Friday, February 3, 2023
Featherstone is latest high-profile figure to leave a major theatre in recent months
The artistic director of the Royal Court, one of London’s most prestigious theatres, is stepping down a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThursday, January 19, 2023
Report criticises indifference to sector’s potential and calls for new approach to address skills shortages
UK politics live – latest news updates
The UK risks losing its leading positio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMTuesday, January 17, 2023
The only Bafta award voted for by the British public, the five nominees are all actors from the UK and Ireland
Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in a new feature film about the late sin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AMSunday, January 8, 2023
The 1982 play stills pulls in crowds from Broadway to Helsinki, and is now returning to the West End for a fifth time. ‘I just can’t understand it,’ says its creator
The arrival of a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00AMWednesday, December 14, 2022
Scheme will make 1,000 tickets available every week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities
Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMWednesday, December 7, 2022
The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan ‘can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre’, says outgoing artistic director Ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMFriday, December 2, 2022
Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about ‘body pathologising’
Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised bec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMThursday, November 24, 2022
Artistic director of English National Ballet decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital
One of the ballet world’s biggest stars has accused Arts Council England of “s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMTuesday, November 22, 2022
Actor joins demonstration over plans to slash £50m from arts bodies in London as part of levelling-up agenda
Recent cuts to arts funding are part of “an agenda of cultural vandalism” th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PMMonday, November 21, 2022
New Earth Theatre said ‘damaging tropes, misogyny and racism’ in show contradict its values
A touring theatre company has pulled a play from the Sheffield Crucible because of the venue�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMThursday, November 17, 2022
Leading names of British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rights
Some of the leading names of British theatre and film h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMSaturday, November 12, 2022
Xander Parish, who fled St Petersburg in March, talks about his performance this weekend with Russian and Ukrainian artistes
When the dancer Xander Parish made his return to the London stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMTuesday, November 8, 2022
Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel will premiere at Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in April
A stage production of a poignant novel about the death of William Shakespeare’s son…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMFriday, November 4, 2022
English National Opera to create new base, possibly in Manchester, but will still manage Coliseum
The English National Opera, one of the country’s cultural flagships, is to relocate outsid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PMThursday, October 20, 2022
Producer says trial asked questions about boundaries between privacy and celebrity and what it is to be a Wag
A play about the “Wagatha Christie” trial is to be staged in the West End by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25AMThursday, October 13, 2022
Eliza Doolittle’s sparkling dress is one of 100 items that celebrate ‘transformative power’ of musicals
Weighed down by diamante, rhinestones, pearls, crystal beads, sequins and long, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMThursday, October 6, 2022
The soul singer plays Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia, a hip-hop musical returning to the Old Vic
The story of the suffragettes is a “metaphor for so many things going on right now” includi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMThursday, August 25, 2022
Karim Khan’s play about two Muslim teenagers learning to swim wins £3,000 prize for best new writing
A coming-of-age tale about two South Asian teenagers who learn to swim in order to imp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTuesday, August 23, 2022
Production opening in October portrays US evangelical star who challenged views on Aids and HIV
The colourful life story of an American Christian superstar who became a gay icon because of h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PMSunday, August 21, 2022
West Midlands comedian Masai Graham, who works as a part-time care worker, wins title for second time
A standup comedian who works part-time as a care worker on minimum wage has topped a po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33PMThursday, July 28, 2022
London venue with long history of offering training and networking has become Seven Dials Playhouse
For more than 40 years it was a place where actors – from legendary stars to those strug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMWednesday, July 27, 2022
One housing complex can’t reverse decades of historical trends—but city officials hope 43 Green can be a model for equitable development.
The post Can a new housing development revitaliz…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 03:00PMFriday, July 15, 2022
Dramatic resignation of Boris Johnson and subsequent leadership race prove a challenge for standup comedians
‘People are taking their comedians seriously, and their politicians as a joke,�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Actors’ union says Covid exacerbated contributory factors such as job insecurity and low pay
People working in entertainment and performing arts are twice as likely to experience depressio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Model of 10-year-old Syrian girl that has become symbol of compassion will visit border town of Przemyśl
Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates
After last year’s 5,000-mile journey across Eur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
Incident raises further questions over comedian safety after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Oscars
The comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked during a performance in Los Angeles, according t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Equity says ‘sacking by press release’ from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End show caused pain and distress
Current and future cast members of Cinderella must be compensated for their los…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMClaudia Rankine, whose latest play, The White Card, is to tour the UK, warns of negative effect on mental health
Footage of violent racist incidents such as the murder of George Floyd is tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSaturday, April 30, 2022
Marisha Wallace wants to inspire young girls and call out lack of diversity as she takes on role in Oklahoma!
A professional career in theatre was not always on the cards for Marisha Wallace…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of celebrated Studio Ghibli movie will be first opening ‘of this scale’ in nearly 40 years
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage an adaptation o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03AMThursday, April 21, 2022
Comedians such as Nish Kumar say they have noticed a change since crowds have returned to clubs
It was halfway through a show in Shrewsbury when Nish Kumar noticed an audience member being d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM 
