Saturday, June 17, 2017
A singalong show about the collapse of Kids Company may seem unpromising, but productions like it are already proving big hits with audiencesFor many theatregoers a big night out on the town…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMCabaret star hopes new show based on Paulo Coehlo’s work will inspire UK fansUte Lemper, the queen of dark and subversive cabaret, is known for her interpretation of the bleak songs of Kur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMSaturday, June 10, 2017
TV writer Steven Moffat’s demand for fewer intermissions ‘does not make financial sense’Theatre and concert hall managers are mounting a fightback this weekend in defence of an endange…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMSunday, May 7, 2017
Mark Rylance's star turn as Rooster in Jez Butterworth's play owes much to the time he spent with the hard-drinking Wiltshire wild man who inspired the playwrightWhen Mark Rylance was toast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMSaturday, May 6, 2017
His new play, The Ferryman, follow-up to Jerusalem, has been rapturously received at the Royal Court. Far from resting his laurels, his next venture is a historical TV blockbusterAudiences w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMSaturday, April 29, 2017
After 10 years of self-imposed exile, the playwright is enjoying a renaissance. However, she says that female dramatists are still being disregardedPlaywright Timberlake Wertenbaker was once…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PMSaturday, April 1, 2017
Creator of acclaimed West End show and Royal Court chief raise fears due to limited access to training for those from outside LondonBritish stage triumphs such as the West End’s Harry Pott…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PMSaturday, February 25, 2017
Supermodel’s family revive operetta based on 17th-century story of American Indian slaveThe “true and exact history” of Yarico, a 17th-century female slave, goes to the core of the sha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32PMSaturday, February 11, 2017
Debate over bias towards actors from a privileged background persists as London rolls out the red carpetAt the Royal Albert Hall tonight, as glittering prizes are handed out in the annual Ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMRevival of play about the Regency dandy reminds its creator of its unusual birthAny promising career can falter when an unguarded remark goes down badly. For the Regency buck “Beau” Brum…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMSaturday, February 4, 2017
Coming-of-age novel I Capture the Castle is adapted for the stageOne of Britain’s most popular romantic novels, Dodie Smith’s coming-of-age classic I Capture the Castle, beloved of write…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMMonday, January 9, 2017
Katherine Soper, winner of the Bruntwood prize, is at the head of a promising group bidding to break down barriersFor any British teenage girl hoping to become a playwright, the chances are …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMSaturday, December 24, 2016
Works of author and playwright once dismissed as voice of bygone era are now being brought to new audiences”Dated” and “unfashionably sedate”: some of the judgments on JB Priestley�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMSaturday, December 17, 2016
As Nicholas Serota, Kasper Holten and Martin Roth move on, the race is on to protect their legacy as funding cuts biteFor at least a decade, the arts have reliably made headlines in this cou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMSaturday, November 12, 2016
Ira Aldridge was the first non-white actor to portray Othello in England. Now his legacy will play a key role in the city’s bid to be the capital of cultureWhen Ira Aldridge stepped on sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMSaturday, November 5, 2016
Critics acclaim a triumphant return to the stage for the former MP, undiminished in her powers at the age of 80There were raging storms, banishments, stabbings, eye-gougings, poisonings and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMSaturday, October 22, 2016
Competitors and coaches gave writer of Deny, Deny, Deny insights into blurred boundaries around cheating in sportOne of Britain’s leading experts on doping in sport, and an adviser to a ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PMSaturday, July 30, 2016
Former primetime TV dance troupe Second Generation reunites to relive their glory daysHigh-kicking dancers in sequinned jumpsuits, often with bowler hats or feather boas, were once a tradema…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PMThursday, July 21, 2016
Tom Walker, creator of Jonathan Pie, says it’s now time to move on from the channel that made his name Jonathan Pie, the fictional television reporter who is regularly pushed to the edge o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:01PMSaturday, July 9, 2016
The UK creative world is warning of the damage Brexit could have on the arts – at a time when they are more economically vital than everAs Britain grapples with the behemoth that is Brexit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PMMonday, July 4, 2016
Patrick Marber and James Graham tell Vanessa Thorpe why it’s vital performing arts stay on syllabusPatrick Marber and James Graham, two of Britain’s most highly regarded p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMThursday, June 23, 2016
Leonard Bernstein's hostility towards writer of musical's book almost halted project, newly released correspondence revealsIt is regularly judged one of the best musicals of all time, yet We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32PMSaturday, June 11, 2016
From Tristan and Isolde to Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers are taking to the London stage. What makes the drama of thwarted desire so compelling?Whatever the temperature outside, the W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PMSaturday, May 28, 2016
The cheeky comic actor is best known for her audacious cameos in the films Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids. But, as her forthcoming role in Guys and Dolls suggests, she is also equipped for th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20PMOf course there is swearing in the National’s production of The Threepenny Opera. The play is an attack on bourgeois valuesEver wanted to stand up in front of a vast crowd of genteel, cult…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20PMFormer 007 makes film appeal to raise funds for Ovalhouse, the London drama group that inspired his careerPierce Brosnan came to fame playing poised and imperturbable characters such as 007 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10PMSaturday, April 9, 2016
They were rarities in Restoration theatre. But, as a new exhibition shows, the Bard’s first actresses were brave pioneersGreat Elizabethan and Georgian stage stars, such as Will Kempe, Ric…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39PMHer turn in new play Peoples, Places, Things is what the critics call a tour de force: the kind remembered long after the final curtainEvery two or three theatrical seasons a performance com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39PMSaturday, March 19, 2016
The makeshift stage on which A-list stars entertained migrants in Calais is now to be rebuilt in two locations, vow the two young British playwrights behind the schemeThe refugee theatre in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26PMSaturday, March 5, 2016
A puppet musical show co-written by Alan Ayckbourn will bring out the villainy in a nursery classic as part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Potter’s birthBeatrix Potter’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PMSaturday, February 27, 2016
Research reveals 73% of performers in British theatre and film are from middle-classA major academic study released to the Observer this weekend reveals the extent to which actors from relat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:44PM 
