Sunday, March 14, 2021
As the actor appears in a new production of Oscar Wilde’s story, she talks about modelling, her anxieties for young people and the ‘Pandora’s box’ of social media
You’re starring …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMFriday, March 12, 2021
Gemma Arterton and Emma Corrin will be among cast in set of dramas confronting urgent issues
Producer Sonia Friedman and director Ian Rickson are to present a spring season of plays in the W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMTuesday, March 9, 2021
The actors and old friends talk about how theatre beats TV, the terror of standup – and the joys of making Yoko Ono crack up
John Simm’s dad encouraged him towards a career on stage; Tra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMIn this winning romcom, comedian Jessica Williams has a sparky energy that evokes theatre at its most immediate
“I would literally rather have my period non-stop for a thousand years than …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, March 5, 2021
The pair will contribute original music for adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger bestseller expected on stage by early next year
With UK venues closed because of the pandemic, theatregoers woul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThursday, March 4, 2021
Available onlineIntergenerational racism is explored in James Anthony Tyler’s gripping play, as a son and his father try to find a way to live together
An ageing father has just moved into…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMThe musician’s voice will be heard in the new online show, which combines virtual reality and live performance
A groundbreaking interactive Shakespeare production that features motion-cap…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMTuesday, March 2, 2021
The actors have been friends since they starred together at the National. They talk about their showbiz debuts, the dangers of getting wrapped up in roles – and the thrills to come when th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMKatharina Wyss’s film features a phenomenal debut from Leone Balthasar as an adolescent who uses theatre to both escape – and express – her demons
Sarah Plays a Werewolf is a film abou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMTuesday, February 23, 2021
Ingmar Bergman’s movie unpacks, like no other, the intimate emotional processes of staging and seeing a play
In the opening scene of Fanny and Alexander, a boy is alone in an empty house, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMThe stars of stage and screen chat about playing witches, seeing ghosts and stepping into another legend’s shoes
They have enjoyed huge success on TV with The Undoing and Killing Eve, resp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMTuesday, February 16, 2021
The theatre legends look back at working with Laurence Olivier and Peter O’Toole, the pain of biting reviews, the joy of a good run – and the agonies of being miscast
Derek Jacobi and Si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMOur series on films about theatre continues with a British comedy in which variety acts face an existential threat when TV steals their audience
Theatres around the country are shutting thei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMTuesday, February 9, 2021
They have been friends for 50 years. With theatres closed, they reflect on the joy – and hidden drama – of a life in acting
Theatres around the UK have been kept dark by Covid, and it co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMOur series on films about theatre continues with a boozy, darkly funny comedy that captures the event’s pick’n’mix quality
No matter how much you miss theatre, you still wouldn’t wan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMTuesday, February 2, 2021
Our series on films about the stage continues with the 1980 classic about a playhouse in occupied Paris, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu
The directors of the French New Wave…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMMonday, February 1, 2021
Beth Steel, Frances Poet, Dawn King and Janice Okoh nominated despite many plays being postponed or cut short due to coronavirus
Plays about the interrogation of Saddam Hussein, crimes again…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03PMTuesday, January 26, 2021
The actor is in ‘doggy and musical heaven’ – hosting a primetime grooming show on TV and returning to the stage for a showtune extravaganza. So who’s got the best topknot: her or the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMContinuing our series on the best films about theatre, a 200-year-old Japanese ghost story takes centre stage in a movie merging reality and fantasy
The prolific Japanese director Takashi Mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMTuesday, January 19, 2021
Gena Rowlands plays an actor frustrated with her character in a backstage drama that kicks off our series on the ways cinema depicts theatre
One of many tantalising theatre shows cancelled l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMThursday, January 14, 2021
Cottle toured the UK and internationally for decades, promoting a variety of acts, before developing attractions at the limestone caves in Somerset
The circus showman Gerry Cottle has died o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMWednesday, January 13, 2021
The choreographer and influential teacher was a pioneer of contemporary dance in the UK
Tributes have been paid to the choreographer Sir Robert Cohan, a pioneer of contemporary dance in Brit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMHe tried dance to cope with grief – and found himself in a class with ‘25 mostly retired ladies’. It all fed into his new play, about his mother, his childhood and his obsession with J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMWednesday, January 6, 2021
Available online Polly Lister plays umpteen parts in this spirited Hans Christian Andersen adaptation filmed at Stephen Joseph theatre
A couple of Christmases ago, in Theresa Heskins’ prod…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMTuesday, January 5, 2021
Available onlineA special delivery from The Big Tiny uses a week’s worth of puzzles, tricks and activities to tell the story of witches, wizards and a postman
They’ve done it again. Last…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMPerspex screens, CGI scenery and Covid tests before kissing … Sam Tutty and Emily Redpath reveal how they filmed a new Romeo and Juliet
As the isolated teen in Dear Evan Hansen, Sam Tutty…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AMMonday, January 4, 2021
Available onlineAndrew Lloyd Webber’s version of the 1950 film is smartly staged by Leicester’s Curve, starring Ria Jones and Danny Mac
When screenwriter Joe Gillis swerves into the dri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMTuesday, December 15, 2020
Their inventive family shows have covered the climate crisis, the brain and, now, the Covid-19 pandemic. The mischievous trio discuss their story so far
When they began staging shows for chi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMChoreographer and Fosse collaborator starred as Roxie in Chicago and appeared on screen in Annie
Ann Reinking, the Broadway star whose elegant style, mesmerising physicality and piercing gaz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMFriday, December 4, 2020
Available onlineAn irrepressible Iain Lauchlan leads a trip to Prickly Bottom, where songs, toilet humour and Joe Wicks gags abound
A good panto is for life, not just for Christmas. It’s t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMWednesday, December 2, 2020
Until theatre lovers can experience that alchemy on stage again, this initiative is one way to brighten up the month for those who can’t visit a venue
Never mind The Nutcracker – the mos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM 
