Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Where are the best places to watch comedy and what is it that makes them so good? What are the best standup comedy venues you've ever been to? Do you prefer seeing big names like Lee Evans …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:59AMTuesday, June 3, 2014
The cast are masked free-runners. The audience wear headphones to take them inside the hero's mind. And it all unfolds in a car park. Welcome to the world of The Roof, set to become one of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, May 30, 2014
The Oscar-winning actor and Old Vic artistic director will be joining us to answer your questions on Wednesday 4 June"Former shoe salesman now making a go at film and theater. Wish me l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55PMEve Best plays Cleopatra in a new production at Shakespeare's Globe. From Liz Taylor to Mark Rylance, here's a reminder of the other stars who have ruled as the Egyptian leader Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThursday, May 29, 2014
Here are 10 one-liners on the subject of dogs. Do you know which standup is responsible for each of them? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AMProduced by Joan Littlewood with songs by Lionel Bart, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be launched Barbara Windsor's career in 1959 as these archive photos show. Now her fellow EastEnder Jessie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:50AMWednesday, May 28, 2014
As Dealer's Choice is revived at the Royal and Derngate in Northampton, catch up on Patrick Marber's best-known dramas Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMIn this exclusive clip from the documentary Now: In the Wings on a World Stage, Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes discuss unearthing Richard III's sense of humour and sarcasm in their 2011 Old Vic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:53AMFriday, May 23, 2014
Comedian, celebrity vegan and Edinburgh festival regular, Sara Pascoe joins us on Tuesday 27 May what will you ask her?Sara Pascoe never set out to be a standup. Comedy started as a hobby, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:19PMHere are 10 one-liners on the subject of food. Do you know which standup is responsible for each of them? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, May 21, 2014
As Frank Skinner reveals he will appear in the latest Doctor Who series, take a look at these other standup,
sketch and sitcom comedians from John Cleese to Catherine Tate who have guest …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMTuesday, May 20, 2014
They're practising their silly walks, expecting the Spanish Inquisition and always looking on the bright side of life ... Monty Python are back. Their show at the O2 arena promises 'comedy, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:53AMMonday, May 19, 2014
The RSC's stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's novels garnered rave reviews from audience members who took to social media during and after the performances Wolf Hall/Bring Up the Bodies rev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMKathleen Turner is back on stage in London, starring in Bakersfield Mist. See how well you know her best lines on stage and screen match the quote to the film or play Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:44AMFriday, May 16, 2014
I agree with Marina Warner's comments regarding Lucy Bailey's Titus Andronicus at the Globe (Comment, 12 May), but I don't believe the play aspires to new levels of savagery. As she rightly …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMRambert dancers bring new life to the Rolling Stones and Buddy Holly track, Not Fade Away, in this extract from their show, Rooster. Christopher Bruce's snake-hipped homage to the 1960s, set…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMTuesday, May 13, 2014
A factory dispute in the American Midwest shouldn't be the stuff of musical magic. But The Pajama Game earned its stripes with Broadway pedigree and Hollywood pizzazz. As Richard Eyre's hit …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:21PMFriday, May 9, 2014
Standup, panel-show regular and Stephen Fry's favourite Canadian funnywoman ... on Tuesday, Katherine Ryan will be joining us in the hotseat. From her Comic Relief turn as Nicki Minaj to her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46PMLucy Bailey's 2006 production of Titus Andronicus the Bard's bloodiest play is back at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London. Its graphic depictions of murder and revenge are causing some …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMAs the much-loved playwright celebrates his 80th, revisit selected highlights from his stage and screen career Mark Lawson on Bennett at 80: 'everything but a national treasure' S is for spl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMWednesday, May 7, 2014
Photographer Ingrid Bugge spent nearly two years in residence with the Danish Royal Ballet and employed digital techniques to capture movement and animate dance sequences. The result is The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMFifty years ago this week, Entertaining Mr Sloane opened at the Arts Theatre Club in London. Joe Orton became the talk of the town and his short but extraordinary career took flight. Revisit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMWednesday, April 30, 2014
Watch a sketch from Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns' new show for Channel 4Cardinal Burns return to Channel 4 at 10.30pm on 30 April with a new series of their stylish and surreal comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11PMTuesday, April 29, 2014
Neil Patrick Harris, Mark Rylance and Chris O'Dowd are all up for acting awards while the shows Machinal, After Midnight and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder have bagged several nomin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:28PMSeb Cardinal and Dustin Demri-Burns return to Channel 4 at 10.30pm on 30 April with a new series of their comedy sketch show. Take a first look at what's in storeReading this on mobile? Watc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMIt's Hedwig v Les Mis, Stephen Fry v Mark Rylance and Idina Menzel v Kelli O'Hara see who's nominated for what at this year's TonysBest playAct One Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMMonday, April 28, 2014
Following news that Harry Hill and Steve Brown's X Factor musical is to close, we'd like to hear from those who've paid for tickets I Can't Sing X Factor musical to close after just six-we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMFriday, April 25, 2014
Neil Patrick Harris is having a ball on Broadway as Hedwig, an East German 'slip of a girly boy' whose botched sex op results in an 'Angry Inch' which also becomes the name for Hedwig's roc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, April 24, 2014
In the year of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, the box-office hit Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall. Go behind the scenes with the play's director Declan Donnellan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMWednesday, April 23, 2014
On the Bard's 450th birthday, find out how Shakespeare became Shakespeare. A new play based on the film Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall, has its world premiere in the West End in Ju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMCould Richard III handle Hamlet in a punch-up? Is Benedick more fanciable than Beatrice? Is Falstaff craftier than Cleopatra? Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday by pitting his characters…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:44AM 
