Friday, 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 08:27AMFriday, 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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