Friday, December 5, 2014
Star returns to the theatre in the wake of her acclaimed Hamlet, while the climate-change play 2071 will also be back for three performancesFollowing her acclaimed performance in Manchester …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AMAll six of the works in our Off the Page series used the same set: see how it was turned into a TV studio, a bedroom, a changing room and a school playgroundWatch all six microplays Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AMLook out for flying axes and death-defying leaps with razor-sharp saws as Cirque Alfonse, the three-generation circus company from Québec, return to London’s Southbank Centre for a Christ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30AMThursday, December 4, 2014
An after-school encounter captures two parents' hopes and fears for their children's future. Anna Maxwell Martin and Liz White star in a microplay about education written by Rachel De-lahay …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMGo backstage at Hackney Empire’s pantomime, where Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke are waiting in the wings to give the audience goose bumps. Photographs by Mike Willis/Getty ImagesMother Go…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:35AMWednesday, December 3, 2014
Ahead of his new show To Be Free, Simon Amstell joined us in a live webchat to share his wisdom. Here’s what he’s learned over the years Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMHornbill indigenous festival is held in the Kisama heritage village on the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland state. The 10-day long festival named after the Hornbill bird is one of the biggest f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMTuesday, December 2, 2014
Today our Culture sites – including Film, Music, Books, TV and radio, Stage, Art and design and Children’s books – have adopted our new design. Discuss the changes with us hereOur new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThe Old Vic's five-star production of The Crucible was one of 2014's hottest tickets. If you missed it, you can now catch Richard Armitage's turn as the bewitched, bothered and bewildered Jo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, December 1, 2014
The Coriolanus star recalls being bewitched by the 'toil and trouble' of Macbeth as a 10-year-old schoolboy. This is an exclusive clip from Muse of Fire, a resource of interviews on the Glob…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:22PMHe’s the neurotic comedian embarking on his new standup tour To Be Free, and he’s answering your questions in a live webchat on Wednesday December 3 at 1pm GMT – post them in the comme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMThree women, two dresses, one lesson about the politics of fashion. Vanessa Kirby, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Lucy Ellinson star in Devil in the Detail, a microplay written by Chloe Moss and d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMThe 60th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards took place at the London Palladium. Gillian Anderson won Best Actress for A Streetcar Named Desire, with other major prizes going to Tom Hiddl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSaturday, November 29, 2014
Tom Hiddleston recalls being bewitched by the "toil and trouble" of Macbeth as a schoolboy – and later seeing A Midsummer Night's Dream at the RSC, featuring Alex Jennings and a wardrobe s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThursday, November 27, 2014
The public struggle to keep in step with politicians during the fallout of the financial crisis. David Annen, Cyril Nri and Eileen Walsh star in PPE, a microplay about the power of physical …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMWednesday, November 26, 2014
Kathak meets ballet in this duet first performed at Sadler’s Wells in 2006 and now back for its final run of performances before Guillem’s retirementReview: poignant swansong for Guillem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, November 24, 2014
The actor and comedian, next starring in Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins, is joining us for a live webchat on Wednesday 26 November at 1pm GMT onwards – post your questions in the comme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMA grieving son's funeral speech turns into an elegy for his father, the national football team and a country torn apart by its identity crisis. Rafe Spall stars in a microplay written by Roy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMCracker jokes can fall apart in the middle, so we asked 10 comedians to come up with their own festive groaners … Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMBig spectacles? Check. Big-collared white shirt? Check. Talking sideburns belonging to an Olympic cycling champ? Check. In these exclusive behind-the-scenes clips from his first live DVD in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSaturday, November 22, 2014
St Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky Ballet made its US debut with a two-week residency at the David H Koch theatre, Lincoln Center, New York CityLuke Jennings reviews the Mikhailovsky Ballet in N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThursday, November 20, 2014
A tale of music and memory is unspooled through a schoolgirl's mixtape. Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Tobias Menzies star in a microplay written by Robin French and directed by Bijan Sheibani, a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMMonday, November 17, 2014
A politician learns an uncomfortable truth about food-bank Britain. Katherine Parkinson stars in a microplay written by Laura Wade and directed by Carrie Cracknell, after conversations with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMGuardian journalists have teamed up with playwrights and directors from the Royal Court theatre to create six filmed 'microplays' responding to current affairs. The series, entitled Off the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, November 14, 2014
Mark Rylance recalls his first encounters with Shakespeare's plays, from a school production of Macbeth to seeing Olivier's Richard III on TV and visiting the RSC in the 1970s, where Donald …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMTuesday, November 11, 2014
Before playing Wolverine and Jean Valjean on the big screen, Hugh Jackman started out as a stage actor most notably opposite Maureen Lipman amid the wavin wheat of the National Theatres Okl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:56AMMonday, November 10, 2014
The centrepiece of the Royal Ballets new triple bill is The Age of Anxiety, a world premiere choreographed by Liam Scarlett to Leonard Bernsteins Symphony No 2, which was inspired by WH Aude…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AMThese are the locations for the opening scenes in 10 of the Bard's plays. Match the setting to the play Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07AMThese are the locations for the opening scenes in 10 of the Bard's plays. Match the setting to the playRousillon. The Count’s palace.All's Well That Ends WellComedy of ErrorsJulius CaesarO…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07AMFriday, November 7, 2014
The Pope of Trash behind cult hits like Cry Baby and Hairspray is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm GMT onwards on Monday 10 November post yours in the comments…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMWednesday, November 5, 2014
Assembly lines meet chorus lines in the new musical Made in Dagenham, starring Gemma Arterton and based on the hit British film. Go behind the scenes at the production which opens at the Ade…
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