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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Can you identify these playwrights? – quiz by Guardian Staff

You 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
Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Curiouser and curiouser: Alice’s adventures at the Royal Ballet – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Christopher Wheeldon’s acclaimed ballet is getting the Royal Opera House in a Christmas mood this year. Here are some onstage and backstage pictures of the Royal Ballet’s production. It�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Listen to the song Madrid from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - audio by Guardian Staff

Listen to Ricardo Afonso perform the song Madrid from David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane's stage adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, directed by Bartl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AM
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

The Bolt: Shostakovich's banned ballet – in pictures by Guardian Staff

The Bolt, a controversial 1931 ballet by Dmitri Shostakovich, is the focus of a new exhibition at GRAD: Gallery for Russian Arts and Design that runs until 28 February 2015 Continue reading…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AM
Monday, December 8, 2014

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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AM

Antony Sher webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The actor and knight will be joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 12.30pm GMT onwards on Tuesday 9 December – post yours in the comments below 10.54am GMT Richard III…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM

Declare your genius: complete Oscar Wilde’s epigrams – quiz by Guardian Staff

Wilde's words were full of wit and wisdom but have you paid attention to the importance of being Oscar? See if you can finish off these observations Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM

Story time with Terry Jones: the Python reads from Nicobobinus – video by Guardian Staff

Are you sitting comfortably? Then he'll begin… Terry Jones reads from Nicobobinus, 'the story of the most extraordinary child who ever stuck his tongue out at the prime minister'. Red Ladd…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Do It Yourself culture: from music and art to theatre and film by Guardian Staff

How technological and economic change has brought on a new wave of lo-fi creativity – a special report Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Friday, December 5, 2014

Maxine Peake to take lead in new Royal Court play How to Hold Your Breath by Guardian Staff

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 09:52AM

House style: designing the Guardian and the Royal Court's microplays by Guardian Staff

All 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 09:30AM

Lumberjack acrobats: Timber! by Cirque Alfonse – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Look 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 02:30AM
Thursday, December 4, 2014

School Gate: Anna Maxwell Martin and Liz White star in a microplay by the Guardian and the Royal Court – video by Guardian Staff

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 07:06AM

Mother Goose at Hackney Empire: panto with all the trimmings - in pictures by Guardian Staff

Go 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 04:35AM
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Simon Amstell's wisdom: 'Normal is invented' by Guardian Staff

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 10:13AM

Hornbill indigenous people's festival – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Hornbill 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 04:30AM
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

A new look for Culture by Guardian Staff

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 03:00AM

Man on fire: Richard Armitage's explosive turn in The Crucible – exclusive video by Guardian Staff

The 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 03:00AM
Monday, December 1, 2014

Tom Hiddleston: how Shakespeare seeped into my bones – video by Guardian Staff

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 02:22PM

Simon Amstell webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

He’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 10:19AM

Devil in the Detail: a microplay by the Guardian and the Royal Court – video by Guardian Staff

Three 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 07:00AM

60th London Evening Standard Theatre awards – in pictures by Guardian Staff

The 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 04:00AM
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Tom Hiddleston: how Shakespeare seeped into my bones – video by Guardian Staff

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 03:00AM
Thursday, November 27, 2014

PPE: a microplay about politics by the Guardian and the Royal Court – video by Guardian Staff

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 07:02AM
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan in Sacred Monsters – in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 08:18AM
Monday, November 24, 2014

Catherine Tate webchat – post your questions by Guardian Staff

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 09:46AM

Death of England: Rafe Spall stars in a microplay by the Guardian and the Royal Court – video by Guardian Staff

A 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 07:00AM

Comedians’ 10 best alternative Christmas cracker jokes by Guardian Staff

Cracker 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 03:00AM