Thursday, August 7, 2014
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 07:15AMSunday, August 3, 2014
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev rehearse in California for the English National Operas performance of Solo for Two at Londons Coliseum from 6 to 9 AugustAll change for Osipova and Vasiliev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMMark Thomas was moved by Bill Hicks. Tim Key loved Jackson's Way. Olivia Poulet loved Tim Key Performers and theatre-makers pick their all-time festival favourites Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:08PMSaturday, August 2, 2014
The Edinburgh mainstays switch identities to interview each other. It doesnt take long for the insults to start flying Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMThursday, July 31, 2014
Lucy Beaumont, Susan Calman, Carl Hutchinson and others survive humiliation in a homemade sandwich board, a hex involving the number two, and being upstaged by a giant rabbit in the audience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMWednesday, July 30, 2014
Watch a clip from The Tempest recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, in London, in the summer of 2013. Jeremy Herrin's production stars Roger Allam who, in the words of Michael Billington, 'e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, July 28, 2014
So you're taking a show to the Edinburgh fringe. What's the worst that could happen? Vomiting, fainting, break-ups and malfunctioning smoke machines Felicity Ward, Josie Long and WitTank st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:16AMIt is one of 2014's hottest tickets. Before A Streetcar Named Desire opens at the Young Vic tonight, take a look at Gillian Anderson's Blanche Dubois. Photographs by Tristram Kenton Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:59AMFriday, July 25, 2014
Open thread: we'd like to hear about your best-loved comic albums, whether they're stand-up, sketch comedy or something completely different Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:05AMThursday, July 24, 2014
Readers panel: A week before the culture spectacle begins, we want to look back at the most memorable performances, events and experiences from past Edinburgh festivals. Tell us yours, and w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AMTuesday, July 22, 2014
Were you paying attention before the curtain fell? See if you recognise these closing lines of 10 great plays Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThursday, July 17, 2014
Here are 10 pithy gags on the subject of money. Do you know which entertainer is responsible for each of them? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMWednesday, July 16, 2014
Enter to win a night at the theatre! Grand Prize includes: two tickets to A Delicate Balance in New York. Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AMThe acclaimed US not-for-profit, storytelling organisation the Moth is coming to the UK. Since its launch in 1997, the Moth has presented thousands of stories, all true, told to live audienc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMHollywood actor Molly Ringwald performs for the Moth, the US-based not-for-profit storytelling organisation which is coming to the UK for the first time in September Find out how to perform …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMAs Gillian Anderson prepares to play Tennessee Williams's troubled heroine at the Young Vic in London, take a look at the other stars who have depended on the kindness of strangers Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:58AMThe four finalists in the Keir choreographic award square off in the first instalment of this biennial dance-off, a new prize that recognises choreographic work and innovation in contemporar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:37AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
Do you know your Lear from your Leontes? Your Macbeth from your Mercutio? Match these lines to the right characters Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, July 14, 2014
As Lindsay Lohan prepares to make her West End debut in Speed-the-Plow, can you guess if these lines come from Mean Girls or David Mamet's plays? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMWednesday, July 2, 2014
Highlights from the first of Monty Python's final 10 performance at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday. For tickets that cost up to £95, and were sold out in 44 seconds, Python fans saw Eric Idle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:53AMSunday, June 29, 2014
The English National Ballet took to the Pyramid stage on Sunday for an emotional and moving performance of Dust, from the first world war-themed Lest We Forget, alongside Billy Bragg. Here …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMSaturday, June 28, 2014
The comedian gives his mud-coping strategies, and offers tips on recreating the smell of the festival in your own back garden Glastonbury 2014: 10 questions for Shappi Khorsandi Glastonbury …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:21PMWe bumped into the comedian by the Pyramid stage on Saturday morning Glastonbury 2014: 10 questions for Kevin Eldon Glastonbury 2014: 10 questions for Arthur SmithHow was your set last nigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMFriday, June 27, 2014
On Wednesday 2 July at 1pm the Hollywood star will take a break from appearing in the play Bakersfield Mist to talk about her characters, from Peggy Sue to Jessica Rabbit, and her work with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMThursday, June 26, 2014
Wot? No Fish!! stages the story of a couple's relationship, drawing upon the portraits that shoemaker Ab Solomons made of his wife over a period of 60 years. Take a look at these drawings, s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Do you know your Pinter from your Ibsen? Your Frayn from your Kane? See if you can recognise these opening lines of 10 classic playsQuiz: Can you identify these character actors? Continue re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:17AMMonday, June 23, 2014
As Richard Wilson stars in Krapp's Last Tape in Sheffield, see if you can identify these quotes from Samuel Beckett's plays Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Reading your article (An anger is developing and the desire the express that, 18 June), the realisation struck me that, although the performers and playwrights featured in the article may no…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMQueensland Ballet perform Sir Kenneth Macmillan's Romeo and Juliet. Guardian Australia talks to Deborah Macmillan, artistic director Li Cunxin and principal dancer Matthew Lawrence.Romeo and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMThursday, June 19, 2014
Here are 10 one-liners on the subject of men. Do you know which comedian is responsible for each of them? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMWednesday, June 18, 2014
As Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan appear in its West End revival, trace the history of David Hare's drama of passion and politics Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AM 
