Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Having rocked queer clubs to their foundations, Wet Mess is now electrifying Edinburgh with a show about testosterone and a stunning new take on drag
There are drag queens, drag kings – an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMTuesday, July 18, 2023
At 35, Martin O’Brien has already outlived his life expectancy. And in performances in which he attaches pegs to his testicles or smears himself with mucus, he brutally confronts his morta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMTuesday, June 6, 2023
The Pulitzer prize-winning musical shows the world what it’s like ‘to travel in a fat, Black queer body’. Writer Michael R Jackson, a former Lion King usher who based it on his life, r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49AMSaturday, March 11, 2023
One million copies sold, sobbing superfans on TikTok and a new stage adaptation starring James Norton – yet Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 book continues to divides readers
On the cover of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMFriday, November 18, 2022
In our final set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we speak to Ballet Black, Disability Arts Online and Camden Art Centre
Thrilled, relieved…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMThursday, May 26, 2022
From spanking to swordfighting, why does the Dane have to keep stripping off? As he appears alongside Christopher Walken in Outlaws, the actor talks about dodgy directors, the joy of physica…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMTuesday, December 7, 2021
With a Virgin Mary strip show, lessons in how to sit on Santa’s lap and a carol about drugs, this festive extravaganza is about as alternative as Christmas can get. Is Britain ready for th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMWednesday, January 29, 2020
Keep track of the shows at the sprawling arts extravaganza beneath Waterloo Station in London. This page will be updated throughout the festival
Until 1 FebruarySimon David’s autobiographi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMTuesday, November 19, 2019
Susanne Oberbeck sings sexually charged songs in a German accent while standing topless and sporting a moustache – and at last she’s found an audience that understands her
In 2003, Susan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMTuesday, August 13, 2019
Shunned by hipsters, adored by local Scots, they’re the fringe’s biggest show. How did this retro cocktail of cheesy euphoria become such a phenomenon?
Friday night in Edinburgh and a tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMMonday, August 12, 2019
Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMFriday, August 24, 2018
A show about entertainment industry sexism and the dynamics of double acts is making Edinburgh audiences laugh and sob. Its writer and stars tell allFor many, this year’s Edinburgh fringe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMThursday, September 28, 2017
The immersive theatre company’s new show Kabeiroi has just 864 tickets (for £110 a pair) and is closed to critics, while its corporate gigs are on the rise. Have the showstoppers sold out…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMTuesday, September 12, 2017
Set to headline Melbourne festival, the performer’s epic 24-hour show presents an alternative history that celebrates the outsidersYou know you’re witnessing something special when it’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMSaturday, August 5, 2017
He was one of the first openly gay men in metal. Now, after losing everything in a house fire, Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum is bankrolling an opera featuring crystal-meth arias and intersp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMSunday, July 30, 2017
Twitter feed of Royal's youngest ever principal, who was compared to Nureyev and Baryshnikov, had suggested dissatisfactionWhen Sergei Polunin, 21, walked out of rehearsals with the Royal Ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04AMSunday, March 12, 2017
In my humble, non-reviewer opinion, no single actor dominates this radical yet perfectly balanced production at the GlobeThanks to the World Shakespeare festival, one of the Cultural Olympia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMMonday, October 10, 2016
Lasting an entire day and night with no breaks, Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music contains multitudes, a ‘radical faery realness ritual’ which reimagines an America creat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMMonday, June 13, 2016
From Sheldon Harnick accepting his lifetime achievement award to James Corden’s dad’s advice to his son, here are the best lines from this year’s Tonys“Think of tonight as the Oscars…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AMLin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical dominates the Broadway ceremony, while attendees pay tribute to those murdered in Orlando shootingHaving won the Pulitzer prize and a Grammy award,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07AMSunday, June 12, 2016
Deaf West’s innovative new version of the controversial musical is performed by a cast including many deaf actors using ASL – but does it work for deaf people?It’s one of the most buzz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08PMThe 70th annual Tony awards begins at 8pm ET live from the Beacon Theater in New York City. This year’s show will be dedicated to the victims of Orlando shooting 12.35am BST Need a quick …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50PMSunday, March 6, 2016
Even after The Graduate made him a superstar, he always saw himself as a ‘funny looking semitic guy’ on the fringes of fame. Five decades on he talks about racism and the movies, how Too…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMSunday, January 31, 2016
We’ve got chills, and they’re multiplyin’ ... probably because the TV musical Grease: Live is on and we’re live-blogging it. Please join us on the couch for some hand-jiving, bomber …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PMThursday, October 29, 2015
Deaf West’s innovative new version of the controversial musical is performed by a cast including many deaf actors using ASL – but does it work for deaf people?It’s one of the most buzz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59PMFriday, July 3, 2015
New York City CenterThe 1982 musical about a man-eating plant rides again in an uproarious concert performance – and to the audience, Gyllenhaal isn’t even the biggest star onstagePart o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PMThursday, July 2, 2015
From TV-loving agoraphobes to those looking for brazen shirtless male strippers, this holiday weekend offers plenty for the culturally curious to exploreYoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:34PMWednesday, December 3, 2014
Miami Grand TheatreThis award-winning work attempted to convey the experience of the internet through performance artHow to make a ballet out of the web: with pop, spandex and wheelchairs Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:52AMThursday, November 27, 2014
Join us as we watch the inflatable-heavy procession through New York, which this year threatens to be disrupted by Ferguson protestorsThe Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade: in pictures Continue r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01PMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Studio 54, New YorkWhile occasionally tentative, in her Broadway debut Stone delivers where it counts in a classic production of the Weimar-era musical Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52AMFriday, August 22, 2014
Writing a monologue about bestiality is certainly arresting, but does it deliver more than shock value? Yes, says playwright Rob Hayes its the closest thing to a love story hell ever write …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:50AM 
