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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Ford fiesta: Made in Dagenham musical opens in West End in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 04:08AM
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Sylvie Guillem's career, step by step in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 11:04AM

Everyday Shakespeare quiz match the popular expression to the play by Guardian Staff

Many 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 05:30AM
Monday, November 3, 2014

Strictly Tinseltown: Vincent and Flavia's Dance 'Til Dawn is ode to Hollywood by Guardian Staff

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 10:01AM
Friday, October 24, 2014

Wicked witch of the West End: Jennifer DiNoia's Elphaba makeover in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 03:00AM
Friday, October 17, 2014

Watch Speak Bitterness by Forced Entertainment live stream by Guardian Staff

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 09:31AM

Wendy Whelan's farewell to NYCB - a ballerina's career in pictures by Guardian Staff

After 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 08:00AM

Ready to roar: backstage at The Lion King in pictures by Guardian Staff

Disneys 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 03:00AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Measure for measure: inside the RSC's costume department in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 11:13AM
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Natalia Osipova in Giselle, the heartbreak ballet - video by Guardian Staff

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 04:53AM
Friday, October 10, 2014

The many faces of John Bell's stage highlights - in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 11:55PM
Thursday, October 9, 2014

John Bell's greatest roles from Lear to Richard III  video by Guardian Staff

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 10:06PM

Natalia Osipova dances Manon for Royal Ballet in pictures by Guardian Staff

Royal 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 07:51AM
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Quiz: Is this acting advice from Laurence Olivier or @Tips4Actors? by Guardian Staff

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 05:17AM
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Fetch or flop? Lindsay Lohan in Speed-the-Plow in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 02:00AM

Mayday: a short film starring Juliet Stevenson video by Guardian Staff

Inspired 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 02:00AM
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

She's Electra: Kristin Scott Thomas takes on Sophocles in pictures by Guardian Staff

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 01:01PM

She's Electra: Kristin Scott Thomas takes on Sophocles – in pictures by Guardian Staff

Kristin 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 01:01PM
Friday, September 26, 2014

John Cooper Clarke webchat - post your questions now by Guardian Staff

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...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:20AM

Thy name is woman: female Hamlets from Sarah Bernhardt to Maxine Peake - in pictures by Guardian Staff

Ophelia and Gertrude are the chief female characters in Hamlet but many actresses have taken on the lead role itself including Asta Nielsen and Frances de la Tour At her Peake: Maxines stage…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful on stage: 'uses all the weapons of the theatre' video by Guardian Staff

"If you do crap when I come along ... I shall scream!" Novelist Michael Morpurgo drops into rehearsals for the National Youth Theatre's production of Private Peaceful, based on his 2003 book…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AM
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Seven Melbourne fringe festival shows packing a political punch in pictures by Guardian Staff

Melbournes fringe festival returns with several experimental and confronting pieces that arent afraid to tackle Australian politics, and deliver controversy, madness and wit in equal doses. …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47PM

From Mr Saigon to Dave Poppins: West End disasters and how to avoid them by Guardian Staff

As their show The Play That Goes Wrong opens in London, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society offer their advice on getting ahead in Theatreland Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Gillian Anderson quiz: A Streetcar Named Desire or The X Files? by Guardian Staff

As Gillian Anderson gives her final performances in A Streetcar Named Desire broadcast by NT Live on 16 September can you tell which of these lines belong to Blanche Dubois and which are s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Monday, September 15, 2014

At her Peake: Maxine's Manchester Hamlet and her career in pictures by Guardian Staff

As she plays Shakespeares sweet prince in one of 2014s most anticipated productions, take a look at the Silk stars stage career so far Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AM
Friday, September 12, 2014

Sir Donald Sinden: a life in pictures by Guardian Staff

With the death of Sir Donald Sinden, the British acting fraternity has lost one of its most esteemed and beloved figures. A celebrated Shakespearean actor, Sinden also appeared in more than …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Theatre quiz: which Shakespeare character is dying? by Guardian Staff

Shakespeare saved some fine lines for those characters drawing their last breath. Can you identify who speaks these words in their exit speeches? Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Monday, September 8, 2014

First Look: Tamsin Greig in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Guardian Staff

Pass the gazpacho: here's the first image of Tamsin Greig, dressed in a Thierry Mulger jumpsuit, as Pepa Marcos in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. The West End musical adaptation …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AM
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Joan Rivers memorial service a fashionable farewell in pictures by Guardian Staff

Though Joan Rivers once said she wanted a red carpet at her funeral, the sidewalk was bare outside Temple Emanu-El synagogue on New Yorks Fifth Avenue on Sunday. Hundreds of fans waited to c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:56PM
Friday, September 5, 2014

Joan Rivers: The Questionnaire - From the archive by Guardian Staff

Originally published in the Guardian Weekend magazine on 19 July 1997 Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AM

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