Sunday, August 10, 2025
Minerva theatre, ChichesterA stressed out community choir rehearse pop hits ahead of a TV appearance in this uncharacteristically feelgood comedy from the usually hard-hitting Bhatti
Playwri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Manchester Opera HouseThirty years after its release, the Bollywood blockbuster is back, this time on stage with a multiracial take on the diaspora tale
On its release in 1995, Bollywood blo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 11, 2025
Rose Theatre, LondonDidactic two-hander sees trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe face down racism with song as she tours the segregated US south with her fawning protege
With her coffee table-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 23, 2025
The 'class clown' from the racy BBC sitcom discusses his return to the stage, the draw of the dark side and preparing his parents to see him in 'full bum' nudity on screen
For the past five …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM[SHARE]Friday, October 25, 2024
The Pit, Barbican, London Finn Beames and Company's show is overwrought but features a fine performance from Oscar-nominated actor Ruth Negga, playing a queer boy struggling to fit in
A stri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Monday, January 29, 2024
Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was retired, with little to do except hate the miserable British winter. At 71, she decided to bring some Latin warmth into her life
Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 19, 2023
The east Londoner won a Bafta for her performance as the teenage lead in Sarah Gavron's hit 2019 film. Now, on the eve of three new stage and screen projects, she talks about her whirlwind f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 1, 2022
Goodness Gracious Me made him a household name. Now The Sandman could bring international stardom. He talks about the bullies who tried to keep him down " and life as a reluctant role model
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Olivier award-winner Simon Hale on the thrill of orchestrating two legends' tracks on Get Up, Stand Up! and Girl from the North Country
It's not often you get the green light from Bob Dylan …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 19, 2022
Brixton House, LondonThis uneven but refreshing debut by Waleed Akhtar is inspired by the rise and fall of Afghanistan's first pop TV show
Early 00s pop TV was fertile ground for hyperactive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2022
Having written about sex tapes and the Delhi bus gang-rape, Anupama Chandrasekhar is tackling Nathuram Godse, the gunman who was raised as a girl " and is now a hero to Hindu nationalists
'S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 24, 2022
The two-times Tony nominee is about to portray Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside Paul Bettany's Warhol. 'We're digging deep and getting to the heart of their relationship,' he says
When Andy Wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 5, 2021
From first kisses to lockdown days, a cast of disabled and non-disabled performers lay their personal lives on the line in a moving new show, Human
On a bare black stage, Jonny Leitch is rem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Monday, September 20, 2021
New albums, new TV series, and actual live shows " the culture taps might have run dry during the pandemic, but this autumn they are switching on again at last. Our critics give their pick o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 21, 2021
Writers and artists including RóisÃn Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown
There have been many notable nightclubs in film…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The Mischief Theatre Company has a flourishing stage and TV franchise, with a second Christmas special on the way. The trio discuss how difficult it is making mistakes go right
"There's noth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Friday, November 6, 2020
For his new Channel 4 documentary, Khan " a dancer and choreographer for more than 30 years " trained with three fighters as he explored his relationship with violence
'I've never felt so in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2020
A new drama " The Endz " will see pupils from Harris Academy Peckham collaborating with The Multi-Story Orchestra to give a voice to victims of knife crime
It is three hours after the end of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 23, 2020
The Bollywood hit has been remade for the stage. Its tunes are beautiful but this is a missed opportunity to reimagine an antiquated story
Even by the standards of Bollywood sagas, Umrao Jaa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Friday, March 15, 2019
The giant housing estate has seen highs and endured lows, as captured in the new show Standing at the Sky's Edge, which has impressed those who know the place best
Residents of Sheffield's P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM[SHARE] 
