Monday, April 5, 2021
The pandemic inspired many works of art but two furious, turbulent plays written at its onset still tower over the rest. As both return, we explore their enduring power
On 3 July 1981, a sin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThursday, March 4, 2021
The French director and dramatist reveals how he pushed Hopkins into giving one of the most wrenching performances of his career in an unflinching dementia drama also starring Olivia Colman
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMThursday, November 12, 2020
As he publishes a moving memoir, the comedian and Bake Off contestant tormentor talks about homophobic heckles, still living with his parents – and why he’s never been in love
In a deser…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMThursday, November 5, 2020
The creator of the cult show is not going quietly into his 70s. He talks about coming out as trans, going ‘loopy’ on crack – and speaking in tongues after suffering a stroke
Richard O�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMThursday, October 22, 2020
The Pulitzer-winning show about gender-fluid bohemians in a time of pandemic is back. As Rent hits Manchester, the original cast remember its barrierbusting magic – and its tragic, visiona…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMThursday, September 10, 2020
Is performing for young audiences easier? Far from it say the comedians who do clubs at night and CBBC shows by day
What do standup comics do in the daytime? A glance at television schedules…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMMonday, August 10, 2020
Lily Savage, The League of Gentlemen, Fleabag and a host of telly sensations started out on tiny stages at the extravaganza. In its absence, who will be next?
Paul O’Grady’s first night …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AMFriday, June 19, 2020
Acclaimed actor whose dazzling career included memorable roles in Alien, Chariots of Fire and The Lord of the Rings
Ian Holm, who has died aged 88, was a brilliant actor in all media whose c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMWednesday, June 10, 2020
Sidi’s new online soap opera brings all the overheated thrills of Mexican telenovelas to the home counties
If a Mexican TV company set a Spanish-language soap opera in a bland British town…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMFriday, January 31, 2020
Riverside Studios, LondonAlice Krige’s commanding presence can’t ignite this stark adaptation, which suffers from needless narrator interjections
Ingmar Bergman adaptations have provided…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMThursday, January 9, 2020
His influence is everywhere – but is the great, groundbreaking comedian being forgotten? Twenty-five years after his death, we reassess his impact
The reports of Peter Cook’s death on 9…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMThursday, December 12, 2019
London PalladiumJulian Clary, Paul O’Grady and Matt Baker vamp it up in this big-budget extravaganza yet it’s a case of double the entendres and half the story
Now in its fourth year, th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMSunday, December 1, 2019
They revel in filth and have names like Sinderella and Jack Off the Beanstalk. But is there more to X-rated panto than gross-out gags?
Panto season is under way and Pinocchio is on stage in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMWednesday, November 13, 2019
He’s the musicals maestro who’s now starring in everything from Joker to Gemini Man. He reveals how he went from working men’s clubs to Hollywood – via a Pinteresque spell in theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
He’s been a blissful Bottom in Nick Hytner’s Dream and triumphed with the breakneck Barber Shop Chronicles. Now the rising actor is in a 50s political drama that chimes with today’s ri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMSunday, September 1, 2019
He dresses like a New Romantic and played Johnny Marr and Danny Baker. Now the rising Welshman is taking on his most painful role yet
On my way to interview Laurie Kynaston, who is about to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMTuesday, August 13, 2019
The procedure left the comedian with sexual anxiety – and a tell-all show at the Edinburgh festival
Journalistic etiquette decrees that any delicate questions are usually saved until near …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTuesday, July 23, 2019
How do actors cope with having their defining line shouted at them in the streets – for decades? Richard Wilson, Maureen Lipman and Tony Robinson tell all
When it happens to Richard Wilson…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMMonday, July 1, 2019
Her revelations about Harvey Weinstein sparked #MeToo. Now, as the disgraced mogul’s trial approaches, the actor is back with an Edinburgh show
Sometimes Rose McGowan can say his name, and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMWednesday, June 12, 2019
After the smart-aleck sitcom Community and the outrageous Hangover movies, the rude and raging comedian is returning to standup
Rage, mania and disinhibition are the common factors in Ken Je…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMSunday, May 19, 2019
Assembly Hall theatre, Tunbridge WellsThere may be a weary air to some of the obligatory scripted smut, but Clary’s affectionate put-downs remain acutely calibrated
A week shy of his 60th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMThursday, April 4, 2019
Combining TED talk and party, the comic’s gigs challenge sexism and body-shaming. Now she’s riffing on Mary Magdalene, singing Cher to Richard Curtis – and hoping viewers watch again a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AMTuesday, February 12, 2019
The story of a sound engineer recording effects for an Italian horror film is coming to the Donmar Warehouse. It’s not a gorefest, say its director and writerThe first thing you see when y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AMMonday, February 4, 2019
She wrote, directed and starred in prickly comedies that put power in women’s hands. But she did not see her greatest success. As Waitress hits the stage, stars remember an explosive talen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMMonday, January 14, 2019
From Freddie Mercury to Queen Anne, awards season is set to be dominated by queer characters played by non-LGBT performers. So is this sexuality’s equivalent of blackface – or is it simp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMThursday, December 20, 2018
After the ‘attacks’, tabloid fear-mongering and a devastating horror film, clowns were meant to be all clapped out – with pirates and princesses muscling in. So why is business booming…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMThursday, December 13, 2018
London PalladiumRollerskating snowmen, a hydraulic dragon, a Strictly duo and Nigel Havers are among the attractions in this variety pantoWith Snow White, Julian Clary enters his third conse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMSunday, November 18, 2018
Trailblazing comic, Oscar-nominated writer and acting sensation Elaine May is back on Broadway. Nathan Lane, Cybill Shepherd and others reveal what makes her tickThe very idea ought to be mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMSunday, October 21, 2018
His films tackled paedophilia, abortion and deadly dachshunds. In his debut play, the barbed laureate of US cinema explores the race and class dynamics of childcare. But his own nanny isn’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMMonday, August 13, 2018
The 29-year-old Bostonian followed a string of racist tweets all the way to a white nationalist meeting – and turned the experience into his new Edinburgh showThe 29-year-old Bostonian com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMWednesday, August 8, 2018
Homos, Or Everyone in America is set in an almost quaint pre-Grindr world. Its writer reveals how his funny, provocative drama was inspired by a hate crimeIn the opening scene of Jordan Seav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM 
