Monday, November 24, 2014
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 03:00AMBig 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:08AMTuesday, November 4, 2014
Sylvie Guillem has announced that she will present her final dance programme at Sadlers Wells in 2015. Revisit her journey from Parisian ballerina to global dance sensationJudith Mackrell on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMMany of Shakespeare's lines are used in daily life but do you know which plays feature these popular expressions? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AMMonday, November 3, 2014
Tango champions and Strictly Come Dancing favourites Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone celebrate the golden age of American movies in their new West End show. All photographs: Tristram Kenton…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMFriday, October 24, 2014
Its not easy being green never mind defying gravity. See Jennifer DiNoias transformation into Elphaba for the magical musical at the Apollo Victoria theatre. Photos by Matt Crockett Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, October 17, 2014
Join us from 5pm GMT on Saturday 18 October 2014 for a worldwide live-stream of Forced Entertainments six-hour theatre show Speak Bitterness, staged at Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin. The show is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMAfter 30 years, New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan will bid farewell to the company with a special performance on Saturday 18 October 2014. Leap back through her incredible c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMDisneys The Lion King celebrates its 15th anniversary at the Lyceum theatre in London on 19 October. Go behind the scenes at the award-winning and record-breaking musical Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Shakespeares matching pair of comedies, Loves Labours Lost and Loves Labours Won (better known as Much Ado About Nothing), celebrate romance in unlikely places. The plays have been reunited …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
When the former Bolshoi star Natalia Osipova danced the title role in the Royal Ballet's Giselle in January 2014, Judith Mackrell found her a revelation. 'She gives us the pulse and breath o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:53AMFriday, October 10, 2014
As John Bell announces his retirement from Bell Shakespeare, the company he founded to make Shakespeare accessible to all Australians, we take a look back at his long career treading the boa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55PMThursday, October 9, 2014
As Australia's most respected Shakespearean actor and director announces he is stepping down from Bell Shakespeare, the theatre company he founded 25 years ago, here are some of his greatest…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06PMRoyal Ballet star Natalia Osipova made her much-anticipated appearance in Kenneth MacMillans acclaimed tragic ballet Manon at Londons Royal Opera House this week, partnered by Carlos Acosta …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AMWednesday, October 8, 2014
Laurence Olivier had plenty of wise words for aspiring performers. Mind you, so does the moderate Twitter sensation @Tips4Actors. Can you tell whose lines are whose?The book Tips for Actors …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:17AMThursday, October 2, 2014
After the years most-discussed West End previews, Speed-the-Plow a David Mamet revival starring Mean Girls Lindsay Lohan has its official opening night on 2 October. Have a look at the pro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMInspired by the Young Vic theatre's acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, Mayday reunites Juliet Stevenson and the director Natalie Abrahami. Written by Nancy Harris, the film…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMTuesday, September 30, 2014
Kristin Scott Thomas and director Ian Rickson have reunited to stage Electra, the classic tragedy by Sophocles. Take a first look before the productions opening night on 1 October Continue r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PMKristin Scott Thomas and director Ian Rickson have reunited to stage Electra, the classic tragedy by Sophocles. Take a first look before the production’s opening night on 1 October Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PMFriday, September 26, 2014
The Mancunian punk poet beloved of Alex Turner and Plan B is joining us for a live Q&A from 4-5pm on Tuesday 30 September so what do you want to ask him? Continue reading...
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