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Star of Frozen, whose Let it Go was one of the most ubiquitous sounds of 2014, to perform the Star Spangled Banner before the game on 1 February Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:50AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
Comedian Al Murray, aka The Pub Landlord, announces he will run against Ukip's Nigel Farage in next year's general election. 'The UK is ready for a bloke waving a pint around, offering commo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMTuesday, January 13, 2015
Frances Barber explains what the Bard and the American Buffalo playwright have in common – and the difference between showing your personality within a character and simply showing off.Thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMMonday, January 12, 2015
From the archive: In this piece first published on 28 January 1995, the playwright Edward Bond defends the widely pilloried play Blasted and says its author’s apocalyptic vision of the vio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMThe role was hard to stomach, there were queues around the block and the critical reaction was beyond extreme … Twenty years after its first performance at the Royal Court, Kate Ashfield r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMSarah Kane’s debut play, Blasted, was first put on 20 years ago today. In this archive piece, written during the Edinburgh festival in 1998, she considers performance on the stage and the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMSaturday, January 10, 2015
The Wolf Hall director on Kazuo Ishiguro’s comeback, the enduring appeal of Bob Dylan and why he found the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse well met by candelight Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMMusical starring the Frozen singer will close at the Richard Rodgers theatre in New York in March 2015, a year after it openedJennifer Hudson to star in The Color Purple on BroadwayIdina Men…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PMFriday, January 9, 2015
The Quebec-based company are in London with a show presenting a high-wire act, contortion, unicycles and a bad dog. All photographs by Tristram Kenton Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08AMThursday, January 8, 2015
Alina Cojocaru dances the roles of Odette and Odile opposite Ivan Vasiliev as Prince Siegfried in ENB’s production at the Coliseum in London. All photographs: Tristram Kenton for the Guard…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:28AMWednesday, January 7, 2015
The actor, who is enjoying a career renaissance, will be bidding Wilkommen to Broadway and playing Sally Bowles for the final six weeks of the hit show’s run Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PMIt’s just the thing for a dreary January in London’s theatreland: Pedro Almodóvar’s gazpacho-fuelled black comedy is retold with songs and dance numbers in a sunny new production star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AMSometimes the description of a character in the stage directions says as much as lines of dialogue. Do you recognise these eight figures as described by the playwrights who created them? Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMTuesday, January 6, 2015
Shipyards show, which currently stars its composer and lyricist, will close early at the Neil Simon theatre in New YorkSting’s debut musical The Last Ship is to close on Broadway, three mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMMonday, January 5, 2015
New York’s theatreland also boasts largest audience attendence and a record-breaking haul during New Year week according to the Broadway League Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16PMSondheim's lyrics are some of the best we've heard. How well do you know them? Add the missing word…Declare your genius: complete Oscar Wilde's epigramsCats or Pussycat Dolls? – lyrics q…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMSaturday, December 27, 2014
The famous clown is reunited with his long lost brother one night at the theatre where he is performing, only for him to vanish again foreverClowns mark Grimaldi Day at church in east London…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AMThursday, December 25, 2014
Merry Christmas! To get in the festive mood, we went to the rehearsals for English National Ballet’s Nutcracker and watched dances from Spain, Arabia, China and RussiaENB’s Nutcracker is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMWednesday, December 24, 2014
On the 20th anniversary of the playwright’s death, look back at how his work has been assessed by the critics, Olivier, David Hare – and Osborne himself“Jimmy Porter is a young man who…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThe Theatre Royal, Manchester, since its opening in September 1845, has given us eight annual pantomimes Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AMSunday, December 21, 2014
The actor Billie Whitelaw, who was best known for her work with Samuel Beckett and film roles such as Violet in The Krays, has died aged 82. She was awarded a CBE by the Queen in the 1991 bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10PMDoes John Lydon fear death? How does Flying Lotus see himself in 20 years’ time? How does Tracey Emin deal with the haters? What we’ve learned from a year in webchats … Continue readin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMSaturday, December 20, 2014
Any actor playing Hamlet can "only get some of it right some of the time" says Derek Jacobi, who talks about his first stab at the role ("what I lacked in technique … I made up in volume")…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMFriday, December 19, 2014
Femmes fatales and gumshoes tread the mean streets of Covent Garden in City of Angels, a witty pastiche of detective movies, revived at the Donmar Warehouse in London by director Josie Rourk…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:50AMBursting with colour, Christopher Wheeldon's new ballet – based on Shakespeare's play – will leap off the screen this Christmas when it comes to BBC4. Take a look at Steven McRae and Sar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, December 18, 2014
Merchant of Venice – a play about money lent, borrowed, stolen and invested – is at the Almeida this winter. Can you match these quotes about cash to the right Shakespeare play? Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMWednesday, December 17, 2014
Thousands of people sang Happy Birthday and performed a mass tango in St Peter’s Square to celebrate the pope’s birthday. The Argentinian pontiff was born in the birthplace of the tango …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:52PMFrom festive office giraffes to what Will Shakespeare is wearing for the office party, here’s how the UK arts sector is spreading the Christmas cheer Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AMTuesday, December 16, 2014
Joy Division oven gloves – just what I always wanted … If you’re stuck for presents, the arts can help! From Beano ukuleles to Play-Doh photographs and Yeezmas cards, here’s the best…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMYou might know their lines but can you recognise their faces? See if you can name these eight great playwrightsQuiz: which Shakespeare character is dying?Can you identify the first lines of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:16AM 
