Sunday, October 1, 2023
Speaking on Desert Island Discs, comedian revealed how she confronted unnamed man she believed ‘to be a perpetrator of sexual assault’
The comedian Katherine Ryan has spoken on Desert I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:37PMThursday, June 24, 2021
Fundraisers say 17th-century author who was first woman to make her living as a professional writer should be celebrated by town
Playwright, poet, novelist and spy: Aphra Behn is often refer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMSunday, August 19, 2018
Liverpool comedian follows in footsteps of Ken Cheng and Tim Vine in winning awardComedians often strive to find laughter through the tears, and the winner of this year’s funniest joke of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PMWednesday, December 13, 2017
The play, which had been due to run at Royal Court, now shelved after co-director stepped down over misconduct scandalRoyal Court Theatre has shelved its planned production of Rita, Sue and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThursday, October 26, 2017
Exclusive: EastEnders and Doctor Who actor Tracy-Ann Oberman is one of five women to complain about Stafford-Clark’s behaviour• Max Stafford-Clark pestered me for sex long before his str…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMFriday, October 20, 2017
Exclusive: Out of Joint founder was forced out in September after formal complaint that he made lewd comments to a female member of staffOne of the most influential directors in British thea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMFriday, June 20, 2014
Comedian threatens to leave after listeners complain 'the lovely Samantha', a fictional scorekeeper, is demeaning to womenComedian Jack Dee allegedly threatened to quit the BBC's long-runnin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMSunday, September 15, 2013
Prolific film-maker in line for prestigious award for contribution to cinema says making films isn't difficult, but making good ones isWoody Allen once opined that the key to success was tur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:01AMWednesday, June 27, 2012
Actors' union finds male roles outnumber female roles by average of two to one in publicly funded companiesToo many plays performed in theatres subsidised by the taxpayer are dominated by ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PMTuesday, January 17, 2012
Home secretary urged not to deport Lydia Besong and her husband, who fear they will be persecuted in CameroonBestselling authors and leading human rights figures have joined forces to condem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMSaturday, October 1, 2011
A reader tells how he first discovered the Guardian as a budding actor at Oldham RepI grew up in a poor area of Salford and would read the Daily Mirror on the outside toilet, so only came to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMFriday, September 9, 2011
Lydia Besong asylum claim rejected before raid, campaigners including Juliet Stevenson claim in criticism of UK Border AgencyThe forced deportation of a Cameroonian playwright and her husban…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:23AMThursday, July 7, 2011
Despite a U-turn over community opera Beached, the writer wants East Riding of Yorkshire council to retract 'defamatory' statementsThe writer at the centre of a row over a cancelled communit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16AMTuesday, December 9, 2008
Role will be played by understudy Edward Bennett as RSC goes ahead with press night despite Doctor Who star's absence Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM 
