Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Could 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 04:44AMOn the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, Michael Billington has picked the best Hamlets he's seen in each decade of his theatregoing life. To help you choose your own favourite Princ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMTuesday, April 22, 2014
TS Eliot's Gus isn't the only theatre cat. Plenty of playhouses have their own resident moggy: they're not just useful as mousers but also keep up the company's spirits and make the occasion…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AMSaturday, April 19, 2014
Meet the Big House Theatre Company - young adults with remarkable life stories who take to the stage to tell their unique, compelling and sometimes troubling stories Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, April 18, 2014
With a haul of Olivier awards and the sold-out, four-star production King Charles III on its stage, the Almeida is on a roll. Mark Lawson picks the 10 best productions he's seen at the north…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AMWednesday, April 16, 2014
A View from the Bridge, currently revived at the Young Vic, was first staged in London in 1956. It was a dramatic year for Miller: he appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMMonday, April 14, 2014
Alex Jennings suits up as Wonka, Gemma Arterton has a laugh and Benny from Abba watches the winners take it all ... Go backstage at the Olivier awards with photographer David Levene Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMLuhrmann's stage version of his film didn't get critics telling him to Foxtrot Oscar, but they didn't throw flowers at his feet eitherNot everyone likes Baz Luhrmann's high camp directorial …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:11AMSunday, April 13, 2014
The Almeida theatre's Chimerica stole the show at this year's Oliviers, winning five awards. There were also victories for Ghosts, The Book of Mormon, Othello, The Amen Corner and Les Mis. F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PMGemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan host the Olivier Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:25PMSaturday, April 12, 2014
Merrily We Roll Along at the Harold Pinter theatre has been nominated for seven awards at this year's Oliviers including best musical revival and best director (Maria Friedman). Watch clips …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMFriday, April 11, 2014
Jonathan Kent's production of Noël Coward's classic comedy Private Lives for Chichester Festival theatre has been nominated for Olivier awards for best actress (Anna Chancellor) and best re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PMRichard Eyre's revival of Ibsen's Ghosts for Hampstead theatre has been nominated for five awards at the Oliviers, including best actress (Lesley Manville) and best actor in a supporting rol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMOn the 100th anniversary of Pygmalion's opening night in London, revisit some of the classic stage and screen productions of George Bernard Shaw's play. Eliza Doolittle, the cockney flower g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30AMThursday, April 10, 2014
The 2014 Olivier awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday 13 April. Who do you think should win? Choose your favourites in our poll. Highlights of the cer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41AMTuesday, April 8, 2014
Bram Stoker was a theatre critic before he wrote Dracula, and many dramatists have sunk their teeth into vampire myths. As the fanged coming-of-age play Let the Right One In opens in London,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:46AMMonday, April 7, 2014
Adam Kammerling from the underground poetry collective Chill Pill creates a performance inspired by the proposal that the Red Road flats in Glasgow will be demolished live on television. Chi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMFriday, April 4, 2014
The star of The Office and Sherlock will play Richard III in the West End in 2014. Take a look at some highlights from his stage career at the Royal Court and Soho theatre
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMThursday, April 3, 2014
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome as Cabaret returns to Broadway, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming, take a look at past productions with Liza Minnelli, An…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
As Stephen Ward announces its early closure at the Aldwych theatre, revisit 13 of the unluckiest shows to have graced a West End stage – from Mike Read’s one night bomb Oscar to the slow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMThursday, September 19, 2013
Comedian David Baddiel says David Cameron's support of the term 'Yid', when chanted by Tottenham Hotspur fans, is hypocritical because he would not have had the same reaction if the chants h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AMMonday, June 24, 2013
An illusionist called Dynamo appears to levitate alongside a double-decker bus in central London. Smiling for the cameras, Dynamo, whose real name is Steven Frayne, travels alongside the bus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AMSaturday, June 22, 2013
This new aerial and sway-pole outdoor production from the Graeae Theatre Company, London, uses sign language and audio description with performers from the 2012 Paralympic Games Opening Cere…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMWednesday, May 1, 2013
Ahead of the RSC and Google's real-time digital version of the Shakespeare classic, here's a potted plot reminder of the lives of Hermia and Lysander, Bottom and Puck proving their story wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16AMTuesday, April 30, 2013
Dancers perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for a chance to join the Rockettes Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03PMMonday, April 29, 2013
Kicking and cavorting their way from one controversy to another, the flappers angered the Vatican and were accused of starting 'the cult of the clitoris' in Britain. But they also played a p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, March 22, 2013
Speaking ahead of the London premiere of their hit musical The Book of Mormon, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone discuss how far they are willing to go to get a laugh. The Book …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMFriday, December 14, 2012
Royal de Luxe, whose Sea Odyssey brought Liverpool to a standstill this spring, aghast at soft drink giant using an enormous puppet in its Christmas campaign Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMThursday, December 13, 2012
A new app from the V&A draws on its remarkable archive to present the 100 most influential postwar British plays. Ten are shown here. Spanning 65 years from 1945 to 2010 the app reveal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AMThursday, September 6, 2012
A lapdancing club in upstate New York is arguing that it should be tax-exempt because its performances are 'art'. Has it got a point? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMSunday, July 15, 2012
The US choreographer Elizabeth Streb has unleashed her daredevil dancers around London in a one-off Olympics-inspired project. Commissioned by the mayor and the London 2012 festival, the eve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AM 
