Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Founding artistic director calls for theatre to cancel production of The Merchant of Venice by Habima, part of the World Shakespeare FestivalMark Rylance, the founding artistic director of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMFounding artistic director calls for theatre to cancel production of The Merchant of Venice by Habima, part of the World Shakespeare Festival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMMonday, April 2, 2012
Amateurs invited to join a cast that includes Paterson Joseph, Adjoa Andoh and Ray Fearon – and no experience necessaryAmateur actors will get the chance to perform on the stage of the new…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMThursday, March 29, 2012
Should theatre seats be reserved for tweeting? Plus, why the people of Antarctica give art a warm welcomeThis week, Noises Off is shouting "Macbeth!", whistling, spitting, turning around twi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMSurvey in industry newspaper the Stage reports that 22% of organisations who lost funding are at risk of closing, while nearly half are 'just surviving'More than one in 10 of the cultural or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMTuesday, March 27, 2012
Complicite to present a new work billed as a continuation of A Disappearing Number, while major theatres confirm they will appear againComplicite will present a new show described as a conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:44AMMonday, March 26, 2012
Rice insists his partnership with Lloyd Webber is now in the past, saying: 'We're not relevant as a team any more'"Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice" is the formula for som…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMFriday, March 23, 2012
The Mike Daisey controversy – in which the monologue artist's radio piece about Apple was presented as non-fiction – kept theatre bloggers very busy this weekLast weekend, US radio progr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMFriday, March 16, 2012
What's more important – fidelity to the raw material or interpretation for modern audiences? Plus: which critics are the most generous?"Is it interesting? Does it tell us something about S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMWednesday, March 14, 2012
Plays by Laura Wade and April de Angelis will run consecutively for three months each at the Duke of York's theatre from MayTwo of the Royal Court's bestselling productions in recent years a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMTuesday, March 13, 2012
Beat Generation will debut at this year's Jack Kerouac Literary festival in Massachusetts, 55 years after it was writtenJack Kerouac's only full-length play will receive its world premiere t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMMonday, March 12, 2012
Natalia Koliada says company faces closure in three months unless it gets funding, and fundraising is still not complete for production of King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe in MayThe founder …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMFriday, March 9, 2012
It's been well-publicised that Ishy Din was a cab driver for two decades before he got his debut play Snookered commissioned. But should a writer's personal history matter?How much does a pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThursday, March 8, 2012
West End theatres will offer £10 tickets to workers in 'transport hot-spot' locations in bid to ease Olympics congestionLondon theatres will offer discounted tickets to commuters during the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:22AMThe big hitters are still months away, but the season kicks off this month with Sprint and Fierce. So how are festivals evolving?It's only March. Alright, the first snowdrops have been and g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AMWednesday, March 7, 2012
BBC's hit sitcom is to gain a new lease of life in Kneehigh theatre adaptationLong-running BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son is to be adapted for the stage by Kneehigh theatre.Emma Rice will direct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMTuesday, March 6, 2012
Former presenter of The One Show will take role of Adolfo Pirelli at London's Adelphi theatre in four weeks before the OlympicsStandup comedian Jason Manford will make his stage debut this s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMMonday, March 5, 2012
Moscow production of BerlusPutin imagines half of the former Italian prime minister's brain being transplanted into the newly re-elected Russian president's headWhat do you get if you cross …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMThursday, March 1, 2012
While some bloggers berate 'criticism by numbers', others debate a new relationship between critics and makersTime Magazine's Person of the Year 2006 strikes again. Another week, another tir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMComposer and lyricist reveals he is collaborating with US playwright on his first musical since 2008's Road ShowStephen Sondheim has revealed that he's working on a new musical in collaborat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMWednesday, February 29, 2012
Government-commissioned Henley report urges the coalition to continue exceptional financial support for Rada and othersFunding for the country's top drama schools must be protected, accordin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMTuesday, February 28, 2012
The millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMThe millionaire standup comedian tells those who have sneered at his routines: 'If it's so easy then why don't you do it?'Michael McIntyre's brand of observational comedy has made him comedy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AMMonday, February 27, 2012
Composer reveals he is considering 1960s sex-and-politics scandal as subject for his next musicalThe News of the World might be gone, but one of its most notorious scoops could be the subjec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AMThursday, February 23, 2012
Comedy awards shortlist two solo female comics out of 54 nominations despite vintage year for women's comedyThe Chortle comedy awards have courted controversy by shortlisting only two solo f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMWhile British bloggers ask whether the recession is making producers too risk-averse, US sites despair over nonprofit theatres' 'Broadway habit'Consensus has it – at least in Britain – t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56AMWednesday, February 22, 2012
Second production of play based on the manifesto of the Norwegian mass murderer is to be staged in the city where his attack beganA controversial play based on the manifesto of Norwegian gun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:44AMTuesday, February 21, 2012
Comedian will star in Eric Idle's new musical in LA alongside Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Tracey Ullman and Eddie IzzardRussell Brand is to make his stage debut in the title role in Eric Idle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AMMonday, February 20, 2012
Tony and Grammy award-winner Heather Headley will star in a musical version of Whitney Houston's 1992 film, which opens at London's Adelphi theatre in NovemberA musical version of The Bodygu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AMThursday, February 16, 2012
Theatre can turn around a piece on topical issues quicker than most art forms – but, asks the blogosphere, what's wrong with a bit of critical distance?The last shop window had barely been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMFry will play Malvolio in the Globe's summer production of Twelfth Night – his first role since walking out of a West End production in 1995Seventeen years after he famously deserted a Wes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AM 
