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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 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

From the archive, 5 September 1905: Julia Neilson and Fred Terry in The Scarlet Pimpernel - review by Guardian Staff

While the dialogue is a little unnatural, the production at Manchesters Theatre Royal serves its stars well Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Joan Rivers dies aged 81 - video report by Guardian Staff

The comedian Joan Rivers has died in New York on Thursday at the age of 81. Rivers had a lengthy career, starting on the New York comedy scene alongside Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Car…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:13PM

Joan Rivers: a life in pictures by Guardian Staff

The pioneering entertainer and comedian has died aged 81. Rivers got her big break with an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1965 and was a TV mainstay from then onJoa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:58PM
Monday, September 1, 2014

'The truth is I never left you' Evita through the years in pictures by Guardian Staff

As Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webbers Evita gets ready to return to the West End stage, we take a look at productions through the years Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:17AM
Friday, August 29, 2014

Ubu and the Truth Commission in pictures by Guardian Staff

The puppetry team behind War Horse turn their hands to post-apartheid South Africa for this imaginative reframing of Alfred Jarrys 19th-century play, Ubi Roi Mark Fishers review of the Edinb…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:58PM
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Clap hands for Paco Peña's flamenco dancers in pictures by Guardian Staff

Flamenco guitarist Paco Peñas new show, Patrias, is part of this years Edinburgh international festival. Heres a reminder of his colourful and electrifying stage shows Review Paco Peñas f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PM
Friday, August 22, 2014

Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Bartók's Violin Concerto No 2 for the Edinburgh international festival by Guardian Staff

In this exclusive video, Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Bartók's 2nd violin concerto and discusses its themes as she prepares to perform it with the London Philharmonic Or…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:21PM
Monday, August 18, 2014

10 funniest jokes from the Edinburgh festival fringe 2014 by Guardian Staff

From Hoovers to badgers, here are the quips voted funniest in Dave's competition at the festival Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PM

Murdo MacLeod's portraits of authors at the 2014 Edinburgh international book festival, part II by Guardian Staff

From George RR Martin to Phill Jupitus and Ali Smith, Murdo MacLeod has been turning his lens on more authors at the 2014 festivalMurdo MacLeods Edinburgh authors in pictures, part I Continu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:44AM
Friday, August 15, 2014

Camille OSullivan: Ive always thought of the audience as a tiger by Guardian Staff

As she presents a 10th anniversary show at the Edinburgh festival, Camille OSullivan remembers her first fringe gigs and explains how she puts together her set list Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Tim Key reads a poem about siblings at the Edinburgh festival video by Guardian Staff

Tim Key is back at the Edinburgh festival, slipping on his denim onesie to perform Single White Slut at the Pleasance Grand. Tim popped by the Guardian's house to answer readers' questions a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AM

The Pin introduce their Edinburgh fringe show by Guardian Staff

Comedy sketch group The Pin explain how their festival performance finds them creating a screenplay with the audience Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AM
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Gas masks and grand pianos: Vladimir Pankov's The War - in pictures by Guardian Staff

Pankovs flamboyant psychodrama exploring Russias relationship with the first world war has already left Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington scratching his head at the Edinburgh Intern…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:11AM
Friday, August 8, 2014

Hebrides Ensemble rehearse The Soldier's Tale for the Edinburgh International Festival video by Guardian Staff

In the first of a series of exclusive videos from this year's classical programme at the Edinburgh International Festival, the Hebrides Ensemble perform an extract from Stravinsky's 1918 par…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:47AM
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Ballet in Bondi: Swan Lake talent pool in pictures by Guardian Staff

Four Australian Ballet dancers took to Bondis Icebergs pool in their tutus to celebrate a new Sydney season of Swan Lake in February 2015. The oceanside sea water pools are emptied every Thu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38PM

The James Plays: interviews with playwright Rona Munro and actor Sofie Gråbøl video by Guardian Staff

Watch rehearsal footage of the new trilogy about kings James I, II and III of Scotland plus interviews in which the playwright explains why she wanted to redress a lack of Scottish equivale…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AM