portrayal of Lucia in EF Benson’s pithy comedy, and who in later life became the face of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, has died Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PMTake a look at another collection of the groundbreaking sets created by contemporary designers featured in World Scenography 1990-2005 by Eric Fielding and Peter McKinnon. Click on each phot…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMFriday, January 30, 2015
The actor, who recently collapsed on stage yet returned to finish the show, pulls out of production after 11 performancesBrian Blessed has withdrawn from the production of King Lear at Holy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMThe original London cast of the hit American musical, which recently celebrated its 100th performance in the West End, have recorded an album. See Beverley Knight and Killian Donnelly perfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AMThe comic actor, currently appearing in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in the West End, is joining us to answer your questions in a webchat from noon onwards on Tuesday 3 February…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMWhere do writers find inspiration and come up with their best ideas? Some clues are in a new collection of portraits by Simon Annand, commissioned by Bruntwood and the Royal Exchange theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, January 29, 2015
Director Jamie Lloyd and star James McAvoy rule today’s reviews with their West End revival of the zany Peter Barnes comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:21PMIn his first major Shakespearean role, John Hurt was one of the 'star-cross'd lovers' in a Coventry production that attracted more interest than he expected. He recalls how the tragedy's lin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMPeter Barnes’s wickedly dark, surreal 1965 comedy is the latest classic to get transformed at Trafalgar Studios, London. Playing an earl with a messiah complex, James McAvoy heads a cast i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMWednesday, January 28, 2015
As his long awaited new play opens at the National Theatre, turn Inspector Hound and sniff out the answers to these 10 questions about the great playwright Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:23AMTuesday, January 27, 2015
It’s a role beloved by female dancers: Tatiana, in John Cranko’s 1965 ballet version of Pushkin’s prose-poem, moves from shy schoolgirl to emotionally mature beauty, and the Royal Ball…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:34AMSaturday, January 24, 2015
Send in the Clowns or Being Alive? Broadway Baby or Children Will Listen? Imelda Staunton, Janie Dee, Jason Donovan, Andy Nyman and Adrian Lester choose the best of the great composer and ly…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMFriday, January 23, 2015
Roseanne star and Coen Brothers regular joins David Mamet production in London alongside Lewis and Tom Sturridge Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMIt’s official: The Elephant Man, starring an “almost unrecognisable” Bradley Cooper, is coming to London following its sell-out run on Broadway. Be the first to hear when tickets are r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMShe’s the self-scrutinising but socially conscious comedian, about to take her new show Cara Josephine across the UK – and she’s joining us at 1pm on Monday 26 January to answer your q…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMStar will appear as Oscar Wilde’s grande dame in The Importance of Being Earnest in London this summerWhatever would Hastings say? Here’s the first photo of Poirot star David Suchet as L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMIn her exhibition This Comedian, Idil Sukan captures comics in contemplative poses – plus there’s Phil Nichol snogging a lion. Katherine Ryan, Bridget Christie, Stewart Lee and Steve Coo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:41AMThursday, January 22, 2015
Pink elephants and water-worlds are among the groundbreaking creations of contemporary designers featured in a new book. Take a look at eight of their incredible creations – click on each …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMWednesday, January 21, 2015
The play, an award-winning monologue about a pilot who is reassigned to operate drones when she becomes pregnant, will be directed by Julie Taymor Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PMKate Champion, artistic director of Force Majeure, and Kelli Jean Drinkwater, associate artist and fat activist, talk about the company's new show featuring big-bodied performers. Nothing to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:44PMFollowing the news that Brian Blessed collapsed on stage yet still managed to finish playing King Lear, we celebrate the star's heroic career. He's been in everything from Shakespeare to shl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:39AMWolf Hall star speaks of how Shakespeare’s play taught him ‘to accept that everything rather sadly comes to an end’ after the sudden death of his stepdaughter, the film-maker Nataasha …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13AMMonday, January 19, 2015
