Monday, September 17, 2012
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 08:01AMFriday, September 14, 2012
The burgeoning blogosphere has outgrown this theatre roundup, so after five years of trawling the net we bid you farewellNoises Off is logging off. Just under five years after it started, th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AMThursday, September 13, 2012
After a Broadway run in a one-man play, the former heavyweight boxer announces he's keen to star in a musicalMike Tyson has been bitten by the theatre bug. A month after his one-man show Und…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMWednesday, September 12, 2012
Viewers in Australia, New Zealand and the US will soon be able to see 2011 productions, including All's Well That Ends WellShakespeare's Globe will become the latest theatre to screen its s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMTuesday, September 11, 2012
Bridget Jones star reported to be following up her film directing debut by appearing in stage adaption of The HustlerAs if one first were not enough, Renée Zellweger will follow her forthc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:51AMBridget Jones star reported to be following up her film directing debut by appearing in stage adaption of The Hustler Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:51AMMonday, September 10, 2012
The hit National Theatre production is to visit major festivals in Asia and New Zealand, before taking up residency as part of Cate Blanchett's final season as co-artistic director of Sydney…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AMThursday, September 6, 2012
A critic's claim that comedy is more believable than tragedy stirs strong feelings – and is British theatre too naturalistic?Tragedy first, then farce, says Slavoj Zizek (adapting Marx). N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMWednesday, September 5, 2012
The show has grossed more than $60m to date and could mark the end of a fruitful period in the US for the National TheatreTwo days after the final Broadway performance of One Man, Two Guvnor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:35AMTuesday, September 4, 2012
The venerable theatre's annual 24-Hour Plays celebrity fundraising event this year will turn its attention to creating not one but four musicalsWriting a play in a day is one thing, but crea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMThe venerable theatre's annual 24-Hour Plays celebrity fundraising event this year will turn its attention to creating not one but four musicalsWriting a play in a day is one thing, but crea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMMonday, September 3, 2012
New Donmar season includes Walter reuniting with Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd, Joe Wright's stage directing debut and a new cheap ticket offerHarriet Walter will play Brutus in an all-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMFriday, August 31, 2012
Boundaries between conventional acting, performance theatre and improvisation continue to blur – but one actor seems to have no problems making it up as they go along ...For almost two dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMFriday, August 24, 2012
Practitioners are praising this year's Edinburgh gathering as unusually well-organised, while bloggers rail against overly serious theatreAs Lyn Gardner pointed out in yesterday's Edinburgh …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:43AMThursday, August 23, 2012
The Wire star will appear in The River, Butterworth's first play since Jerusalem, at London's Royal Court in OctoberDominic West is to star in Jez Butterworth's new play The River this Octob…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:35AMMonday, August 20, 2012
Actor refused entry by bouncers after some members of his party were unable to provide proof of age Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMThursday, August 16, 2012
A guerrilla poster artist and a raft of bloggers are taking aim at the Edinburgh fringe's increasingly corporate outlookThe fringe has its very own Banksy, according to fringe veteran John F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
Experimental theatre company's show The Architects will recreate ancient Greek maze in former south London factoryExperimental theatre company Shunt are to create a version of the ancient Gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMThursday, August 9, 2012
Mayor Peter Soulsby says £61m theatre, which cost twice its original budget, came at 'an enormous cost' to LeicesterLeicester's mayor has dubbed the Curve theatre "the most expensive and di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMTuesday, August 7, 2012
Olympics has brought new audience to theatres, says composer who predicted London 2012 would be a disaster for West EndSales for shows in theatres owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber have risen by …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49AMMonday, August 6, 2012
A number of venues that made tickets available early claim sales are up, with one reporting a 70% increase on last yearAmid the early chatter about the commercialisation of the Edinburgh fes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMFriday, August 3, 2012
As one theatre company says it is using a Brighton Fringe production to fund its show in Scotland, an online debate is raging about payment for creativityAhh, Edinburgh: full of the smell of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:40AMThursday, August 2, 2012
Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals: Sing and Dance will let gamers perform his songs and compete in Superstar-style sing-offsLara Croft he is not, but composer and theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:29AMWednesday, August 1, 2012
As the new film of Sound and Fury's Kursk reveals, capturing live theatre on video is tough – even more so when it's immersive, interactive or promenadeTheatre on film? Better than nothing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMTuesday, July 31, 2012
David King claims a musical version of Danny Boyle's spectacular ceremony could be an 'international winner'A British theatre producer wants to recreate a version of the 2012 Olympic opening…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:16AMMonday, July 30, 2012
With Richard DeDomenici's one-hander having completed its run, bloggers turn to the future of collaborative theatreFar be it from Noises Off to let the Olympics pass by unmentioned. After al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:21PMAfter the Scottish comedian mocks the Olympian's looks, David Walliams defends her as 'a beautiful woman, inside and out'If at first they don't succeed, most Olympians will aim to try again …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMAfter the Scottish comedian mocks the Olympian's looks, David Walliams defends her as 'a beautiful woman, inside and out' Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMFriday, July 27, 2012
Former Fonz actor trades panto for prurience with starring role in new David West Read comedy The PerformersIn recent years, Henry Winkler has become something of a panto favourite, appearin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMThursday, July 26, 2012
James says sorry for criticising New York production of Sondheim musical Into the Woods, following outcry from fellow performersA Broadway actor has apologised for "trashing" a high-profile …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, July 25, 2012
Extreme enunciation mars a new French Chekhov – but skilful surgery updates Ibsen's An Enemy of the PeopleI've never known a festival so full of connecting threads. Every show programmed b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:29AM 
