Friday, October 25, 2013
The Doll's House star explains how sharing a room at the Duke of York's theatre, London, makes for a merry – if messy – spaceIt's a typical West End dressing room: not the most spacious,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMThursday, October 24, 2013
NYT head comes under fire for suggesting that 'the majority of actors' don't need formal training, but should instead focus on marketing skills that enable them to get workFormal three-year …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:09PMAudiences in the 18th century were not as well behaved as today – and if they didn't like the play, they burnt the theatre down. A new British Library exhibition tells allSandwiched betwee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44AMWednesday, October 23, 2013
The Bridesmaids star and the prolific American actor will appear together in a new version of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and MenChris O'Dowd will make his Broadway debut alongside James Franco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31AMTuesday, October 22, 2013
Record-breaking deal for a UK theatre company values ATG at £350m, but founders Rosemary Squire and Howard Panter will remain in chargeAmbassador Theatre Group, the UK's largest theatre own…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AMMonday, October 21, 2013
Peep Show creators Objective Productions to compile clip show of the 50 best – but will any women be on it?Will Billy Connolly retain the top spot? How far will Ricky Gervais fall? Will Jo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMWilson will star in The Web and Before Breakfast and make her directing debut with The Dreamy Kid at Hoxton Hall in DecemberThe last time Ruth Wilson performed in an Eugene O'Neill play, in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:56AMThursday, October 17, 2013
Simba, Timon and gang muscle in on The Phantom of the Opera's $5.6bn worldwide grossThe producers of The Lion King might well be saying hakuna matata (no worries) for the rest of their days.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:20AMWednesday, October 16, 2013
Composer says he has been reworking some of the musical for a modern audience with Alan Cumming and Daniel EvansStephen Sondheim's legendary 1970 musical Company centres on Bobby, a New York…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMMonday, October 14, 2013
Judi Dench says theatre is her 'idea of heaven', and she hopes playing M has drawn new audiences to stage showsLong before she played M in the James Bond films, Judi Dench was a stellar Lady…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AM'Shakespeare's for everybody,' says London theatre after writer's remark about needing 'scholarship' to understand himAncient grudge or new mutiny? Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMThursday, October 10, 2013
Kevin Spacey's mission to make London theatre 'fit for the 21st century' gets underway as venue applies for expansionThe Old Vic theatre is planning a major refurbishment as it approaches it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AMTuesday, October 8, 2013
The visionary French director, whose Bayreuth Ring cycle left an indelible mark on modern opera, has died of lung cancerPatrice Chéreau, the acclaimed French stage and screen director, has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMMonday, October 7, 2013
Actor to star as Patrick Bateman in musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's tale of a banker turned serial killerTalk about a regeneration: Doctor Who star Matt Smith is to follow his four…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:57AMThe actor has poured cold water on speculation that his stage success might lead to a Broadway outing for the boy wizardDon't expect to see a chorus line of Quidditch players any time soon. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22AMFriday, October 4, 2013
Takings rose £7m since the previous financial year – thanks in part to the West End transfer of War HorseThe National Theatre (NT) has announced that it generated more than £87m last yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMThursday, October 3, 2013
Recently knighted Blackadder star will narrate The Wind in the Willows in Royal Opera's West End transferHis best-loved comic creation, Baldrick, couldn't see the point in theatre – but To…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMWednesday, October 2, 2013
Comedian breaks news on Sky Sports and says that his recently diagnosed Parkinson's disease will not affect his workBilly Connolly has been given the all-clear from prostate cancer, followin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMTuesday, October 1, 2013
New artistic director needs to redefine mission of company and venue, following departing Nicholas Hytner's decade of triumphsRunning the National Theatre famously drove him to thoughts of s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMWednesday, September 25, 2013
Prisoners star indicates he is open to offers in city where he last trod the boards in 2002, singling out Old Vic for praiseLondon's artistic directors might want to give Jake Gyllenhaal's a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMFriday, September 20, 2013
No love at first sight for US critics as David Leveaux's Romeo and Juliet, also starring Condola Rashād, opens in New YorkVanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones – widely slated in the Old …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMSherlock actor in talks with producer Sonia Friedman to play Dane in London's West End next yearSherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is in "advanced discussions" to play Hamlet in the West End…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:41AMThursday, September 19, 2013
Injustices facing women today to be subject of Calm Down, Dear, a three-week event by Camden People's TheatreEdinburgh Comedy award-winner Bridget Christie is to star in a festival of femini…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AMWednesday, September 18, 2013
The former Writers' Guild president says universities undervalue traditional playwriting, despite industry-wide increaseThe playwright David Edgar has accused universities of a "profound ide…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AMTuesday, September 17, 2013
Ben Miller to star in new London comedy set during Gordon Brown's time in office, by Mock the Week's Dan PattersonFrom Peter Viggers' duck house to Richard Timney's adult entertainment, parl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17AMMonday, September 16, 2013
Biography reveals Brendan O'Carroll was taken into custody after death of former business partner, Kevin MooreBrendan O'Carroll, the creator of smash-hit BBC sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys, was onc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMMonday, September 9, 2013
Frustrated by British theatre's conservatism, the Lyric Hammersmith boss has decided to shake things up with a season of secret shows"A lot of theatre is quite boring," says Sean Holmes, ful…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMThursday, August 29, 2013
Six research scientists at Large Hadron Collider facility will host comedy night in bid to broaden science's appealDespite the one about the Higgs boson that goes to church (you can't have m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31AMWednesday, August 28, 2013
Boublil and Schönberg's epic French revolution musical tops list of 100 shows chosen by JemmThree listenersLes Misérables has been voted the greatest musical of all time in a public poll c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMTuesday, August 27, 2013
Jean-Pierre Jeunet expresses 'profound disgust' for stage version but says he sold musical rights to help children's charityThe director of Amélie has poured scorn on a forthcoming musical …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMFriday, August 23, 2013
Composer Dan Messé of indie band Hem is working on stage adaptation of whimsical 2001 French comedyAmélie, the whimsical French film that received five Oscar nominations, is set to become …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:22AM 
