A new production transposes Sartre's existential ennui to the trauma of Argentina's Dirty War, but where are the fireworks?"Hell is other people" says Garcin towards the end of Sartre's play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMAlan Bennett feels passionately about education, he tells John Crace - from the issues he raises in The History Boys to 'morally wrong' university tuition feesThere's a line in The History B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMHow best to mark the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death? With parody, according to John Crace, who rewrites some famous scenes, and John Sutherland, who casts a critical eye over the fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThe comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment’s policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AM‘Mais non! I have just noticed that I have yet again failed to get dressed – all I am wearing is stockings!’Hallo, my darlings. You’ve heard it all before. Downplay the eye makeup if…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:09PMA soap set in a food bank, the National Theatre relocating to Zurich, Gove TV … our cultural soothsayer imagines what the arts will look like under our new government Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PMThe comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment’s policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMDo you find opera tedious? Do bits of Shakespeare send you to sleep? Well, you're not alone. David Hare, Julian Barnes and John Eliot Gardiner talk to John Crace about the importance of bei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMGerman Club, AdelaideThe upstairs bar of the German Club in Adelaide has probably had more than its fair share of rowdy nights, but there can't have been many where the rowdiness has come wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PMNot even a nervous guide dog on opening night can halt the irrepressible momentum of the National's runaway hitPlanning only gets you so far. After more than 100 performances as Francis Hens…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:47AMJohn Crace meets people behind the scenes of Oily Cart, a charity being supported by the Guardian and Observer appealThe performance of In a Pickle starts with Baa-r-baa-ra and the other she…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AMThe acclaimed Irish performer talks about the call from Hollywood that every actor dreams aboutLet's start with True Blood ...We're going to end with True Blood, too, aren't we?Er, no. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMTimeshift's history of the circus was short on historical rigour – but, boy, talk about nostalgiaAfter some pointless Monty Python title graphics – I guess the producer couldn't resist t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMMorris dancing is a dying tradition. You can help save this great country dance from extinction, with the instruction of David Seaborne, foreman of the Westminster Morris Men Continue readin…
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