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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Southwark Playhouse announces details of new temporary home by Matt Trueman

The London venue will be relocating to a new site with greater capacity during the redevelopment of its current home at London BridgeBig-hitting London Fringe venue the Southwark Playhouse h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PM

Victoria Beckham was a musical theatre wannabe before the Spice Girls by Matt Trueman

Posh Spice harboured ambitions to star in West End musicals, according to Viva Forever producer Judy CraymerVictoria Beckham once harboured ambitions of becoming a musical theatre actor, acc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AM

Victoria Beckham was a musical theatre wannabe before the Spice Girls by Matt Trueman

Posh Spice harboured ambitions to star in West End musicals, according to Viva Forever producer Judy Craymer Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AM
Monday, November 12, 2012

Evening Standard theatre awards shortlist embraces young talent by Matt Trueman

Young writers James Graham and Nick Payne vie with Caryl Churchill, while actor Hattie Morahan goes up against Cate Blanchett as Young Vic gains five nominationsYoung playwrights James Graha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AM
Friday, November 2, 2012

Interviews: No beating around the Bush by Matt Trueman

Matt Trueman talks to Bush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis about his approach to establishing the theatre in its new home

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:11PM
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

East Asian actors seek RSC apology over Orphan of Zhao casting by Matt Trueman

Actors calls for public debate with RSC to discuss casting concerns in production of so-called Chinese HamletA group of east Asian actors is seeking an apology from the Royal Shakespeare Com…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM
Monday, October 29, 2012

Did Daniel Day-Lewis see his father's ghost as Hamlet? That is the question … by Matt Trueman

After famously revealing that he saw his father's ghost when playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre in 1989, Day-Lewis has now denied the claimsDaniel Day-Lewis has put paid to one of t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM

Did Daniel Day-Lewis see his father's ghost as Hamlet? That is the question by Matt Trueman

After famously revealing that he saw his father's ghost when playing Hamlet at London's National Theatre in 1989, Day-Lewis has now denied the claims Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Pacino packs them in for Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross by Matt Trueman

With top price seats at $350, the Schoenfeld Theatre run could do even better business than the 1992 filmForget carving it up – the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross is raking it in…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AM
Friday, October 19, 2012

Royal Shakespeare Company under fire for not casting enough Asian actors by Matt Trueman

RSC criticised for producing The Orphan of Zhao, regarded as Chinese equivalent of Hamlet, with predominantly white castThe Royal Shakespeare Company is facing criticism for producing a play…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AM
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Bruce Norris stops Berlin staging of Clybourne Park after blackface row by Matt Trueman

Playwright withdraws performance rights for race satire following revelation of theatre's intention to 'experiment with makeup'Bruce Norris has intervened to prevent a German production of h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AM
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Rebecca: The Musical – Broadway financier charged with fraud by Matt Trueman

Mark Hotton has been charged with fraud over a scam involving fictitious financial investors for the Daphne du Maurier adaptationThe businessman at the centre of the cancelled Broadway produ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM
Monday, October 15, 2012

Douglas Hodge triumphs as Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway by Matt Trueman

Critics applaud British actor's performance as the long-nosed hero in first Broadway production for 25 yearsYou might all it a drag-to-britches story. Two years after his Tony award-winning …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM
Friday, October 12, 2012

Theatre staff arrested in Nazi-themed protest by Matt Trueman

Staff from Dunfermline's Alhambra posed with swastika flags from production of The Sound of Music outside Fife council officesFive theatre workers have been detained by police in Fife after …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AM
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Michael Attenborough to leave Almeida theatre by Matt Trueman

Director's 11-year tenure at the venue in Islington, London, saw him overturn a sizeable deficit and produce twice as many premieres as his predecessorsMichael Attenborough is to step down a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:47PM
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Kenwright profits shrink, but West End remains upbeat by Matt Trueman

Profits shrink by two thirds at major UK theatre producer Bill Kenwright Productions, and a 'difficult' summer is likely to affect takings elsewhereProfits at Bill Kenwright Productions, one…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17AM
Monday, October 8, 2012

FBI investigates 'dead' Broadway investor hoax by Matt Trueman

Troubled production of Rebecca musical has been cancelled after it emerged that key investors never actually existedThe theatrical investor whose "death" caused the cancellation of a major B…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM
Friday, October 5, 2012

Meryl Streep donates $1m to New York's Public theatre by Matt Trueman

Academy award-winning actor's donation is announced as theatre unveils $40m makeoverMeryl Streep has donated $1m to the Public theatre in New York, as it unveiled the results of a $40m (£28…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Palestinian theatre director Zakaria Zubeidi is released on bail by Matt Trueman

Co-founder of Jenin's Freedom Theatre, who faces charges over an attack on the home of Jenin governor Qaddura Musa, has been released on bail following a series of hunger strikesThe imprison…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AM
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Picasso's surreal play comes to New York by Matt Trueman

Picasso's granddaughter among cast for reading of one of artist's two stage works at gallery, featuring characters Big Foot and Big Blonde CurtainPablo Picasso: playwright? The first of two …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM

Picasso's surreal play comes to New York by Matt Trueman

Picasso's granddaughter among cast for reading of one of artist's two stage works at gallery, featuring characters Big Foot and Big Blonde Curtain Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

War Horse to be led out on UK and Irish tour by Matt Trueman

Tony award-winning production to tour UK and Ireland next year, as original co-director Tom Morris and Handspring Puppet Company announce new Shakespeare collaborationThe Olivier and Tony aw…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AM
Monday, October 1, 2012

Emma Watson says she wants to do musicals by Matt Trueman

Actor says she would 'love to do a musical soon' after being inspired by Rocky Horror Show scenes in her recent Hollywood film, The Perks of Being a WallflowerHarry Potter star Emma Watson h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AM
Friday, September 28, 2012

Scrubs to be revived as a Broadway musical by Matt Trueman

Emmy award-winning medical sitcom's creator Bill Lawrence reveals on Twitter that a Scrubs musical is in developmentA stage musical of the long-running American sitcom Scrubs is in the works…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AM
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Anne Hathaway to perform Cabaret songs at benefit concert by Matt Trueman

Star of forthcoming Les Misérables movie to give sneak preview of her vocal ability at one-off gig in New YorkTwo months before Les Misérables opens in cinemas, Anne Hathaway will give a s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:41AM
Monday, September 24, 2012

Once: The Musical to come to London's West End by Matt Trueman

Broadway hit musical to take up residence in London's Phoenix Theatre in MarchOnce: The Musical, the surprise champion at last year's US Tony awards, will be produced in London's West End ne…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51AM
Friday, September 21, 2012

Stephen Fry, stage fright and how to avoid it by Matt Trueman

As Stephen Fry returns to the theatre after fleeing a performance 17 years ago, Salma Hayek, John Simm and Eileen Atkins share their own experiences of 'the actor's nightmare'Stephen Fry cou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:17PM
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Tori Amos musical The Light Princess may premiere next year by Matt Trueman

Singer hopes The Light Princess musical, postponed by National Theatre, will open before end of 2013Tori Amos hopes her new musical, The Light Princess, which had been indefinitely postponed…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Roadkill heads to New York next summer for US premiere by Matt Trueman

Three years after its debut at the Edinburgh fringe, Stef Smith's site-specific play about human trafficking will be restaged by Brooklyn-based theatre St Ann's WarehouseRoadkill, the Olivie…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Priscilla Presley to make pantomime debut at the New Wimbledon theatre by Matt Trueman

Presley will star in Snow White, adding to the list of US stars who have graced the south-east London stagePriscilla Presley will make her pantomime debut at the New Wimbledon theatre, Londo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:49AM
Monday, September 17, 2012

National Theatre to open New York office by Matt Trueman

Tim Levy to head office overseeing theatre's future activities in North America after successful Broadway transfersFollowing the success of its recent Broadway transfers, the National Theatr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AM

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