Sunday, 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 08:27AMFriday, March 16, 2012
Kevin Spacey claims that London theatres are at risk of becoming an 'exclusive club', with high ticket prices deterring younger audiences. Do you agree? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMTuesday, March 6, 2012
There is a growing trend in US theatres to reserve seats in one area of the auditorium for members of the audience who wish to tweet while the performance is taking place, so that they don't…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMTuesday, February 7, 2012
Get a taste of Judi Dench's classic 1989 production of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger, starring Kenneth Branagh as Jimmy Porter and Emma Thompson as his wife Alison. This small-scree…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58AMWednesday, August 10, 2011
This short film from Amnesty TV gives us step-by-step instructions on how to write a defiant dictator's speech. As they say, 'When the going gets touch, the tough ramble wildly for three hou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:08AMMonday, June 13, 2011
From a victory for a musical on Mormonism and a triumph for War Horse's equine puppets, to (yet another) esoteric Mark Rylance acceptance speech, Broadway's biggest awards were as barnstormi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMThursday, April 14, 2011
A survey of British comedians has found that Liverpool audiences are the hardest to make laugh. Where do standups dread performing – and which towns guarantee ROFLs? Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:31PMFriday, February 25, 2011
When the Oscar-winning director brought Mary Shelley's gothic tale to the stage with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, was the result fantastic or frightening? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:05AMFriday, December 18, 2009
Catherine Tate, Ricky Gervais, Ed Byrne, Chris Addison… can these and other top comedians make your festive dinner go with a bang? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMThursday, October 8, 2009
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMTuesday, September 29, 2009
New York preview of A Steady Rain, starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, is disturbed by a mobile phone ringing - but the actors keep their cool Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:23PMWednesday, July 15, 2009
London's long-running production of Chicago has a bootylicious new Roxie (click 'Hide' to, er, reveal). She follows in the high-heeled footsteps of Denise Van Outen, Brooke Shields and Renee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:23AMFriday, April 24, 2009
Everyone knows a few of his poems, but how much do you know about his work in the theatre? Find out in our fiendish brainteaser Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:51AMTuesday, April 7, 2009
The Royal Court theatre's Wallace Shawn season shines the spotlight on the strangely lovable New Yorker. But do you know what famous magazine his father edited or what everyday object he ref…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMWednesday, February 25, 2009
It's 15 years since Bill Hicks died. He was one of the most influential standups of recent times, but do you know who he called a 'banal incubus' and who dedicated an album to him? Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09AMWednesday, February 4, 2009
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Controversial British director Katie Mitchell always seems to get under the skin of theatregoers. As her new production, The City, opens at the Royal Court in London, see how well you know h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45AMWednesday, February 13, 2008
It takes brass balls to play this quiz Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMWednesday, June 29, 2005
It may be the hottest Dangerous Liaisons ever: the two lead dancers are husband and wife. Judith Mackrell reports Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM 
